THE NEWPORT ARCHITECTURAL FORUM
P.O. BOX 204 NEWPORT, RI 02840 401.849.5100
I accept the invitation to be a member of the Newport Architectural Forum for 2021.
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I have enclosed my check for $20 payable to “Newport Architectural Forum” for 2021 dues.
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Please return a check with the completed form to: Newport Architectural Forum; P.O. Box 204; Newport RI 02840 THE NEWPORT ARCHITECTURAL FORUM
P.O. BOX 204 NEWPORT, RI 02840 401.849.5100
2020 Event Review: January 30, 2020: Private Tour: “The Breakers Historic Landscape” (presented by the PSNC)
February 24, 2020: Hearing: The Salve Dorm Appeal before the Zoning Board of Review February 25, 2020: Community Charrette: “The North End Plan” (presented by NBBJ and the Met School)
March 3, 2020: Annual Open House: Grosvenor Atterbury’s Swiss Village (presented by SVF Foundation)
April 25, 2020: RI Statewide Preservation Conference: “Back to the Future (in cooperation with the RIHPHC and CCRI) Postponed to 2021 due to COVID April 26, 2020: Tour: The Neighborhoods of Newport House Tour (in cooperation with St. Michael’s Parent Association) Postponed to 2021 due to COVID
May 25, 2020: Annual Newport Architectural Symposium: The Architecture of the Preservation Society of Newport County (in cooperation with the PSNC) Postponed to 2021 due to COVID
June 30, 2020: Online Workshop for Newport Architectural Forum Members with North End Design Team: (in cooperation with NBBJ / North End Design Team)
July 4, 2020: Celebration of the reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Old Colony House (in cooperation with the Newport Historical Society and the Sons of Liberty) Postponed to 2021 due to COVID
August 7-9, 2020: Music Festival: “Folk Festival at Fort Adams” (Presented by the Newport Performing Arts Foundation) Postponed to 2021 due to COVID
September 11 2020: Virtual Gala: Doris Duke Preservation Awards (in cooperation with the Newport Restoration Foundation) (Dinner and reception to return in 2021) September 24 2020: Online Lecture: “The Installation of Geothermal Heating at the Breakers” by Patricia Miller, Chief Conservator (Presented by the PSNC)
October 17-18, 2020: Academic Conference: “Preservation and Religion (in cooperation with Salve Regina University) Postponed to 2021 due to COVID October 20, 2020: Online Lecture: “Robber Barons, Railroads and the Making of Modern America” by Pulitzer Prize Winning author Michael Hitzik (Presented by the PSNC)
November 5, 2020: Online Planning Board Workshop and request for comments: “North End Zoning” (Presented by the Newport Planning Board)
December 1, 2020: Celebration & Mayoral Inauguration: “Christmas in Newport” at Colony House (in cooperation with the Newport Historical Society and Christmas in Newport) December 10, 2020: Online Lecture: “Newport: The Artful City” by John Tschirch (in cooperation with the Newport Historical Society) December 28, 2020: Online Lecture: “Splendor by the Sea” by Gary Lawrence (in cooperation with the New York Adventurer’s Club)
In addition to the online galas, lectures and meetings, the Newport Architectural Forum instituted a new weekly blog post on its Facebook Group page “Newport Architectural Forum (Facebook Affiliates)”, which has received thousands of views and many hundreds of likes and comments. Ross Cann, RA, AIA also produced numerous articles in Newport This Week, Newport Life and other publications on the subject of Newport Architecture to keep the topic in the public eye.