Deborah Newton Artistic Legacy Fund
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Deborah Newton, was a loving mother, wife, friend, artist, and an inspiration to many. Through much of her adult life, Deborah endured multiple and serious health challenges, yet none of these obstacles dampened her boundless spirit to live, love and grow. The joy and passion in her work served as fuel for her survival. Deborah passed on May 1st, 2019, one week shy of her birthday.
She was awarded the Katherine Lord Art Scholarship through the Burpee Art Museum and began taking dedicated art classes in 1968 - studying under Andrew Langoussis and Tom Heflin. She exhibited her work nationally, and locally was an early and frequent artist accepted into the Greenwich Village Art Fair. She has since been honored with the Jessica Holt Award by the Rockford Art Museum which added her work to their permanent collection. Her work hangs in galleries, airports, hospitals, schools, corporations, businesses, and private homes throughout the world.
In 1984, she developed a downtown Rockford commercial building into lofts for herself and others to live, create and show their work into what became known as 317 Market Street. She orchestrated this enterprise for over 20 years which, along with other local pioneers, helped re-establish vitality into downtown.
Following her memorial celebration of life, Deborah's two children pledge to preserve her artistic legacy through the digital archival of her work, appraisal and resale of her work, the development of a book featuring her works, and special exhibitions. Some of this work has already begun, but much is left to establish.
Your kind donation will immediately help secure and house her remaining pieces, identify current owners for archive, and eventually develop and expand the Deborah Newton Collection to uphold her artistic legacy and share her love of life.
Deborah Newton, was a loving mother, wife, friend, artist, and an inspiration to many. Through much of her adult life, Deborah endured multiple and serious health challenges, yet none of these obstacles dampened her boundless spirit to live, love and grow. The joy and passion in her work served as fuel for her survival. Deborah passed on May 1st, 2019, one week shy of her birthday.
She was awarded the Katherine Lord Art Scholarship through the Burpee Art Museum and began taking dedicated art classes in 1968 - studying under Andrew Langoussis and Tom Heflin. She exhibited her work nationally, and locally was an early and frequent artist accepted into the Greenwich Village Art Fair. She has since been honored with the Jessica Holt Award by the Rockford Art Museum which added her work to their permanent collection. Her work hangs in galleries, airports, hospitals, schools, corporations, businesses, and private homes throughout the world.
In 1984, she developed a downtown Rockford commercial building into lofts for herself and others to live, create and show their work into what became known as 317 Market Street. She orchestrated this enterprise for over 20 years which, along with other local pioneers, helped re-establish vitality into downtown.
Following her memorial celebration of life, Deborah's two children pledge to preserve her artistic legacy through the digital archival of her work, appraisal and resale of her work, the development of a book featuring her works, and special exhibitions. Some of this work has already begun, but much is left to establish.
Your kind donation will immediately help secure and house her remaining pieces, identify current owners for archive, and eventually develop and expand the Deborah Newton Collection to uphold her artistic legacy and share her love of life.
Organiser
Brett Newton
Organiser
Chicago, IL
