This year at the Guild has been a whirl of activity for all our members, including me. Starting in January 2013, Resolution, and continuing up to this month's Festive Home, RGA members have stepped up with ready hands and excitement. This is a truly wonderful organization, and I am grateful to all of you. The Guild is a collection of artists and art-lovers that promotes creativity and encourages people to enjoy art on every level. Thank you to everyone who put in time, attended to the details, created graphics, painted, wrote, took pictures, tweeted, eblasted, helped youngsters, hung art, served wine, made sales and helped with all the activities that make us a Guild!
Thanks to everyone on the Festive Home Committee this year, and to Joan Isaac, our amazing front-woman, since without you, we wouldn't have the dazzling display now installed in the barn. If you aren't on the list below, please let me know. You all did a spectacular job!
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Karen Beck
| Ellen Matthews
| Alice Hayes
| Katelyn Borbely
| Fruma Markowitz
| Sarah Hayes
| Jennie Carr
| Nancy Moore
| Ellen Rossini
| Deb Crichton
| Cindi Mullins
| Lynne Sewell
| Mary Pat Devine
| Antonio Muñoz
| Pam Stoddart
| Barbara Dobbin
| Erin Nazzaro
| Malu Tan
| Bonnie Figgatt
| Amy Kaplan
| Ann Marie Tetelman
| Ann Kromer
| Penelope Forman
| Rachel Volpone
| Terryanne Lane
| Rita Grillo
| Donna Von Holdt
| Keisha Luzzi-Paul
| Kim Hanna
| Ruth Van Den Nieuwenhuizen
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| Mary Harold
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This year's painting donation was centered on the Festive Birds of Connecticut, a theme brought to life by Antonio Muņoz and Cindi Mullins. Members picked up a small canvas to complete any way they wanted, as long as it was about (festive) birds. We received an amazing assortment of interpretations of "festive birds," all of which are available for sale during Festive Home. A $50 purchase of one of these works of art goes directly to our bottom line. Thank you to everyone who participated, and thanks to all who bought one or two!
Festive Bird Artists are:
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Karen Beck
| Jennifer Gordon
| Laura McCormick
| Joan Bepler
| Rita Grillo
| Cindi Mullins
| Bevi Bullwinkle
| Alice Hayes
| Antonio Muñoz
| Jennie Carr
| April Herbert
| Erin Nazzaro
| Marcia Cavanaugh
| Joan MacGrath Isaac
| Mary Louise O'Connell
| Carrie Conroy
| Terry Johnson
| Cinzia Panetti
| Breann Dick
| Amy Kaplan
| Emilya Podlowski
| Caroline Dranow
| Laura Kimuart
| Clarice Shirrell
| Patti Goldberg Ettinger
| Jean Linville
| Pam Stoddart
| Keisha Luzzi-Paul
| Keisha Luzzi
| Malu Tan
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We also received a few anonymous canvases, so please know that we appreciate your contribution, even if you didn't sign your bird! Please let Joan know if you aren't on this list.
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Finally, a huge thank you to this year's Festive Home sponsors:
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George Amatuzzi, O.D.
| Ridgefield Magazine
| Torrco Design Center
| Fairfield County Bank
| Nature's Temptations
| Interior Creations, LLC
| Mary Beth Sharkey
Ameriprise Financial Services
| Events Party Rentals
| Wakefield Design Center
| Union Savings Bank
| Richard Ventre
| Sunburst Plumbing & Heating
| Ridgefield Organics
| USA Painting
| Elite Remodeling & Development, Inc.
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Volunteers for Board & Non-Board Positions
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Our first exhibition of the year is Animal Spirit, a members-only, themed show which asks artists to reflect on the "animal spirit" in any creative way. Art and written statements will be displayed, which help to draw the visitor to your work. The full prospectus and description of the show will be on the web site sin early December Co-chairs are needed immediately for Animal Spirit. Animal Spirit opens on Saturday, January 25 and closes on Saturday, March 2. Please contact Joan Isaac if you can help run this fun show. It is members-only show that is not juried. If you haven't been a co-chair yet, this is a great introduction to the workings of putting together an exhibition and you get to meet the nicest artists! Co-chairs work with other volunteers to receive art, assist at the reception, coordinate wall tags and artists' statements, and help with distribute the unsold art when the show is over. Lots of fun and good times! Board and Non-Board Positions The Guild needs you! Please consider contacting one of the Guild Board members to discuss how you can make a difference at the Guild. Volunteers run the Guild, and members make the best volunteers. In the coming year, the Guild plans many new exhibitions that desperately need co-chairs and volunteers to make them happen. The Guild also needs help with fundraising, grant-writing, hospitality and more. Please step up and make your mark at the Guild!
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AT THE GUILD
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Animal Spirit in the Main Galleries & Richard Ventre in the Upstairs Gallery
Receiving: Friday & Saturday, January 18 & 19, 12-4pm (snow date: January 20, 12-4)
Opening Receptions: The Main & Upstairs Galleries: Saturday, Jan. 25, 4-6pm
Snow Date: Jan. 26, 4-6pm
Walk & Talk: TBA
Exhibitions Close: Sat., March 2
ARTtalk: Richard Ventre: "Diana, Goddess of the Hunt," Saturday, March 2, 2pm at the Guild
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Call or email Joan at the Guild today to register for these two exciting opportunities (203-438-8863 or rgoa@sbcglobal.net)
New Adult Class: Rick Dalsam Still Life Class: Thursdays, starting Jan. 16th. Check the web site for complete details.
Golden Open Acrylic Demo: Saturday, Feb. 1, 3-5pm
Snow date: Feb. 2.
Registration is free, but limited and required.
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 GUILD OF ARTIST MISSION Ridgefield Guild of Artists is a regional and community-based art organization that promotes the visual arts and arts education by providing: (1) high quality gallery space for exhibitions, (2) art classes for children and adults, (3) opportunities for artist-in-residency programs, (4) and art lectures on-site and in collaboration with other cultural organization.
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