Spring Fest, Newburyport’s spring festival, is guaranteed to entertain the whole family, featuring a great two-day lineup of vendors, artisans, live performances, family activities, and more! The weekend is organized and hosted by the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Newburyport Arts Collective. The festival will take place across two days — May 14/15 — from 10am-6pm.
The NAA is excited to have a number of its artist members participating directly in the festival, through artist-vendor booths and plein air painting along the waterfront, behind the Firehouse Center for the Arts. The Association will also be holding an information table amongst the vendors with some merchandise and a special raffle draw that includes a pair of tickets to the highly coveted annual art auction in the fall!
NAA Artist-Vendors:
Margette Leanna
Emer McCourt
Erica Nazzaro
Melissa Partridge
Tiago Serpa
Joan Smith
Michael Storella
Mara Wagner
Mary Webber
Sarah Wigglesworth
Kristen Kyle Anderson
Katherine Bagley
Marianne Bayard
Michele Bourgeau
George Darcy
Susan Duane
Shana Duncan
Karen Fitzgerald
Lindsay Hall
Ayelet Katz
Bonnie Lake
Sample items for sale include framed and unframed paintings of various styles media, prints, drawings, portraiture, notecards, greeting cards, tapestry, infant quilts, pillowcases, coasters, hand-sewn artwork
What would a celebration of the arts be without some live art-making? A number of NAA artists will be contributing to the festivities by painting en plein air along the waterfront throughout the weekend! A preliminary list of artists is below, and we hope more will join in throughout the days.
Pete Meehan
Jayne Mistretta
Isabeal O’Hearn
Susan Spellman
Michael Storella
Mary Ann Varoski
Michele Champion
Megan Chiango
Mary Francis
Lucinda Hamilton
Susan Hanna
Christine Molitor Johnson
Ayelet Katz