Newsletter – March 2024

Member Spotlight Series

Now there’s another way to get to know RAC Exhibiting Members with a new Members Spotlight section in the newsletter. Each month, a member will answer five questions from a list to highlight their work and life as an artist.

Thanks to the RAC Board Exhibitions Committee and especially Pamela Proctor for spearheading this new feature. Check it out below!

RAC Happenings

Abstraction Show Opening

Sunday, February 4

The annual Abstraction Show is still on view until Saturday, March 2 – this all media exhibition features artwork by RAC Exhibiting Members with a larger degree of independence from visual references. More info and list of award recipients at this link here. 

The Hu Lindsay Award for Best Mixed Media was awarded to Lynne Arovas for her piece “Work Space.” Pictured above are winners in attendance: (left to right) Hanneke Goedkoop, Michael Brennecke, Kat Evans and Pamela Proctor.

RAC Board President Jay Wilson (left) with RAC Board Vice President Lulu McPhee

Standing by the artwork awarded the Hu Lindsay Award for Best Mixed Media is his granddaughter Allison Lindsay (left) and widow Marcia Powell

Honorable Mention: Kat Evans “Variations III” (Acrylic)

3rd Place: Pamela Proctor “Sea Breeze” (Mixed Media)

2nd Place: Hanneke Goedkoop “Madame Butterfly” (Acrylic) 

1st Place: Michael Brennecke “The Narrows II” (Oil on panel)

RAC Classes and Workshops

Registration is open for the Spring I class session

The next session of weekly classes begins in early March and will continue through to the end of April. RAC offers in-person and online classes in painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, landscape, portraiture, abstraction and photography. (Painting at right by Eric March who will be teaching “Painting from Photographs” on Tuesday evenings.)

Click here for full listing of weekly classes

RAC also offers a number of evening and weekend workshops this month and next. Check the website often, as new workshops are continually being added to the line up!

Gelli Print Printmaking

with Lori Lohstoeter

Thursday, March 7 (6-9 pm)

Fee: $60 (includes all art supplies and beverages)

Abstracting the Landscape

with Lenny Moskowitz

Saturday, March 9 (10:30am-3pm)

Fee: $170 (includes all art supplies)

How to Draw Flowers with Pen & Ink

with Nancy McTague-Stock

Sunday, March 10 (10:30am-12:30pm)

Fee: $60 (includes all art supplies)

Printmaking with Encaustic and Pigment Sticks

with Leslie Giuliani

Saturday, March 23 (1-5pm)

Fee: $125 (includes all art supplies)

Atmospheric Landscapes

with Will McCarthy

Saturday, April 13 (1-5pm) and

Sunday, April 14 (11am-3pm)

Fee: $310 (includes most supplies)

There are still seats available in the “2-D Art for ages 10-14yrs“ class with RAC Instructor Felcia Feldman which begins Friday, March 8 (3:45-5pm). It’s the perfect class for the child who adores art and is ready to get more serious about their drawing and painting skills.

Current Exhibitions

Now through March 2, 2024 only!!!

All Media Exhibiting Member Show

Link to online gallery and more info here.

Visit the gallery Tuesday through Friday 12-5pm or Saturday from 10am-1pm

Upcoming Exhibitions

March 10 through April 6, 2024

All Media Exhibiting Member Show

How Many Works: One work per artist

Deadline for online submission form is Friday, March 1 at Midnight!!!

Prospectus

Receiving: Monday, March 4 (5-7pm) and Tuesday, March 5 (12-2pm)

Opening Reception: Sunday, March 10 (4-6pm)

April 14 through May 11, 2024

All Media Juried Show, open to all artists

Categories: Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Color Photography, Black and White Photography, Sculpture, Printmaking, Pastels or Drawing

Online submissions deadline:  Friday, March 8

Prospectus

Online Submissions

Receiving:  Monday, April 8 (5-7pm) and Tuesday, April 9 (12-2pm)

Opening Reception:  Sunday, April 14 (4-6 pm)

Member Spotlight

The RAC 5 – Rachel Peterson

Who are your favorite artists?

Van Gogh for his staccato strokes, Matisse for his colors, Dmitri Wright for his playful dancing brush.

Describe your artwork in 5 words.

Magical, engaging, storytelling, bright, bold.

Do you listen to anything while you are working on your art?

Yes, the Stock Market!

What is the most challenging part of your creative process?

I’m always so excited to begin…laying out the “bones” of the composition. However, it is most fun in the middle picking up colorful swatches from Home Depot…seeing how the colors play against one another. The end of the painting is usually difficult and a lot of the time frustrating. I must make sure the composition holds together and invites the viewer in. When I find a spot for my signature and for “Woofy,” my dog, my painting is finished!

If you could ask a piece of artwork, come to life, what would it be?

We have just had a 3-4 inch snow storm… Our second one, so if I could ask a piece of my artwork to come to life, I would like to be at Coney island on the beach experiencing the excitement, smelling the hot dogs and watching the waves roll in…the surfers “hang ten” and the sunbathers strut their stuff! (Here is Rachel with that painting hanging in the Marine and Coastal show last year when she was awarded 3rd Place!)

Welcome to new Exhibiting Members: Alex Diamandis, Robert Lansden, Ariel Ling, David Mackenzie,

Mary Manning and Peter Mendelson