Whitehorne Day: Makers Past and Present

Drop into the garden at Whitehorne House Museum for an afternoon of free hands-on activities for the whole family! From 12 to 3 p.m., the garden will be open for visitors to take part in crafts, activities, and conversations with Newport artists and craftspeople including the Timber Framers Guild, Newport Sea Foam Trading Co., the Saunderstown Weaving School, and Niko Merritt of Sankofa Community Connection. Experience craft making in the 18th and 21st centuries, including weaving, soap making, and printmaking on textiles.

From 3 to 4:30 p.m., join us in the back garden for a discussion on crafts and makers in Newport from the 18th century to today with historians Keith Stokes and Steve Marino.
Admission to the event and museum is free on August 13. Registration is recommended at bit.ly/WHDAugust2022.

Whitehorne Days programming is made possible through major funding support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Council seeds, supports and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders.