Newsletter – January 2024

January 2024 Newsletter

The response to our annual appeal has been wonderful. We are incredibly grateful for the support of our RAC community! If you haven’t yet made your contribution to support our mission of bringing the study, creation, and appreciation of the arts to the community, there’s still time! You can donate right now through this link: rowaytonarts.org/donate

Jay Wilson,

RAC Board President

RAC Happenings

RAC Staff and Board Holiday Party

December 18

It was a festive evening at RAC in December as staff and board members gathered to celebrate the holiday season – here’s a photo of Cameron Letters, founder/organizer of the Rowayton Turkey Trot announcing a donation from the fundraising event with his wife/RAC Executive Director Andrea Letters (middle) and Board Member Lori Lohstoeter (left) looking on. There was even a fun craft project in the studio upstairs thanks to RAC Education Director Suzy Aubrey!!!

Please note that the RAC gallery will be closed for until January 7 to prepare for the annual From the RAC Studio instructors and students show (info below). Visit our website to view all the artwork from the 2023 exhibitions in the online gallery at the link here and our 2024 Exhibition Schedule here.

Twinning in the gallery! Pamela Proctor (left) and Judy Katz (right) – RAC Board Members AND Exhibiting Members

Shopping the Holiday Gift Show! RAC Board President Jay Wilson (left) with Kristen Peterson

RAC Board Member Kathleen Weinstock (left) with her husband Jim

RAC Board Member Lori Lohstoeter (left) with Gil and Kim Kernan (who has recently served as Board Secretary)

Showing off the finished projects! Charly’s ornament is holding a bagel as he is the owner of UCBC bagels

In the holiday mood – Andrea Letters (left) with RAC Marketing Director Jane Seymour

Suzy Aubrey getting things going in the studio…

RAC Board Member Sarah Messmore (center) with her husband Chris (left) and Andrea Letters (right)

RAC Classes and Workshops

January/February Classes are open for registration

RAC has a great variety of in-studio and online classes and workshops to fit every schedule. (Artwork here is by Sharon Schmiedel who will be teaching “Watermedia and Collage” online via Zoom this winter.)

Click here for class listings!

Plenty of weekend and evening workshops to keep you entertained this winter!

Meet and learn more about RAC’s new instructor, Evelyn Harvey at a free Art Demonstration on Sunday, January 7 (2:30-4pm). Afterwards, enjoy the opening of From the RAC Studio, RAC’s annual student/teacher art show.
Students new to painting or interested in learning how to paint with acrylics, register for Evelyn Harvey’s “Intro to Acrylics“ class on Saturday, January 13 (10am 1pm).
Register for the first in our series of “ARTechniques” workshops with Lori Lohstoeter and her “Gelli Plate Printmaking” workshop on Thursday, January 18 (6-9pm).
If color is your thing, register for Jill Harrington Nichols’ “Rhapsody in Color“ workshop on Saturday, January 20 (10am-4pm).

More info here!

Photography classes online and in studio

RAC now offers both online classes with Thom Williams and classes in studio with RAC Exhibiting Member Emily Kelting. See the entire schedule here.

Youth and Teen Classes

There’s also still time to register for our January youth and teen classes (image here of student learning to paint a portrait in Felicia Feldman’s “2-D Art for ages 10-14” class).

Click here for more info!

Upcoming Exhibitions