Community Outreach

The Newburyport Art Association is committed to its own and surrounding community.  For several years ArtLink has served as the NAA’s community outreach umbrella effort and touches the lives of students in the area in a variety of ways.  OpArt is a special component of ArtLink and is driven by a unique partnership with Opportunity Works, Inc. here in Newburyport.  Finally, we are always working on ways to strengthen our own community, and the spokes in the wheel represented by the Featured Interest Groups are a rich example of the how the NAA fosters conversations in various art mediums for its members.  Click on the links above for the full stories.  And join us!

Newburyport High School student James Nutter was inspired during a visit of his Creative Writing class to the NAA galleries last fall. The students assignment was to find a work that inspired them and write about it.  James chose NAA artist Susana Bamford's work Ipswich River Bridge...

The Creek

Nothing else exists,

All that does is here.

Here, where nature dominates,

Where the creek smoothly flows,

Where the leaves turn from green to orange and fall,

Uninterrupted,

Where the soft muddy bank joins the peaceful water in harmony,

Where the long slender oak limbs hang over the creek as if they were stretching,

Where the blue jay camps atop a rock,

Jerking its head side to side,

Unhindered

Here is where I love to be

Sitting along the railing of the bridge,

Feet dangling freely above the water,

Peering far down the creek,

Imagining how wide it winds and what lies far, far ahead

Now I’m here,

Soaking in the atmosphere

Silent

Brisk

Green and brown

Peaceful

Beautiful

Here is what I love

                                                                                                                                            by James Nutter