South Coast Hangout

The lineup for this year's Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots music festival looks pretty good! Highlights include Futurebirds, St Paul & the Broken Bones, The Devil Makes Three, Margo Price, Ward Hayden & the Outliers, and Quinn Sullivan. Ticket prices range from $100 for a single-day pass to approx $385 for a 3-day camping ticket including car fee (buy tix here). We’ll set up a base camp on the lawn with our blankets and chairs, and people can come and go as they please. The first day of the festival, your Meetup host will post a selfie and photo showing base camp location. We’ll play it by ear after the first day.

Join us for a free art opening and artist talk at New Bedford Art Museum on Thursday, September 10th from 6-8pm. Reserve your free ArtTalk ticket here. (Ignore the “ticket” feature of Meetup—it is not connected to registration for the artist talk with the museum.)

Artist talk: Rhode Island based artist Tom Deininger. He has 723,000 Instagram followers for a reason. Tom's sculptures combine his love for the natural world and environmental concerns with his passion for painting and sculpture by constructing found object assemblages that address issues of mass consumerism and the disposable materials that we use briefly and cast aside. The talk is from 6-7:30pm.

Art opening: AgriCultural - a Biennial Exhibition. This is a juried exhibition of works investigating the complex and undertold stories of agriculture, farming and the contemporary stories held in the land. AgriCultural includes work from artists who are farmers, farmers who are artists, or artists that take deep and meaningful inspiration from the world of agriculture to create their work. The show includes a painting by your Meetup host (who is not a farmer). The opening is from 6-8pm.

You’re welcome to attend either or both of these events. Your host will attend the artist talk from 6-7:30 and then the opening until 8. Parking and other info here.

SOLD OUT Need more art in your life and home? Join us for one of the most fun art acquisition events of the year: the Great Art Heist at South County Art Association in Kingston, RI. Buy your ticket now , as this event will sell out. Tix are limited by the number of artworks donated.

How it works:

• Preview donated art pieces in person or online ahead of time (we recommend in person - hours and directions here) starting August 13
• During the event on Sept 12, names are drawn randomly; when yours is called, you get to "steal" (select) your favorite available piece of artwork right off the gallery wall
• Every ticketed guest leaves with an original piece of art
• First name is drawn 6:30. If you can, please arrive by 5:30ish so we can all get seats together.

All proceeds support the South County Art Association’s educational programming, classes, and exhibitions.

This is an outdoor event in a shaded yard; bring warm clothes and bug spray. Rain date: Sunday, September 13th at 4pm. To help you find our Meetup group, your host will post a selfie and photo of our seating location prior to event start time. Once the first name is drawn at 6:30, the phone goes away, your host stops checking messages, and the focus turns to the group and FUN!