June 2012 

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News & Events 

 

Annual

MEETING    

Please join us for the Guild's Annual Meeting on Friday, June 15 at 9:30am at the Guild (34 Halpin Lane).    
    

Volunteer
OPPORTUNITIES
      

Please email Mary Louise at [email protected] to become part of the team of volunteers that puts all of the  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  Photographer
  • 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

 

Not a member?  Please support the Guild by becoming a member today.  Thank you! 
Click here to join/renew.
 


Thanks to our 

SPONSORS 

 
- Capital Investment
  Marketing
- Events Party & Rental
- Nature's Temptations
- Ridgefield Magazine 
 
- Teresa Mucci Landscape
  Design

























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, Studio Art and Mask Making.

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.

SIGN UP TODAY!


Visit rgoa.org for more Camp info and Camp forms.

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Summertime
Art Classes


Traditional Drawing & Painting

For Teens & Adults

Tues and Wed Nights in July 

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Class will focus on traditional drawing while exploring most of the mediums.  

 

Instructor Carol Miller graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Commercial Art, specializing in Fashion Illustration and also studied at the Traphagen School of Design in New York City.  As an artist, she enjoys and excels at portrait painting in oils and also creates pencil portraits. She has been teaching at the Guild for many years and has helped hundreds of students develop their talents.  

 

Supplies to bring: hard/med/soft charcoal pencils, HB pencil, kneaded eraser, set of 25 or 50 cray-pas, simple watercolor set, approx. 11"x14" sketch pad.

 

COST:  $240 member & $280 non-member

Class sizes are limited.  Please call 203-438-8863 to register!

 

RGOA Membership Cost is $55.

(Students and Senior Memberships are $30) 

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2nd Annual

Juried
Member Show

May 12 - June 22, 2012  

 

 

 

Pick Up after show:  Saturday, June 23 - Sunday, June 24, 12-4pm. 

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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.