Holiday Pet Drive

Recurring
The RiverLane 7 Main Street, Essex

Join the RiverLane, the RiverLane Men & Sport, All the Single Kitties, and High Hopes in collecting pet essentials for animals in need. November 1st through December 15th, please donate un-used & un-expired pet food, new or gently used pet beds, toys, treats, accessories, pet clothing, and other pet essentials. We will be collecting these items at both of the RiverLane Essex stores (7 & 11 Main St. Essex, CT), the RiverLane Mystic (16 W Main St. Mystic, CT), All the Single Kitties in Old Saybrook (242 Main St. Old Saybrook, CT), and High Hopes in Old Lyme (36 Town Woods Rd. Old Lyme, CT). All horse-related donations can be donated directly to High Hopes. This drive will be in support of the CT Humane Society, A Chance for Love Rescue, and All Paws on Deck. To see more information about these organizations, please click the links below. The CT Humane Society A Chance for Love Rescue All Paws on Deck 

Painting a Fall Landscape in Watercolor

Spectrum Art Gallery/Arts Center Killingworth 61 Main Street, Centerbrook

Through fun and perhaps unexpected techniques, learn how to paint a colorful autumn landscape in watercolor. We’ll include a road or a stream for interest. Reference(s) will be provided by the instructor, or you can use your own, from which a basic drawing will be made before painting. All skill levels are welcome. Supply list provided upon registration. Bivenne Harvey Staiger is known for her colorful, dramatic watercolors of natural motifs she loves, like birds, other animals and flowers, and is the recipient of many prestigious awards.  Among the most recent is the Silver Medal from the American Watercolor Society’s 152nd International Exhibition (2019).  She is professionally affiliated with many art groups, including but not limited to the Salmagundi Club, American Artists’ Professional League, Academic Artists Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Artists, Connecticut Watercolor Society, and many others.  Bivenne regularly gives instruction, demonstrations and workshops in watercolor, and in fact has an upcoming weekend workshop, focusing on painting flowers in watercolor, at Yale Peabody Museum in August.  At least two major solo exhibitions and a few group exhibitions featuring her work, including Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut, are scheduled for the end of this year and next.

$100