Known originally as The Greenwich Society of Artists, our founders and pioneer members included many distinguished artists and art patrons. Our first president was Edward Clark Potter, sculptor of the lions at the New York Public Library. Early members were Leonard Ochtman, Elmer MacRae, George Wharton Edwards, J. Alden Twachtman (son of John Henry Twachtman) and others associated with the famous Cos Cob School, several of them leaders in the American Impressionist movement.

Exhibitions of the Society were held in the hilltop house donated to the town by Robert M. Bruce, when it became the Bruce Museum. In 1928 the prestigious Annual Members' Exhibition moved to the art gallery of the Greenwich Library.

Studio School

The Greenwich Art Society assumed its present name in 1958 when it incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization and initiated year-round art classes with professional teachers for both children and adults. Today our Studio School offers students at all skill levels – beginner, intermediate and advanced – classes in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. Adult student enrollment tops 300 per year. All classes (save those en plein air) take place in our fully equipped teaching studio on the third floor of the Senior/Arts Center on Greenwich Avenue. We hold classes mornings, afternoons and evenings every day except Sundays and holidays. Our weekly classes are organized into fall, winter, spring and summer terms. Classes last from 1 hour for children

to 2- to 3 hours for adults.

Gallery and Exhibitions

We have on the second floor of the Senior/Arts Center a gallery for changing exhibitions of works by members, faculty, students and other selected artists. We present annual exhibitions in the Bendheim Gallery of the Greenwich Arts Council, the Flinn Gallery of the Greenwich Library, the Gertrude White Gallery of the Greenwich YWCA and at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich. We also have individual artist exhibitions at local banks and the Nathaniel Witherell Home. Cash prizes are awarded at all major shows.

Workshops

Occasionally the Studio School organizes special workshops and demonstrations concerning specific media or subject matter, as for example water based ink and silk aquatint printmaking.

Gallery Trips

Periodically our students and faculty organize informal trips to New York to visit art galleries and

special museum exhibitions.

Greenwich Art Society Officers
Anna Patalano President Co-VP of Studio School	Arnold Braff Treasurer Photograph by Lucia Ravens
Mary Newcomb Co-VP of Studio School Administrative Support	Jill Foster Secretary Administrative Support Photo Unavailable
Michele Rudolph Director Without Portfolio	Bill Grant Vice President, GAS Gallery and Show Hanging
Chitra Ramchardandas Co-VP, Public Relations	Janice Lockhart Co-VP, Public Relations Photo Unavailable
Carol Dixon Director Without Portfolio	Liana Moonie Director Without Portfolio Photograph by Lucia Ravens
Chairs and Assistants:
Cherise Gordon	Historian
Juried Exhibitionss:
Annual Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery
Flinn Gallery Show
Garden Education Center Show
Community Exhibition Chairs:
C. Barnum Financial Group
Greenwich Adult Day Care
Greenwich Bank and Trust
Greenwich Hospital Garden Cafe	Rosemary Webber, Venue Chair
Nathaniel Witherel
Advisory Board
Robert Barletta
Peg Benison	Website
Jean O'Hare
Staff
Jill Foster	Administrative Support
Mary Newcomb	Administrative Support