February 2019 Newsletter
Next Exhibition
Abstraction Exhibition 2019
February 10 – March 2, 2019
Exhibiting Members Show
Receiving:
Monday, February 4 (4 – 7pm) and Tuesday, February 5 (11am – 2pm)
Opening Reception: Sunday, February 10 (4 to 6pm)
Upcoming Exhibition
Photography, Sculpture and Fiber Arts
March 10 – April 6, 2019
Open Juried Show
Online Submission Dates: Now through February 7
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 10 (4 – 6pm)
(BIS 2018, Kerry Long,  Rooted )
Upcoming Events
Art Workshop with Patti Mollica, “Bending Reality – Color Theory Scheme and Strategies” February 9 and 10
Saturday February 9 and
Sunday, February 10
10 am – 4pm
Fee: $315
In this workshop, learn how “less is more” in your palette for good color harmony, and learn to work with the colors of your choice. Patti, author ofColor Theory, an Essential Guide to Color will be teaching the strategy behind working with color schemes and pushing color choices to the next level.
Thursday, February 21
6:30 – 9:00 pm
Fee: $45
Back by popular demand, RAC is offering another co-ed “Paint and Sip.” Join the ever popular,  Steve Parton , as he leads participants through a simple painting. Students are welcome to follow along or paint something of their own. Either way, it’s tons of fun!  $45 (includes Instruction, materials, and light dinner. Bring your own beverage.)
RAC Opening: From the RAC Studio January 6, 2019
Board President Steve Mernick welcomes the crowd…
Student Gursel Akcay (left) stands proudly by his painting “Silence” with his husband Matt Kaminski (right) and friend Haley Strassner (center)
Lynna Bray (left) & Julia Rae Hodenfield (right) were drawn to the colors in this painting – Julia is the grandaughter of long time RAC supporter Jessica Huse!
Education Director Suzy Aubrey thanks her education staff…
RAC student Carol Fay by her painting “Flower Dream” created in Sam Morrow’s class
Georgette Diamandis’s s tudent Owen proudly puts a ‘sold’ sticker on his painting “Island Peace” with sister Sydney bearing witness
Ronnie Gold, Lisa Thoren & Donna Collins by their artwork created in Lenny Moskowitz’s class
RAC Educators (Left to right): Tracey Dinkin, Open Sketch Coordinator, with teachers Christy Gallagher, Anne McCormick, John Grieco, Dana Goodfellow, Rick Daskam, Georgette Diamandis and Lenny Moskowitz – missing from the photo are instructors Sam Morrow, Anda Styler, Susan Fehlinger, Nancy Chapman and Denise Minnerly.
Gallery Improvements Project
It’s happening!!! All artwork and walls were cleared to make way for new flooring thanks to the Cornelia T. Bailey grant plus this year’s Holiday Gift Show fundraiser – 6×6 squares generously created by RAC artists.
Education @ RAC
Cup id’s Culinary Valentine’s Workshop
Friday, February 8
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Chef Lisa from  SproutChefs.com  will present Cupid’s Culinary Arts Workshop for children ages 5 to 11 years old. When the children arrive, they will hear a story about how Cupid traded his arrows in for cakes and opened a bakery. The children will be encouraged to imagine their own bakery, offering edible Valentines. They will design their bakery and plan the menu as well as create a logo for their apron, to bring home. Register here !
New Writing Workshop Event
ART AS INSPIRATION
Creative Writing Workshop @ RAC
Wednesday, February 27
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Join us for an inspired evening of art and writing. Using the current Abstraction Exhibition as a portal into creativity, the group will engage in individual and collaborative exercises under the guidance of Liz Matthews. Participants will also have an opportunity to share their writing. For those who wish to take this a step further, Liz will share tools for how to help transform these ideas and musings into polished stories and essays.
Liz Mathews recently completed her first novel about the photojournalist Margaret Bourke White, and teaches at the Westport Writers’ Workshop.  Shehas an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and an M.A. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her work has appeared in  Quality Women’s Fiction, Town & Country, Brevity, Brain Child, The Rumpus,   among other places .
This workshop is free and open to all levels of writing experience. Refreshments will be served.  More info call RAC (203) 866-2744.
Member News
Until February 3
Exhibiting work by Betty Ball
Art Show Bedford 2019
St. Matthew’s Fellowship Hall
382 Cantitoe Street, Bedford, NY (914) 234-9636 stmatthewsbedford.org
Until February 10
Fairfield County Arts Association
FRESH PERSPECTIVES
ARTWorks Gallery
Chittim-Howell House on the campus of St. Paul’s on the Green
60 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 (203) 847-2806 stpaulsnorwalk.org
Artist Talk: Sunday, February 10 from 2 – 4 pm.
Participating artists, Lynne Aromas, Nicole Grant, Kim Laguna, Nina Marino, Jason Pritchard, Eva Rogoff and Anthony Santomauro will talk about their inspiration, their processes and reveal the experience and sometimes mystique of being a fine artist.
NEW EXHIBITING MEMBERS – January 2019
Welcome to RAC: Josh Iguchi and Elena McCoy , both of Rowayton, Ronnie Gold of Stamford, and Anda Styler of New Milford.