Newburyport Art Past Exhibits
View gallery exhibits from the past year.
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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 5 – 14
Newburyport Art presents a Featured Artist solo exhibition by member artist Deb Desmond Meserve: Saltwater Grounding.
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.
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.
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.
March 20–30
Come celebrate the annual exhibition by Newburyport High School seniors involved in the National Art Honors Society!
March 14 – April 28
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!
March 1 – 30
The Colors of March takes inspiration from March as Women's History Month. For decades, the colors of white, green, and purple (and even a little gold) have come to be associated with March and honoring Women's History. This exhibition is centered around these colors in acknowledgement and celebration of this impactful month.
March 1 – 30
This is a special ‘thank you’ exhibition featuring artists that donated 100% of their sale proceeds from the 2023 Art Auction to Newburyport Art. We are so thankful for their generosity, and we are so proud to highlight their magnificent work in this special exhibition.
March 1 – 17
Newburyport Art is celebrating the younger generation of artists in our greater community! Artists grades 1-12 from a range of schools will be exhibiting in Newburyport Art’s Hills Gallery.
February 1–25
The 2024 Members’ Winter Juried Show features 124 diverse works of art, selected by a special committee of artist-jurors: Judy Miller Bailey, Rosalie Cuticchia, Susan Spellman, Tom Bailey, and Verne Orlosk.
February 1 – March 10
Small holiday items are available in our gift shop space! These works showcase excellence in art & design through smaller format works, making for a perfect gift or addition to the home!
January 18 – 28
Newburyport Art presents The Maine Idea, an exhibition inspired by the themes of Maine in honor of Past President Jean Trim and her dedicated service to Newburyport Art, with a special posthumous collection of work by Christa Trim.
January 18 – 28
Over 60 works of art from 40 artists are on display in the Sargent Gallery. Newburyport Art’s Master Artist Exhibition celebrates some of the most distinguished members of the Association.
December 8 - 22
Newburyport Art presents Pleinly Noted, a Featured Artist solo exhibition by NAA Master Artist member Maria Nemchuk. On view in the Hills Gallery, this collection of over 30 gorgeous oil paintings focuses on the work Maria created en plein air from the early Covid pandemic in 2020.
December 7 - January 14
Featuring artistic excellence across a variety of mediums from over 70 artists, the Members’ Open Holiday Show exhibits a festive and joyful experience for every viewer (with some tantalizing gift ideas for that art-loving friend of yours)!
December 1 – January 14
Small holiday 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!
November 21 – January 7
The Watercolor Interest Group at Newburyport Art presents an exhibition at the Newbury Town Library, titled Joyous Watercolors. The group will hold two receptions where you can meet the artists: Wed, Nov 29 (4-7pm) and Sat, Dec 2 (12-2pm).
November 17 – December 3
Journeying Well: Artistic Pathways is a 75th Anniversary special exhibition, generously supported by the Newburyport Charitable Bank Foundation and the Mass Cultural Council. Approximately 150 works of art in the exhibit highlight perspectives on the artistic and creative process, and artists have expressed their pathways and journeys in many forms, from literal depictions to metaphorical ones to the symbolic, abstract, and process-oriented.
November 3 - 12
Newburyport Art presents a featured solo exhibition from Master Artist Nancy S. Cahan. Out of the Fire: Expressions in Clay tackles a multitude of topics and emotions, utilizing the intense heat, fire, smoke, and fuming of raku-firing and saggar-firing.
October 20 - 31
Newburyport Art is honored to present a solo exhibition from Donald Jurney. Stop into the Hills Gallery to take in 59 stunning oil paintings from Jurney, a longtime supporter and Lifetime Member of Newburyport Art.
October 20 - November 12
The 2023 Members’ Fall Juried Show is made up of 90 works by 67 participating artists. The juror was Markus Sebastiano, artist owner of the Blochaus Gallery across the street from the NAA.
October 20 - November 26
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!
September 30 - October 15
Band of Brushes, one of Newburyport Art’s Featured Interest Groups, presents Creative Views — featuring over 100 artworks from ten plein air artists.
September 30 - October 15
Newburyport 10, one of Newburyport Art’s Featured Interest Groups, presents The Outsiders — featuring over 50 artworks from ten plein air artists based in the Massachusetts Northshore.