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Founded in 1912, the Newport Art Museum is one of the oldest continuously operating and most highly regarded art museums and schools of its kind in the country.
The Newport Art Museum’s collection consists of approximately 3,000 works of art in a range of media including works on paper (prints, drawings, watercolors, and photographs), paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, installation works, and textiles and is expanding to include new media. Concentrated on American art and contemporary art, the Museum’s collection includes works of art from the 18th century to present.
As a valued Newport Art Museum member you're entitled to free admission, are invited to members' only events and exhibition tours, receive discounts on Museum School class tuition and public program tickets, and will be supporting the Museum's mission to share a diversity of art and experiences to our Newport community and beyond.
By supporting the Newport Art Museum Annual Fund at any level, you help make a positive difference in the lives of many. Our exhibitions, public programs, education, and community outreach, which includes a diversity of artistic voices, would not be possible without you. Help the Newport Art Museum continue to spark reflection, inspiration, discovery and build lasting connections by making your tax-deductible contribution today. We thank you for believing in the transformative power of art and allowing us to make art accessible to all for generations to come. Help the Newport Art Museum continue to spark reflection, inspiration, discovery, and build connections by making your tax-deductible contribution TODAY!
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“Call & Response” is one of the Newport Art Museum’s most popular exhibitions. For this third “Call & Response” the Museum invited three contemporary regional artists to respond to the Museum’s collection.
The Newport Art Museum is home to approximately 2,900 works of art including prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures, paintings, textiles, and decorative arts. The Museum also maintains archives related to its history. The exhibiting artists were free to explore and view anything in the collection, and then to choose an object (or objects) to which they would respond with an original work of art, or series of works, in any media. The final exhibition features each artist’s new creations alongside the collection works that inspired them. While showcasing the creativity of regional artists, “Call & Response” presents the Museum’s collection objects, from storage areas and galleries, in a fresh context: through the eyes of practicing artists.
Participating artists include:
Diane Barceló, Emily Belz, and On-Kyeong Seong.
On-Kyeong Seong, Still Life with Monstera 2, 2021-2022, Mixed media and machine embroidery, 48 x 34 inches, Courtesy of the Artist and Coastal Contemporary Gallery.
Diane Barceló, We Came By Water, collaborative installation at Grounds for Sculpture Old Lyme, CT. Copper wire and audio, 12 x 7 x 7 feet, Courtesy of the Artist.
Emily Belz, Photo Quilt #2: black walnuts; dried and pressed leopard’s bane, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 21 x 26 inches, Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Kayafas.