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In collaboration with the Portsmouth Historical Society, the Portsmouth Arts Guild is showing-off beautiful and historical Rhode Island.

For the month of August the Guild will be featuring works by local artists of selected landmarks of Rhode Island. Art is in a variety of media and will be displayed at  the Guild Gallery at 2679 East Main Road, the Portsmouth the Historical Society at 870 East Main Road, Common Fence Point Hall at 933 Anthony Road and Greenvale Vineyards at 582 Wapping Road, all in Portsmouth.  

Some of the landmarks showcased are The Rhode Island State House, the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Greenvale Winery, the Superman Building, Glen Farm, Friends Evangelical Meeting House and Prescott Farm. The show will run from August 4th to August 27th   during open hours for each location and all works will be for sale at reasonable prices. 
Artists who contribute work to the Landmarks Show will participate in a live Paint Out at the Portsmouth Historical Society grounds on Sunday, August 6th from 2pm to 5 pm. The public is invited to watch the artists at work. The artists will have more of their own work on hand for show and sale. 
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There will be another live Paint Out event open to artists to contribute to the show at the Greenvale Vineyards on Sunday, August 20th from 2pm to 5pm. Artists may offer the works completed at the event for sale to the public at the end of the afternoon. There will be live Jazz music and light refreshments offered. 
The Portsmouth Arts Guild Gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm at 2679 East Main Road. The phone number for the Guild Gallery is 401-293-5278 and the website is portsmoutharts.org. For more information contact Suzanne Lewis at workshops@portsmoutharts.org or Wayne Quackenbush at 401-847-4607
These are just a few of the works currently on display in the Common Fence Point Hall.  
All work is for sale. 
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      • ALS Ice Bucket Challenge 2014
      • Potluck Supper
      • Earth Day 2014
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      • Lap of Love Walk
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