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RANGELEY – The summer activities in Rangeley are winding down; September is a good time to reflect, re-evaluate, reform, and be refreshed. The Rangeley Friends of the Arts is a dedicated group of volunteers with a mission to “increase awareness, knowledge, education, appreciation and support for the arts by making available varied programs of high artistic quality and by related activities, and to operate exclusively for charitable, literary or educational purposes.”
As RFA continues to nurture the appreciation of the arts in the region, it has become very apparent that there is a great need for a facility that will enable these programs to expand and grow. The desire is a comfortable “meeting house”/auditorium for RFA programs and other community uses. The RFA’s long-term goal is to create classroom and studio spaces for learning, creating and displaying all the arts including but not limited to visual, creative, movement, instrumental, vocal and performing. A 2.7 acre lot which abuts the school property has been acquired. The trees have been planted, the driveway is under construction and now it is time to dream some dreams and investigate possible building designs.
RFA is sponsoring a special evening to share with our friends some of these dreams. “Fall Into The Arts” will be a time of celebration and looking ahead for the Rangeley Friend of the Arts. The elegant dinner (Salmon, Beef Tenderloin, or Vegetarian) celebration will be held at Bald Mountain Camps on, Wednesday, September 22.
To begin the celebration there will be a Plein Air gathering of local artists in the afternoon scattered around the Bald Mountain Camps property doing several paintings of scenery, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, flowers and gardens. There will be a silent auction of these painting.
The cocktail hour will begin at 5:00 PM which will be a great time of meeting the artists and viewing their artwork. The Rangeley Benches designed by local artists will be in the hands of the infamous auctioneer; Steve Philbrick later in the evening.
A special music treat of the evening will be performed by The PEPS a newly formed a cappella quartet in the Rangeley Region. Pam Ellis, Erin Smith, Pam Morse and Sue Downes-Borko have been performing individually for many years and now as this new group–it will be a performance not to be missed.
The Knickerbocker Group will be sharing some exciting drawings and information concerning the future plans of bringing an Arts Center to the Rangeley Region. It will be a special evening of dreaming dreams. For more information, please call 864-5027.
