If you liked Eric the first time, here are a few shows to consider attending...

Eric Sturtevant, friend and recent illustrator featured at The Riverside, has a couple of upcoming shows in the New England area. Be sure to check out his work at the following events.

The Foundry Artists Association Holiday Show: www.foundryshow.com

Show & Sale

Friday, December 4th, 12-8pm
Saturday, December 5th, 10-8pm
Sunday, December 6th, 10-6pm
Friday, December 11th, 12-8pm
Saturday, December 12th, 10-8pm
Sunday, December 13th, 10-6pm

The Southend Open Market: www.southendopenmarket.com

Opening Sat. & Sun., May 15 & 16, 2010

Holiday Cheer at The Riverside...

The merchants of The Riverside are collaborating once again to bring you a fun and family oriented holiday event. Wednesday, Dec. 2nd we will be hosting our annual "Holiday Open House" from 5-9 p.m. all taking place during Westerly's Art Stroll Night. The night includes music by Georgette and her kids company, wine tasting by Langworthy Farm, art displayed at The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery as well as Wild Animal Publishing, yummy holiday treats by The Bean Counter Coffee Shop, and special shopping offers from the new TLC Boutique (formerly In Due Time Boutique). Stop by for some live music, food, fun, wine, art, shopping and dinosaurs! Bring the whole family!

Monkey Business at The Riverside!

The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery has invited illustrator Eric Sturtevant to be the featured artist for the month of November. Eric is a native Rhode Islander with a bit of a "wild side." His beautifully illustrated and humorous animals bring out the kid in all of us! The show opens during the Westerly Art Stroll, Wednesday, Nov. 4th and will run through the end of the month. This event is for children of all ages so be sure to bring the whole family! Eric will be on hand and may sign a few prints. Kid inspired treats will be provided by Candy Galore of Westerly. This promises to be a good time, so be sure to stop by The Riverside and have a little fun on us!

When: November 4th – November 30th

Open Reception: November 4th, 5-8p.m.

Gallery Hours: M-F, 10-3 p.m. or by appointment

Fall Strolls begin Tonight!

Kids are in school, the air is brisk, the skies are brilliant and we are ready to start putting pencil to paper and paint to canvas. We have spent the summer taking photographs, walking through nature, experiencing summer living on the Rhode Island/Connecticut coast and finding inspiration in the smallest corners of our lives. Tonight will be the first Art Stroll for our fall season and it promises to be a lovely night for walking with friends down Westerly's beautiful streets. Stop by and help inspire us with your summer stories. We will be open from 5-8 at 12 Broad Street. Refreshments will be served.

Summer Strolls are Here!

Enjoy the summer season strolling through Westerly and enjoying the arts, culture and shopping our quaint downtown has to offer. The Art Strolls will continue every 1st Wednesday of the month with various artists studios and galleries open until 8 pm. Every 3rd Thursday shops, restaurants and other participating businesses will be open for Ladies' Night(5-8 pm), so bring a girlfriend or two and be sure to stop by The Riverside! For the music lovers, The Industrial Bank Building will be hosting "Open Mic" night featuring original work by local musicians in the evenings every 3rd Sunday of the month. So there is a lot to look forward to this summer! See you at The Riverside!

Open During Westerly's Virtu Art Festival • Memorial Weekend • May 23-24

The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery will be open Memorial Weekend! If you are planning to go to Westerly's Virtu Art Festival in Wilcox Park be sure to stop by and say hi. The Riverside is located at 12 Broad Street in Westerly, RI (on the first floor of the old McCormick Dept. Store.) Featured art and giclee prints on display by artists: Ian Newbury, Fran Knapp, Marie Laudini and Millie Donovan. See you at the Festival!!!

Open Late During Ladies' Night!

The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery is joining the Westerly-Pawcatuck Downtown Business Association and local merchants participating in the "First Ever Shopping & Dining Extravaganza", Ladies' Night. Retailers and restaurants throughout Westerly and Pawcatuck will keep their doors open later from 5-8 p.m. The night will be kicked off with a Fashion Show at the Land Trust Building on High Street and then continue at different locations around town. The doors at the Riverside will be open so stop by and have a drink on us. 

When: April 16th, 5-8p.m.

Where: Downtown Westerly-Pawcatuck

We are located at: 12 High Street, Westerly, RI

Shop On-line!!!

The biggest news this month has been the fact that The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery has collected a few items from their most recent shows and posted them on-line for all to see. Our new on-line shop has nearly 40 items ranging from paintings and mixed-media works of art by Millie Donovan and Kate Cascio to wall-hangings and decorative pillows fashioned by Solveig Ronnqvist of FACE (Fiber Artists on the Cutting Edge). Both shows are currently on display through the end of the month but their work will be on TheRiversideGallery.etsy.com for the next few months. So stop by The Riverside Gallery on-line and promote the arts by doing a little shopping.

In Bloom...Celebrating Spring

Currently Showing at:

The Emporium Gallery

15 Water Street, Mystic, C.T.

March 5th-30th

A Feast for the Eyes 

Collaborative Show by F.A.C.E.

Currently Showing at:

The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery

12 Broad Street, Westerly, R.I.

March 4th-March 27th

The Riverside Gallery on Etsy.com

http://TheRiversideGallery.etsy.com

Also on Etsy.com:

Newbury Art Watercolors by Ian Newbury

http://newburyart.etsy.com

Be sure to make us a favorite.

A Feast for your Eyes...March 4th, 5-8pm

FACE, Fiber Artists on the Cutting Edge, will exhibit at The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery March 4 – March 26. Join us to meet some of the FACE members during the opening Wednesday March 4th, 5-8pm, while you enjoy the Westerly Art Stroll. You may be familiar with this talented and versatile group of women fiber artists from previous shows at the Westerly Library's Hoxie Gallery. Dust off some of those visual cob webs and feast your eyes on a colorful and textural art experience! (Image shown: "The Sweeter Half" by Solveig Ronnqvist)

Show Dates: March 4th – March 26th

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 4th from 5-8pm

Where: The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery

12 Broad Street • Westerly, RI

Soup's On...

Come in from the cold and enjoy some soup while you view the work of artists Ian Newbury, Fran Knapp, Marie Laudini, Barbara Plummer and Millie Donovan. Our studio will be open to the public during Westerly's Art Stroll on Wednesday, February 4th from 5-8 p.m. Bring a friend!

What: Open Studio Night, Soup's On!

When: Wednesday, February 4th from 5-8 p.m.

Where: The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery

12 Broad Street • Westerly, RI

Cranes for Peace Continues...

When:  Saturday, January 24th from 10AM-2PM

Where: Westerly Public Library

44 Broad Street

Westerly, Rhode Island 02891

For more information log in to : www. newburystudio.com

Still on display...

Several of the artists that participated in December's "No More, No Less" Small Works Show at The Riverside have allowed us to keep and display their work until the end of January. We are honored to have had the opportunity to put a show together with such a diverse and talented group of people. You still have a chance to own one of these extraordinary pieces all priced just under $50! Stop by The Riverside Artists Studio & Gallery to view the show before its gone!

Tonight at The Riverside

Come in from the cold and join the artists at The Riverside during tonight's Art Stroll in downtown Westerly. Ian Newbury will have on display his unfinished community project "1,000 Cranes for World Peace". You can contribute to this project by stopping by and making your own paper crane. Ian and Millie will be on hand to help. See you tonight @ The Riverside!

1,000 Cranes for World Peace

Community and Art...

Ian Newbury organized a wonderful community outreach event today (Saturday, Jan. 3rd) and opened the doors to anyone willing to learn the art of folding origami paper cranes. People young and old added to the strings of colorful cranes that will eventually hang in Wilcox Park in Westerly. The goal was to complete 25 strings of 40 cranes totaling 1,000. According to Japanese legend, anyone folding 1, 000 cranes will be granted a wish. Be sure to check back and see where the cranes are hanging and maybe you can stop by and add one of your own.

Excerpt taken from Ian Newbury's post on www.newburystudio.com

The Thousand Origami Cranes is well known as an international symbol of world peace through the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who contracted leukemia as a result of radiation from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. Her story is told in the book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes." Several temples, including some in Tokyo and Hiroshima, have eternal flames for World Peace. At these temples, school groups or individuals often donate Senbazuru to add to the prayer for peace. The cranes are left exposed to the elements, slowly dissolving and becoming tattered as the wish is released. In this way they are related to the prayer flags of India and Tibet.

An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy beasts (others include the dragon and tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years.