Arts & Entertainment

The Arts & Cultural Alliance Annual Meeting

The Arts & Cultural Alliance Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, April 19 at 6pm at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840.  The Alliance celebrates 20 years as Newport County’s advocate for artists and cultural organizations, promoting and advancing the arts in the community.  Alliance Chairman Cris Offenberg will present an update on the initiatives and successes of the Alliance’s past year.

The special guest speaker will be Laura Scanlon, Director of State and Regional Partnerships for The National Endowment for the Arts. www.nea.gov/index with an introduction by Randall Rosenbaum, Executive Director of The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts http://www.arts.ri.gov.

The meeting will include live entertainment by Newport County artists, including Rhode Island's Ballet Theatre, recognition of the Art Museum’s 100th anniversary and the Island Moving Co.’s 30th season and a wine reception immediately following.

For more information about the Alliance, visit www.newportarts.org.

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