Name: 63rd Wickford Art Festival - Call for Artists
Start: 2026-07-11T09:00:00-04:00
Location: Wilson Park

Wilson Park

Produced by the Wickford Art Association since 1962, we invite you to come and discover the Wickford Art Festival! Located in the easily accessible Wilson Park, within the charming and historic Wickford Village, the park transforms into an open-air gallery and bustling hub of artistic expression. *ARTIST APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN THROUGH MARCH 15*Visit <a href="https://wickfordart.org/festival/registration/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExVFM4NHp5VGlGeFJ2UEthY3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5PySAeOhwpnz0PhMV0N70ryldh00jEt8jthiF14sDv_OyHVUlb9tjZ78S9ug_aem_Nt4IWO1StSpDBL-OlLWWUg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://wickfordart.org/festival/registration/</a> for more details and online application.JURIED FINE ARTISTS The festival hosts a carefully curated selection of juried fine art by 200 renowned artists from across the state of Rhode Island and country. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of mediums including ceramics, wood, fiber, furniture, fine jewelry, drawing, glass, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculptures.FREE ADMISSION Admission is always free and as an added bonus to fine art collectors, Rhode Island does not collect sales tax on fine art sales!

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63rd Wickford Art Festival - Call for Artists

Produced by the Wickford Art Association since 1962, we invite you to come and discover the Wickford Art Festival! Located in...

Ryan and McGinn Parks, and North Koffee

JOIN THE VFW 152 ...for the North Kingstown Day of Service on May 2nd. 📌 We will perform spring clean-ups in the morning at McGinn Park (9-11) and Ryan Park (10-12), and host a food collection drive to support the NK Food Pantry.
📌 Blood drive at North Koffee 8:30-1:30.
📌 And the Plum Beach Garden Club is doing a beautification at Updike Park in the morning. No specific time yet. 🌷
Please sign up here to volunteer <a href="https://forms.gle/xNcaXHVEYX2u6okh8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">forms.gle/xNcaXHVEYX2u6okh8</a>
Items to bring as volunteers: -Comfortable clothing and footwear for yard work -Work gloves -Sunscreen/medications/hats if needed -Friends and family -A neighborly attitude
The VFW will provide: -Latex gloves -Trash bags -Water/Ice -First Aid Kits -Site Leaders for coordination

Local Event: North Kingstown Day Of Service

North Kingstown Day Of Service

JOIN THE VFW 152 ...for the North Kingstown Day of Service on May 2nd. 📌 We will perform spring clean-ups in the morning at...

Knights of Columbus St Francis #2011 Wickford RI

Hundreds of rare and hard to find Dahlia tubers will be offered for sale at this Annual event. All tubers are $7 each, and Grab Bags with 5 tubers available for $15. Expert gardeners will be on hand to answer questions regarding planting, fertilizing, etc.&nbsp;

Local Event: RI Dahlia Society Tuber Sale

RI Dahlia Society Tuber Sale

Hundreds of rare and hard to find Dahlia tubers will be offered for sale at this Annual event. All tubers are $7 each, and Grab...

North Kingstown High School

Join us at our annual spring concert featuring both adult and children's choruses.&nbsp; The theme is "When You Wish Upon A Star" and music is about stars of all types: from the night sky to Broadway and Hollywood. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and $5 for children under 8.
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North Kingstown Community Chorus 2026 Spring...

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North Kingstown Community Chorus 2026 Spring Concert

Jamestown Arts Center

“Why Gauguin Matters: Artistic Response from Matisse to Global Contemporary Art”
Prof. Elizabeth Childs, The Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Modern Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis RSVP encouraged | Free and open to the publicPaul Gauguin (1848–1903) is recognized as a seminal figure in French Post-Impressionism and modernism, notable for his non-naturalistic use of color and decorative flattening of space. Elizabeth Childs explores the enduring influence of Gauguin across modern and contemporary art, from Picasso and Matisse, who admired his work in early 20th-century Paris, to international women artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Amrita Sher-Gil, who brought distinct perspectives to his themes. More recently, Pacific Islander artists such as Yuki Kihara, Tyla Vaeau, and Kay George have engaged critically with Gauguin’s legacy, interrogating its gendered and racial politics and reimagining his imagery in contemporary contexts. These works respond to the existential questions Gauguin posed in Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?—a painting on view nearby at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.ABOUT THE LECTURER
Professor Elizabeth Childs, Washington University in St. Louis, specializes in modern art, encompassing late eighteenth- through early twentieth-century European art and visual culture, broadly defined. She is a specialist in European avant-garde modernism, particularly painting, photography, and prints, and has published on key figures including Daumier, Degas, Van Gogh, and Gauguin, as well as select chapters of American art, including the photography of exploration, the earth works of Robert Smithson, and the exoticism of John La Farge and historian Henry Adams. Her work on Gauguin emphasizes his engagement with Tahitian and Marquesan culture, colonial society, photography, world religions, and the construction of a primitivist identity, with a forthcoming monograph on his late work and writings in progress.
In her courses, Professor Childs considers art in relation to political, social, and ideological contexts, with particular attention to colonialism, imperialism, tourism, anthropology, and exploration. She is broadly interested in exoticism, orientalism, and japonisme in both fine and popular arts, the study of gender and race, theories and practices of landscape painting and photography, modern art in transnational contexts, and the collection and interpretation of non-Western objects in the Euro-American art world. Her research also explores art’s intersections with science, cultural geography, censorship, female agency, and humor in visual culture, particularly caricature.ABOUT THE MARK S. WEIL LECTUREThe Mark Steinberg Weil Art History Lecture at Jamestown Arts Center is a free public program established in memory of artist Joan Hall’s late husband. Each year, the lecture invites a distinguished art historian to speak on a topic connected to Professor Weil’s areas of research, continuing his legacy of scholarship, curiosity, and deep engagement with the visual arts.Mark S. Weil (1939–2021) was the E. Desmond Lee Professor Emeritus for Collaboration in the Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught for nearly four decades and twice served as chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology. A specialist in Italian Baroque sculpture and early modern European art, he was a deeply influential scholar, curator, and teacher known for his commitment to close looking and firsthand engagement with works of art. He was also a passionate collector of Old Master prints, drawings, and sculpture, a collection that was gifted to the Saint Louis Art Museum upon his death. In his own artistic practice, he created a series of self-portraits reflected in sculptural works. In retirement, he lived in Jamestown, Rhode Island, where he continued his research, mentoring, and artistic practice, and remained a dedicated supporter of the arts and humanities.

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Quonset O Club

The North Kingstown Women's Club will meet on Wednesday May 6, 2026 at The Quonset "O" Club, 200 Lt. James Brown Road, North Kingstown, RI. 
Happy Hour starts at 11:00 AM. The business meeting begins at 11:30 AM and lunch follows.&nbsp;
Our entertainment this month is&nbsp;Folk Music by Abrey Atwater. We will also be introducing the two scholarship recipients for 2026.
Our club promotes social activities and charitable giving, and also provides for intellectual growth and community service.&nbsp;
For information on becoming a member of The North Kingstown Women's Club, please contact Catherine Sears at 401-295-2275 or <a href="mailto:cathys226@gmail.com" target="_blank">cathys226@gmail.com</a>, You can also email the Women’s Club <a href="mailto:nkwomensclub@gmail.com" target="_blank">nkwomensclub@gmail.com</a>.&nbsp;
Newcomers are welcome and are not required to be a resident of North Kingstown.

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Help place American flags on the graves of veterans at Elm Grove Cemetery to honor the service of men and women who served in nearly all conflicts including the Revolutionary War. Flags will be placed on Saturdays, May 9 and May 16 in preparation for Memorial Day. For more information, email Office@ElmGroveCemeteryRI.com or call 401 284-6148.

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Flags for Memorial Day 2026

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Intrepid Drive

Join us for gentle mindful movement and meditation with sounds from nature and a handpan.Follow Intrepid Drive to the boat ramp parking lot. The Spiral is located down the last path on the right.Free Event, Open to all.Bring chairs/blanket to sit on.

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South County, RI, April 24th, 2026 - Dennis McGuire AAMS, ADPA, RICP, Managing Partner of McGuire Wealth Management in Wakefield, RI has been recognized as a 2026 Rhode Island Best-In-State Wealth Advisor by Forbes.*&nbsp; 
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Newport Comedy Series

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