February Newport Gallery Night

Newport, Rhode Island - The Newport Gallery Organization will be kicking off their thirteenth season and the New Year with Newport Gallery Night on Thursday February 14th! Venture out to Bellevue Avenue, Spring Street, and Thames Street to see a variety of galleries which exhibit Newport’s finest art.
This month, the 20th Annual Fakes & Forgeries will open at Spring Bull Gallery.  This is an unusual show where artists used a variety of dimensions to represent themselves in work from the Renaissance period to the modern day.  This is the artists’ opportunity to show off their own interpretations of well-known and famous works.

The Redwood Library will be showcasing an exhibition titled “To Arrive Where We Started” by Peter Eudenbach.  It uses a variety of ways to create a connection between the past and the present.  This particular exhibition relates to the library’s mission to “perpetuate the dissemination of knowledge and the exploration of ideas.”

Another unique gallery is the (gallerie ellipsis), which is a space dedicated solely to student artwork.  This is unlike any other gallery in the state of Rhode Island and it will be open both the 14th and 15th of February for the Rhode Island Scholastic Art Award Portfolio Winners exhibit.

There are over twenty galleries that will be open on gallery night, February 14th, from 5pm until 8pm, each with something unique to offer.  Make a night of it and stop by one of the participating restaurants for a special!  Free parking is available downtown at the Newport Visitors’ Center as well as uptown at the Newport Art Museum.  For more information about Newport Gallery Night and the Newport Gallery Organization, visit www.newportgalleries.org.