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Color-Crazed: Blue Sun Prints

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Take a moment to create a picture or painting, using unique art materials and techniques that focus on color. Included with museum admission. July Event - Blue Sun Prints: Using […]

Blue Sun Prints Workshop

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Using the sun and shadows, participants can create their own sun prints with light-sensitive paper that turns deep blue, except in areas where objects are placed over the paper.  Make […]

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Morning Concert in the Courtyard – Gary Goodrock

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

**FREE concert in the courtyard!** Back by popular demand from our resident music fans, Gary Goodrock returns to the Courtyard! you've seen him having fun with the community in videos and social media posts, entertaining people along the sidewalks of the Portsmouth Olde Towne Farmers Market and the First Saturday Art Market with his wide […]

Artist Painting Demonstrations

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Local artists will demonstrate and share their work for a free program in the museum courtyard to highlight the exhibit Color Outside the Lines, currently on view. There will be […]

Color Crazed Workshops – Painting Without Brushes

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Take a moment to create a picture or painting, using unique art materials and techniques that focus on color. Included with museum admission. August Event - Painting Without Brushes: Try out other ways to manipulate paints and see how simple materials like plasticware and combs can be used to achieve different effects in contrast to […]

First Fridays Concerts in the Courtyard presents Lassiter and the Weeds

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

First Fridays Concerts in the Courtyard returns with Lassiter & the Weeds. The series is sponsored by Support Portsmouth Public Art. It will be a fun night, so hope you can join us. This concert is free and open to the public

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BLUE STAR MUSEUMS

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

The Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center and The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum are once again participating in Blue Star Museums, an annual collaboration between the National Endowment for The Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and Museums Across America. Each Summer the program offers free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and […]

Color-Crazed: Clay in Colors

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Take a moment to create a picture or painting, using unique art materials and techniques that focus on color. Included with museum admission. September Event - Clay in Colors: Participants […]

Olde Towne Farmer’s Market

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Enjoy seasonal fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meats, eggs, flowers, art, and handcrafted skincare products and merchandise - all unique and one of a kind to the Tidewater, Virginia region.

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Elizabeth River Boys Live in the Courtyard

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Saturday morning concerts in the Courtyard and the Portsmouth Olde Towne Farmers Market present the Elizabeth RIver Boys for another free Saturday morning concert.