CLASSES
Summer Class
​Registration
 Open!
Summer Beach Wine and Paint Night, Friday, June 29-  7 pm
Register Here

OTHER MEDIA
Furniture Restorative Creations
July 12

Jewelry - Sea Glass Workshop
July 14

Pastel Landscape Drawing,
​All Levels July 16

The Art of Collage
Workshops July 21

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographers' Collective
May 19

Low Light Photography
July 12

Digital Photography from Camera to Computer
July 19

Photograph Your Artwork
with Bill - August

PAINTING
Realism to Abstraction
Workshop May 24 - 1 day

Botanical Watercolors
June 24

Still Life in Oils
July 19

Wine and Paint
"Wildflowers"  June 29th

Watercolors Step by Step 
July 21

Water to Water Plein Air Painting
August 10

DRAWING
The Basics of Realism Drawing
I and II
June 21

PRINTMAKING
Introduction to Printmaking
July 14 - One Open Session

Printmaking Open Studios
June, July and August

POTTERY
Pottery II Open Studio
​June 19

Pottery I Eve
June 25

Hand Built Sets
June 26

Pottery I  Day
June 28

Summer Bowlathon
June 30

Raku Firing
July 14

Glaze Workshop
August 11
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Wood Fire
July 21 - Glaze Demo
August 4 - Load
August 5 - Fire
August 8 - Unload

To become an SCAA Member
​click here. 

Paula Imbergamo, Graphic Artist, Art Teacher and Instructor for the Art of Assemblage
Watch for Paula's Class this Spring

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Remember our Gift Shop!

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Member artists sell their functional and decorative pottery, framed and matted art, prints, cards, woodwork, and jewelry year-round in our gift shop. Think of us next time you're looking for something truly unique!
IN THE GALLERY
 2018 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
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Members Invitational
May 17 - June 9

Featuring the work of SCAA Artist Members
Edward & Priscilla Bogdan •  mixed media
Scott Keeley • sculpture
Daniel Lake • painting
Ye Liu • painting
Paul Murray • photography
Marilyn Saabye • painting

Opening Reception: May 17 at 7:00 PM
Coming Soon
Open Juried All Media 1 Exhibition
Theme: Transformations
June 14 – July 14, 2018
Juror:  Suzanne Schireson
Entries due by June 10
​Opening Reception: June 14 at 7:00 PM

The perfect  gift for classes or our gift shop.
​Click here to purchase.

GIFT CERTIFICATES
NEWS

Pardon our Appearance!

Renovations begin this week with funds from a RI Cultural Facilities grant  to improve our office and gift shop space and renovate our kitchen facilities.  Our office will be fully operational in the gallery while the Gift Store  is closed from 5/21-5/25 and then will return to normal operations.  

Kitchen renovations will continue through June 13th.  During this period, visitors and artists should use the front door entrance to Helme House for all business, including dropping off work for our call for entry into the upcoming exhibit between June 6th and 10th.

Our grand opening will coincide with the Reception for our All Media Juried I Exhibit on June 14th at 7:00 pm.

THE ART OF PRINTMAKING
​Introduction to Printmaking - Saturday July 14 10 am - Noon
Printmaking is an artistic process of making multiple images from an original design. The process is very spontaneous and the unpredictability that happens when pulling a print is what makes the process so special. This spring we are offering four classes that concentrate on different techniques in our renovated printmaking studio. You can find a description about printmaking from two of our instructors here. Click here for classes.

SCAA RECEIVES GRANTS FROM STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

L to R: Randall Rosenbaum, RISCA, Executive Director, Kathleen Carland, SCAA Executive Director, Kris Greco, Treasurer, Jeanne Wettlaufer, President and Teresa Tanzi, RI State Representative

 The State  of Rhode Island Announced $4.6 million in Capital Grants for Arts, Culture, Heritage, and Public Historic Sites to 38 Recipients from 14 Cities and Towns on January 10, 2018  at the  Newport Art Museum.  These grants were awarded by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Historical & Preservation Commission

South County Art Association is the grant recipient from both the Rhode Island Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission and a RISCA Rhode Island Cultural Facilities grant which total  $23,682.  These funds will enable SCAA to complete exterior painting, renovate our gift shop, office and kitchen, complete window restoration and improve signage.  These improvements set the stage for more community engagement and support for Rhode Island artists!

Please donate today to our Annual Appeal

Please consider donating to
our Annual Appeal as we enter our 90th year. Your donation helps
us match grant funds and make surethat the work on our buildings
is more preservation than restoration, which can become 
even more costly.

Our Arts Education Programs, Exhibits and Community Enrichment
all benefit from your contribution. 
You may donate one time or in monthly installments.Thank you!
We are a 501c3 nonprofit and all donations
are tax-deductible.
Click here to read about SCAA's History and Early Beginnings 

Board L to R: Rick Martell, Paula Imbergamo, Jeanne Wettlaufer, President, Christine Sullivan, Chair Development Committee,
Kris Greco, Treasurer, Beth Casagrande, Secretary, Mary Meagher, Vice President and Sarah Daly.  Not in Photo: Linda Hufnagel

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​SCAA Instagram Account
​​is launched!! #scartri

We are on the hunt for class photographs. Break out those phones, take some fun pictures and email them to:
execdirector@southcountyart.org
Independent Arts and Living Article
​ about SCAA 
From the South County Independent
Assemblage work a highlight of "Art from the Workshops"Student work takes center stage at SCAA exhibit