The art show will take place on Sunday, October 28, from 1 to 4 PM at the South County Museum.

The Southern Rhode Island Conservation District (SRICD) is producing an art fundraiser entitled, Art and the Natural World in October, 2007.  Artists from around the state are invited to paint/photograph the special places in Southern Rhode Island and enter their work in an art show the District will host.

Aside from raising money for the District, the purpose of our fundraiser is to memorialize, and raise the visibility of, the special places in the Southern Rhode Island Conservation District. As subjects, the District hopes artists will include historic buildings, museums, farmsscapes as well as still life of flowers and/or vegetables grown on site, preserved open space, buildings on the National Register and pond, lake and river locations where the RI and Narrow River Watershed Watch organizations collect their data for science.

The District has a list of farmers who welcome artists to their farms.  Artists registering with us will receive contact information for those farms and other pertinent information.  Registration, for artists and farmers, is free of charge.
Simply call us at 401-284-1885.
 

All paintings/photographs will have the name of the site where the artwork was generated in the title to make viewers aware of the rich array of special places in Southern Rhode Island. As an example, a picture might be entitled, 'Doorway of the South County Museum'

Please fill out this form if you would like your location to be a special place that can be used by artists or if you are an artist and would like to take part in the show:  view art pictures slideshow