Upcoming events
Dawn Tripp Book Launch at Four Corners Gallery
Four Corners Gallery in Tiverton Four Corners presents Dawn Tripp, author of “Jackie”. This is the first local event celebrating the release of “Jackie” in paperback! The Yellow House will be selling books at the event.
Please email us at hello@theyellowhouseri.com if you would like to pre-order a copy.
Location: Four Corners Gallery 3838 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Date: Friday, June 27th
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Toad & Fairy House Crafting Workshop!
Habitats for Toads and Fairies
Would you like to escape for a few hours with a whimsical craft class this summer?
Perhaps you’d like to welcome the beneficial toad into your garden with a custom made home?
Or would you rather embrace your inner child and create a fairy house for your resident fairies?
If so, you are invited to join us as we make homes for these wee creatures both real and imaginary. We welcome the experienced artist or novice crafter alike.
We will provide:
Natural building materials foraged from our South Coast.
Shared tools
As much friendly help, guidance and inspiration that you might need to create .
We will also have some tools to share but please bring if you have them:
Your sketchbook and pencil
Garden nippers
Crafting scissors
Any natural embellishments that you may want to add. Special shells, pebbles, or any interesting miniature accessories. We will be roughly working at doll house scale and smaller.
Note: Please wear crafting clothing or an apron because fairy construction can get messy. This class will be held outside if the weather permits so dress accordingly. Emergency indoor rain location nearby will be announced in case of bad weather.
Details:
Date: Sunday, July 20th
Session One: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (2.5 hrs)
Session Two: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (2.5 hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI (in the back yard if weather permits)
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels / novice to advanced crafters!
Fee:
Adults (18+ up) are $100/person
Kids (8-17) are $60/spot when booked with a participating adult guardian ticket ($100). Fun for grandparents or parents + kids!
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
About the Instructor:
Georgina Melone of Studio Big Rock comes to us from a vibrant design career in the Toy and Entertainment world where she has spent her adulthood tinkering with beloved brands such as Playdoh, My Little Pony, Transformers, and so many more. Most recently, Gina has led the Futuring Team at Hasbro and served as the Global VP of Innovation and Design.
Gina has now entered her “Third Act”, where she is pioneering her role as the Chief Creative behind Studio Big Rock. This mischief-making includes inventing, lecturing and consulting with individuals and corporations.
Also, as a RISD grad, Gina has always enjoyed giving back by teaching and lecturing at RISD,URI, Pratt, Ringling School of Design among others.
So now, at Studio Big Rock she is passionate about sharing the joy of creating by inviting everyone to become makers through teaching meaningful craft experiences.
“At Studio Big Rock, we believe that everyone has the innate ability to create. Come and play with us and reconnect with your maker self.”
Author Reading: Kathryn Ford's "The Aperture Effect"
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, and signing with local author Kathryn Ford as she presents her newly released book, “The Aperture Effect”.
When: Saturday, July 26th @ 5:00 pm
Space is limited. Seating can only be guaranteed with a paid book pre-order - email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to pre-order.
Pre-order your copy by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
The Aperture Effect:
Couples often ask, “Can people really change?” A better question is how do people change? In The Aperture Effect, psychiatrist and couples therapist Dr. Kathryn Ford doesn’t just tell you how—she gives you simple tools that will immediately begin to transform your conversations, your communication, and your relationship. With the radically simple approach of Aperture Awareness, Dr. Ford integrates mindfulness, Western psychology, and neuroscience to help couples shift their dynamics when in distress, turning their difficulties into lasting connection.
Filled with on-the-ground examples and effective exercises to nurture relationship growth, The Aperture Effect will show you how to:
• use small moments to make the changes you want now;
• reframe frustrating debates as open dialogues that create connection;
• bring out the best in your partner and yourself;
• and turn problems into opportunities to learn and love more fully.
Developed over more than two decades, Dr. Ford’s Aperture Awareness approach has helped hundreds of couples reverse the downward spiral of relationship crisis—and prepare for a lifetime of learning and loving together.
About the Author
Kathryn Ford, MD, has been one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most sought-after couples therapists for more than twenty years. Her work integrates her traditional training, meditation practice, and the latest neuroscientific research. Dr. Ford has served as a consultant and director for Tavistock Group Relations conferences, and she continues her work with organizations and corporations as a consultant with Upstart Logic. She has taught therapists and couples in a variety of settings, including Stanford Conti nuing Studies, Stanford School of Medicine, Santa Clara University, and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology (now Sophia University). Dr. Ford is a regular contributor to Psychology Today, mindbodygreen, and other online publications. She splits her time between the Bay Area and Little Compton.
Body, Word, and the Writing Muse: An Encounter in Nature - A Writing Workshop with Author Paula Sager
Body, Word, and the Writing Muse: An Encounter in Nature
With Author Paula Sager
Saturday August 2, 9:30am – 12:30pm
in the Sculpture Garden, Tiverton Four Corners
Join author Paula Sager for a writing workshop immersed in nature. Paula will interweave simple embodied and contemplative practices as she guides participants into and through a writing process.
Is there something you’re longing to write?
Is there something you’re already writing and you long to go deeper?
Do you have an intuitive sense that writing will support your longing to stay connected with an experience of losing a loved one?
In her book The Watch: Time to Witness the Beauty of It All, nature is both inspiration and witness to Paula’s experience of accompanying her father through illness. Nature continued to be a supportive presence after her father’s death and through her writing of the book.
Please bring a journal or notebook and your preferred writing utensils. Also, in relation to your longing to write, bring an object or photograph that has meaning for you.
Details:
Date: Saturday, August 2nd
Session: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (3 hrs)
Location: We will start and end at The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI - the workshop will take place outdoors in the Tiverton Four Corners Sculpture Garden.
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels / novice to advanced writers! We encourage everyone to read Paula’s book, The Watch, ahead of the event, copies are available for sale at The Yellow House.
Fee: $125/person, two spots are “pay what you are able”. Register soon as space is limited.
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
About the Instructor:
Paula Sager is a teacher of embodied and contemplative disciplines whose writing flows from the deep perspective she continues to develop through her own practices. She is the author of the recently released book, The Watch: Time to Witness the Beauty of It All. With a special focus on the Discipline of Authentic Movement, Paula is co-editor of the collected writings of Janet Adler—Intimacy in Emptiness: An Evolution of Embodied Consciousness (Inner Traditions, 2022). She grew up in Toronto and now lives in Rhode Island.
Paula Sager takes the reader on a deep dive into the mysteries of memory and intuition, exploring what it means to be human and what it means to love one another. Beautiful written and deeply wise, this is a story we can all learn from.
- Elizabeth Shick, author of The Golden Land, winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel
Paint Circle!
Meet friends and neighbors, paint, and relax at the shop! You'll make your own paint by number artwork - these kits are all lovingly artist designed and fabricated.
Details:
Date: Saturday, June 21st
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (2hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI (in the back yard if weather permits)
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Eight spots are available at $50 per person. Fee includes your own paint by number kit, you will have four to choose from. A complimentary beverage is included with each ticket!
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Author Reading: Maggie Jackson's "Uncertain"
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, and signing with local author Maggie Jackson as she presents her book, “Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure”.
When: Sunday, June 8th @ 4:00 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Pre-order your copy by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
Uncertainty: A Path to Flourishing (and Survival) in an Age of Angst
In an era of rising flux, uncertainty seems a byword for angst and inertia. But contrary to popular assumptions, this mindset offers a proven path to adaptability, creativity, and even resilience – the cognitive skills we need most in tumultuous times. Today, wielding our unsureness well is the secret to thriving.
Join former Boston Globe columnist and acclaimed author Maggie Jackson for an interactive talk on her timely new book Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure, nominated for a National Book Award and named the Independent Publishers of New England’s “Nonfiction Book of 2024.”
Drawing on deep research and vivid story-telling, Jackson will reveal how strategic uncertainty can help us think insightfully under pressure; tame our anxiety; start healing the divisions of our day; and curb the rising risks of increasingly powerful AI. By harnessing our unsureness, we can face the future with wonder and curiosity, not dread and fear.
About the Author
Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author known for her prescient writings on social trends. Her latest book, Uncertain, was named a Top 25 Nonfiction Book of 2024 by the Next Big Idea Club led by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink and Adam Grant. Uncertain also was chosen as a best book of the year by Library Journal, Greater Good magazine, the Artificiality Institute,and the Independent Publishers of New England. A former Boston Globe columnist and past AP foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe, Jackson contributes to major publications including The New York Times. Her acclaimed book Distracted (2nd ed., 2018) sparked a global conversation on the costs of fragmenting our attention. Jackson has advised leading executives, scientists, educators, and change-makers worldwide and her work has been translated into multiple languages. She divides her time between New York and Little Compton and is an enthusiastic year-round ocean swimmer.
Ramble On!
Save the date! The Tiverton Four Corners shops and galleries will be extending their hours for a neighborhood stroll. More information to come ☀️
WHEN: Saturday, June 7 from 3pm-7pm
Author Reading: Mary Thompson-Jones, "America in the Arctic"
Please join us for a presentation, Q&A, and signing with local author Mary Thompson-Jones as she presents her newly released book, “America in the Arctic, Foreign Policy and Competition in the Melting North”.
When: Sunday, June 1st @ 4:30 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Pre-order your copy by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
Presentation:
As climate change accelerates, the Arctic has become a frontline of global competition.
Melting ice, rising temperatures, and swelling seas have made remote regions newly accessible but also rife with new dangers. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has embarked on a substantial military buildup in the Arctic. China has declared itself a “near-Arctic nation” and is also building an aggressive presence, and President Trump has brought new attention to the region with his talk of "taking" Greenland.
Drawing from her newly published book, America in the Arctic, Mary Thompson-Jones will make the case for a much deeper -- and broader -- U.S. commitment to a region threatened by climate change and major geopolitical rivalries. She will briefly trace the history of the U.S. presence in the far north from the purchase of Alaska through the Cold War and suggest lessons from the past that should inform America’s relationships with its Arctic neighbors today.
About the Author
Mary Thompson-Jones is a professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. As a member of the Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative she has presented on Arctic security panels in Denmark, Norway, and Greenland, and teaches an elective course, “Imagining the Arctic.”
She is the author of America in the Arctic, Foreign Policy and Competition in the Melting North (Columbia University Press 2025), and To the Secretary: Leaked Embassy Cables and America’s Foreign Policy Disconnect (Norton 2016).
She is a former Foreign Service Officer who served in diplomatic posts in the Czech Republic, Canada, Guatemala, Spain, and Washington, D.C. She retired with the rank of Minister-Counselor.
Mary also teaches diplomacy at the University of Rhode Island. She holds a doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania, a master of arts in law and diplomacy from Tufts University’s Fletcher School, and undergraduate degrees in journalism and political science from California State University.
She lives in Tiverton, Rhode Island, with her husband, Robert Sturdy.
Bookbinding Workshop: Tiny Books!
Craft your very own tiny book jewelry with local artist Andre Lee Bassuet. You'll make a set of two tiny books using the drum leaf binding method. You can keep it as is or turn them into a wearable piece of jewelry, like a necklace or earrings.
About the Instructor:
Andre Lee Bassuet is an artist, designer and educator based in Rhode Island. She completed her MFA at Osaka University of Arts and a Bachelors from New York University. As a book artist, she reuses materials that have been discarded or forgotten to explore themes of trauma, resilience and belonging. She is currently teaching the Art of the Book at Brown University. Check out her recent work @andreleebassuet on Instagram.
Workshop Details:
Date: Saturday, May 31st
Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (3hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Seven spots are available at $125 per person. Fee includes materials. You will leave with your own handmade, hand bound book jewelry!
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Honey Bee Workshop with Big Rock Studio
Honey Bee Class- A Bit About the Bees and Crafting with Wax
The industrious Apis Mellifera (The Honey Bee) provides humankind with much more than honey! Let’s celebrate spring together by engaging all of our senses while learning about the honey bee.
This session starts with an overview of honeybees and beekeeping throughout the 4 seasons of our beloved South Coast. Then we will get buzzy dabbling with wax crafts such as rolled beeswax candles and bee wraps. Lastly, bee students will be able to sample some of our local honey.
Our instructors David and Gina of Studio Big Rock have been keeping bees locally for over 20 years and will be eager to share with you this fascinating hobby.
This class is appropriate for anyone who wants to learn more about bees, as well as those who may be interested in becoming beekeepers themselves one day.
Students will leave with a deeper understanding of bees and beekeeping as well as their own handcrafted beeswax candles and food wraps.
Workshop Details:
Date: Saturday, May 24th
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (2 hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Six spots are available at $80 per person.
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Author Reading: Nancy Stanfield Webb, A Woman of Marked Character
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, and signing with local author Nancy Stanfield Webb as she presents her newly released books, “A Woman of Marked Character”.
When: Sunday, May 4th @ 4:30 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Pre-order your copy by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
In Book One 1812-1848 of this sweeping historical/biographical novel series, Sarah Ridge, the surviving daughter of a prominent Cherokee tribal leader, tells her story amid the tragic resettlement of her people from Georgia to Indian Territory during the 1830s, and its ensuing, heartbreaking aftermath.
Book Two 1848-1891 presents a different look and feel to the reader. Sarah, having left her Cherokee life and strife behind, is a divorced, independent woman living in antebellum Galveston, Texas. In 1856, she marries again and moves with her three children across the Bay. As a determined pioneer on a coastal cattle ranch, she encounters a bitter land encroachment, the privations of the Civil War, cattle rustling, and heartbreaking adversities that rip her soul.
“In her historical novel, Webb blurs fact and fiction, animating the subject and era. Well-educated and decisive, Sarah took on the role of family matriarch ... while managing her own household amid a frequently fractious marriage. The first half of Sarah' s life, which [Book One] depicts, occurs during the most tumultuous and tragic chapter of Cherokee history. ... [F]or such an important period of history often overlooked in historical fiction, this is a welcome addition. " — Kirkus Reviews
Nancy Stanfield Webb is a writer, painter, and photographer who has devoted three decades to researching and writing the two-part biographical fiction series on Sarah Ridge. A great-granddaughter of Texas pioneers and now living in Rhode Island, Webb's essays and interview articles with visual artists have been published in Southwest Art magazine and various regional magazines. She is an associate member of Western Writers of America and the recipient of a writing residency to Millay Colony for the Arts. The author of Book One of A Woman of Marked Character, in Book Two, Webb concludes the series.
Indie Bookstore Day!
Independent Bookstore Day is almost here - Saturday, April 26th! Come support your local bookshop and enjoy cookies, sales, and more!
Author Reading: Holly Thompson, Listening to Trees
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, signing, and haiku writing session with author Holly Thompson as she presents her newly released book, “Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker”.
When: Sunday, April 13th @ 4:30 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Pre-order your copy of Listening to Trees by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker (October 2024) is a poetic and moving picture book biography celebrating the life and work of the visionary Japanese American woodworker George Nakashima.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, George Nakashima began a love story with trees that grew throughout his remarkable life as architect, designer and woodworker. During World War II, George, with his wife Marion and their baby daughter, endured incarceration in Minidoka prison camp, where he drew comfort from the discipline of woodworking. Once free, George dedicated the rest of his life to crafting furniture from fallen or discarded trees, giving fresh purpose and dignity to each tree, and promoting a more peaceful world.
Author Holly Thompson narrates Nakashima's life using haibun, a combination of haiku and prose, which twines smoothly through Toshiki Nakamura's earthy illustrations. A foreword by Nakashima's daughter Mira and robust back matter will deepen young readers' understanding of woodworking and poetry and offer added insights to the work of a master artisan.
Praise
"A moving story of family, resilience, and sustainability."—Booklist
A 2025 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book
About the Author:
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com), longtime resident of Japan, is the author of three verse novels for young people: Falling into the Dragon's Mouth; The Language Inside; and Orchards--winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. She is also author of the picture book biography Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker; The Wakame Gatherers about a girl gathering seaweed with two grandmothers; and the poetry picture books Twilight Chant and One Wave at a Time. She edited Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories featuring ten stories in translation. Holly is a graduate of the NYU Creative Writing Program and is a Regional Advisor Emeritus of SCBWI Japan. Now based in Massachusetts, she writes and translates poetry, fiction and nonfiction for children, teens and adults; teaches writing at Yokohama City University, Boston's GrubStreet, and UC Berkeley Extension; and visits schools in Japan, the U.S. and places in between.
Relief Printmaking Workshop with Erin Lobb Mason (2nd Session)
SECOND SESSION ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!
Relief Printmaking Workshop!
In this one day workshop you will learn to carve, ink, and print your own edition of linocut/relief prints. Each participant will leave with the skills to make prints at home, a group of prints from the class, and a new local print community.
About the Instructor:
Erin Lobb Mason is an artist and musician working in watercolor, ceramics, and printmaking. Originally from Kentucky, she now lives in Tiverton with her cuddly dog and partner. She is an active member of Full Bucket Studios, AS220, and The Collaborative.
Workshop Details:
Date: Sunday, March 30th
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (4 hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Five spots are available at $125 per person with the option of receiving up to a $20 discount if a donation is made to EBCAP. One spot is available on a pay what you are able to basis.
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Relief Printmaking Workshop with Erin Lobb Mason
Relief Printmaking Workshop!
In this one day workshop you will learn to carve, ink, and print your own edition of linocut/relief prints. Each participant will leave with the skills to make prints at home, a group of prints from the class, and a new local print community.
About the Instructor:
Erin Lobb Mason is an artist and musician working in watercolor, ceramics, and printmaking. Originally from Kentucky, she now lives in Tiverton with her cuddly dog and partner. She is an active member of Full Bucket Studios, AS220, and The Collaborative.
Workshop Details:
Date: Sunday, March 23rd
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (4 hrs)
Location: The Yellow House, 3842 Main Road, Tiverton, RI
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels
Fee: Five spots are available at $125 per person with the option of receiving up to a $20 discount if a donation is made to EBCAP. One spot is available on a pay what you are able to basis.
Email hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Author Event: Paula Sager, The Watch
Please join us for a reading, Q&A, and signing with local author, Paula Sager, as she presents her newly released book “The Watch: Time to Witness the Beauty of It All”
When: Sunday, March 2nd @ 5:00 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Refreshments will be served
Pre-order your own copy of The Watch by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
Sometimes the most ordinary object can open a door to life’s greatest mysteries. For Paula Sager, it’s a wristwatch—one that takes on a life of its own after her father’s death, prompting questions concerning synchronicity and the nature of relationship. Paula walks alongside her father to the threshold of life, bearing witness to every step. Time is the landscape. Contemplative practice spreads out the crumpled map. The Watch delves into the mystery of time as lived experience, and to the possibility that every moment can be a portal to the invisible realm beyond time.
Insights from the author’s own well-developed paths of practice shed light on new ways of perceiving, new ways of knowing and being. Cultivating embodied presence, intuitive insight, and the capacity to bear witness can enhance our most essential relationships: that of parent and child, teacher and student, doctor and patient, and even our human bond with nature and the numinous.
With the aperture of the lens keenly focused on the final year of a life well-lived, The Watch offers a compelling perspective, bringing new questions to important conversations about life, death, and relationship beyond death.
Sashiko - Visible Mending on Denim
The focus of this workshop is visible mending on denim. We will practice hand-stitching techniques based on traditional Japanese sashiko and discuss its recent revival in haute couture.