Summer Camp    

 

Summer Camp is in full swing at the Guild.  Just 2 weeks left!!  Check out 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 and 15 and are looking for some creative fun this summer - sign up for one, two or more classes today!

 

Click here for more info and Summer Camp 2011 schedule.

 

Festive Home 2011 -- Call for Art  

 

Calling on Guild members to submit 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional work for Festive Home 2011 (November 18- December 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 August 15, 2011.  Images will not be returned.
• Selected artists will be notified by telephone by September 1.
• Accepted work must be dropped off at the Guild by Nov 4, 2011.

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

 

34th Annual Juried Show     

 

The Guild is really pleased to have Chelsea gallery owner Cynthia Reeves as juror of this year's Juried Show.  Here are the important dates:

 

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

 

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Sept 24 - Friday, Oct 28, 2011

 

Opening Reception:  Saturday, Sept. 24, 2-4pm

 

Pickup of Accepted Art

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

 

Click here to download Juried Show 2011 prospectus. 

  

Volunteers

Please call the Guild if you're interested in volunteering for this year's Juried Show!  Especially looking for people to help with Receiving (Sept 8-11) and the Opening (Sept 24).

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

 

Local Green -  

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, September 1 - submit artwork
• Monday, September 15 - 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. 

 

New on Tuesdays at the Guild  

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Painters' Master Class

Begins September

10:30 am - 1:30 pm

Instructor: Jock MacRae

 

Join us for this unique opportunity to work closely with long-time Guild instructor Jock MacRae.  This class is intended for experienced painters who want to determine the next level of their work. Time will be spent on critique of each painter's work.  Artists bring in works-in-progress to discuss, and then they'll spend the intervening week working on the pieces and showing the progress from week to week. There will also be some time devoted to painting and creating new paintings in class. Maximum of 7 students, so sign up early!

 

Tuition for 4 sessions: $120 members, $150 non-members.

 

Visit rgoa.org and sign up today!