Robert Noreika

Rowayton Arts Center Adult Workshop with Robert Noreika March 23 and 24

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Robert Noreika will be teaching a workshop called “Fearless Fluid Watercolors or Acrylics” at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) the weekend of March 23 and 24, from 10 a,m. to 4 p.m. each day. Students will learn to take the essence of the subject and transform it into a pleasing painting, while achieving strong, cohesive value patterns with interesting shapes. Using simple palette combinations along the journey, the group will work creatively from references, sketches and photographs. Students of all levels, including beginners, will enjoy working with Robert in a structured and accommodating, yet humorous and fun atmosphere.

Robert Noreika

Free Art Demonstration at the Rowayton Arts Center with Robert Noreika

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Artist Robert Noreika will demonstrate the process he goes through while creating a painting during a free art demonstration Sunday, March 3 at Rowayton Arts Center. Noreika’s art focuses on composition and color — he paints a wide variety of subjects highlighted by expressive coastal scenes, intimate woodland pictorials and street scenes. He emphasizes “you’re making a painting, not documenting a view.”

This demonstration takes place from 2 to 4 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Noreika is a graduate of Paier School of Art and has been a professional artist for forty years. A prominent national award-winning artist and illustrator, his paintings hang in both corporate and private collections throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Creative Writing Class 2019
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Rowayton Arts Center ‘Art as Inspiration’ Creative Writing Workshop

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The Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) is offering a creative writing workshop, “Art as Inspiration,” an inspired evening of art and writing on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Using the current Abstraction Exhibition as a portal into creativity, the group will engage in individual and collaborative exercises under the guidance of Liz Matthews. Participants will also have an opportunity to share their writing. For those who wish to take this a step further, Liz will share tools for how to help transform these ideas and musings into polished stories and essays. Liz Matthews recently completed her first novel about the photojournalist Margaret Bourke White, and teaches at the Westport Writers’ Workshop.  She has an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and an M.A. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Liz Matthews photo from Rowayton Arts Center

Rowayton Arts Center ‘Art as Inspiration’ Creative Writing Workshop, Feb 27

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The Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) is offering a creative writing workshop, “Art as Inspiration,” an inspired evening of art and writing on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Using the current Abstraction Exhibition as a portal into creativity, the group will engage in individual and collaborative exercises under the guidance of Liz Matthews. Participants will also have an opportunity to share their writing. — an announcement from Rowayton Arts Center

For those who wish to take this a step further, Liz will share tools for how to help transform these ideas and musings into polished stories and essays. Liz Matthews recently completed her first novel about the photojournalist Margaret Bourke White, and teaches at the Westport Writers’ Workshop.  She has an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and an M.A. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Art Classes 2019

‘Bending Reality: Color Theory Scheme and Strategies’ Weekend-long Art Workshop

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Patti Mollica will be teaching a workshop called “Bending Reality – Color Theory Schemes and Strategies” at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) the weekend of Feb. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. In this workshop, learn how “less is more” in your palette for good color harmony, and learn to work with the colors of your choice. Many painters feel bound by the colors they see, which can lead to predictable paintings that lack drama, no matter how well they are painted. It’s important to learn how to harness the power of color and use it to communicate your artistic vision.

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Weekend-long Art Workshop, ‘Color Schemes and Strategies,’ at Rowayton Arts Center

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Patti Mollica will be teaching a workshop called “Bending Reality – Color Theory Schemes and Strategies” at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) the weekend of Feb. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Patti, author of Color Theory, an Essential Guide to Color will be teaching the strategy behind working with color schemes and pushing color choices to the next level. — an announcement from Rowayton Arts Center

In this workshop, learn how “less is more” in your palette for good color harmony, and learn to work with the colors of your choice. Many painters feel bound by the colors they see, which can lead to predictable paintings that lack drama, no matter how well they are painted.