Time for some holiday cheer! See all the details and sign up at www.portsmouthhistory.org/gingerbread Threads Talk October Join us for an evening with our exhibiting quilters! We’ll have a few presentations about quilts and quilting today and then a Q&A session where everyone can ask their burning questions about quilting! Thursday, October 297:30pmvia Zoom FREE…
Category: Jubilee
Online Art Auction Ends October 7
Click here tinyurl.com/yxquydaw PHOTO CAPTION: Bid on over 100 works of art by nearly fifty regional artists. Photos courtesy of the artists and Ken Goldman. Only days remain to bid on over 100 works by regional artists in the Portsmouth Historical Society’s “Jubilee” art auction that ends October 7 at 6pm. Half of the proceeds…
LAST WEEK FOR AUCTION
Bidding Closes October 7 at 6pm. Have Enough Art but Still Want to Help? (can you really have enough art?) Don’t forget our Fund-A-Need campaign to commission a work of art for the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center! Just follow the auction link and click “Donate Now!” Walking Tours End October 31 It’s the perfect weather…
Community Quilts Are on Display!
We are currently open Friday–Monday, 10am–4pm.Stop by and visit our safe, comfortable, and spacious gallery and museum shop, and enjoy the “Threads” exhibition and the Community Quilts! Color & Comfort: Quilts in Context Quilts and coverlets, in addition to being examples of outstanding needlework and beautiful works of art, have symbolic value and functional purposes. They…
Jubilee Auction Now Live
Bidding closes Wednesday, October 7, 6pm! No tickets necessary! Click here: tinyurl.com/yxquydaw Arts, history, and culture define Portsmouth, and we realize that the artist community, so integral to the city’s unique character, has been hard hit by the pandemic. Portsmouth Historical Society has also seen financial challenges due to the stay-at-home order and social distancing…
Votes for Women! Jubilee! Zoom Lecture!
Annual Jubilee Tickets On Sale Now!! Annual Fundraiser will Support Local Artists & Portsmouth Historical Society Our benefit auction through Bidding For Good, featuring more than 50 works of art by local artists, opens to bidding on the evening of September 10th and runs through October 7th. Your winning bid will be split equally between…
7th annual John Paul Jones Jubilee & Auction
Arts, history, and culture define Portsmouth, and we realize that the artist community, so integral to the city’s unique character, has been hard hit by the pandemic. Portsmouth Historical Society has also seen financial challenges due to the stay-at-home order and social distancing requirements. To that end, we have decided to use our annual fundraiser,…
Historical Society’s Annual Fundraiser Goes Online; Event & Auction will “Pay it Forward” to Local Artists
Historical Society’s Annual Fundraiser Goes Online; Event & Auction will “Pay it Forward” to Local Artists PORTSMOUTH – The Portsmouth Historical Society’s 7th annual John Paul Jones Jubilee and Auction will take place virtually on Thursday, September 10 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. This year’s celebration is a benefit designed for two! Arts, history, and…
Community Quilt Update, Next “Threads” Lecture, Jubilee, and more!
Assembly of the community quilt is underway! We have a small committee of volunteers putting together all the squares we received. We plan to reveal our progress at our John Paul Jones Jubilee event (online!) on September 10th! More details and links for tickets to this event farther down. We’ve been busy preparing the quilt…