A panel discussion will be held on Sunday, March 24th, at 1 PM at the Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association Welcome Center, 203 Arcadia Road, Hope Valley, RI.

The focus of the discussion will be an exploration of how artists keep creativity flowing throughout their lives.

Creative thinking coach Tom Monahan, now a painter and board member at the Providence Art Club, will moderate this HopArts sponsored event. Panelists include multimedia artist Ana Flores, Ceramic artists Jay Lacouture, Tom Ladd, painter/muralist Christine McIntyre Hannon, and painter/ceramic artist Susan Shaw.

This concluding session in the three-part series, The Art Life, is funded by a Grow Hope Grant from the GFWC Women’s Club of South County to HopArts, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging artists in southern Rhode Island. It is free and open to the public and handicap accessible.   All attending are welcome to share in the conversation.

CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401) 677-6153, zasloff.etta@gmail.com

Saturday, November 24, 2018 is Small Business Saturday® – a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. Please join the SBA and organizations across the country in supporting your local small business by shopping at a small business.

Jillian Barber
Potters of Newport County Annual Sale
Elks Lodge, Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI
Nov 24 & 25, 10 am – 4 pm

Nina Briggs
726 Tuckertown Rd, Wakefield, RI
Nov 24 & 25, 10 am – 4 pm

Rick Devin, Ltd.
1054 Main Street
Hope Valley, Rhode Island
10 am – 4 pm

Beth & Steve Drainville
256 Canonchet Rd, Rockville, RI
10 am – 4 pm

Joyce Hoffman
Post Office Studio
335 Canonchet Rd, Rockville, RI
10 am – 3 pm
20% off all items. Last opening for 2018

Jane Loomis & Rae Ferguson
Stagecoach House Inn
1136 Main St, Unit 3
Wyoming, RI
10 am – 4 pm

Barbara Murphy & Joanne Walsh
Captivating Notions
978 Main St, Hope Valley, RI
10 am – 4 pm
20% off all items in the shop
Christmas Open House
Dec 1, 10 am – 5 pm and Dec 2, 12 pm – 5 pm

Susan Shaw & John Buscaglia
Shaw Pottery
7 Corey Trail, Wyoming, RI
Nov 24, 10 am – 5 pm

Dec 1 & 2, 10 am – 5 pm
Creative Hands at Shaw Pottery
Eight Rhode Island artist friends show their unique, one-of-a-kind artworks, all in one location.

• Madeline Beaudry – dolls, figurative sculpture, 2-D and fiber arts
• Nina Briggs – porcelain and silver jewelry
• John Buscaglia – woodturning
• Jon Campbell – jewelry, painting, sculpture
• Jude Larzelere – weaving, wearable art clothing, handmade books, art quilts

• Margarita – vintage cut glass jewelry
• 
Daniel Read – handblown glass
• Susan Shaw – porcelain ceramics, watercolor and oil painting

HopArts artist Madeline Beaudry is a featured artist in Exhibit, Positively Negative-Shape and Space, opening reception is Friday July 6th, 5-8 PM at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, 7 Canal Street, Westerly, RI. Exhibit runs from July 5th through 29th, 2018.

In her works in this exhibit she presents ”A Book of Hours”, a collection of sculpture, paintings and fiber art inspired by her time in her 20s when she spent a month at a Benedictine Abbey in upstate New York, which proved to be a seminal experience in her life. Her works are built around five times of the day when the monks pause – move into the negative space of time, celebrate, honor and give thanks for the multitude of gifts, challenges and experiences that are part of the human journey.

Madeline loved the daily rhythms of monastic life, and was especially captivated by the practice of praying the hours in which monks gather multiple times each day to celebrate the gift of time, the gift of each day and the particular graces available to us as we move through the cycle of the in-between-time( Vigils), to morning (Lauds), to midday (Sext), to evening (Vespers), to night (Compline). These hours also move beyond the twenty-four-hour period to represent the five sacred directions, (the fifth being within), the seasons of the year, the span of a lifetime.

Artists’ Cooperative of Westerly is handicapped accessible. www.westerlyarts.com. 401.596.2221; Open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 7 pm; Sunday 1 – 5 pm.

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HopArts artist Joyce Hoffman opens her studio this summer, demonstrating weaving on a floor loom and tapestry frame looms in her Post Office Studio, 335 Canonchet Road in Hopkinton (Rockville), RI on Tuesdays and 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm during the months of June- September. She has many beautiful weavings and scarves available for purchase in summer colors and also available are yarn fiber flowers. Joyce invites you to bring your fiber project to work on with her in her studio. Come stop by and visit! 860.917.7972; email hansenrc@yahoo.com for more information.

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Learn about the art of Lost Wax Casting in this fascinating YouTube video by HopArts artist Joe Soares. You will be amazed at the interesting, complex and challenging steps he takes to produce a finished bronze piece of artwork! Joe is a local history buff, among his many talents. In another YouTube  video he gives an historical overview of the Nichols and Langworthy Machine Company of Hope Valley. You can reach Joe at 401.316.6139; email at arcadiari@yahoo.com

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