Best in Show winner Gillian Marshall (seated) was joined by first prize recipients during the awards reception for RAC's Photography & Sculpture award winners. From left (standing) are Laure Dunne (black & white photograph), Kathy Draper (sculpture) and Richard Ventre (color photograph). The exhibit continues through Sunday, June 30.
The Rowayton Arts Center announces its new officers and board members. Officers (seated from left) are Ana Mernick, treasurer; Barbara Seith, president; Bruce Horan, vice president; Kathy Leeds, secretary. Board members (standing from left) are Jeannine Soper, Lisa Dunne, Robert Sachs, Stephanie Jordan, Joel Flora, David Siever, Andrea Letters, Suzie Jellineck, Paul Wolters, Christine Naylor, Elizabeth Nagle and Amy Schott. Not present: Merion Frolich and Catherine Horan.
Five new exhibiting artist members were juried into RAC on May 17 from 16 applicants. They are (from left)(standing) photographer Lynne Byrrne (Darien), painter Donna Collins (Darien), photographer Silvia Doyle (Rowayton); (seated) painter Lois Weingarten (City Island, New York) and sculptor/mixed media artist Adriana Rostovsky (Stamford).
To become an exhibiting member, artists submit three works to be reviewed by the Artist Selection Committee, which meets three times a year – January, May and September. Artists who are selected for three RAC juried exhibits within a two-year period also are eligible for exhibiting member status. Exhibiting members may participate and sell art in all RAC exhibitions.