2024 Members’ Holiday Show
November 21 - December 21
Newburyport Art presents the 2024 Members’ Holiday Show featuring over 100 artworks by NAA artists members.
Featured Artist | Heidi Caswell Zander
November 7-17
Newburyport Art presents a Coastal Blues, a featured artist exhibition by Heidi Caswell Zander.
Featured Artist | Anne Duncan
October 25 - November 5
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition by artist Anne Duncan.
NAA Fall Juried Show
October 25 - November 17
Newburyport Art presents the Members’ Fall Juried show juried by artist Susan Erony.
Abstracts & Abstracted Expressions
October 3-20
Newburyport Art presents Abstracts & Abstracted Expressions, a show dedicated abstract works of all disciplines and media. This exhibit includes a highlight of the Abstract Artists Group of New England (AAGNE) in the Hills Gallery.
23rd Annual Art Auction & Party
September 21 (doors open at 5:30pm)
The Annual Art Auction & Party is the NAA’s largest fundraising event, enabling its continued mission of promoting and exhibiting members’ work, and providing art education and access to the visual arts for the entire community. Join us for a night of cocktails, cuisine, and competitive bidding!
Artists Appreciation Night: 23rd Annual Auction & Rick Hamilton Reception
August 30 (5-7pm)
Free and open to the public, this reception will be unlike any other this year! The Art Auction Exhibition will open alongside member artist Rick Hamilton’s solo exhibition. The night is a celebration of our auction artists and solo show, and we will have some exciting information regarding the upcoming auction event, raffles, as well as the art on display!
Featured Artist | Rick Hamilton
August 30 - September 14
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from member artist Rick Hamilton.
Reception | Plein Air Exhibition
August 10th, 4-6pm
Join the NAA in celebrating a show dedicated entirely to plein air pieces! A French expression meaning to paint outdoors, artwork created en plein air aims to capture the ephemeral effects of light as moments in space and time. Nature in its quiet, or dramatic gestures, people captured in private moments in public places, street scenes capturing the interplay of buildings, sun, shadows, textures, humanity in movement - all will be on display on our gallery walls!
Plein Air Exhibition
August 8 - 25
Join the NAA in celebrating a show dedicated entirely to plein air pieces! A French expression meaning to paint outdoors, artwork created en plein air aims to capture the ephemeral effects of light as moments in space and time. Nature in its quiet, or dramatic gestures, people captured in private moments in public places, street scenes capturing the interplay of buildings, sun, shadows, textures, humanity in movement - all will be on display on our gallery walls!
Reception | Lisa Arcomano, Scenes of Newburyport
July 26th, 5-7pm
Come celebrate two co-running shows at the NAA: Lisa Arcomano’s Sirens & Ghosts, and the open-call show Scenes of Newburyport. Featuring over 150 works of art, come visit the gallery during this reception in support of our wonderful artists and their work. This event is free and open to the public, with light refreshments served. The gallery will be buzzing with artists, friends and family, community, and we would be honored to have you among us!
Featured Artist | Lisa Arcomano
July 26 - August 4
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from member artist Lisa Arcomano.
Scenes of Newburyport
July 26 - August 4
Newburyport Art is excited to announce the open-call show Scenes of Newburyport, centering an artistic focus on coastal landscapes, maritime themes, and the local environment. Featuring over 150 works by members and non-members alike, come visit the gallery to partake in artistic representations of the community around us - including some notable depictions of the beloved Plum Island Pink House!
Reception | Works on Paper: Paper Works!
July 6th, 4-6pm
Come celebrate Newburyport Art’s latest exhibition entitled Works on Paper: Paper Works! This show features over 150 works of art by a range of incredible artists. The reception is free and open to the public, with light refreshments served. The gallery will be buzzing with artists, friends and family, and community coming together to celebrate these beautiful pieces.
Works on Paper: Paper Works!
July 5-21
Come visit the NAA to visit a show exclusively about showcasing paper — a foundational tool and a regular feature of many artists' practices. This exhibition will feature all types of works on paper, works of paper, works about paper, sculptural works, book works, collage, and so forth. From July 5th to the 21st, our walls will be adorned with over 150 works by our artists, to be enjoyed by art lovers coming from far and wide!
June Gift Shop
May 31 - June 30
Small seasonal Items are available in our gift shop space! These works showcase excellence in art & design through smaller format works. The work available makes for a perfect gift or addition to the home!
NAA National Juried Show
May 24 - June 30
Newburyport Art is proud to announce its first National Juried Show, juried by Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) Curator Jane Winchell — the Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of PEM’s Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center and Curator of the museum's Natural History collection. An opening reception will take place from 5-7pm on Friday, May 24th, with a small awards presentation led by the juror.
May Reception & Awards Announcement
May 4 (4-6pm)
Celebrate the artists and artwork featured in three May exhibitions: 20 Years of OpArt, Flowers for OpArt, and the Art Adventure Grant Exhibition. The award winner of the $2,000 Art Adventure Grant will be announced at approximately 4:15. The reception is free and open to the public with light refreshments served.
Art Adventure Grant 2024 Exhibition
May 2 – 19
Through the generous support of The Hemphill Family Foundation, Newburyport Art is proud to administer the annual Art Adventure Grant. This year’s award is $2,000, and applicants have each been invited to show one of their works as part of a representative exhibition in the NAA’s second-floor Hartson Gallery.
Flowers for OpArt
May 2 – 19
Flowers for OpArt runs alongside OpArt's annual exhibition, bursting with anything and everything "flowers". It runs physically adjacent to OpArt's exhibition, visually demonstrating the community's warmest support for this wonderful and very important program. A portion of the proceeds from sales of artwork in Flowers for OpArt will directly benefit OpArt programming.
Reception | 20 Years of OpArt
May 2 (11-1pm)
This reception is free and open to the public, celebrating the the artists of OpArt that have artwork featured in the 20 Years of OpArt exhibition. Light refreshments will be served.
20 Years of OpArt
May 2 – 19
A community favorite every year, the annual OpArt Exhibition packs the NAA Sargent Gallery to the brim with over 100 joyful and colorful works of art. This exhibition helps to mark the 20th Anniversary of OpArt.
NAA Members’ Annual Meeting
April 19 (5pm)
NAA members are invited to gather for this year’s Members’ Annual Meeting, where Newburyport Art’s 2023 year will be reviewed. A reception will follow.
Featured Artist | Sophy Tuttle
April 17 – 28
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from Sophy Tuttle: Fellow Creatures. Sophy is also one of the featured muralists of the NBPT Murals Project.
April Reception
April 5 (5-7pm)
Newburyport Art’s April Reception celebrates the opening of two exhibitions: We Share One Sky and Saltwater Grounding. This reception is free and open to the public with light refreshments available.
Featured Artist | Deb Desmond Meserve: Saltwater Grounding
April 5 – 14
Newburyport Art presents a Featured Artist solo exhibition by member artist Deb Desmond Meserve: Saltwater Grounding.
We Share One Sky
April 5-28
We Share One Sky is an exhibition featuring over 80 area artists who responded to the words and concept: “we share one sky”. Works include painting, mixed media, photography, sculpture, poetry, and more. A wide range of artist perspectives are explored through an equally wide range of subject matter — including wildlife, landscapes, cityscapes, community, the environment, and the abstract.
Friends | The Grog Restaurant
April 1 - June 1
Three accomplished watercolorists will exhibit work that will be on view to the public and available for sale from April 1 through to June 1, 2024, at the Grog Restaurant In Newburyport.
Abstract Artists Group of New England at Metzy’s Cantina
April 1 - May 31
Visit Metzy’s Cantina to take in an exhibition of work featuring members of the Abstract Artists Group of New England (AAGNE), an NAA Featured Interest Group.
Reception | NHS NAHS Senior Exhibition
March 30 (12:30-2:30pm)
Come meet the National Art Honor Society seniors of Newburyport High School, and celebrate their work! This reception is free and open to the public.
Newburyport High School National Art Honors Society Senior Show
March 20–30
Come celebrate the annual exhibition by Newburyport High School seniors involved in the National Art Honors Society!