November 2020 Newsletter
Now through November 14
In the gallery Tuesday through Friday, 12-5pm, and Saturday from 10am-1pm. Also in RAC’s online gallery with other recent shows at this link: racgallery.carbonmade.com.
Exhibiting Member Marcy Juran won Best In Show for her photography and encaustic piece “Lace, Bindweed/Imagined Garden” out of over 75 pieces (seen here).
Upcoming Exhibitions
Holiday Gift Show logo
November 27 through December 24
Receiving: Tuesday, November 17 (12-5pm), Wednesday, November 18 (4-7pm) and Thursday, November 19 (12-2pm)
BEFORE you arrive, please label the back of each item with your name/3 initials/medium/price. For wall art, please make sure the label hangs from the bottom of the frame. Also, be sure to fill out your Inventory Sheet (click here).
ENTRY Fee:
For RAC Members: Entry fee waived, membership dues must be current and commission fee to RAC (30% of each sale).
Non-Members: $30 fee and commission fee to RAC (30% of each sale)
Volunteer Hours:
Participants are encouraged to volunteer for three hours total if possible.
Opening day: Friday, November 27 from (10am-5pm)
Extended opening weekend hours: Saturday, November 28 (10am-5pm) and Sunday, November 29 (10am-7pm) **Light Up Rowayton
Regular hours: Tuesday through Friday (12-5pm), Saturday and Sunday from (10am-5pm). Closed Mondays.
Proceeds from the Holiday Gift Show are used to support RAC
Questions? Call RAC at (203) 866-2744 or email exhibitions@rowaytonarts.org
Also coming in Winter 2021 ~ a new exhibition In the Garden celebrating the beauty of botanicals featuring floral arrangements by Rowayton Gardeners, details TBA!!!
RAC Classes
The Fall 2 session of adult art classes begins this week.  To review the entire schedule, visit rowaytonarts.org/classes. Two new classes have been added to the schedule; “Intro to Watercolors” in the studio on Mondays and “Working with Pastels” online via Zoom on Tuesdays. (Image: watercolor by RAC Instructor Nancy McTeague-Stock.)
RAC can also arrange private art classes and parties for groups of six or less. Whether it be a private weekly art class, a private Paint and Sip party or an Open Sketch session for your group only, we can make it happen. Contact Education Director Suzy Aubrey at education@rowaytonarts.org or call 203-866-2744 (x-2).
RAC Happenings
Autumn Juried Show 2020 Opening
Sunday, October 18
RAC hosted an opening for the Autumn Juried Show, inviting the public with masks, limited admission and no refreshments but tailgating across the street!!! Sunday, October 18, 2020 #ArtLivesHere
Shown here: Show Chair Yuko Ike (left) and Co-Chair Maria Friscia (right) with Maria’s painting “Road Trip.”
Marcy Juran with her Best in Show photography and encaustic piece “Lace, Bindweed/Imagined Garden”
The scene outside on a lovely autumn day
Karen Popp with her First Place pen, ink and watercolor piece “Grand Entrance” (at bottom)
Executive Director Andrea Letters (left) presenting Jennifer Williams with a Honorable Mention ribbon for her painting “Lady in Waiting” (lower right)
John Gould with his oil painting “Café” (Honorable Mention)
RAC Instructor Lenny Moskowitz with his 3rd Place painting “Garden at Edgerton Park”
Other news
Do Your Holiday Shopping in Support of RAC
Make a difference this holiday. Shop for gifts at smile.amazon.com/ch/06-6070045 to instantly generate donations for RAC!!!
Also remember to #shoplocal in the RAC gallery with watercolor kits, sketch kits, needlepoint and cards galore plus everything at the Holiday Gift Show that opens the day after Thanksgiving Friday, November 27.
NEW EXHIBITING MEMBERS
Welcome to RAC:  Julie O’Connor of Weston and
Ric Kallaher of Montauk, NY