142 Fleet Street
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49 Pleasant St
13 Market Street
89 Market Street
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148 State Street
32 Daniel Street
51 Ceres Street
100 Market Street
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41 Market Street
22 Deer Street
Suite 100
175 Market Street
15 Vaughan Mall
2 Market Square
Barbara Stevens Adams, Peter Cady, Tom Glover, and Dustan Knight team up to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Portsmouth by remembering what used to be. Through their paints and brushes, these four talented artists depict the lost neighborhoods of our beloved city such as the North End, old Puddle Dock, the West End and others. Works will be on display and available for sale from November 24 through December 30 in the balcony gallery at Portsmouth Historical Society.
Barbara Stevens Adams began her art involvement while practicing as a psychotherapist in New Haven, Connecticut. Following her move to New Hampshire in 1990 she continued to pursue her art explorations which now have taker her to her current passion with oils and soft pastels. Barbara is a founding member and the past president of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire, a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association, a Signature Member of the Pastel Painters of Maine, and a member of Kittery Art Association, Seacoast Art Association, and Newburyport Art Association. the focus of her art is frequently themes from her en plein air painting excursions, her abstract exploration, and her enjoyment of the many moods of the New England coast. Although no longer practicing in her profession as a psychotherapist, Barbara has continued to be an active supporter of community agencies. She supports, through her art, NH Public Television, Womenaid of Greater Portsmouth, Portsmouth Music and Art, and Seacoast Pathways.
Dustan Knight is a working artist living in New Castle, a small island near Portsmouth, NH. She earned her MFA at Pratt Institute in NYC during the eighties, and an MA in Art History from Boston University. After years of teaching college and graduate art classes, she has returned full-time to her studio. As a mature artist, Dustan is able to step away from the politics of the art world and delve deeply into what matters most to her. Her art practice has exploded into powerful, abstracted images that celebrate the physicality of her materials and refer to her personal experiences in her PLACE.
Peter Cady grew up on the coast of New Hampshire. His study of painting began as a boy observing painters with their easels overlooking the ocean. He studied civil engineering but found he was drawn to things artistic and to working with his hands. After college, he worked in construction and learned fine woodworking. He still lives in the timber-framed house he built from his trees. His furniture making started to incorporate color and a variety of materials, evolving into sculpture. After a second career of teaching science to middle school students, he returned to the arts. He has gotten to know and learn from many fine painters like the ones in this group.
Tom Glover was born in Keene, NH. He graduated with a BFA degree in painting at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, and worked closely with the Maine painter John Laurent up until Laurent’s death in 2005. He studied painting restoration with the conservator Anthony Moore in York, Maine. For several years he lectured at the University of Connecticut to science education graduate students on “The Landscape, Mythology, and the Artist.” He has also taught painting at the UNH Department of Continuing Education, and at workshops on the Isles of Shoals. Currently, he teaches painting at Sanctuary Arts in Eliot, Maine.
To carry on the holiday celebrations, we welcome all of our community to stop by the gift shop and Shop Like a Member. Everyone will receive 10% off purchases from December 26 to December 30.
In addition, there will be deep discounts on ornaments, children’s goodies, framed photographs, and more!
“Show + Tell,” our celebration of the depth and breadth of local children’s picturebook illustrators reamins open until Friday, December 30. It’s open to the public, and we have many of the publications for sale in the shop that could be signed by the illustrators!
The 32nd Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition may have officially closed, but over 60 houses will remain on display until Friday, December 30.
12/24 Closing at 3 pm
12/25 Closed
12/30 Final Day of the Season
12/26-12/30 10 am – 4 pm
Ring in the holiday season at the 32nd Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition! Once again, we’re filling our galleries and downtown shop windows with sweet holiday goodness.
Take the fun downtown with our scavenger hunt. Collect all the stamps and enter to win a raffle of gift cards and prizes from participating retailers!
“Show + Tell,” our celebration of the depth and breadth of local children’s picturebook illustrators reamins open until Friday, December 30. It’s open to the public, and we have many of the publications for sale in the shop that could be signed by the illustrators!
12/22 Gingerbread Exhibition Closes
some houses will remain on display until we close for the season
12/24 Closing at 3 pm
12/25 Closed
12/30 Final Day of the Season
Ring in the holiday season at the 32nd Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition! Once again, we’re filling our galleries and downtown shop windows with sweet holiday goodness.
Make your voice heard. Cast your vote for People’s Choice Awards. Categories include: most creative building materials, most whimsical, most attention to detail, and best in show. All ballots must be cast in-person at 10 Middle Street.
Take the fun downtown with our scavenger hunt. Collect all the stamps and enter to win a raffle of gift cards and prizes from participating retailers!
“Show + Tell,” our celebration of the depth and breadth of local children’s picturebook illustrators reamins open until Friday, December 30. It’s open to the public, and we have many of the publications for sale in the shop that could be signed by the illustrators!
Get a chance to meet the author of The Secret Life of Mary White: Darkness Into Light.
12/22 Gingerbread Exhibition Closes
some houses will remain on display until we close for the season
12/24 Closing at 3 pm
12/25 Closed
12/30 Final Day of the Season
