RAAC is offering a Sip and Soul evening (a variation of its popular Soup and Soul events) at Quievremont Winery. An after-dinner event rather than a pot-luck supper, Sip and Soul will include savory and sweet bites along with wine and other beverages, and will continue the Soup and Soul tradition of presentations by and conversation with local artists about their work and their creative process.

The evening will feature mixed-media artist Patricia Underwood, who resides in Castleton and is a longtime veteran of RAAC’s Fall Art Tour. Patricia has exhibited nationally and internationally, at venues including the Corcoran Museum and two solo shows in Warsaw, Poland in 2007. Her work is included in numerous private collection, and was recently featured at the Hylton Performing Arts Center at George Mason University.

The curator of the George Mason show described Patricia’s work as being “defined by the subtle and sophisticated use of materials and abstract forms to evoke spiritual, linguistic, and natural phenomena. A main theme running through all of Underwood’s bodies of work has been the use of her own unique symbols that she developed early in her career. Starting with Japanese kanji, it built to include unique signs of music and movement, as well as symbols from ancient caves and rock carvings. Throughout her career, Underwood has incorporated and developed these symbols into distinct series of artworks with content and imagery that span ideas related to prehistoric signs of life, lullabies, the female body image and its representation, communication and conflict, and most recently trees and their relationship to humans and climate change.”

You can make reservations by following this link to Eventrite.