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Late Breaking News ...
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We are thrilled to announce that Kenise Barnes of Kenise Barnes Fine Art Gallery will be our Juror for this year's Member Juried show in May!
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Kenise Barnes Fine Art was founded in 1994 on the belief that art is essential. Representing over thirty emerging and mid-career investment quality artists working a variety of mediums, the gallery mounts seven exhibitions annually and participates in art fairs in Miami, Santa Fe and New York.
Director and owner Kenise Barnes has degrees in Painting and in Women's Studies. She gained early experience as the Specialist in Charge of Contemporary Art at Christie's East, a division of Christie, Manson and Woods International. With more that 20 years experience in the arts, Kenise is a frequent guest curator, speaker and advisor.
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Member
OPPORTUNITIES
ARTISTS WANTED: Member artist Christopher Staples has opened an art gallery in Mahopac, NY. For more info on Look Art Gallery, visit http://lookartgallery.com/
ARTALK at Ridgefield Library ... Space in Art: Form & Metaphor with Tom Brenner. Sunday, February 5, 2 pm.
Painter, Tom Brenner will deliver a slide-illustrated talk about the importance of space in a work of art. According to Brenner, "the painter must be as concerned with the air surrounding his subject as with the subject itself."
Brenner received a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from Yale, a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, and also completed two years of training in Applied Arts at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He has taught at Silvermine for 14 years.
EXHIBIT: Cross River Reservoir - Photographs by Guild Member Richard Rodamar will be on display at the Ridgefield Library during January 2012.
Richard Rodamar was born in 1954 in Waterloo Iowa, and has a BFA in Photography from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Over the course of his career, Rodamar has worked for Ogilvy & Mather, Fairschild Publications, Madmoiselle and Random House, among others. He has shown his work at the Art Director's Club and the Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, CT and has taught photography classes at Western Connecticut State University.
The exhibit can be viewed during normal library hours when the room is not in use for another program.
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OPPORTUNITIES Happy New Year! Is one of your New Year's resolutions to do more for your community? If so, the Guild is ready to help you make that happen (and it doesn't require dieting!). We need volunteers -- from helping at Openings in your finest to getting down and dirty repairing walls -- and everything in between. Please call the Guild or email me directly if you're interested. Volunteers will receive email reminders about upcoming events and learn how you can help make them hugely successful. Last year, we had terrific volunteers, and I am hoping that 2012 will be even better for the Guild.
Mary Louise O'Connell mloconnell@sbcglobal.net _________________ Satellite
GALLERY
Featuring Guild artists at local businesses ...
Nature's Temptations:
Paula Renee
Susi Laura Massage Therapy:
Cindi Mullins
Coming soon ... Paintings by Rachel Volpone
Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce:
Mary Harold & Antonio Munoz
Please contact Cindi Mullins at ckmu1@aol.com for more info on the Guild's Satellite Galleries. Special THANKS Special thanks goes out to the following volunteers for their work throughout 2011: Paola Lazzaro, Ellen Rossini, Geeta George, Sally Aldrich, Phyllis Sinrich, Marilyn Gordon, Rick Rodamar, Ann Kromer, Lynne Sewell, Cynthia Digirolomo, Kim Macko, Annemarie Patrello, Gina Poppe, Lisa Penny, Dawn Hettrich, Bonnie Figgatt, Maria Poosikian and Dyane Brandt. Thank you also to the NCL mothers and daughters who devoted hours of their time to many Guild events. We couldn't have done it without you!! _________________ Guild MEMBERSHIP Membership renewal letters have been mailed. If you have not already done so, please renew your membership today. Click here to join/renew.
Not a member? Please support the Guild by becoming one today!
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The Guild's
MISSION
Ridgefield Guild of Artists is a regional and community
based art organization that promotes the visual arts and arts education by providing high quality gallery space for exhibitions, art classes for children and adults, oppor-tunities for artist-in-residency programs, and art lectures on-site and in collaboration with other organizations.
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Thanks to our SPONSORS
- Capital Investment
Marketing
- Events Party & Rental - Nature's Temptations
- Ridgefield Magazine
- Teresa Mucci Landscape
Design
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Festive Home 2011
I'm happy to report back that Festive Home 2011 was extremely successful! This annual fundraiser has a lot of moving parts and without the unbelievable dream team working hard behind the scenes, we would never be able to pu ll it off. First of all many thanks to the talented interior designers -- Olga Adler Interiors, Molly Hirsch Interiors, Hazel & Sid, TR Design, Brown Flowers & Decor, The Gilded Nest, The Little House Shoppe, Olley Court, Tables of Content, Hudson Blau Designs, Tile and Texture, Bea Schriver Florals and Beth Rosenfeld Designs. Thank you to the participating artists including Kim Hanna, Liz Dexheimer, Regina Thomas, Mary Louise O'Connell, Mary Harold, Antonio Munoz, Hans Fisher, Claire Garcia, Karen Vogel, Nancy Moore and Donna von Holdt. Special gratitude to Andrea Anderson, Amanda Dranow, Molly Hirsch & Donna von Holdt for doing double duty as they assisted the Guild team installing merchandise, planning the refreshment tablescapes and figuring out optimum traffic flow. Thank you to the Guild team of volunteers organized by the amazing Mary Louise O'Connell. To the photographer extraodinaire Mary Harold who tirelessly documented this multi-layered show. Mary Pat Devine who spearheaded the publicity -- writing article after article making sure it got to the right people at the right time. Antonio Munoz whose graphic design made Festive Home look spectacular and to Jacque' Lang whose tracking and placement of weekly advertisements were key. To Liz Marcus who kept everyone updated through our website and digital publicity. Thank you to the brilliant art installers Kim Hanna and Cindi Mullins. Thank you to Pamela Stoddart, Ellen Matthews and Donna von Holdt who took over the multiple party planning with style and pizazz. Our branded "Festivus" cocktail was a big hit with the party goers! A giant thank you to Joan Isaac for keeping us all together and tracking all those incoming and outgoing balls all while wearing her crown as Queen of the Festive Check Out. And finally, a thank you to all of our members who came out to volunteer, shop and support Festive Home! Rachel Volpone Chair, Festive Home |
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What's Next at the Guild?
Dear Guild Me mbers, Our New Year will officially begin with the 123 SOLO SHOW at the Guild opening on Saturday, January 21, 2012, 2-4pm. Three artists -- Heidi Lewis Coleman, Ann Conrad Stewart, and Fruma Markowitz -- were selected by juror Helaine Posner, Chief Curator of the Neuberger Museum. Each artist was awarded a gallery space at the Guild and has developed new bodies of work to debut at the 123 Solo Show opening.
Congratulations to these talented artists!
We're also excited to announce some new Member Opportunities:
First of all, a new Guild "Pop Up" Upstairs Gift Gallery will be open for business on January 21 at 2pm. This gift gallery will showcase small works and hand-made items by Guild members as well as vintage and curated finds that our Festive Home decorating team has specially sourced for us. Small Works selected by the Guild board will be on view until February 19th. As always, our price points are reasonable and all proceeds go towards the Guild's day-to-day operations. Your support is always appreciated.
To keep the Pop Up Gift Gallery merchandise and artwork fresh, we will be putting together a second Show of Small 2 & 3-dimensional works by Guild members in late-February with a spring theme. Interested artists and artisans can submit photo/color copies of work/items on  8 1/2 x11 sheet of paper with size/price/medium/contact information attached. If the piece is framed, please include a picture of the frame as well. Small 3-D sculptures, ceramics, fiber art are also welcome. Work cannot be larger than 20"x20". The Gallery Committee will select the work and contact the accepted artists. Deadline for submissions is February 13, 2012. Drop off of accepted works will be February 17 & 18 (12-4) and pick up of unsold work will be March 30. Commission is 60% artist and 40% Guild. There is no fee to submit images. Also launching in February in the main gallery is Post-Odyssey, a themed Guild Member show. All mediums are welcome. Find more details further down in newsletter. We are looking to develop some Artist Walk & Talks during the course of this show. If interested in participating, please let us know at Drop-Off and our Programming Chair, Nancy Moore, will be in touch. In addition to these talks, we will be hosting some not-for-profit organization parties and trunk shows that will broaden our outreach into the community. Any further ideas or connections to groups who are looking to host events in our gallery space are always welcome.
The 2nd annual Guild Member Juried Show will take place this spring. This show will run from May 12 - June 22. Details including Juror selection will be emailed shortly along with a prospectus. We are also very excited to continue to develop the Guild sculpture garden as great new venue for member artists. Several ideas and exhibition opportunities are being explored in the next few months. Further details will follow so please be sure to read your Guild emails, follow us on Facebook or on our website atwww.rgoa.org. A lot of artists have asked about participating in Festive Home 2012. Information on submissions will be in a future e-mails, but in the meantime I strongly encourage all Guild Member artists to take advantage of our Member Work link on the Guild website. This page is used time and again to refer interested parties to artists--including some of our Festive Home decorators and Satellite Gallery venue hosts. There is no fee and it is simply done by submitting an image of your work and a link to your website to Joan Isaac, Guild Coordinator at rgoa@sbcglobal.net.
In addition to the above, plans are in the works to introduce a quarterly Show & Tell breakfast/supper club. The idea is that everyone would have a chance to bring in something that they saw that inspired them and share it with the group. We see it as time to connect with other creative types in an informal manner. The experience would be designed around being fun, informative and laid back. To accommodate a variety of schedules, we would alternate between breakfast and supper time.
Finally, I encourage members who have great ideas to come forward and share them with us. We are always interested in improving what we do, and with your help, the sky is the limit! Volunteering at the Guild is also highly recommended. Personally, I can vouch for the professional contacts and personal friends I have made in my years here.
The Guild's mission is to support artists at all levels of experience and continue to broaden its outreach into the community through education, exhibitions and programming. Any time you have to donate, on any level, is much appreciated. I hope to see you all at our 123 Solo Opening on the 21st. Until then I wish you a Happy, Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2012!
Cheers,
Rachel
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1st 2012 GUILD MEMBER SHOW
POST  ODYSSEY Where do we go from here?
The Ridgefi eld Guild of Artists invites member artists to submit work for Post-Odys sey, an exhibition running from February 25 - March 23. The Guild is as king for work, in any medium, from abstract to figurative, that speaks to the subject of a journey, an adventure, a voyage, a narrative of self or other discovery. We welcome you to interpret the word "Odyssey" as you wish, whether it represents great strides or tiny footsteps. It is our hope that artists will engage in their own exploration in the process of thinking about this upcoming opportunity. This is an unjuried Guild member show.
Post Odyssey Guidelines:
All mediums welcome including 3-Dimensional work. Any video submissions must include all viewing equipment including monitor, dvd player, cables, etc. and artist must be available to assist with the installation if needed.
Receiving: Sun, Mon, Tues - Feb 19, 20 & 21, 12 - 4pm
Opening Reception: Feb 25, 2-4pm (Snowdate: Feb 26, 2 - 4pm)
Pick Up of Unsold Work: Sat, Sun, March 24, 25, 12 - 4pm
Up to two works may be submitted. Hanging fee for work under 36" in any direction is $10; hanging fee for work over 36" is $20. Although there is no size limitation, please let us know in advance of any work coming in that is over 60" in any direction. Diptychs and Triptychs will be charged a hanging fee per piece, ie., a diptych with each piece measuring 40x40 will be charged $40 and a triptych with the same measurements will be charged $60. All work MUST be ready to hang with appropriate wires.
Please do not bring in work that has already been shown at the Guild. New work only.
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