Newsletter – October 2018

October 2018 Newsletter
Next Exhibition
Jon Puzzuoli, Father of the Woods , Michael O’Hara, Mickey D’s,
Lucy Armstrong, Wherever the Wind Takes Me , Brian Kammerer , Surfside Delight
Don’t miss this big show!
Submissions: 284 Entries, 90 Accepted*
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 30 (4-6pm)
Exhibit Dates: September 30 – October 27
Artists Talk: Wednesday, October 17 (6:30-8pm)
Artists from the Exhibition will speak about their work and inspiration.
*New Dates for Art Pick-up:
Sunday, 10/28 (11am-2pm)
Monday, 10/29 (11am-2pm)
Upcoming Exhibitions
Attention: Artisans!
The Holiday Countdown Begins!
Opening day is Friday, November 23
Receiving: Thursday, November 15 (12-5pm)
Friday, November 16 (12-5pm)
Saturday, November 17 (11-2pm)
Sunday, November 18 (11-2pm)
For more information, Prospectus
Upcoming Events
Friday, Oct 5 (6:30-9:00pm)
With Anne E. McCormick
Join us for a Proscecco Royale Cocktailand create your one-of-a-kind personal collage.
Fee: $45
(Includes cocktails, appetizers, instruction and all collage materials)
BBQ, Beer & Blues
Friday, Oct 12 (6:00-8:00pm)
Fundraiser for RAC!
Come out and support RAC at our second annual Craft Beer event.Last year’s event was loads of fun and a huge success. This year’s event is sponsored by Two Roads Brewing Company, Bobby Q’s and Fairfield County Bank.
Save the Date!
More information to follow…
Paint and Sip for Guys and Gals
Thursday, Oct 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 but light dinner, instructions, materials provided)
Click to Register
Chantey Sing
Open Chantey Sing Along
Sunday, October 14 (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.
Fee: $5
Open Sketch
Sunday, September 30 (1-4pm)
Sunday, October 7 (1- 4pm)
Sunday, October 28 (10am-1pm)
No reservations needed. Just bring your sketchpad and sketch the live model.
Fee: $15
Author Kate Manning reveals the research behind her critically acclaimed novel , My Notorious Life.
Thank you!
Many thanks to Kate Manning for a most interesting Author Talk. It was fascinating to hear about the life of physician Ann Trow Lohman and to hear your oral intrepretation of the very Irish Axie Muldoon. It was a great evening!
Congratulations to RAC’s New Exhibiting Members!
Scott Glazer (Westport) – Drawing
Michael O’Hara (Norwalk) – Photography
Edward Hortick (Cos Cob) – Photography
If you are interested in becoming an exhibiting member, there are two ways:
  1. Acceptance into three open Juried Exhibitions at RAC in two years.
  2. Chosen by the Selection Committee.
F or more information: Prospectus
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O u r sincere condolences to former RAC board president, Adair Hatchl, on the loss of her beloved husband, Wilson Hatchl.
A memorial celebration of Wilson’s life will be held at St. Luke’s Parish, in Darien , on Saturday, September 22 (11am )
For more information, click: Obituary
Photography & Sculpture Award Winners!
Congratulations! Kerry Long wins Best in Show for Rooted.
The award winners:
Best in Show: Kerry Long (Trumbull) “Rooted”
Color Photography:
First​​ – James Ryan (Greenwich) ​“Cape Cod #1”
Second – ​Barbara O’Shea (Stamford)​ “Artful Play”
Third​​ – Debbie Smith (Westport) ​“Sink”
HM​​ – Lisa Laible (Rowayton) ​“Stippled”
HM​​ – Barbara O’Shea (Stamford) ​“Strike a Pose”
Black and White Photography:
First​​ – David Kaplan (Stamford) ​ “Between the Rides”
Black and White Photography:
First​​ – David Kaplan (Stamford) ​ “Between the Rides”
Second​​ – Robert Sachs (Norwalk) ​ “From Train to Agra”
Third​​ – Monique Michaels (Peekskill, NY) ​“Fire @ Ice”
Honorable Mention​ – Nancy Breakstone (Westport) “Stormy Rowayton Sunset”
Sculpture:
Firs​​t- Judith Orseck Katz (Wesport)​ “Store Rooms in My Heart”
Second​​ – Katharine Draper (Norwalk) ​ “Woven”
Third​​ – Lois Weingarten (City Island, NY)​“Flight”
Congratulations!
Photography & Sculpture
Left to right: Robert Sachs, Kathy Draper, David Kapan, Nancy Breakstone, Barbara O’Shea, Lisa Laible
Reception Photos
David Kaplan (Stamford)
1st, Color Photography, Between the Rides
Robert Sachs (Norwalk)
2nd, B &W Photography, From Train to Agra
Barbara O’Shea (Stamford)
2nd, Color Photography, Artful Play
Barbara O’Shea receives two awards!
Both in Color Photography
Nancy Breakstone (Westport)
Honorable Mention, Stormy Rowayton Sunset
Lisa Laible (Rowayton)
Honorable Mention, Stippled
Rick Pank (Rowayton)
Down the Rabbit Hole
RAC Executive Director Andrea Letters
Katharine Draper (Norwalk)
2nd, Sculpture, Woven
Robert Sachs (Norwalk)
Thank you to Co-chairs Lisa Laible (Rowayton) and Laure Dunne (Norwalk)
More News!
Member News – October
Opening Reception: Tuesday
September 25, (5- 7pm)
Gallery at Pearl @ Longshore presents ‘Food for Thought’ with work by Susan Fehlinger.
Longshore Club Park
260 Compo Road South
Westport, CT
Until December 3
Opening Reception: Sunday
September 23 (4-6pm)
38th Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, Stamford Art Association
With work by N. Robert Cestone, Heidi Lewis Coleman, Carolyn Lyngholm, Richard Tedeschi
“Self-Portrait with Dave at Sink” by N. Robert Cestone won 1st Place ($1000 prize)
Congratulations to Robert!
39 Franklin Street, Stamford, CT
Until October 25
Congratulations to Laure Dunne! Her photo, “A Meeting of Downspouts,” received Best in Show at the Duxbury (MA) Art Association Exhibit. (Exhibit: Closed)
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Send in your member news!
To submit your member news, email:
Please include:
Name of exhibit
Name of artist
Exhibit dates
Opening reception date
Location and venue details: website, phone
(Submit by the 16th of the month)
You can also read RAC member news on the click website .
Behind the Scenes
Shades by Michael Aubrey
Inquiring minds were wondering about this photo, Shades by Michael Aubrey.
“This past July, I had the great opportunity to go to Bangalore, India to visit our office there and work with the local team who helps us with print and digital production work. Unfortunately, I didn’t get an opportunity to do a “proper” photo walk as I usually love to do in new places. Instead, I was always being whisked away from hotel to office at terrifying and break neck speeds in traffic coming at you in all directions. So quick snap shots had to suffice. At one point, we got caught in heavy traffic and this man appeared outside my window, selling incense. I was lucky to have my good camera with me and quickly snapped off this shot before being whisked away again. The contrast between him being somewhat of a beggar, but with very cool glasses (as well as the shocking white hair) was intriguing. When I got home, I just decided to do nothing more in post production then turn the photo to black & white. It turned into a “keeper” among a thousand other shots.”
When asked how long he was a photographer , Michael said , ” I got my first camera when I was ten years old. It was a Kodak Instamatic with those amazing film cartridges and rotating flash cubes. The first picture I took was an off-center snap of the Matterhorn.”
He continued, “I caught the camera bug from my father, but learned the art of photography through my own eyes. I have had the great good fortune to work with some of the world’s best cinematographers, still photographers, and film editors. I love the ability to compose and capture light, color, depth and special moments or places that a camera provides.”
“Now, I try to find imagery that exudes a sense of peace and purpose at a specific moment in time. I loved the feel of film but embrace technology. The advances in post-production since the dark room days are revolutionary. It’s exciting to bring that to bear on what has been captured in my camera. That balance between reality and extraordinary is what I seek in every image I process and present.”