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Currently showing floral works by Cindi Mullins.

The Guild unveiled its NEW “Pop Up” Upstairs Gift Gallery in January.  This gift gallery showcases 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.  As always, our price points are reasonable and all proceeds go towards the Guild’s day-to-day operations. Your support is always appreciated. Currently on show, Small 2 & 3-dimensional works by Guild members.

Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ Second Annual Juried Member Show opens Saturday, May 12^th with a reception from 2-4pm at the gallery barn on Halpin Lane.  Prizes will be awarded for First, Second and Third Place.  It is free and open to the public

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Photos by Mary Harold

Second Annual Juried Member Show Opens Saturday at the Guild

by Mary Pat Devine

Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ Second Annual Juried Member Show opens Saturday, May 12^th with a reception from 2-4pm at the gallery barn on Halpin Lane.  Prizes will be awarded for First, Second and Third Place.  It is free and open to the public

This year’s juror, Kenise Barnes, is director and owner of Kenise Fine Art in Larchmont, NY.  Founded in 1994 on the belief that art is essential, the gallery represents emerging and mid-career artists working in a variety of mediums.  Ms. Barnes gained early experience working in New York City at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art and as a specialist in charge of contemporary art at Christie’s East.  With more than 20 years of experience in the arts, she is a frequent guest curator, speaker and advisor.

Ms. Barnes reviewed nearly 300 entries and selected 88 pieces for the member exhibition.  “With so many quality works to look at, Ridgefield Guild of Artists makes it hard for a juror to make swift decisions!  The presented paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures were consistently interesting, thoughtful and well constructed.  The experience was thoroughly enjoyable from the guild’s beautiful setting to working and swapping art tales with wonderful guild members.  I look forward to seeing the installed exhibition and matching faces to art work.”

Kim Hanna and Rachel Volpone are co-chairs: “We are excited to have a juror of Kenise Barnes’s caliber involved with this show.  The works she selected showcase the diversity of mediums and talent of guild artists.”  Nature’s Temptations sponsors the exhibition and provides food for the opening.

The exhibition continues through Friday, June 22^nd.  Please note: special gallery hours for this show only are Tuesday through Sunday, 12-4pm.  For more information, call 203-438-8863 or visit rgoa.org.

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 12, 2pm

The Guild is pleased to announce that noted New York City gallery owner and creative director Steve DeFrank will be the juror for the 35th Annual Juried Show this year.

The Juried Show showcases artists in all media from the regional area and Steve DeFrank will be on-site for jurying this important show.  We eagerly anticipate the entries for this exhibition, since there are so many wonderful artists in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey who bring their works to the Guild.

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.

Receiving:  September 6 & 7 — 12-4pm, September 8 & 9 — 12-5pm

Opening Reception:  Saturday, September 22, 12-4pm