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Please join us this Saturday for our annual holiday open house! Of note, this holiday season will mark the closing of Th...
12/04/2024

Please join us this Saturday for our annual holiday open house!
Of note, this holiday season will mark the closing of The Red House. We have made the difficult and bittersweet decision to close the business which while rewarding in so many ways, is no longer sustainable. We will miss seeing all of the wonderful artists and customers on a regular basis, and we are proud of the community that has been brought together via the Red House over the last 7 years. Barry and Kim are looking forward to spending more time together on the weekends and being able to focus a little more on their own creative endeavors in 2025.
The Red House would love to make this holiday event the best ever for our local artists! Please come and enjoy the day or evening with us on Saturday and maybe find some unique, CT-made, artisan gifts along the way!
Thank you for all of the joy and creativity you brought to this wonderful space. We wish everyone a wonderful new year!
Our last day will be December 22nd.

Join us on the 7th!
11/23/2024

Join us on the 7th!

10/02/2024

The Red House will be closed Thurs-Sat 10/3-10/5 this week and will be open 12-6 on Sunday 10/6.
Thank you!!!

Paint Together in Pastels! October 19th 1-3pm$28Instructor: Lorna McLaughlinPrerequisite: Either past experience with Pa...
09/23/2024

Paint Together in Pastels!

October 19th
1-3pm
$28
Instructor: Lorna McLaughlin

Prerequisite: Either past experience with Pastels or completion of the Intro to Pastel Painting session. We will work together to continue to build on knowledge and concepts introduced in Sessions 1 and 2. In session 1 our main emphasis was on introducing materials and exploring very basic mark making techniques. In Session 2 we explored more basic compositional ideas, and practiced planning and executing a painting using student provided photos. We learned to evaluate reference photos for use in a painting and stepped through the process of planning and executing a painting. In these continuing sessions we will get together and practice our skills, add to our technical skills, do a fun exercise to reinforce ideas, understand more about composition and most importantly--paint, paint, paint! 

Materials List:
You may bring your own table stop easel or use the Teacher provided small easel for pieces up to 7×9 or 8×10 landscape orientation.
Students must bring:
Pastels
Hand or skin protection (rubber gloves, skin barrier cream) if desired (i will bring my skin barrier cream ) (optional)
Artist’s tape
Paper towels
Drawing pencil or vine charcoal
A tray to hold your selected set of pastels (optional)
Paper of choice (7×9 minimum size) (4 or more sheets)
Underpainting material: You may bring the piece of pipe insulation from Session 2 or if you want to try to do a wet underpainting, make sure you have paper that takes wet methods (refer to handout from session 1) and bring a 1” child’s brush and a small container of isopropyl alcohol. (baby food jars work great for the alcohol) (You may also use water instead of alcohol)
Materials to do a value thumbnail (drawing paper or 4x6 index cards and markers or pencils that will allow up to 4 value levels)
A piece of soft pastel art you have painted that you would like to share (for comments, observations, etc)

Syllabus:
1. Review , Q&A and Sharing your art with class
2. A Skill Building exercise
3. Paint from a reference photo you provide

“The Art of the Everyday” Opening Reception Saturday September 28th5-8pm!Works by Judy Perry, Robert Noreika, Catherine ...
09/23/2024

“The Art of the Everyday”
Opening Reception
Saturday September 28th
5-8pm!

Works by Judy Perry, Robert Noreika, Catherine Elliott, Sylvina Rollins, Gigi Liverant, Amy Hannum, Troy Zaushny, Lorna McLaughlin and and other artists.

New Art • Live Music • Good Food • Fine Wine

Join us!!

What a great evening last night at The Red House Open Mic! Big thanks to Steve Wade for hosting and to all who came out ...
09/21/2024

What a great evening last night at The Red House Open Mic!
Big thanks to Steve Wade for hosting and to all who came out to listen or perform!

09/19/2024

The last Open Mic of the season this Friday!

The Red House Open Mic Nights with host Steve Wade!

9/20
6pm
Outside at The Red House Cultural Arts Center
22 Darling Rd, Salem CT

We are excited to be bringing live music to the Red House this summer and to provide an opportunity for local musicians and singers to showcase their talent.

Audience: Bring chairs or a blanket. Bring snacks if you like, and save room for some Salem Valley Farms Ice Cream right next door! Please park in The Red House parking lot.

Performers: Sign ups start at 6pm.
Steve will be doing an opening set at 6:15pm. The Open Mic will start at 6:45pm. Each performer will do 2-3 songs depending on the amount of participants.

09/09/2024

Intro to Patels Part 2 with Lorna McLaughlin

September 14th
1-3 pm
$40

Description: Session 2 of Intro to Pastel Painting will continue to build on knowledge and concepts introduced in Session 1. In session 1 our main emphasis was on introducing materials and exploring very basic mark making techniques. In this session we will reinforce what we learned in session 1 and reinforce compositional ideas. There will be two tracks: Track one concentrates on perceiving and planning value structure using an instructor provided photo for painting. Track 2 will concentrate on planning a painting from evaluation of reference photos to ex*****on of a painting from value thumbnail through critiquing our work. Material list is below.

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Intro to (soft) Pastel Painting Session 2
class size limit: maximum 7, minimum 5 Cost: $40/person Length: 2 Hours. Instructor: Lorna McLaughlin
Materials List:
Students must bring:
A set of Pastels
Pastel Paper of choice (7×9 minimum size) (4 or more sheets)—I encourage you to bring a sanded paper such as Pastel Mat or Uart 400. Unsanded (like Canson paper) will be a difficult support to work with.
Artist’s tape
Paper towels
Drawing pencil or vine charcoal and kneaded eraser
Materials to do a value thumbnail (drawing paper or 4x6 index cards and markers or pencils that will allow up to 4 value levels
Minimum of 1reference photos for evaluation and possible ex*****on (multiple photos is better)
A table top easel, if you have one. If you do not, I will provide a small easel for use.

To register call Barry at 860-608-6526

The Red House Cultural Arts Center
22 Darling Rd
Salem CT

Highland Sheep Landscape With professional artist Julianna CameronSeptember 27th 6-8pm$45Travel with me to the Scottish ...
09/02/2024

Highland Sheep Landscape
With professional artist Julianna Cameron

September 27th 6-8pm
$45

Travel with me to the Scottish Highlands,
rich with color and lots of SHEEP. To create this landscape painting we will use a dry brush technique to add texture and soft color transtions. All supplies provided, all you need
is wear your painting attire.
No previous painting experience needed.
Step by step instruction will be provided.

To register call Barry at 860-608-6526

The Red House Cultural Arts Center
22 Darling Rd
Salem, CT.

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22 Darling Road
Salem, CT
06420

Opening Hours

Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

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+18606086526

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