Hello,
Please join us Thursday ,May 8th, from 6-8pm for a
unique Newport Gallery Night! Just in time for
Mother's Day, as you peruse our collection of original
contemporary art and jewelry ,you will meet French
chocolatier Laurent Vals, and taste his unique
handcrafted chocolates! Laurents chocolates are made
from the purest natural ingredients available. Each
chocolate is handmade and decorated, containing no
preservatives or artificial ingredients. A unique
treat that makes a special gift for Mom!

Bring attached announcement and receive 10% off one
art/jewelry purchase from 5/08-5/11
(Chocolates will be for sale at the gallery through
Mother's Day.)

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April 30, 2008
Contact: Meaghan Monahan
meaghan.monahan@salve.edu

Stroll Through Downtown Newport at
Newport Gallery Night

NEWPORT, RI- Want to enjoy the warm weather of May? Well, how about spending a lovely Thursday night strolling downtown and experiencing the diversity of art in Newport. Thursday, May 8, 2008 from 5 until 8 in the evening is Newport Gallery Night. Hands-on demonstrations, talented artists, and displays will be available at participating galleries all around the city. A map and brochure for the night is readily available at each participating gallery, online at www.newportgalleries.org, in hotels, inns, and many other local venues.

Enjoy a meal after the event! The Newport County Chamber of Commerce has coordinated a restaurant coupon promotion for Gallery Night allowing attendees to pick up a coupon at one of the open galleries and use it at any of the 14 participating restaurants on Gallery Night. Free parking is available during Newport Gallery Night in the downtown area at the Visitors Bureau and at the Newport Art Museum "on the Hill." 
Onne van der Wal Photography at 1 Bannister’s Wharf will have limited edition prints on display that will be added to their ever growing collection of 235 prints. These limited edition prints will include shots from Onne's recent expedition to Chile while shooting a regatta in Chile for Nautique Magazine.
Redwood Library and Athenaeum at 50 Bellevue Ave. will host a free chamber music concert by the Amari String Quartet on May 8th starting at 6:00. What could go better with gallery hopping but a bit of chamber music? This concert is free and open to the public.
Cadeaux du Monde at 26 Mary St. will present ongoing informal lectures from 5 until 8 in the evening by owners Katie Dyer and Jane Dyer. The lectures will be illustrated with Cadeaux du Monde’s current collection of one-of-a-kind modern Haitian Oil Drum Art which are hand-tooled by hammering and cutting recycled steel oil drums. These folk art tell the stories of the art, history and traditions of the Haitian people including the marrying of the Voodoo religious traditions with Roman Catholicism.
Newport Gallery Night, sponsored by the Newport Gallery Organization, is held the second Thursday of every month from 5 until 8 in the evening at the participating galleries. The Newport Gallery Organization is comprised of 25 members who offer original works from local artists as well as from artisans around the world. Newport Gallery Night provides an outlet for a great diversity of galleries to present their work to the public. Demonstrations, receptions, and occasional entertainment are presented at the participating galleries. Contemporary, historic, traditional and avant-garde pieces are on sale and may be purchased sales tax free throughout Newport.
For more information on the Newport Gallery Organization, Newport Gallery Night, or any of the participating galleries please contact info@newportgalleries.org or visit the website at http://www.newportgalleries.org/.

"Haitian Oil Drum Art"

CADEAUX du MONDE owners Katie Dyer and Jane Dyer will be presenting ongoing informal lectures from 5 until 8 during the evening of May 8th, Newport's monthly Gallery Night. They will illustrate these informal lectures with CADEAUX du MONDE's current collection of modern Haitian Oil Drum Art which are hand-tooled by hammering and cutting recycled steel oil drums. These one of a kind works of folk art tell the stories of the art, history and traditions of the Haitian people including the marrying of the Voodoo
religious traditions with Roman Catholicism.

Located in Newport at 26 Mary Street, CADEAUX du MONDE's main gallery features fairly traded international folk art and Galerie Escalier, the former servants' staircase, showcases local artists' works on a rotating basis. For further information and directions to the gallery, contact the staff of CADEAUX du MONDE at 848-0550.

Al & the Jersey Girls Paint New England
May 3 - May 31, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, May3, 2008 from 5 - 7:00 p.m.

This exhibit will feature recent works by a group of friends who have a love of painting familiar scenes of the surrounding area. As the title suggests, the three women artists: Laura Swift Oakley, Lisa Bliss and Mary Lou Harrison have strong ties to New Jersey. Along with Al Matukaitis, each artist has taken a different path through life to now have converged on Rhode Island. This convergence will be celebrated with an opening reception of Al & the Jersey Girls Paint New England on May 3rd from 5-7 pm at Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island.

Laura Oakley attended Salve Regina University, and while there met and married. After years of raising her family and teaching school she developed a passion for watercolors under the tutelage of Natalie Pfsnsteihl. Lisa Bliss began her art studies at The University of Cincinnati and at the Art Academy of Cincinnati but was strongly influenced by her mother, a skilled artist. Mary Lou Harrison, teaches art in the Scituate RI school system where she received the Teacher of the Year Award and also was a recent recipient of the National Distinguished Educator Milken Award. Her formal art studies began at Rhode Island School of Design continued at the University of Calif. and now locally spends her rare free time studying and painting the great out doors. Al Matukaitis started painting at an early age when given his first oil paint set. His favorite subjects then were soldiers, sailors and Indians, all found in his favorite books. After a stint in the Air Force, Al resumed his love of art and art studies through workshops and classes as he moved around the country and raised a family and finally settlled in Jamestown

These friends express through their painting the joy of the ever-changing colour, light and shapes found in nature. "Al & the Jersey Girls Paint New England" will be showing for the month of May at Spring Bull Gallery. There will be a special Gallery Night in Newport on Thursday, May 8th from 5- 8pm.
Spring Bull Gallery is located at 55 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The gallery is wheelchair accessible, hours are 12 - 5 daily. For additional information about the gallery, exhibitions, and artists please call the gallery at 401-849-9166 or go on-line to www.springbullgallery.com

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April 1, 2008
Contact: Meaghan Monahan
meaghan.monahan@salve.edu

Celebrate Spring with
Newport Gallery Night in April

NEWPORT, RI- Did you ever think about going on a walking tour of the diverse art in Newport? Well, Thursday, April 10, 2008 from 5 until 8 in the evening is Newport Gallery Night. Hands-on demonstrations, talented artists, and displays will be available at participating galleries all around Newport. A map and brochure for the night is readily available at each participating gallery, online at www.newportgalleries.org, in hotels, inns, and many other local venues.

Enjoy a meal after the event! The Newport County Chamber of Commerce has coordinated a restaurant coupon promotion for Gallery Night allowing attendees to pick up a coupon at one of the open galleries and use it at any of the 14 participating restaurants on Gallery Night. Free parking is available during Newport Gallery Night in the downtown area at the Visitors Bureau and at the Newport Art Museum "on the Hill." 
Spring Bull Gallery at 55 Bellevue Ave. will present a display entitled, “April Fools.” The exhibit focuses on having fun with art and seeing something that really is not there or a hidden object in plain view. Local artists will carry the old tradition in art of a trick of the eye. The display will be at Spring Bull Gallery through the month of April.
Cadeaux du Monde located at 26 Mary Street presents informal lectures by owner Katie Dyer featuring Cadeaux du Monde’s current collection of modern Guatemalan textiles, comparing them with antique Mayan pieces. Visitors will be given the opportunity to weave on a backstrap loom which is used by the Mayan weavers who live in Guatemala. 
The Newport Art Museum located at 76 Bellevue Ave. will be holding a reception from 5 until 7 in the evening during Gallery Night to present “To the Sea: Recent Paintings by Michael Rich.” Drawing on his recent stay in Italy, as well as his childhood summers on Nantucket Island, Michael Rich will exhibit his series of landscapes this spring at the Newport Art Museum. He seeks to capture both the special quality of a place and intangible richness of life-long experience of a place in time. Rich’s landscapes, in the artist’s words, “stand on the frontier of a rediscovery of the experience of the landscape in American art.” They will be on exhibition at the Newport Art Museum from April 11-June 1, 2008.
Newport Scrimshanders located at 14 Bowen’s Warf has launched an exciting new web presence with and extensive online catalog. Events at the gallery can now be explored through online blogs and the event calendar. Online you will be able to check out samples of custom and restoration work that they have done. Also, as a thank you for all of your support over the years Scrimshanders is offering a 15% discount on your first internet purchase by using the promotional code think spring.
Newport Gallery Night, sponsored by the Newport Gallery Organization, is held the second Thursday of every month from 5 until 8 in the evening at the participating galleries. The Newport Gallery Organization is comprised of 25 members who offer original works from local artists as well as from artisans around the world. Newport Gallery Night provides an outlet for a great diversity of galleries to present their work to the public. Demonstrations, receptions, and occasional entertainment are presented at the participating galleries. Contemporary, historic, traditional and avant-garde pieces are on sale and may be purchased sales tax free throughout Newport.
For more information on the Newport Gallery Organization, Newport Gallery Night, or any of the participating galleries please contact info@newportgalleries.org or visit the website at http://www.newportgalleries.org/.

CADEAUX du MONDE owner Katie Dyer will be presenting ongoing informal lectures from 5 until 8 during the evening of April 10th, Newport's monthly Gallery Night. She will illustrate these informal lectures with CADEAUX du MONDE's current collection of modern Guatemalan textiles comparing them with antique Mayan pieces. Woven into these pieces are various weaving techniques; for example, ikat, a tie-dying and weaving technique, supplementary weft weaving, and shadow weaving which tell the stories of the art, history and traditions of the Mayans of Guatemala. An added feature is the opportunity to weave on a backstrap loom which is used by the Mayan lady weavers who live in Guatemala. These ladies are considered the finest weavers in the world because of their mastery of these intricate and varied techniques.
Located in Newport at 26 Mary Street, CADEAUX du MONDE's main gallery features fairly traded international folk art and Galerie Escalier, the former servants' staircase, showcases local artists' works on a rotating basis. For further information and directions to the gallery, contact the staff of CADEAUX du MONDE at 848-0550.

PRESS RELEASE

Date: March 22, 2008

Contacts: Joan Burdine (401-849-9166)

"April Fools"

Exhibition of local artists carrying on an old tradition in art of a trick of the eye.

NEWPORT, RI - On view from April 5 - 30, 2008 at the Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island is "April Fools." The focus of this show is to have fun with art and to see something that really is not there or a hidden object in plain view. Will our oeil be trompe’d, is it a vase or two faces, is it the back or the front of a canvas, is there a figure in that tree? These are some of the questions that may or may not be answered when you visit the gallery during April.

The exhibition opens with a gala reception on Saturday, April 5 from 5-7pm to which the public is invited. Gallery Night is to be held Thursday, April 13 from 5-8 p.m.. Spring Bull Gallery is located at 55 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Gallery hours are noon to 5:00 P.M. daily and is wheel chair accessible. For more information, call 401/849-9166 or visit www.springbullgallery.com.

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March 10, 2008
Contact: Meaghan Monahan
774-268-9496
meaghan.monahan@salve.edu

March into Newport Gallery Night

NEWPORT, RI-
Experience hands-on live art demonstrations, meet talented artists, and see some of Newport’s finest art, the Newport Gallery Organization during second Newport Gallery Night of the 2008 season. Gallery Night will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2008 from 5 until 8 in the evening at participating galleries all around Newport. A map and brochure for the night is readily available at each participating gallery, online at http://www.newportgalleries.org, in hotels, inns, and many other local venues.

Spring Bull Gallery at 55 Bellevue Ave. will have a display entitled, “Where are we now?” The exhibit will feature selected students, past & present and members of the faculty of the Mass College of Art & Design. Artist alumni from MCA, which is a national leader in visual art and design education, will have their work displayed for the month of March in the gallery.

The Redwood Library and Athenaeum located at 50 Bellevue Ave. will be presenting an exhibition, “The African American Photography of Carl Van Vechten” in the Van Alen Gallery. Portraits and sculpture dating from the 18th and 19th century will also be on display throughout the building.

Cadeaux du Monde will be presenting ongoing informal lectures by owners Katie and Jane Dyer throughout the night at 26 Mary Street. Featured in these lectures is Cadeaux du Monde’s current collection of original hand-knotted Oriental rugs which have been fairly traded from Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Woven into these mystical pieces are the aspects of the art, history and traditions of Oriental Rug Weaving. An added feature will be the opportunity to try rug knotting on a Pakistani loom.

Newport Gallery Night, sponsored by the Newport Gallery Organization, is held the second Thursday of every month from 5 until 8 in the evening at the participating galleries. The Newport Gallery Organization is comprised of 24 members who offer original works from local artists as well as from artisans around the world. Newport Gallery Night provides an outlet for a great diversity of galleries to present their work to the public. Demonstrations, receptions, and occasional entertainment are presented at the participating galleries. Contemporary, historic, traditional and avant-garde pieces are on sale and may be purchased sales tax free throughout Newport.

If you would like to enjoy a meal after the event, the Newport County Chamber of Commerce has coordinated a restaurant coupon promotion for Newport Gallery Night allowing attendees to pick up a restaurant coupon at one of the open galleries and use it at any of the 14 participating restaurants on Newport Gallery Night. Free parking is available during Newport Gallery Night in the downtown area at the Visitors Bureau and at the Newport Art Museum "on the Hill." 
For more information on the Newport Gallery Organization, Newport Gallery Night, or any of the participating galleries please contact info@newportgalleries.org or visit the website at http://www.newportgalleries.org/.

CONTACT INFO: Newport Gallery Night  ?  26 Mary Street, Newport, RI 02840  ?  Phone: 774-268-9496              
?  meaghan.monahan@salve.edu

Massachusetts College of Art - Where are we now?
March 1 - March 31, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, March 1, 2008 from 5 - 7:00 p.m.

"Where are we now?" will feature selected students, past & present and members of the faculty of the Mass College of Art & Design. MCA is a public, independent college and a national leader in visual art and design education. Please come meet the artists alumni of this fine institution. Find out where they are and what they are doing at the opening reception to meet the artists on Saturday, March 1st. from 5-7:00 p.m. at Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island

These works of art will be on view for the month of March in "Where are we now?." There will be a special Gallery Night in Newport on Thursday, March 13th from 5- 8pm.
Spring Bull Gallery is located at 55 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The gallery is wheel chair accessible, hours are 12 - 5 daily. For additional information about the gallery, exhibitions, and artists please call the gallery at 406-849-9166 or go on-line to springbullgallery.com

The glass is Ian Silvia "The Gatherer"

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February 10, 2008
Contact: Meaghan Monahan
774-268-9496
meaghan.monahan@salve.edu

First 2008 Newport Gallery Night

NEWPORT, RI- Have you ever wanted to meet cutting-edge artists, experience classical demonstrations, or attend contemporary receptions? Well the Newport Gallery Organization is pleased to announce the first Newport Gallery Night of the 2008 season. Gallery Night will take place on Thursday, February 14, 2008 from 5 until 8 in the evening as part of the Newport Winter Festival at participating galleries. A map and brochure for the night is readily available at each participating gallery, online at http://www.newportgalleries.org, in hotels, inns, and many other local venues.

If you would like to enjoy a meal after the event, the Newport County Chamber of Commerce has coordinated a restaurant coupon promotion for Newport Gallery Night allowing attendees to pick up a restaurant coupon at one of the open galleries and use it at any of the 14 participating restaurants on Newport Gallery Night. Free parking is available during Newport Gallery Night in the downtown area at the Visitors Bureau and at the Newport Art Museum "on the Hill." 

The Redwood Library and Athenaeum located at 50 Bellevue Ave. will present 50 photographs and letters of Carl Van Vechten depicting many African-American artists, writers, and performers Van Vechten photographed throughout his career. There will also be a collection of various authors in a display entitled The Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Prose, and Politics.

Cadeaux du Monde located at 26 Mary Street will host a reception and demonstration of cut paper and origami hearts by artist Greta Kessler. Greta’s cut paper and origami Valentine’s Day cards and sparkling Swarovski Crystal heart jewelry will also be on display and for sale.

Spring Bull Gallery at 55 Bellevue Ave. will display 112 interpretations of masterworks by artists such as Hopper, Monet, Rockwell, Van Gogh, and Michelangelo in their 15th Annual Fakes & Forgeries exhibit. The public will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite piece with the “People’s Choice Award.” The award will be given out at the end of the month.

Newport Gallery Night, sponsored by the Newport Gallery Organization, is held the second Thursday of every month from 5 until 8 in the evening at the participating galleries. The Newport Gallery Organization is comprised of 24 members who offer original works from local artists as well as from artisans around the world. Newport Gallery Night provides an outlet for a great diversity of galleries to present their work to the public. Demonstrations, receptions, and occasional entertainment are presented at the participating galleries. Contemporary, historic, traditional and avant-garde pieces are on sale and may be purchased sales tax free throughout Newport.
For more information on the Newport Gallery Organization, Newport Gallery Night, or any of the participating galleries please contact info@newportgalleries.org or visit the website at http://www.newportgalleries.org/.
CONTACT INFO: Newport Gallery Night  ?  26 Mary Street, Newport, RI 02840  ?  Phone: 774-268-9496              
?  meaghan.monahan@salve.edu

CADEAUX du MONDE invites you to an exhibit and sale of Greta Kessler's elegant 2008 Collection of One of a Kind Original Cut Paper and Origami Valentine's Day Cards and sparkling Swarovski Crystal Heart Jewelry. Greta, a lifelong artist, has designed her Valentine Exhibit with lovers of all ages in mind. Her cards with proclamations of everlasting love adorn vividly colored origami hearts and exotic papers. A romantic herself, she has designed her cards with a special hidden spot for those private notes of endearment for that special love of your life Greta's heart jewelry features an array of vivid and subtle crystals and stones complimented with gold and sterling accents to adorn the woman in your life.

On Valentine's Day, Thursday, February 14th , which coincidentally falls on Newport Gallery Night 2008, Greta will be demonstrating cut paper and origami hearts. The gallery will host a reception for Ms. Kessler from five until eight during that evening. CADEAUX du MONDE, Newport's only certified green gallery is located at 26 Mary Street in Newport and is open from 10 until 6 daily. Exhibits of international folk art are featured in the main gallery and local artists' works adorn the walls of Galerie Escalier as well as a fixed price benefit for the Tommorow Fund for Children with Cancer in memory of Thayer Schlegel.

Spring Bull Gallery’s 15th Annual Fakes and Forgeries

Exhibit

February 2 - 29 , 2008

Spring Bull Gallery’s most anticipated event of the New Year opens with a gala

reception on Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 5-7 p.m. On view will be interpretations of

masterworks by such great artists as Hopper, Monet, Rockwell, Homer, Sargent, Cassatt,

Michelangelo, Van Gogh in oil, watercolour, glass and paper as regional artists try to make

exact copies or clever spoofs. The quality and imagination of these works only seem to get

better each year. It’s a great opportunity for the artists to learn from the masters and for the

public a chance to enjoy and own an almost masterpiece.

Guest judge will select the "Best in Show" and several "Honourable Mentions" awards

from the works submitted. The winners will be announced during the opening reception.

Gallery visitors will also be asked to vote for the "People’s Choice Award" throughout the

month.

The show runs February 2 - 28, 2008. The gallery will be open until 8 p.m. on

Thursday, February 14th for Gallery Night in Newport. Spring Bull Gallery located at

55 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island is wheel chair accessible and open free to the

public. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. daily. For additional information on this exhibition,

future gallery events or member artists please call the gallery at 401-849-9166 or visit the

gallery on-line www.springbullgallery.com.

Van Vechten Exhibit of African-American Photography
to Open at Redwood Library January 19th

Newport, RI – January, 2008.  Redwood Library and Athenaeum is pleased to announce the opening on January 19th of a major exhibition of photography in the Van Alen Gallery.  Redwood Library’s collections include a large body of photographs and letters of Carl Van Vechten – writer, critic, and photographer (1880-1964) – donated to the Library in 2001 by his friend, Newporter Richard Banks. 

A selection of approximately 50 photographs focusing on the many African-American artists, writers, and performers that Van Vechten photographed throughout his career will be displayed in the Van Alen Gallery from January 19 through May 23, 2008.  Included will be images of such important figures as Alvin Ailey, Dizzy Gillespie, Ether Waters, Leontype Price, Billy Strayhorn, Lena Horne, Marian Anderson, and Josephine Baker.

Concurrent with this photography display there will be a display in the Rovensky Room display cases titled The Harlem Renaissance:  Poetry, Prose, and Politics.  This display will present manuscripts and letters from various writers of the Harlem Renaissance.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 19th from 5:00 until 6:30 PM at the Redwood.  Members, guests, and the public are invited to the opening reception, which is free of charge.

As part of the Van Vechten/Harlem Renaissance exhibit period, Redwood will host a lecture on February 28th by Dr. Emily Bernard from the University of Vermont.  Dr. Bernard’s lecture, sponsored by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council of the Arts, will use the letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten to illustrate their importance to the movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.

Redwood Library and Athenaeum is the oldest continuously operating lending library in America.  Founded in 1747 by 46 proprietors, its mission of making knowledge and useful learning as lasting and widespread as possible continues over 260 years later.  America’s first true architect, Peter Harrison, designed and oversaw the construction of this neo-classical building, which is a National Historic Landmark.  In addition to six original Gilbert Stuart paintings, the Redwood’s museum collections include a fine collection of 17th and 18th century portraiture, sculpture, furniture, and other items of the decorative arts.

For further information about the exhibition, please contact Jan Gordon, Director of Marketing and Development (jgordon@redwoodlibrary.org) at (401) 847-0295 x115.

Let’s Go to the Movies
January 5th - January 31, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, January 5, 2008 from 5 - 7 p.m.

"Let’s Go to the Movies" is creative expressions of a favorite movie in an art medium. Whether it is a turbulent sea in "The Perfect Storm," the music of Cole Potter ringing in one’s ears from "D-Lovely,"or the memories of the old movie theater from your youth before the multiplex. Each conjures up a scene that can be depicted in an art form. This is the challenge for local artists as they choose a movie that they wish to render in art.

The public is invited to browse Spring Bull Gallery on a cold winter’s day to see if their favourite movie was also rendered in watercolors, pastels, graphics, glass and other media. The

exhibitions’, "Let’s Go to the Movies", opening reception is Saturday, January 5th from 5-7 pm and will be on view at the gallery for the month.
Spring Bull Gallery is located at 55 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The gallery is wheel chair accessible. Hours are 12 - 5 daily. For additional information about the gallery, exhibitions, and artists please call the gallery at 406-849-9666 or go on-line to www.springbullgallery.com.