Join Nancy Grinnell on Tuesday, November 14 at 6 PM for a talk on the sculptors of Newport, 1850-1950. This talk will run 1.5 hours and include time for Q&A. Please register below.

Some of the greatest American sculptors have created work in Newport, along with others who were celebrated in their time but not so much today.  This illustrated lecture is a chronological presentation of their art—both in- and out-of-doors—with analysis of the artists’ evolving styles.

Nancy Whipple Grinnell is Curator Emerita of the Newport Art Museum, where she served for 18 years. During that time she oversaw all curatorial affairs and produced over 200 historical and contemporary exhibitions. She also wrote a biography of the Museum’s founder, Carrying the Torch: Maud Howe  Elliott and the American Renaissance, and developed numerous museum catalogues. Grinnell currently chairs the Collections Committee at the Providence Art Club, where she has co-curated an exhibition on historical women artists of Providence. She has organized exhibitions for the Gilbert Stuart Museum on Edward M. Bannister, George Whitaker and Mabel Woodward and produced a catalogue on Matunuck’s Hale family artists.
She recently published an article on Newport’s historic printmakers in Newport History, and has taught seminars on historic Newport artists in Salve Regina University’s Circle of Scholars program. Grinnell holds a degree in art history from the University of Pittsburgh, an MLS from Simmons College; and an MA in American Civilization /Museum Studies from Brown University.