Port Warwick Foundation

The Port Warwick Foundation is a public non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization with the purpose of organizing and managing regional arts and entertainment events located at Styron Square in Port Warwick, Newport News, Virginia. Currently the Foundation hosts the Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival, held on the second weekend in October of each year, the Port Warwick Summer Concert Series, a free outdoor series of concerts held each Wednesday evening from May through August, and September and a Holiday Tree Lighting in late November.

The Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival is in its 21st year and is the Virginia Peninsula’s premiere outdoor juried art show. The Festival has over 80 selected artists who come from all over the United States, live music, food vendors, and children’s activities.  The Festival  has drawn over  18,000 people and art sales totaling over a million dollars since its inception.

The Port Warwick Summer Concert Series is in its 21st year, and was the first free outdoor summer concert series in the area. It has become the most popular and well attended of such events and is currently the only outdoor venue in Newport News with weekly concerts. The concerts are composed of a broad musical variety with such types as jazz, blues, rock and roll, samba and folk. Something for every musical taste! Each concert draws from 1,000 to over 3,000 people, based on the music and weather of any given concert. The attendees come from all over the Virginia Peninsula and beyond.

Port Warwick Foundation 2025 Board of Directors:
Port Warwick Foundation Board of Directors 2025
Board Title Name Title Company Phone Address City Zip email
Chairman
of the Board
Tu Ritter Senior Loan Officer Howard Hanna (757) 291-4004 724 Thimble Shoals
Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606 turitter@gmail.com
Board Member Joanne Palmeira Cultural Arts
Superintendant
City of Newport News
Department of Parks,
Recreation & Tourism
(757) 247-
8950
2410 Wickham Ave. Newport News, VA 23607 palmeirajl@nnva.gov
Board Member Marlin McDaniel Innovation Program Manager City of Newport News City Manager’s Office  Office of Innovation (757)926-1591 700 Tech Center Parkway, Suite 303 Newport News, VA 23606 mcdanielm@nnva.gov
Board Member
(Officer)
Ray Suttle Attorney Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. (757) 873.8006 One City Center
11815 Fountain Way, Suite 400
Newport News, VA 23606 raymond.suttle@kaufcan.com
Board Member
(Officer)
Howard Waters Retired Former President of
Waters & Bridgman
(757) 873-
8880
710 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News, VA 23606 hwaters@yahoo.com
Board Member
(Officer)
Jesse Young Vice President of
Facilities and Development
VHS – Virginia Health
Services
(757) 327-
0446
240 Nat Turner
Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606 jyoung@vahs.com
Executive Staff Laura Fisher Executive Director Port Warwick Foundation (757) 223-0284 191 Walt Whitman Ave. Newport News, VA 23606 laura@portwarwick.com

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If you like coming out to all the Port Warwick Foundation events during the year, please consider a donation of any amount to help us get started for next year. You will get recognized on the website – or not – if you want to remain anonymous.
The Port Warwick Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing arts and music to the Virginia Peninsula.