Newsletter – August 2022

Visit the gallery until August 28, 2022

Open Juried Show, photography and sculpture only

More info and list of award recipients here!

Tuesday through Friday, 12-5pm plus Saturday and Sunday from 10am-1pm

September 4 – October 1, 2022

Exhibiting Members Show

Theme: Marine and Coastal works of art.

Receiving:  Monday, August 29 (4-7pm) and Tuesday, August 30 (11 am-2pm)

How Many Works: Two works per artist

Prospectus

***DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THIS SHOW, SIZE LIMITATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: IF YOU ENTER TWO PIECES, EACH PIECE MUST MEASURE 20″ OR LESS IN EACH DIRECTION, MAX SIZE BEING 20″ X 20″. IF YOU ENTER ONLY ONE PIECE, IT MUST MEASURE 40″ OR LESS IN EACH DIRECTION, MAX SIZE BEING 40″ X 40.”

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 4 (4-6pm)

Questions? Email exhibitions@rowaytonarts.org

Education Update

The summer session for adults continues through the end of August and the fall schedule is now posted on the website! Lots of new classes (for example “Oil Painting” with Felicia Feldman, “Finding Your way with a Paint Brush” with Souby Boski, and “Ultra Special Beginner Class” with Lenny Moskowitz) as well as all the old favorites. Review the schedule at rowaytonarts.org/classes.

The Summer 3-Day Workshop program also wraps in August for children ages 6-12 as well as Printmaking Workshops for ages 8-12. (Pictured here is a summer class that took it outside to provide some street art out front of the RAC building!) Fall classes are also listed online – new this season is “Drawing and Painting Skills for ages 10-14” with Felicia Feldman. More classes will be posted soon, such as a weekend class with Lisa Thoren. For more info, visit rowaytonarts.org/youth-classes-and-workshops.

Reminder that RAC will arrange private art classes and parties for all ages in small groups. Schedule a private weekly art class, a Paint and Sip party or Open Sketch session by contacting RAC Education Director Suzy Aubrey at education@rowaytonarts.org or call 203-866-2744 (x-2).

Online Photography Classes for Adults and Teens

Starting Tuesday, Thom Williams will offer Beginner 2 Photography (beginning August 2 from 6-7:30pm) open to all camera types. Review the entire schedule and register online via the RAC website at rowaytonarts.org/photography-classes.

Paint & Sip

Thursday, August 11

6:30pm-9pm

Join RAC instructor Susan Fehlinger as she leads participants through one of her paintings in the RAC studio. Painters of all levels welcome.

Fee: $45 (includes all equipment, instruction, art materials and wine). More info and register online here.

Intro to Oil Painting

Thursday September 1

10:00am-12pm

New RAC instructor Felicia Feldman will introduce students to the beauty of working with oil paints in the RAC studio. Students will be painting from still life set-ups and should expect to finish one canvas

Fee: $45 (RAC will supply all materials for this workshop, so just come as you are and enjoy the lesson.) More info and register online here.

Photography and Sculpture Show Reception

Sunday, July 31

This exhibition features artwork by 65 area artists chosen from 200 online submissions. RAC Executive Director Andrea Letters is also the show chair (she is standing at right watching judge Paula Tognarelli hand a ribbon to Andrea Rubin).

Winners were announced by the judge Paula Tognarelli, the former Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA: Best in Show: Bill Gore for “Song of the Saugatuck” (Photography), 1st Place: Julia Arstorp for “Sunday Best” (Photography), 2nd Place: Barbara O’Shea for “What’s Next?” (Photography), 3rd Place: Hilary Houston Bachelder for “Sea Fields” (Photography), Honorable Mention (Photography): Monique Michaels for “Exhale,” Tad Philipp for “Here It Is” and Barbara Ringer for “Regularly Scheduled Program,” 1st Place: Chuong Pham for “Made of Clouds” (Sculpture), 2nd Place: Andrea Rubin for “Woman” (Sculpture).

Best in Show: Bill Gore for “Song of the Saugatuck #38” (Photography)

2nd Place: Andrea Rubin for “Woman” (Sculpture)

2nd Place: Barbara O’Shea for “What’s Next” at top (Photography)

3rd Place: Hilary Bachelder for “Sea Fields” at bottom (Photography)

Honorable Mention: Barbara Ringer for “Regularly Sponsored Programming” (Photography)

1st Place: Julia Arstorp for “Sunday Best” at bottom (Photography)

Winners in attendance with the judge (left to right): Bill Gore, Tad Philipp, Andrea Rubin, Barbara O’Shea, Hilary Bachelder, Paula Tognarelli, Julia Arstorp and Barbara Ringer

Horizons Outreach

RAC hosted two groups of students from the Horizons Summer Enrichment Program in the gallery recently for a game of I-Spy and sketching under the guidance of RAC Education Director Suzy Aubrey. They loved looking at the all the Big and Small show artwork and drawing their favorites – a fun exercise for all visitors no matter what the age!

RAC Instructor News!!!

Congrats to RAC Instructor Anda Styler who won third place for “Ocean Energy” (right) in the AcrylicWorks9 contest, which showcases the 100 Best of Acrylics chosen from the US and Canada! A four-page spread of the show will appear in a special print issue of The Best of Acrylic (2022) available in September. Anda teaches “Painting from Light and Values” at RAC on Tuesday mornings.

Congrats also to RAC Instructor Joseph Fama – his painting “Sunset” (below) was accepted into the prestigious National Oil and Acrylics Painters Society’s Associate Online Exhibition (one of 300 chosen from over 1000 entries by the society’s members). He studied at the School of Visual Arts and the Reilly League of Artists, where Cesare Borgia was his teacher. Joseph teaches “Landscape Painting” at RAC on Monday mornings. View the entire show at the link here.

Enjoy the rest of summer…