NEWPORT - Art-making brings hundreds of people together during cold winter months at the Newport Art Museum. Winter programs for all ages begin in January. Now is also the time to register for February and March school vacation camps and for a Visiting Artist Workshop titled “Perspective Drawing” with well-known artist Susan Stone. The one-day workshop is scheduled to run March 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Museum offers fee discounts to Museum members on most programs.

Daytime and evening adult programs at the Museum’s school, the Coleman Center for Creative Studies, include ceramics, collage, drawing, jewelry, painting, pastels, photography and printmaking. The Museum is offering two art history courses on Wednesdays this winter. “American Art 1820-1900” with Robert Kalaidjian runs from Jan. 14 to Feb. 4; “Samurai Swords and Silk Kimonos: Japanese Aesthetics” with Noelle King O’Connor runs from Feb. 11 through 25.

Children ages 9 through 12 can spend a day with nationally published editorial cartoonist, Jim Bush Feb. 28. “Cartooning with Jim Bush” costs $50 for Museum members; $65 for non-members.

Classes in a variety of media for young people in kindergarten through high school are meeting weekly beginning in January.

School vacation art camps are filling up fast. The Museum’s art school, the Coleman Center for Creative Studies, is offering vacation programs in February and March for school-aged children and teens.

The museum is located at 76 Bellevue Ave. To register or for information, visit www.NewportArtMuseum.org or call (401) 848-2787.