Newsletter – November 2018
Opening Soon!
Holiday Gift Show New Logo
Attention: Artisans and Crafters
The Holiday Countdown Begins!
Receiving: Thursday, November 15 (12-5pm)
Friday, November 16 (12-5pm)
Saturday, November 17 (11-2pm)
Sunday, November 18 (11-2pm)
For more information, click here: Prospectus , Inventory Sheet
Opening Day is Friday, November 23
Support the Floor Efforts
Holiday Gift Show Panel
Create an Unique 6 x 6!
Proceeds from your sensational 6 x 6s will go to RAC’s fund for a new floor.
I f you have been in a show at RAC (Exhibiting Member or Juried-in Artist ), you are invited to create an original, sensational 6″ x 6″ to help RAC g et a new floor! For this year’s Holiday Gift Show, RAC would like artists to come up with original designs on 6″ x 6″ wood panels. RAC provides the panels and artists donate their design and talent. Transform a block into a thing of beauty for RAC to sell at the Holiday Gift Show. Come in and pick-up a blank panel and return it with your art by Friday, November 16
Make sure all paint is dry and any collages, mixed media, or photos are permanently bonded. No need for wiring or a holiday theme – just make it beautiful!
Your original work of art, priced at $45, will help RAC raise the funds to get a much needed new floor for our gallery.
Panels will be promoted on RAC’s social media and website. Create your sensational 6×6 and floor us with your ideas!
To reserve you panel, click here
Pick up your panel:
Tuesdays-Fridays (11am-5pm)
Saturdays (11am-2pm)
Drop off your panel by:
Friday, November 16 (11am-5pm)
Thank you for your support!
Upcoming Exhibitions
From the RAC Studio Show 21018
Silhouettes by Pat Himmel, From the RAC Studio Show 2018
From The RAC Studio
Art by Art Students and RAC Instructors
Receiving Dates:
Wednesday, January 2 (3-7pm)
Thursday, January 3 (10am – 2pm)
Opening Reception: Sunday, January 6 (4-6pm)
Exhibition Dates: January 6 – January 17, 2018
Upcoming Events
Paint and Sip for Guys & Gals
Thursday, October 25 (6:30-9:00pm)
With Susan Fehlinger
Back by popular demand!
Susan Fehlinger will lead another
“Paint and Sip.” And this time guys are invited!
Fee: $45
(BYOB, light dinner and materials provided)
Sorry this workshop is FULL. Call 203-866-2744 (x-2) to be put on the waiting list.
Printmaking Workshop
Saturday, November 3 – Sunday,
November 4 (9:30am-4:30 pm)
With Suzanne Siegel
Learn to make prints without a press and with easy soap and water clean-up!
Fee: $250
Click to Register
Chantey Sing
Open Chantey Sing Along
Sunday, November 11 (4-7pm)
Join Deirdre and Sean Murtha and sing (or listen) along to the songs of the sea.
Always on the second Sunday of the month from September to May.
Suggested donation: $5
Open Sketch
Sunday, October 28 (10-1pm) CANCELLED
Sunday, November 18 ( Time TBA )
No reservations needed. Just bring your sketchpad and sketch the live model.
Fee: $15
Any questions, email: tldinkin@yahoo.com
Art Classes start in TEN Days!
Classes for Adults begin first week in November:
Click here to REGISTER
Welcome to New RAC Board Member
Katie Burke
We are pleased to announce the addition of Katie Burke to RACs Board of Directors. Katie is one of the country’s leading political and corporate communications strategists with over twenty years of experience at the highest levels of government and business. Currently, she is Senior Strategist and Global Chief of Staff at Edelman (the world’s largest communications firm) and also sits on its Executive Committee. In addition, Katie is a member of the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart University ( Fairfield ), as well as serves on the Board of Visitors for the School of Communication and chairs the Development Committee.
Katie lives in Rowayton with her husband and six year-old daughter.
Carol Fay, Nancy Woodward, Mary Tooley Parker, Moderator Mindy Green and Brian Kammerer
Once again, the Artists Talk@RAC proved deeply revealing. Artists exposed the sometimes costly and often frustrating battle to master techniques. It was obvious to see that there’s a lot more to the piece than meets the eye. Hidden from the observer is the blood, sweat, toil and tears of their creation. Thank you to Mindy Green for moderating the Artist Talk@RAC.
Carol Fay
Mary Tooley Parker
Nancy Woodward
Mindy Green, Brian Kammerer
Autumn Juried Show Award Winners!
Congratulations! Brian Kammerer
The award winners:
Best in Show – Brian Kammerer,  Surfside Delight(Oil)
Oil Painting:
1st- Lucy Armstrong,  Wherever the Wind Takes Me
2nd- Dawn Dahl,  Pansies
3rd- Carol Mueller,  Sunny Meadow
Honorable Mention- Doris Mady,  Spring Thaw
Acrylic Painting:
1st- Heide Follin,  Beetle
2nd- Maisie Prince,  Hot Mess
3rd- Susan Lippman,  Wabi Sabi I
Honorable Mention- James Ryan,  Winter Harbor Nocturne
Watercolors:
1st- Lorin Cole,  Mist Over Venice
2nd- Ann Tetelman,  Last Light
3rd- Didi McCormick,  Orange Grove
Honorable Mention- Wendy Pieper,  Sunday Morning
Color Photography:
1st- Jay Wilson,  Dinghies
2nd- James Cordes,  Seagull Expectations
3rd- Gregory Presley,  Promenade
Honorable Mention- Michael O’Hara,  Mickey D’s
Black and White Photography:
1st- Kirsti Holtan,  Lines and Shadows
2nd- Laure Dunne,  Summer Fun – Montreal
3rd- Nancy Breakstone,  A Mom’s Time Alone
Honorable Mention- Eric Cooper,  Lovers’ Quarrel
Drawings, Pastels and Printmaking:
1st- Scott Glaser,  The Pierre Hotel
2nd- Gretchen Bruno,  Diane
3rd- Caroline Weeks,  Orvieto Duomo
Honorable Mention- Margaret Sicari,  Overboard!
Mixed Media:
1st- Janet Bloom,  Tidal Change
2nd- Nancy Woodard,  Burr’s Prayer Rug
3rd- Betty Schneier,  Going Home
Honorable Mention- Chris Timmons,  The Works
Sculpture:
1st- Jon Puzzuoli,  Father of the Woods
2nd- Marian Doherty,  Threshold
3rd- Deborah Rauh,  Summer Solstice
Honorable Mention- Francesca Siano,  Saccharine
Congratulations!
Left to right: Award winners – Nancy Woodward, Marian Dougherty, Lorin Cole, Chris Timmons, Susan Lippman, Nancy Breakstone, Scott Glaser, Brian Kammerer, Doris Mady, Carol Mueller, Maisie Prince, Jon Puzzuoli, Gretchen Bruno, Betty Schneier, James Cordes, Laure Dunn, Francesca Siano, Kirsti Holtan, Heide Follin
Reception Photos
Autumn Juried Show(AJS) Co-chair Richard Koleszar, Board Member Joanna Bridges, Executive Director Andrea Letters, AJS Judge Katerina Lanfranco, AJS Co-chair Barbara Murphy
Doris Mady, HM, Color Photography, Board Member Eunice Roy
John Clarke
Richard Ventre, Exhibition Judge Katerina Lanfranco
Executive Director Andrea Letters, Co-Chair Barbara Murphy
Gretchen Bruno, 2nd, Drawings, Pastels and Printmaking
James Cordes, 2nd, Color Photography
Francesca Siana (Receiving award), HM, Sculpture
Heide Follin
Judith Lambertson
Judy Peknik
Lorin Cole, 1st, Watercolors
Kirsti Holtan, 1st, B&W Photography (with husband John)
Laure Dunn, 2nd, B&W Photography
Lilly Langotsky
Nancy Breakstone, 3rd, B&W Photography
Marian Doherty, 2nd, Sculpture
Mike and Sally Harris (President of the Stamford Photography Club) with Board Member Joanna Bridges
Margaret Sicari, Honorable Mention,Drawings, Pastels and Printmaking, with friends and family
Heide Follin, 1st, Acrylic
Scott Glaser, 1st, Drawing, Pastels, Printmaking
Silvia Doyle
S.M. Dyer
Susan Lippman, 3rd, Acrylic
Ann Tetelman, 2nd, Watercolors
New Exhibiting Member Julie DiBiase with Judge Katerina Lanfranco
Richard Ventre
Susan Fehlinger
More News!
Member News – November
Opening Reception: Fri, Oct 26, 5-8pm
Until November 3
Exhibition: Art for ALZ – (Proceeds to benefit Alzheimer’s Association of CT)
Some of the artists featured: Paul Berger , Nancy Breakstone , Bevi Bullwinkel , Heidi Lewis Coleman , Joseph Dermody , Maria Friscia, Lisa Laible, Julliette Tehrani , Ann Marie Tetelman, Richard Ventre.
Carriage Barn Arts Center
658 South Avenue
New Canaan, CT
www.carriagebarn.org PH 203-594-3638
Reception: November 9, 8pm-12am
J. Pilar Garra Solo Exhibition + Wolf Conservation Center NY
Combining Art with Music and Wolves – HOWL
Greenpoint Gallery
390 McGuinness Blvd
Brooklyn, NY
www.thegreenpointgallery.com
Opening Reception: Sun, Nov 11, 2-4pm
Until December 8
Reception will feature the music of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Trio Trusiano .
The exhibit, BACH 333, features the work of Richard Ventre.
Rockwell Art and Framing
151 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT.
(203) 762-8311
Until November 16
Judy Noel Solo Show
Darien Library
1441 Post Rd
Darien, CT
( 203)655-1234
Until December 3
Gallery at Pearl @ Longshore presents ‘Food for Thought’ with work by Susan Fehlinger.
Longshore Club Park
260 Compo Road South
Westport, CT
Until January 18
“Street Level”
Some of the artists featured: Nancy Breakstone, Milan Chilla, David Kaplan
Maritime Garage Gallery
11 North Water Street
Norwalk, CT
To submit your member news, email:
Please include:
Name of exhibit
Name of artist
Exhibit dates
Opening reception date
Location and venue details
(Submit by the 16th of the month)
You can read member news on the website
Behind the Scenes
Prince Edward Isles by Judith Lambertson
Inquiring minds were wondering about this painting, Prince Edward Isles by Judith Lambertson. “On the recommendation of Susan Fehlinger ( RAC Member and the 2017 Plein Air Festival BIS Award Winner ), I attended a Plein Air Festival last July in Canada on Prince Edward Isles (www.montaguepleinairfestival.com ). That’s where I got the inspiration for this painting. I drove up with a friend and it took us two days to get there,” Judith said.
“The organization provided the sites which can be quite difficult to find if you don’t know the area. For us, a site that was 10 minutes away would take us 40 minutes to find, we’d get so lost!”
“I painted all day and then would go back to the hotel and keep on painting because it stayed light until 9 at night. I tried to get as much done as possible. I was able to paint 16 paintings which is exactly what I wanted to do as I am preparing for a solo show at the Bowery Gallery
in Chelsea, NYC (www.bowerygallery.org). The organization was very official about making sure the painting was done in En Plein Air and would stamp your painting when you stopped painting. Some of the small paintings I will use for reference to paint larger ones, like this one. Along with the small paintings, I use photos as reference. I don’t paint from photos but it’s useful to have them to supplement as reference. When you create a larger painting from a smaller painting, the smaller painting is missing parts of the scene. So, that’s when you need the photo.”
“I started painting using watercolors. Years ago, I took a watercolor class at the Art Students League in Manhattan. Then I was introduced to oils in a portrait class at Silvermine. Now my favorite medium is oil, but I’ve been teaching classes at the Westport Senior Center and the Weston Senior Center in watercolors, gouache and acrylics.”
“I love Plein Air painting and was the former coordinator of the Fairfield County Plein Air Group. Will I be going back to the Plein Air Festival next year? Definitely, but this time I’ll fly!”
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