The Newport Gallery Organization’s popular Gallery Night Walking Tours have a new addition for this month’s October Newport Gallery Night. A tour of the lower Thames Street galleries starting at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 12th will meet at Thames Street Glass at 688 Thames Street, continue to David Bruce Fine Art at 664 Thames Street, to Cory Silken Photography at 518 Thames and finish the tour at Blink Gallery at 478 Thames Street.
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The Newport Gallery Organization’s popular Gallery Night Walking Tours have a new addition for this month’s October Newport Gallery Night. A tour of the lower Thames Street galleries starting at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 12th will meet at Thames Street Glass at 688 Thames Street, continue to David Bruce Fine Art at 664 Thames Street, to Cory Silken Photography at 518 Thames and finish the tour at Blink Gallery at 478 Thames Street.
October Newport Gallery Night will be the last walking tour of the season. This night will also include the regular schedule for these FREE Guided Walking Art Tours. These free, short, informational tours will run hourly as follows: 5 p.m. on Bellevue Avenue meeting inside at C. L. Sherman’s Gallery at the Hotel Viking, 6 p.m.?on Spring Street meeting inside Art on Spring, and 7 p.m. downtown meeting inside at Arnold Art Store & Gallery. The tours, which will last about 30-45 minutes, will include information about all of the participating galleries, museums and cultural institutions in each area as well as any other interesting art related stories.
Other highlights for this month include Atelier Newport’s first solo exhibition, “Place in Mind” by Bunny Harvey, “Spring Bull Gallery & Tradition” at Spring Bull Gallery and “Visions” by Mandy Howe, Ann Marie Shoppell, Helen Hadley and Jason Fong, featured at DeBlois Gallery. Newport Art Museum will also be hosting its popular “Art After Dark” event on Gallery Night, which includes a talk with senior curator Francine Weiss and “Parallel Corridors/Maps of Space,” an improvisational dance performance by a quartet of veteran dance artists.
If you want to complete your night out in Newport, visit one of the many restaurants that collaborate with the Newport Gallery Organization by providing discounts and specials for all Gallery Night visitors. Be sure to ask for a voucher at any of the galleries. Free parking is available at the Gateway Visitors Center and the Newport Art Museum. For more information about Newport Gallery Night, Newport Gallery Organization or the walking tours, please visit http://www.newportgalleries.org.
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