This year’s Spring Fling
promises to be a fun night of
Play
with various interactive
play stations
set up throughout the Guild

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY BLUE MARBLE

Have fun.  Come out & Play!
For more information please contact the Guild at 203.438.8863, rgoa@sbcglobal.net or visit our website rgoa.org
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Call for Artists & Volunteers

RECEIVING
Saturday, April 24 & Sunday, April 25 — 12-4pm
Accepting member artwork in any media, with the theme of play.
No size restrictions.
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Once PLAY is installed, an independent juror will chose
Best In Show (cash award $100)
as well as non-monetary awards for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places.

ENTRY FEE
$10/piece; $20/piece for works larger than 36″ in any direction with frame
Artists may submit up to 3 different pieces.

VOLUNTEERS
Please contact the Guild at 203.438.8863 or rgoa.org if you’re interested
in helping out with the show. Volunteers needed to help with
receiving, set up and bartending.

Have fun.  Come out & Play!

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RADIUS

Radius has entered its second decade!  Radius is a professional development program organized by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in conjunction with the Ridgefield Guild of Artists to promote the growth and interests of regional artists. The Radius program has multiple components, including a professional practice forum, annual juried exhibition, workshops, and networking events.

Learn about technology’s impact on today’s studio practice then celebrate the 12th annual Radius exhibition of work by up-and-coming regional artists on Saturday, February 27, 2010.

Radius Professional Practice Forum

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; February 27, 2-3:30pm; FREE

Panelists:  George Fifield, founder and director of the Boston Cyberarts Festival; artist Eva Lee; and Steven Sacks, director of Bitforms Gallery

Radius Exhibition Opening Reception

Ridgefield Guild of Artists; February 27, 4-6pm; FREE

Artists:  Mia Brownell, Geoffrey Detrani, Thomas Doyle, Brad Guarino, The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Sabrina Marques and Blake Shirley

Annual Juried Exhibition: February 27 – March 27, 2010

34 Halpin Lane, Ridgefield, CT; 203.438.8863; www.rgoa.org

Herm Freeman Paintings

Upstairs Gallery @ The Ridgefield Guild of Artists
HERM FREEMAN
P A I N T I N G S

Reception: Saturday, October 17, 12-4PM

Artist Website at www.hermfreeman.com

Kindred Spirits by Lucy Whitehouse

Paintings & Photos by

Lucy Hanna Whitehouse
Constance Hanna
Kim Hanna

Opening: Saturday, Jan 23, 2-4 pm
Snowdate: Sunday, Jan 24, 2-4
Gallery Hours: Wed – Sun, 12-4

Rachel Volpone

Rachel Volpone will be the next featured artist in The Guild’s Upstairs Gallery exhibiting from Sept 19 – Oct 1. Her show, “Color Fields,” is a series of mainly abstract works that explore and celebrate the elements of color, pattern and form. According to Rachel, “Each surface is slowly built up to reveal intentional and accidental shapes as the canvas takes on a personality of its own.”

The opening reception will be on Sun, Sept 27,
2-5pm in conjunction with The Juried Show opening. Plan to come and attend both! For further information, call 438-8863 or visit the Guild’s website at www.rgoa.org.

Artist’s website at http://rachelvolpone.com

Radius Exhibition

Radius has entered its second decade! Radius is a professional development program organized by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in conjunction with the Ridgefield Guild of Artists to promote the growth and interests of regional artists.

Artists who participate in the Radius exhibition are chosen from a review of submissions received following an open call for entries. In addition to the group exhibition at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, selected artists receive an individual exchange with a curator, through a review of their portfolio and original work, focusing on professional development. Radius also includes networking opportunities, workshops, and a public forum to address important issues for professional advancement.

Deadline for Radius Submissions: Applications for the Radius exhibition will be accepted from September 1 to October 16, 2009. All applications will be reviewed by the Radius Selection Committee, comprised of curators from The Aldrich and the Guild. Applications for Radius will only be accepted online. Qualified applicants may submit applications to Radius only once every two years.

The opening reception for the exhibition featuring the 2009 selections will be held at the Guild of Artists on February 27, 2010.

Click here for complete information

Click here to apply to the Radius exhibition

SECRETS: NEW WORKS

This exhibit will feature 28 of Sholeh Janati’s abstract paintings from February 15 - March 14th.  An open-house style reception will be held on Sunday, February 28 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. with a talk by the artist at 2 p.m.

Sholeh Janati is an accomplished artist whose works are found in Europe, Middle East and North America . Her work is characterized by strong brush strokes, rich textures and vibrant colors, and her creative, spontaneous and affectionate personality shines through her paintings, which unite past, present and future and represents a great strength of cultural identity.

Born in Tehran, she adopted the US as her home in 1988. While her talents were originally recognized by Persian traditionalists, she has since concentrated on still life, nudes, portraits and abstract paintings, which has brought her praise from a broad spectrum of American and European enthusiasts. The vibrancy of her colors and her ability to express real life through her work is the defining characteristic of her creativity. Her recent works have focused on abstract paintings, through which she expresses her vision through a myriad of colors and shapes.

Sholeh’s paintings typically evoke a unique response. Collectors of Sholeh’s work have commented that her paintings provide a constant interaction with the viewer — as if taken on a journey to a new place and time. Repeated viewings of her work reveal something that hadn’t seen before ~ a constant interaction with the individual, as if the painting changes dynamically time after time. In this sense, the individual finds each of Sholeh’s works as an expression of their own artistic vision.

Sholeh maintains her studio in Westport , Connecticut . In the last twelve months, some of her most recent award-winning works have been on display at the Bowery Gallery in New York City (curated by Paul Resika); the Viridian Artists Gallery in New York City; Andrews Art Museum in Andrews, NC; FABRIKA in Paterson, NJ; and Westport Arts Center in Westport, CT.

Extended Gallery Hours: 10am – 5pm, Tuesday – Sundays.
Closed Mondays & Wednesdays 11/25 & Thursday 11/26.

Flow and creativity have a great deal in common. Both are experiences that open one’s self up to enhanced attention and engagement with what we are doing. Creative flow is a mindset that pervades many different disciplines and enriches our everyday lives.

Flow is a mental state in which a person is fully immersed and absorbed in what he or she is doing while feeling an energized focus and full involvement in an activity at hand. In a flow state, an awareness of time disappears as one focuses and concentrates on a flow activity. This slide-illustrated talk will be supplemented with creative exercises. Bring a journal or sketchbook. Artist and art historian Laurie McGavin Bachmann will lead this workshop.

Registration is not required, however space is limited.