Bristol Art Museum

Bristol Art Museum The BIGGEST little art museum in the East Bay! Showcasing the best local art plus classes for all! 🎨 BAM is a non-profit organization, founded in 1963.

The Bristol Art Museum, is located at 10 Wardwell Street in historic downtown Bristol, RI, with off-site community gallery space at the Rogers Free Library. The Museum serves the local East Bay community and Southern New England, offering an array of diverse, year round exhibitions and programs to encourage the creation, promotion, and appreciation of the arts. For museum history, visitor information, and details on our exhibitions, events, and programs, please visit www.BristolArtMuseum.org.

08/27/2026

In observance of Labor Day, we will be closed Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th. We will reopen Thursday, September 10th from 1pm-4pm.

The Color of Taste - RED: Paint Pomegranate on Silk with Lidia MikhaylovaSaturday, September 19th, 2026 | 1-4pmFees: $85...
08/27/2026

The Color of Taste - RED: Paint Pomegranate on Silk with Lidia Mikhaylova
Saturday, September 19th, 2026 | 1-4pm
Fees: $85 Members / $95 Non-Members
Lidia Mikhaylova is an abstract artist inspired by the beauties of everyday life. Her work ranges from florals and still lifes to expressive pieces in silk, oil, watercolor, and pastel. Believing that art is about the process and can be a therapeutic journey, Lidia creates spaces where participants of all ages can tap into their natural creativity. She has led more than 150 workshops in art studios, libraries, educational centers, and at private events.

Lidia's work has been featured in international art festivals, magazines, and galleries from Brooklyn to Laguna Beach. She is the winner of the Billboard Contest 2022, with her work displayed in Sacramento, CA. Lidia's silk painting "Tender is the Night - Sunflower" was recently featured on GBH's Community Canvas digital mural.

With a degree in Art Therapy from a Russian university, Lidia has also completed courses in Expressive and Creative Arts at Salve Regina University.
For more details, please visit http://www.bristolartmuseum.org/classes-950378.html

Introduction to Cyanotype with Kim ArthursSaturday, September 12th, 2026 | 1-2:30pmFees: $35 Members / $45 Non-MembersKi...
08/27/2026

Introduction to Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs
Saturday, September 12th, 2026 | 1-2:30pm
Fees: $35 Members / $45 Non-Members
Kim Arthurs is a Providence-based artist and writer specializing in Cyanotype since 2021. Cyanotype merges chemistry with art and feels like magic, which Kim shares by making education part of their art practice. An eco-friendly, affordable, and elemental blueprint-making process combining UV-sensitive iron salts with fire, air, earth and water, cyanotype creates art in its earliest photographic form, using the sun to print and water to develop stunning Prussian blue prints.

Kim's art installations include a solo exhibition "Garden as Body" at Pawtucket Arts Collaborative (2025); a curated group exhibition "In-Between" (2025), and a curated open call group exhibition "Resilire" at Farm Fresh RI (2026). Their artwork and writing has been featured in various literary magazines, and they designed the May 2025 cover for Motif Magazine. Kim has also designed album covers, play posters, and book covers. View their complete portfolio and upcoming events at: www.moonersmakes.com or follow
For more details, please visit http://www.bristolartmuseum.org/classes-950378.html

Two Calls for ArtistsLight in Motionat Rogers Free LibraryOn View Sept 29th - Nov 18th, 2026Juror: Greg Anthony+Here & N...
08/26/2026

Two Calls for Artists

Light in Motion
at Rogers Free Library
On View Sept 29th - Nov 18th, 2026
Juror: Greg Anthony
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Here & Now
Open to All Regional Artists - A Juried Call for Art
On View in the main gallery Sun Dec 6, 2026 – Sun Jan 10, 2027
Juror: Dan Wallace

More information on our website

Two Calls for Artists + Harbor Residency NewsLight in Motionat Rogers Free LibraryOn View Sept 29th - Nov 18th, 2026Juro...
08/25/2026

Two Calls for Artists + Harbor Residency News

Light in Motion
at Rogers Free Library
On View Sept 29th - Nov 18th, 2026
Juror: Greg Anthony
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Here & Now
A Regional Juried Call for Art

On View in the main gallery Sun Dec 6, 2026 – Sun Jan 10, 2027
Juror: Dan Wallace

More information on our website

Announcing a Call for Art!Here & NowSubmission Deadline Nov 8Info on our website
08/23/2026

Announcing a Call for Art!
Here & Now

Submission Deadline Nov 8
Info on our website


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10 Wardwell Street
Bristol, RI
02809

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+14012534400

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