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We’re Offering a New Drawing Class.
Anyone Can Learn to Draw!
Classical Drawing Instruction
WAG member, Judy Erickson, will be offering classical drawing instruction at the WAG studio, beginning evenings in August. Click here for information. -
Wonderful Opportunities to Exhibit Art!
WAG has arranged opportunities at the Westport Grange, the SouthCoast Studio Tour, the Acoaxet Club, and, of course, our annual Community Summer Show. Click here for information.
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Four Corners Arts Center
Museum TourBus trip to Old Lyme CT. to visit The Florence Griswold Museum on Thursday, July 24th. Bus leaves Four Corners Arts Center at 8:00 a.m. and returns at 4:00 p.m. Seating is limited so sign up by July 12th! Click here for more information or to register.
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On Display
WAG members Meredith Cornell, Lois Marshall and Terry Shapiro currently have work on display at the newly opened Tiverton Coffee House, 1 Stafford Road, Tiverton, RI. Stop by for a look, good coffee, and elegant pastry!
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Visit our Members Gallery
Take a look our members’ wonderful artwork! If you would like to have your work included in the Members Gallery, contact Mary Sexton at 401-288-0999. Click here to see the Members’ Gallery.
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Call for Artists
We’re now listing exhibition opportunities for artists. Click here for more information. Please email us with any you hear about or give us a call.
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Save Your Lee’s Receipts!
Please save your receipts from Lee’s, circle the totals and drop them in the box on the desk at the WAG building. Lee’s will donate 1% of the total. Last year we received over $240!
Painting Outdoors
Critique
The mission of the Westport Art Group is to stimulate and promote the appreciation and encouragement of the arts and crafts.
The Westport Art Group was formed by a group of amateur and professional artists early in 1956. The members held classes in each others’ homes. The first Community Show was held in July, 1956 in the Westport Point School. It attracted a large crowd. In 1971, Elizabeth Yeomans Booth donated land to WAG “in memory of Edward, Julia and their son, Andrew Yeomans, for the encouragement of the arts and crafts”. She stipulated that a building was to be erected on the property within two years. The members raised funds and worked hard to do that and that is how 1740 Main Road came about.
WAG celebrated 50 years by honoring Dorothy Gifford Curtis, the last surviving Founding member, with a plaque at a Valentine’s Tea and an exhibit of her paintings in February, 2006.