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Thank You!
Our small picture raffleduring the 2008 Annual Summer Community Show was very successful. Thank you to all of our wonderful WAG artists who donated a painting. We can't thank you enough and we couldn't have done it without you. 41 paintings were donated this year.
Thank you to Judy Keeley, Sachiko Morgan and Madeleine Ferraz for matting all the paintings. Special Thanks to Nancy McKay and Madeleine for helping to place and hang all of the paintings. They were enjoyed by all who came to the show. Thank you to everyone who helped sell the raffle tickets and to everyone who purchased them. Congratulations to all of you who won a painting. You made the 2008 Raffle a success!
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Congratulations to All the WAG Artists Exhibiting at the Little Compton Summer Art Show!
We are very proud of all the WAG Artists that were juried into the Little Compton Summer Art Show. They are: Christine Bean, Dennis Broadbent, Jean Buffum, Jane Cissel, Maureen Fleming, Heide Hallemeier, Meredith Cornell, Liz Coxe, Sarah Dejardins, Kris Donovan, Wanda Edwards, Barbara Farnell, Doris McGovern, Dora Millikin, Sue Prideaux, Jackie Riley, Terry Shapiro, Mary Sexton, Susan Strauss, Jacklyn Williams, and Denise Zompa.
Dora Millikin received the David Aldrich Award and Heide Hallemeier won Honorable Mention.
Congratulations to everyone—what a representation of WAG!
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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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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.