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Kilroy’s Back!
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2-Day Plein Air Workshop in August
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Join John Kilroy for this 2-day workshop. All media welcome! Click here for information.
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We’re Offering Summer Classes
There will be a Wednesday Painting class and a Tuesday Evening Figure Workshop in July and August. Click here for information.
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“Bon Appétit”
The show was a great success! See all the winning paintings by clicking here.
The show is traveling to Westport Rivers Winery Gallery. It will be on dispaly from June 10 to June 23. The Winery is at 417 Hixbridge Road, Westport. Please stop by and see the Show if you missed it!
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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 WAG Artists
The annual WAG summer Community Show is fast approaching. Because the small picture raffle was so successful last year, we would like to invite our WAG artists to donate one 5" x 7" painting to this year’s raffle. Please start working on yours! We would like to have them brought to the WAG Center on or before Thursday July 9, 2009. They could also be given to Judy Keeley or Madeleine Ferraz. For more information, please call 401-635-2739.
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Artist Volunteers Needed!
The Sakonnet Arts Network seeks volunteers to share their talents with seniors in the Adult Day Program of the Little Compton Visiting Nurse Services. These clients with dementia enjoy simple projects like drawing or collage. The time commitment is approximately 1 ½ hours every few weeks. Rewards are priceless… For more info or to sign up, please contact Helen Nadler at 401-624-9974 or via email: amama1824@cox.net.
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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!
Jacklyn Williams with her winning entry, “Dappled Apples”
Heide Hallemeier presenting Second Prize to Meredith W. Cornell
The drawing
Our 2008 Holiday Fair
Summer Show 2008
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.
Download a pdf copy of our brochure here!
