
10th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Garden Exhibition
May 1, 2025 – April 1, 2026
10th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition featuring 11 sculptures by 8 regional artists.

Paper Stories
May 9 – May 31
Introducing short Paper Stories, an exhibit dedicated to works on paper and works created out of paper!
Light, Color…Action!
May 9 – May 31
Light, Color…Action! a featured artist exhibit by Adrienne Circelli-Silversmith

Coombs & Blooms
June 7th, 6:00-8:00 PM at Newburyport Art
A ticketed fundraiser event at Newburyport Art on June 7th, 6:00-8:00pm. This flower-filled fundraiser supports Newburyport Art’s programming, capital building improvements, and community outreach!
The REUSE! Box Truck Tiny House
The REUSE! Box Truck Tiny House at Newburyport Art on April 26th from 11:00-3:00pm!
Reuse Edutainer Alex Eaves and Tiny House Expert Derek “Deek” Diedricksen have transformed a 17-foot box truck into a 98-Square Foot tiny house and mobile reuse education center; combining their knowledge of reuse and building tiny houses. Alex and Deek have reused every step of the way: from the truck to the materials to screws. They show people how, with a little more thought and creativity, reuse is everywhere and it's not only beneficial to our planet, but it benefits people and their wallets too.

2025 OpArt Exhibition
April 3 – May 3
2025 OpArt Exhibition, a exhibit featuring over 30 artists from Opportunity Works

Band of Brushes & Newburyport Ten
April 3 – May 3
Introducing Band of Brushes and Newburyport Ten in a month long exhibition featuring en plein-air works by 13 artists

Youth Voice
April 3 – May 3
Introducing Youth Voice, a exhibited featuring 65 young artists in grades 1 through 12 from local and regional schools.

Photography Interest Group Show
March 7 – March 29
Introducing Photography Interest Group Show, an exhibit featuring photographs by local and regional artists. On view in the Hills Gallery, with awards juried by photographer Cara Weston.

Photography Show
March 7 – March 29
Introducing Photography Show, an exhibit featuring photographs by local and regional artists. On view in the Sargent and Hartson Galleries. Awards juried by photographer Cara Weston.

Violette Marine Chamber Music Society
Performance on February 22, at 6:00 PM
Newburyport Art presents a Violette Marine Chamber Music performance, Baroque Bash

Elements
January 31 – March 1
Introducing Elements, a exhibited dedicated to artistic interpretations of earth, wind, fire and water, as well as creative expressions that are essential and elemental to the artists own lives and experiences. On view in the Sargent and Hartson Galleries.

Featured Artist | Jennifer Day
January 31 - March 1
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from artist member Jennifer Day

Featured Artist | Christine Molitor Johnson
December 6 - 20
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from member artist Christine Molitor Johnson.

Featured Artist | Lance Hidy
November 21 - December 3
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from member artist Lance Hidy

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!

Featured Artist | Rick Hamilton
August 30 - September 14
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from member artist Rick Hamilton.

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!

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!
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.