Annual Appeal 2025

 

Shaping our artistic community for 50 years

 

Dear Friend of the Guild, 

As we enter this season of giving, we invite you to consider making a charitable contribution to the Ridgefield Guild of Artists 2025 Annual Appeal.

To our longtime supporters who give year after year, we thank you. Your generosity has helped us to bring high quality art education and gallery exhibition space to the greater Ridgefield visual art community. We are truly grateful for your ongoing commitment to RGA.

Every donation, big or small, helps us with our mission to provide a home for local and regional artists to inspire one another, create amongst peers and explore the many opportunities available to working artists. 

Your support truly sustains the place where Ridgefield’s artistic community comes together. 

MAKE A SECURE ONLINE DONATION HERE

We also accept stock transfers. Inquire at frontdesk@ridgefieldguild.org.

Below is an overview of all that we achieve in a given year, only made possible through your support:

• 7 Gallery Exhibitions allowing our member artists to show their work
• Adult Classes and Workshops 4 including a well-received plein air workshop off site.
• A NEW Locker Rental Program allowing member artists to store their supplies at the studio in conjunction with studio rental time outside of class. 
• Satellite Gallery opportunities to exhibit outside of the Guild. 44 pieces of art have sold through our Satellite Gallery program in 2025 alone.

And there is so much more we have planned for 2026!

•  As part of the semi-quincentennial, we kick off the year with an exhibit titled “Happy Birthday America”
• We open our great gallery space with a visiting exhibition from the Artists Collective of Westport
• A new collaboration with our friends at the Ridgefield Historical Society Mad for Modern, art and architecture House Tour with a companion exhibit at the Guild with the same title.
• A continuing fresh roster of classes and workshops 
• Our continued outreach programs of ARTalks at the Ridgefield Library and ArtWalk, bringing art outside of our Guild barn walls to the streets of downtown Ridgefield. 

If you believe in the work we do and want to help support the growing art community in Ridgefield, we invite you to make a tax-deductible donation.  Your support ensures we can continue our mission to support local artists through exhibition opportunities and education. 

The Ridgefield Guild of Artists began in 1974 with seventeen local artists who founded a space to create and exhibit their art. This original group has grown to several hundred members over 50+ years. Today, the Guild is a well recognized, regional and community based art organization that promotes both the visual arts and arts education.

 Ridgefield Guild of Artists is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution is fully tax deductible.