Stuck inside? So are we! So we’re starting a Family Art Challenge at the Portsmouth Historical Society. We’ll be posting some pictures, some coloring pages, and suggestions for creating artwork. We encourage all ages to participate, just post in a comment or use the #PHSFamilyArtChallenge tag. Challenge #1: Milliner’s Box This box is probably from…
Seacoast Arts Organizations’ Call to Action
In times of crisis we come together. Current safety measures now prevent us from doing so in person. This new reality is leaning in on us; its shadow leaving area arts and cultural organizations, and many others around the world, dark. In the spirit of collaboration, we, the Portsmouth area arts nonprofits, make this united…
“Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts”
RESCHEDULED: Spring/Summer 2021Balcony Gallery at the Portsmouth Historical Society A Massachusetts native, Don was born in Boston in 1949 and spent his youth in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. He loved the seashore where he swam and fished, and learned about New England’s seafaring industry. When his family moved to Burlington, Massachusetts, Gorvett’s high school art instructor…
“Twilight of American Impressionism”
RESCHEDULED: Spring/Summer 2021Academy Gallery at the Portsmouth Historical Society Alice Ruggles Sohier (1880–1969) and Frederick Andrew Bosley (1881–1942) were Tarbell students, trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Related by marriage (Frederick was Alice’s brother-in-law), each artist became a master of the so-called Boston School, creating landscapes, interiors, still lifes, portraits,…