Call for Sculpture & 2-D Art 

LOCAL GREEN is an art show featuring local professional and student artists whose work addresses, interprets, or in some way shares GVI's mission.  A unique opportunity to view art in a farm setting, work will be exhibited at The Hickories, Ridgefield's certified organic farm.  This is a collaboration of GVI, The Ridgefield Guild of Artists, and The Sculpture Barn.  Curated by Jean Linville, David Boyajian, and Justin Perlman. 

 

LOCAL GREEN is open to Ridgefield High School students and professional artists whose work addresses green concerns such as environmental awareness, preservation, small farming and local food issues.  All are welcome to participate!  

• Monday, August 1st - submit artwork
• Monday, August 29nd - notification of accepted work
• SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 3-6pm -- Opening Reception, rain or shine, The Hickories, 136 Lounsbury Road, Ridgefield

Questions?  Please contact Laura Craighead lcraigreich@sbcglobal.net, and Julie Kaser ckaser@comcast.net 

 

Click here for Local Green Prospectus. 

 

Festive Home 2011 -- Call for Art   

Calling on Guild members to submit 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional work for Festive Home 2011 (Nov 18 - Dec 24), our highly publicized and popular holiday show.  This year we will be collaborating with 8-10 area decorators who will be designing their space around an art piece. 

 

Up to 5 photographs or color copies EACH clearly labeled on the backside with the artist name, size, medium and price can be dropped off or mailed to:

 

Ridgefield Guild of Artists

c/o FESTIVE HOME Committee

PO Box 552

Ridgefield, CT 06877    

 

If the piece is framed, the frame must also be photographed.  These works will be considered by the decorators to be featured in their vignettes.  There is no fee to submit images for the show, but, if selected, please be aware that there will be a 50% commission on any sold work.  DEADLINE for all entries is July 15, 2011.  Images will not be returned.  Selected artists will be notified by telephone by mid-July.  Accepted work must be dropped off at the Guild by Nov 4, 2011.  

 

Please call the Guild at 203/438-8863 for more information. 

 

Juried Show 2011 -- Call for Juror    

The 34th Annual Juried Show is currently seeking a juror, and we need your help. If you know someone (who knows someone, who...) that you think would be an ideal juror, please contact Mary Louise O'Connell or Rachel Volpone at your earliest convienence. We will make a list of your contacts and do the leg work of asking and setting up the particulars, so all we need are a few good names. An ideal juror would be someone in the NYC art community or environs, either at the museum level or at a high-end gallery.  Jurying the show usually takes about 4-6 hours and takes place  September 11-16th. An honorarium is awarded to the juror for his or her time.   

 

Please contact Mary Louise at mloconnell@sbcglobal.net or Rachel at rgoa@sbcglobal.net with any information or questions you may have. 

 

Exhibition Dates 

Saturday, September 24 - Friday, October 28, 2011

 

Receiving Dates

Thursday, Sept. 8 & Friday, Sept. 9, 12-4pm

Saturday, Sept. 10 & Sunday, Sept. 11, 12-5pm

 

Notification of Accepted Art on the Website

No later than Friday, Sept. 16, 9pm

 

Pickup Non-Accepted Art

Saturday, Sept. 17 & Sunday Sept. 18, 12-4pm

 

Opening Reception

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2-4pm

 

Pickup of Accepted Art

Saturday, Oct. 29 & Sunday Oct. 30, 12-4pm

 

Spring Cleaning?

RGA is seeking sweaters for a Summer Camp Project.  Spring is here and I know a lot of people are closet cleaning and goodwill-ing.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE if you have any old wool, mohair, cashmere, etc sweaters (no man-made fibers please), donate them to the Ridgefield Guild of Artists.  We will be using them for one of our summer camp classes.  They need to be processed before the class, so we can take them anytime, beginning this week.

 

The sweaters do not have to be perfect:  moth holes, stains, rips--all are OK.  We will be felting and disassembling the sweaters to make new garments.

 

Thanks for your support.

Debbie Crichton

Art Bags, www.artbags.biz 

 

SummerFest  

Ridgefield's Main Street, Bailey Avenue and (possibly) Ballard Green will be turned into a street fair on Saturday, July 16, and the Chamber of Commerce members are in the planning stages right now. This is a great opportunity for Guild members to get exposure in our community.  We are looking for artists who would demonstrate, paint, sit in our tent, talk to people about the Guild and generallly enjoy the event together. There may be an opportunity to exhibit work, but this will be a rain or shine event.  

 

Since this is short notice, please contact Mary Louise O'Connell ASAP at mloconnell@sbcglobal.net if you and/or someone you know is interested.

  

Ridgefield Arts Council's Arts Festival

Last Fall, the Ridgefield Arts Council hosted a great Arts Festival in Ballard Green. The Guild, along with many of our town's performing arts groups, participated in this new event, and it was really a lot of fun.  RAC is planning its 2011 Arts Festival on October 1 (rain date is scheduled). This year, the Guild would like to expand its efforts and exhibit and sell member art.  But, we can't do this without help from members in the planning stages.  Please contact Mary Louise O'Connell at mloconnell@sbcglobal.net if you would like to help with this event.

 

Summer Camp

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Check out The Ridgefield  Guild  of Artists' popular Multi-Arts Summer Camp.  Back for the third year in a row, the Guild is offering a full schedule of arts & crafts workshops.  Camp runs daily from 10 am - 3 pm with half-day sessions available.  If your children are between  the ages of 8 - 15  and are looking for some creative fun this summer - sign up for one, two or more classes today!

 

New this summer, Enchanted Arts & Crafts for the younger crowd, 5-7 year olds.  We offer a choice of 2 morning camp sessions, check the schedule above for dates.    

 

Click here for Summer Camp 2011.