Join the Preservation Society of Newport County on September 17 – 18 for the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival.
Wonderful wines from around the world, fabulous food from local and regional chefs and an exquisite ocean view are all included in this year’s festival at Rosecliff. Seminars, wine-pairing dinners and Sunday Brunch are all returning.
The full schedule of Seminars and Wine Dinners along with Tickets Sales may be accessed at www.newportmansions.org.
Enjoy an elegant, seated luncheon on the grounds of the Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff on June 22 at 11:30 am and then remain for an entertaining presentation with Laura LeBoutillier.
Get to know Laura LeBoutillier of Garden Answer in this Q&A style presentation. During the presentation you’ll learn about Laura’s journey to video fame and the passion for gardening that inspires her videos.
Laura grew up around her parent’s garden center in Eastern Oregon. She worked there for 10 years and in 2014 started making gardening YouTube videos as a hobby along with her husband Aaron. After 2 short years of creating online videos she amassed over 1 million followers. Today she has over 2.5 million followers on Facebook and approaching half a million on Youtube. This easily makes her the most watched gardener on the internet.
Admission: Luncheon & Lecture $100/Lecture Only $50 (Both include one-day Show admission) Purchase at https://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-flower-show/lectures-and-demonstrations
The Preservation Society of Newport County presents Ashley Householder, Exhibition Curator for Obsession Untamed, at Rosecliff. 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. on Thursday, April 4 at 6 pm. In 1820 John James Audubon embarked on what would become his life’s work as “portraitist of all the birds of America.” Hear how this witness to America’s Heroic Age translated his obsession into a successful business venture that resulted in arguably the most enduring images associated with the modern conservation movement.
Admission is $10 for Preservation Society members, $15 for the general public. Advance ticket purchase is required. Register at www.newportmansions.org.
Join Patricia Miller, Preservation Society of Newport County Chief Conservator. on Thursday, February 28 at 11 am at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, for a lecture entitled Saving Aphrodite: Conserving Garden Statuary and Fountains, part of the 2019 Winter Lecture Series. The gardens of the Preservation Society properties are well known for their abundant flowers and foliage. But have you ever wondered about the statues that inhabit these gardens and how they are cared for? Learn about the outdoor sculpture collection and the work that goes into conserving it.
Admission is $10 for Preservation Society members, $15 for the general public. Advance ticket purchase is required. Learn more and purchase tickets at www.newportmansions.org.
For over two centuries artists, designers, and architects have drawn inspiration from the American landscape and grappled with the complexities of its evolving identity. From Audubon’s aviary imagery to the sublime paintings of the Hudson River School to the proliferation of Civil War monuments to the impact of the Centennial International Exposition, nineteenth century American and European artists both reflected and revealed the physical, social, and political landscape while simultaneously embracing global influences.
The Preservation Society of Newport County invites you to join preeminent national and international speakers for an extraordinary journey as the 2019 Newport Symposium, April 11 – 13, travels throughout the country and ventures beyond our borders to explore the artistic legacy of the nineteenth century as seen through the fine and decorative arts and architecture of the period.Thursday evening’s kickoff will be at Rosecliff and Friday and Saturday seminars and lectures will take place at the Hotel Viking. For complete information and to register, visit https://www.newportmansions.org/learn/newport-symposium
Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In her new book, Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place.
Elizabeth Rush’s journalism has appeared in the Washington Post, Harper’s, Guernica, Granta, Orion, and the New Republic, among others. She is the recipient of fellowships and grants including the Howard Foundation Fellowship, awarded by Brown University; the Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowship for Pedagogical Innovation in the Humanities; the Metcalf Institute Fellowship; and the Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers. She received her MFA in nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University and her BA from Reed College. She lives in Rhode Island, where she teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University.
The Preservation Society of Newport County will host the author on Thursday, November 1 at 6 pm at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Advance ticket purchase is required. Preservation Society Members $10 / General Public $15. You may purchase tickets at https://www.newportmansions.org/learn/adult-programs
William Waldorf Astor was one of those rare beings who passed into legend during his own lifetime. The richest man in the world by the early 20th century, he created some of the finest houses, gardens, and collections in the world, and founded the legendary Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. The Preservation Society of Newport County will host a lecture on Tuesday, August 28 at 6 pm at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. This richly illustrated lecture will feature Astor’s most magnificent houses, from his English country estates to his idyllic villa on the Amalfi Coast (pictured below).
Curt DiCamillo, an internationally recognized authority on English country houses and the decorative arts is the Curator of Special Collections for the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He has led highly successful heritage tours to England and Scotland, lectured extensively in the United States and abroad, and taught classes on British culture and art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Curt was previously Executive Director of The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA.
Reception immediately following the lecture. Advance ticket purchase is required. Visit http://www.newportmansions.org/learn/adult-programs or call 401-847-1000, ext 178.
Preservation Society Members $15 / General Public $20
Whether presented as an exhibition, as part of a permanent installation or as a singular focal point in the landscape, sculpture has always been an important element of the design of private and public outdoor spaces. Today, more and more institutions and historic house museums around the country and the world are integrating contemporary sculpture exhibits into their programmatic offerings. Ms. Kelley will share her research into the variety of outdoor sculpture exhibitions and installations which today include an unlimited range of media and physical expression and tend towards the experiential or sensorial with the goal of further enlivening and activating the landscape for visitors to historic sites.
The Hartfield Foundation 2018 Research Fellows Lecture will take place on Wednesday, August 8 at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Tanya Kelley is a designer with thirty years of experience and is the founder and Principal of PLACEstudio Landscape Design in Newport, RI. She received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the City College of the City of New York and a Masters in Landscape Architecture from The Rhode Island School of Design.
Following Ms. Kelley’s talk, there will be an additional lecture on Rivalry and Friendship: The Contrasting Decorative Art of Robert Winthrop Chanler and Howard Gardiner Cushing. Complete information is available at http://www.newportmansions.org/learn/adult-programs or by calling 401-847-1000, Ext 178. Preservation Society members free, general public $5.
Gilded Age “cottages” were built with every convenience, designed for entertaining and to represent a lifestyle. Today’s cottages, much like their gilded ancestors, are also about lifestyle. Join The Preservation Society of Newport County to celebrate the tiniest of homes, which are smart in both technology and style. Their adjacent gardens are equally thoughtful, livable spaces, both functional and beautiful. All proceeds from the Newport Flower Show benefit the preservation and restoration of the historic landscapes
of The Preservation Society of Newport County.
Friday, June 22, 2018: 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Opening Night Party 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, June 23, 2018: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 24, 2018: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Individual tickets are available now at http://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-flower-show/tickets-and-events
Newport’s landscapes comprise one of the largest and most diverse collections of mature and exotic specimen trees in the United States. As with all living organisms, providing optimum conditions to help ensure tree longevity becomes more important and extensive as trees age. This November 2 discussion at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, will describe key considerations for managing mature tree populations within the arboreta setting. We will also discuss efforts by the Preservation Society to plan and plant the next generation of landscape trees within The Breakers Arboretum. Bruce Fraedrich, Ph.D, and Christopher Fletcher, Bartlett Tree Experts, will lead the discussion.
Admission is free, but advance registration is required. Sign up at http://www.newportmansions.org/events/events-calendar/lecture-managing-newports-veteran-trees
