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The membership rolls at the Art Guild are over 100 strong! Membership dues are $35 per year, $40 for a family membership. Student members (under 18) are $10.

Membership dues may be paid by cash or check made payable to:

Art Guild of Middletown
P.O. Box 205
Middletown, CT 06457

Please include your name, address, phone #, e-mail and the reason for your payment (dues, class registration, etc.).

Your correct contact information is extremely important to help us keep you informed.

In addition to discounts on our wonderful classes and workshops, membership gives artists many opportunities to exhibit their work at various venues in the Middletown area throughout the year, a monthly newsletter detailing upcoming Guild events, monthly meetings with guest artist demonstrations, and the chance to meet many other people with similar interests.

Elected Officers

President: Bob Spooner

Vice President: Barbara Beck

Treasurer: Sharon Paddock

Secretary: Lois Smith

Membership Chair: Barbara Ryan

Appointed Officers

Editor: Bob Spooner - temporary editor. REPLACEMENT NEEDED

Consultant: Ellie Bender

   Copyright Bivenne Staiger

Bivenne arranges all art demonstrations for the Middletown Art Guild and                                                          
has been doing so for a number of years. These demos take place once a month
except during the summer months. The December demo is replaced by our
Christmas party, which is also set up by Bivenne.
                                                                                    
Bivenne is from Great Neck, New York, and has been living in Connecticut
since 2001. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from SUNY @ Stony Brook. She
has worked as a textile designer in New York City for many years,  designing							
fabrics for womenswear, menswear, and infants, using specialized computer
software. She was also responsible for presentation boards for these fabric designs.   

Bivenne has studied under former Guild instructor Barbara Beck and watercolorists 
Tony Couch and Bob Noreika.  She also works in ink, pencil, collage, and scraperboard, 
has won many awards, and has been featured in the Hartford Courant on the iTowns cover.
Bivenne now teaches watercolor for the Guild.

Publicity: Barbara Beck

Copyright Barbarra Beck

Barbara Beck is a respected award-winning Middletown artist
who specializes in watercolor and printmaking. In 1999,
following her retirement from teaching in the Middletown schools, Barbara opened her art studio
on the third floor of historic Starr Mill, 91 Beverly Heights Ave., in Middletown. Her studio and
Takash press permit her to pursue her passion for printmaking and painting full time.
Barbara has been featured in the Hartford Courant on the iTowns cover.

Exhibits: Emily Newton

Hospitality: Steve Cronkite

Steve received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering 
from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1987.  
He has pursued art in painting and drawing classes from 1999-2004 at 
the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art in Old Lyme, CT and 
at Wesleyan University in Middletown CT. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Website Coordinator: 
                                           
Presidents Emeritae: John Bickford, Fred Antonio, Barbara S. Beck, Claire Piddock