Gingerbread House Contest Registration Ends 11/18

Gingerbread House Contest Registration Ends 11/18

by | Nov 10, 2022 | News

Registration for the 32nd Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition closes 11/18

Gingerbread is back for 2022! Once again, we’re filling our galleries and downtown shop windows with sweet holiday goodness!

The 2022 theme is: fictional places and characters. We are inviting the gingerbreadologisits of Portsmouth and beyond to craft your favorite fictional places and characters —edible materials only, of course!

Register by November 18 to participate.

Upcoming “Show + Tell” Workshop, Lecture, and Curator Tours

Read, Discover, and Draw
Sunday, November 13, 10-11 am

Join us for a fun morning with children’s book illustrator, Gina Perry! Ages 5+

Curator Tours November 16 & December 7, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Get behind-the-scenes insights from “Show + Tell” curator, Tess Feltes.

Show + Tell Curator Tour

Book Illustration Process Thursday, November 17, 6:30-7:30 pm

Join two of the artists featured in “Show + Tell,” Jill Weber and Ryan O’Rourke, for a lively discussion about the process of illustrating a book.

Ongoing ExhibitionS

Show+ Tell Exhibition featuring Greater Seacoast Illustrators. Image has a green background and several characters featured in these illustrated books below.
“Show + Tell,” our celebration of the depth and breadth of local children’s picturebook illustrators opens Friday, October 28, with an opening reception the previous evening (Thursday, October 27) from 5:30-7:30pm. 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!
Winter pastel image with exhibition title overlay

It’s Pastel!, the 14th annual national juried exhibition of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire, opened Saturday, October 22!

Upcoming Events

John Paul Jones House open Veterans Day.
The JPJ House will be open 11am-3pm on November 11, and admission is FREE!
Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth written on a golden ornament
Vintage Christmas Kickoff Party
Join us on Friday, December 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 to celebrate the season!

Gift Shop Spotlight

History. Arts. Culture.

“Show + Tell” Curator Tour

“Show + Tell” Curator Tour

by | Nov 2, 2022

Get behind-the-scenes insight with “Show + Tell” Curator, Tess Feltes.

 

“Show & Tell,” in addition to introducing visitors to local artists, offers a peek into the process that illustrators use to create memorable and engaging works. Twenty talented artists were selected from New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts, and Maine. Each has a unique style, a significant body of work, and varied subject matter. Although their approaches differ, they each use the same “tricks of the trade”: color, line, shape, size, and composition. Just like language and grammar, these elements of design can be used in infinite ways.

Date: Wednesday, December 7
Time: 12-1 pm
Free Admission
No reservations required

“Show + Tell” Curator Tour

“Show + Tell” Curator Tour

by | Nov 2, 2022

Get behind-the-scenes insight with “Show + Tell” Curator, Tess Feltes.

“Show & Tell,” in addition to introducing visitors to local artists, offers a peek into the process that illustrators use to create memorable and engaging works. Twenty talented artists were selected from New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts, and Maine. Each has a unique style, a significant body of work, and varied subject matter. Although their approaches differ, they each use the same “tricks of the trade”: color, line, shape, size, and composition. Just like language and grammar, these elements of design can be used in infinite ways.

Date: Wednesday, November, 16
Time: 12-1 pm
Free Admission
No reservations required

Show + Tell Exhibition Opens

Show + Tell Exhibition Opens

by | Oct 27, 2022 | News

New Exhibition Opening

“Show + Tell,” our celebration of the depth and breadth of local children’s picturebook illustrators opens Friday, October 28, with an opening reception the previous evening (Thursday, October 27) from 5:30-7:30pm. 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!

Upcoming “Show + Tell” Workshops and Lecture

Drawing from Nature
Thursday, November 3, 5:30-7:30 pm

Join Susan Spellman for an interactive workshop on drawing from nature! Ages 10 and up, all skill levels welcome!

Read, Discover, and Draw
Sunday, November 13, 10-11 am

Join us for a fun morning with children’s book illustrator, Gina Perry! Ages 5+

Book Illustration Process
Thursday, November 17, 6:30-7:30 pm

Join two of the artists featured in “Show + Tell,” Jill Weber and Ryan O’Rourke, for a lively discussion about the process of illustrating a book.

Gingerbread is back for 2022! Once again, we’re filling our galleries and downtown shop windows with sweet holiday goodness!

The 2022 theme is: fictional places and characters. We are inviting the gingerbreadologisits of Portsmouth and beyond to craft your favorite fictional places and characters —edible materials only, of course!

Register by November 18 to participate.

Ongoing Exhibition

Winter pastel image with exhibition title overlay

It’s Pastel!, the 14th annual national juried exhibition of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire, opened Saturday, October 22!

Upcoming Events

Walking Tours end for the season on October 31.

This is the perfect season for a walking tour with all the beautiful foliage. Remember, if you can’t get to any of our regularly scheduled tours, you can always book a private tour by emailing Robin, our tour manager!

John Paul Jones House open Veterans Day.

The JPJ House will be open 11am-3pm on November 11, and admission is FREE!

Art ‘Round Town November 4

We’ll be open until 8pm on November 4th for Art ‘Round Town! Stop by after work to see “Show + Tell” and “It’s Pastel!”

History. Arts. Culture.

Brewster Lecture Series: “Book Illustration Process.”

Brewster Lecture Series: “Book Illustration Process.”

by | Oct 25, 2022

Join two of the artists featured in “Show + Tell,” Jill Weber illustrator of Cat in the City and Ryan O’Rourke illustrator of “Let’s Build a Little Train,” for a lively discussion about the process of illustrating a book.

Thursday, November 17, 6:30 pm

FREE for members, $15 for non-members

Get your tickets

Jill Weber doubles as a children’s book illustrator and designer. Her favorite projects are the ones where she wears both hats. She has illustrated numerous books for children and adults, including The Story of Hanukkah, a NYTimes holiday pick, The Story Of Passover, and New York Times bestseller The Christmas Tree, which was written by Julie Salamon. Jill and Julie also collaborated on Cat in the City (Dial Books 2014) and Mutt’s Promise (Dial Books 2016 ). This year her new books are Pippa’s Passover by Vivan Kirkfield (Holiday House), What is the Story of Hello Kitty? (Penguin Workshop ) and Goodnight Bubbala by Sheryl Haft. When Jill is not at her drawing board, she can be found in her garden.

 

Show + Tell: Greater Seacoast Illustrators

OCTOBER 28–DECEMBER 30, 2022

Celebrating contemporary children’s picturebook illustrators of the greater Seacoast Region

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Get Outside! Do Something Different!

It’s finally cooled down a bit! Now is definitely the right time to go on one of our walking tours!

Tours go out every day, with specialty tours a few times a month. Get your tickets today!

Nothing fit your schedule? Book a private tour! Just reach out to tour manager Robin Lurie-Meyerkopf or give us a call, 603-436-8433

 

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Portsmouth 400th Book Available for Pre-Order

In advance of next year’s celebrations, this commemorative book will give readers a sense of “who we are” and “where we are” as Portsmouth continues its journey from our past before 1623 to our future beyond 2023. Each object is depicted with a full-page photograph accompanied by an essay by a local author – 80 different writers who are the historians, experts, participants, and observers of Portsmouth history best able to explain how each object’s story offers a path into our bigger 400+ year history.

Reserve Your Copy Today!

History. Arts. Culture.