May 2012
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News & Events
Guild of Artists
INTERN The Guild welcomes Ridgefield High School senior intern Catherine Murray. Catherine will be helping the Board with a variety of projects utilizing her photography skills including producing a special member artist studio documentary. Please join us in welcoming Catherine to the Guild team.
NEW CLASSES Check out the Guild's new classes!! Click here for more information on our NEW CLASSES & WORKSHOPS.
Woodcock Nature
CENTER
Silent auction for the Woodcock Nature Center June 2. Artists interested in donating to this silent auction please contact them at www.woodcocknaturecenter.org
100% of the proceeds support the Woodcock Nature Center which is a nature preserve and environmental education center located on the border of Ridgefield and Wilton.
Volunteer OPPORTUNITIES
Please email Mary Louise at ([email protected]) to become part of the team of volunteers that put this and
all our exhibitions together.
RGA depends on your
support!
Satellite
GALLERY Featuring Guild artists at local businesses ...
Nature's Temptations (32 Prospect St, Ridgefield)
- Mary Pat Devine Watercolors
- Nancy Moore Crayola crayon, watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite. www.nancymooreart.com
Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce (9 Bailey Ave, Ridgefield)
- Mary Harold
- Antonio Mu�oz
Graphic Artist www.amunozdesign.net
INK, Fine Stationers
(109 Danbury Rd, Ridgefield)
- Cindi Mullins
Oil and pastel florals www.cindimullins.com
Susi Laura Massage Therapy (20 Prospect St, Ridgefield)
- Rachel Volpone
Acrylic Landscapes www.rachelvolpone.com
Please contact Cindi Mullins at [email protected] for more info on the Guild's Satellite Galleries.
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! Thank you!
Thanks to our SPONSORS
- Capital Investment
Marketing
- Events Party & Rental - Nature's Temptations - Ridgefield Magazine
- Teresa Mucci Landscape Design
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2nd Annual Juried Member Show
May 12 - June 22, 2012
The Ridgefield Guild of Artists opened their 2nd Annual Juried Member Show on May 12. First prize went to Lewis Cohen for his sculpture of Mixed Found Objects, Ironing It All Out. Second and Third place prizewinners were Priscilla Prentice for Water Mixable Oils, Happy House, and Amy Schott for Untitled Mixed Media piece.
| Lewis Cohen with his sculpture of Mixed Found Objects, Ironing It All Out Photo: Catherine Murray |
Honorable Mentions went to Nancy Woodward for Archival Pigment Print on Tissue with Varnish, Canopy; Janine Brown for Pinhole Photography, The Wallflower Project:Marcella; Sara Conklin for Oil piece The Girls; and Justin Perlman for Handmade Paper sculpture, Tree Bowl.
Visit rgoa.org for more information.
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Proposed
2012 Slate of Officers
President - Mary Louise O'Connell Vice-President - Pam Stoddart Treasurer - Joe Sladek Secretary - Cindi Mullins
In keeping with RGA By-Laws, we present the recommended slate of board officers to our membership in advance of the final vote at our Annual Meeting, Friday, June 15 at 9:30am.
We give a BIG thanks to Rachel Volpone for 8 years as President!! Her creativity, energy and leadership has made the Guild the great place it is today.
Mary Pat Devine, Kim Hanna, Mary Harold, Ellen Matthews, Mary Louise O'Connell Nominating Committee
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Summer Arts Camp
This summer will mark our 4th fabulous year for the Guild's Summer Arts Camp. July 2 - August 10, 2012.
We will be blasting off another fabulous Summer Camp with some great workshops! Returning will be Express Yourself, Project Runway, Knitting, Sculpture, and Photography - with many new projects! New sessions will include Art Can Move, Bloomin' Flowers, Murals for Kids. Also, this summer, we will be offering a much requested session for 5-7 year olds - Art Can Move. Visit our website for more info at rgoa.org. Click here for Summer Camp 2012 Brochure.
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35th Annual Juried
Show
The Guild is very pleased to announce that Steve DeFrank will be the juror for the 35th Annual Juried Show in September. Mr. DeFrank received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and he is currently an instructor at SVA for the Visual and Critical Studies and the Fine Arts BFA programs. Mr. DeFrank is an award-winning sculptor who trained in painting. He has had solo exhibitions at Penine Hart Gallery, Clementine Gallery and Clifford Smith Gallery in Boston, and the Margaret Thatcher Projects, and he is represented in the permanent collections of the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the West Collection.
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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, opportunities for artist-in-residency programs, and art lectures on-site and in collaboration with other cultural organization.
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