Newsletter – December 2019

December 2019 Newsletter

Turkey Trot Update

Thank you to our all our sponsors!!! Most are local businesses, please remember to support them in the future: All Seasons Marine Works, Bait Shop, Chou Chou, Core Pilates, Fairfield County Bank, The Goose Darien, Halstead, House of Needlepoint, Jaté Yoga, LGC Landscaping, Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood, Rowayton Wine Shop, Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management, SAILS American Grill, Sanda’s Cleaners, WESTY Norwalk, White Bridge Wines & Spirits .

Thanks also to our RAC volunteers during the event – it was a great day with over 1200 participants. Check out the results and loads of photos by RAC Marketing Director Jane Seymour at the website rowaytonturkeytrot.com.

RAC Exhibitions

November 29 – December 24, 2019

Special Events:

Santa Visits RAC! Saturday, December 7 from 12-4pm

Come and get your photo taken with the big guy! Same day as the Kids Holiday Workshop, info below.

Sip & Shop: Saturday, December 14 from 3-5pm

Holiday wines and tasty apps.

It’s a Wrap: Saturday, December 21 from 12-5pm

Drop off your gifts at the RAC studio (gifts do NOT need to be RAC purchases) and we’ll take care of the rest! Cash donation and/or a new, unwrapped toy is appreciated. Toys will be donated to the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

Holiday Song Sing Along: Tuesday, December 24 at 12pm

Stop by to listen or join in from start to finish…

Regular hours: Tuesday through Friday from 12-5pm, Saturday from 10-5pm and Sunday 12-5pm (closed on Mondays).

Upcoming Exhibitions

From the RAC Studio/Instructors and Students Show

January 12 – February 1, 2020

Open to RAC students and instructors who participated in any weekly class during 2019.

Receiving: Monday January 6 (4-7pm) and Tuesday, January 7 (11-2pm)

Opening Reception: Sunday, January 12 (4-6pm)

Prospectus

Upcoming Workshops & Events

Holiday Art Workshop for Children

Saturday, December 7

10 am to 3 pm

This RAC tradition includes a full day of art making, mixed with a lunch break and a walk to the The Rowayton Historical Society to see the train show, hot cocoa plus more. Children should dress to get messy, bring lunch and have warm clothes for the walk. Maximum of 12 participants, register here !

Chantey Sing

with Sean and Deirdre Murtha

Sunday, December 8

4 to 7pm

Fee: $5 (suggested donation)

Everyone is welcome when RAC hosts the monthly Open Chantey Sing. Lead, sing along and/or listen to chanteys, works songs, and other maritime songs. Bring your voices, instruments, friends and enthusiasm for sea music! Questions? Email sdmurtha@sbcglobal.net.

Open Sketch

Sunday, December 15

Noon to 3pm

Fee $15

Sunday afternoons in the studio with live model, open to all artists (no need for RAC membership!) Check the website for updates:

rowaytonarts.org/special-events .

RAC’s Winter Session registration is now open!!!

This 5-week session begins next Monday, January 6 .

Check out our class listings at rowaytonarts.org/education

RAC Happenings

Holiday Gift Show 2019 Opening Week

November 26 to December 1

From a fun party on Preview Night ($5 suggested donation waived in exchange for canned goods going to the Open Door Shelter) to a Coffee and Bagels breakfast on Small Business Saturday and the annual Light Up Rowayton sponsored by the Rowayton Civic Association! Pictured here, the Holiday Gift Show Committee (left to right) Debbie Lang, Ana Mernick, Steve Mernick and Andrea Letters.

Mary Fitzgerald, Senior Associate Editor at CT Cottages & Gardens with Gallery Manager Leo Gonzalez in front of the collection of squares created and donated by RAC artists

Open Doors Executive Director Michele Conderino stops by the party to chat with RAC Executive Director Andrea Letters

Preview night photo op (left to right): RAC Marketing Director Jane Seymour, RAC Board Member & Holiday Gift Show Committee member Ana Mernick, Holiday Gift Show Co-Chair Debbie Lang, RAC Executive Director Andrea Letters, RAC Education Director Suzy Aubrey and RAC artist Catherine Horan

A big thanks to UCBC bagels of Darien/New Cannan for the delicious spread with all the fixins!

Rowayton was lit but also soaked by the pouring rain (!)

RAC volunteers Rick and Brenda Pank at the wrapping station

Art admirers staying dry above and shoppers of all ages visiting below…

RAC @ HAYVN Artists Talk

Thursday, November 7

Some of the RAC artists featured at HAYVN this fall were on hand to share their background and current work. Participants included Kim Romero (seen at right speaking with an attendee and below with her impressionistic abstract painting above the couch in the lobby) and Betty Ball at bottom, explaining her process.