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Mark your calendar! We are planning an @RAC Artist Talk on Thursday, November 2 from 6-7:30 pm with artists from the Autumn Juried Show. The event will be moderated by Mindy Green. Artists include Robert Lansden, Lori Lohstoeter and Pamela Proctor (their artwork below left to right).
No need to RSVP – join us!
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Through November 4, 2023 ONLY
Open Juried Show, open to all artists
Link to accepted artists and other info here!
Artwork Pick Up Dates: Monday, November 6 (5-7pm) and Tuesday, November 7 (12-2pm)
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The Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) is seeking original, handcrafted works for our annual Holiday Gift Show. We are accepting small ornaments and holiday-related gifts as well as jewelry, pottery and ceramics, candles, wooden toys and other objects, knitted/crocheted items, fiber art, plus original cards and small prints/paintings.
ALL vendors (members and non-members) must submit a Vendor Information form and HGS 2023 Inventory form as well as sign up for a time to bring items to RAC during drop off days.
Click here for prospectus, procedures and forms!!!
If you have not participated in our Holiday Gift Show before, you must email sample images with a description of your items by Friday, November 3 to exhibitions@rowaytonarts.org. Accepted or not, you will be notified on or before Wednesday, November 8.
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Receiving dates:
Friday, November 10 (10am-1pm) and Saturday, November 11 (10am-1pm)
Entry Fee:
For RAC Exhibiting Members: Entry fee is waived, membership dues must be current and a commission fee of 40% will be taken on your gross sales.
For RAC Non-Members: Entry fee of $30 and a commission fee of 40% will be taken on your gross sales.
Volunteer Hours: Participants are encouraged to volunteer for a two hour shift during the course of the gift show.
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The 6″ x 6″ wood panels are back! RAC exhibiting members are invited to create original artwork for this annual fundraiser.
Come in and pick up a panel during gallery hours! Tuesday through Friday (12-5pm) and Saturday (10am to 1pm).
Make sure all paint is dry and any collages, mixed media or photos are permanently bonded. Please create directly on the square—no stapling of canvas or recycling of old canvases. No need for wiring or a holiday theme.
***DEADLINE FOR RETURN IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17
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Opening day: Friday, November 24 from (12pm-5pm)
Extended opening weekend hours: Saturday, November 25 (10am-5pm) and Sunday, November 26 (12pm-7pm) **Light Up Rowayton
Regular hours: Tuesday through Friday (12pm-5pm), Saturday (10am-5pm) and Sunday (12pm-5pm). Closed Mondays.
All proceeds from the Holiday Gift Show are used to support RAC
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RAC Classes and Workshops
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New Session of Weekly Adult Classes begins this Week
It’s time to register for the November/December class session that begins this week and next. RAC offers a full slate of in-studio and online classes in painting, drawing, portraiture, mixed media and photography as well as some new classes devoted to the healing properties of art. Classes are scheduled during the day, evenings and on the weekends.
Click here for class listings!
(Artwork above by instructor, Dana Goodfellow who will be teaching “From Realism to Abstraction” on Thursday mornings in the RAC Studio.)
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Looking for a Short Term Evening or Weekend Workshop?
There are some short term workshops coming up at RAC including “Portrait Drawing from a Live Model” with John Grieco on Saturday, November 11, “Holiday Card Mixed Media Workshop” with Nancy McTague-Stock on Sat, November 18 and a fun “Sip & Suds” bath bomb making event with Rachel Oshrin on Thursday evening, December 14. (The Holiday Gift Show will stay open late for this class!)
More info here!
(Artwork above by instructor, Nancy McTague-Stock who will be teaching the “Holiday Card Mixed Media workshop” on November 18.)
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Start preparing for the January Student Art Show
Every January RAC holds a show in the gallery devoted to the artwork created by weekly art class students and instructors in the past year. Receiving days for artwork are January 2 and 3, so best to start preparing your work now since all artwork must be framed. Each student is allowed to submit one piece for each instructor they studied under with a maximum of two pieces. More information will be sent shortly to all students who took weekly classes at RAC during the 2023 school year.
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Autumn Juried Show
Opening Sunday, October 15
The RAC Autumn Juried Show is on view until November 4 only!!! This annual open theme all media exhibition features artwork by area artists chosen from almost 400 online submissions. There was also a special round of applause for Eunice Roy as she was honored with an engraved brick out front on the patio for the many years she served as a RAC board member. (Here she is center with RAC Board Member Kathleen Weinstock, left, and RAC Executive Director Andrea Letters, right.)
Winners were announced by the judge, Amy Smith-Stewart, Chief Curator at The Aldrich Art Museum.1st Place: Janine Brown, “American Dream” (Mixed Media), 2nd Place: Robert Lansden, “Two Blues #2” (Ink on Paper), 3rd Place: Lisa Freeman, “Wish You Were Here” (Mixed Media) and Honorable Mention: Ginger Jespersen, “Abandoned,” (Mixed Media), Nina Nelson, “A Moment of Peace” (Photography), Lori Lohstoeter, “Danza” (Mixed Media).
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1st Place: Janine Brown “American Dream” (Mixed Media)
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2nd Place: Robert Lansden “Two Blues #2” (Ink on Paper)
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Honorable Mention: Nina Nelson “A Moment of Peace” (Photography)
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Left to right; RAC Board President Jay Wilson, Vice President Lulu McPhee, Executive Director Andrea Letters and Board Member/RAC Instructor Judy Orseck Katz
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Honorable Mention: New RAC Board Member Lori Lohstoeter “Danza” (Mixed Media) at bottom
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Left: Gil Kernan helping out by greeting guests to the gallery (his wife Kim is a board member!)
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In Memoriam
We have learned about the recent passing of former member Dick Rauh of Westport on October 9, 2023 at the age of 98. His retrospective art exhibition held at the Westport Library just last year drew a record crowd of friends and admirers. Dick continued teaching online until just a few short weeks before his death and expressed that of all his accomplishments he felt that teaching was both the most important and gratifying for him.
Memorial contributions may be made the The Nature Conservancy at nature.org.
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Welcome to New Exhibiting Members: Kathleen Carlson, Joseph Fama, Derek Freres, Stephanie Hilton, Fran Meehan, Sarah Schneider, Anne Louise Tenebaum,
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