ON EXHIBIT
March 12 – April 14
INSTRUCTORS EXHIBIT – Silvermine School of Art The School of Art instructors are a distinguished group of professional artist educators with the widest range of disciplines in the area. Specializing in painting, printmaking, sculpting, ceramics, metalworking and foundry, glasswork, jewelry making, woodworking, Ikebana, photography and digital art.
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ALEXANDER CHURCHILL – Grand Prize Awardee 70th A•ONE Connecticut-based artist Alexander Churchill states; “Art and it’s creation lies at a confluence between a curiosity for the extra-mental physical world and a curiosity for the internal world of the self. My work is an attempt to interpret and express those curiosities and their relationship to each other in a way that is relevant to my own time, place and experience quality.”
JEREMY STENGER – Grand Prize Awardee PAINT 2021 Brooklyn-based artist Jeremy Stenger finds inspiration in the botanical aspects of Matisse’s cut-outs and Ellsworth Kelly’s line drawings of plants. Stenger creates all-over images of plants and flowers that leave the eye with no specific place to focus. The artist repeatedly layers paint onto the surface of the canvas and removes it within particular outlines, imbuing the works with a relief-like quality.
FUTURE EXHIBITS
FUTURE PERFECT/IMPERFECT: THE NEXT CENTURY April 30 - June 9 This exhibition, one of the highlights of Silvermine Arts Center’s centennial celebration, juried by independent curator and critic Lilly Wei. This international exhibit will commemorate the organization’s many past achievements by looking forward. She is asking artists to submit (remarkable, original) projects in any medium, stylistic mode, or genre that reflect their vision of what that future might look like, how it might be manifested.
GUILD SUMMER SALON June 25 - August 19 A cenntenial celebration of creativity, the annual Summer Salon will give the community a chance to view the newest creations of work from guild members. This exhibition is a hybrid of works in different mediums, styles, and concepts that will appeal to both collectors and designers. Buyers can choose to take purchased artwork at the time of sale and not wait for the close of the exhibition. The gallery will be keeping extra inventory to replace pieces as sold.
RENOVATIONS
The gallery spaces have undergone several renovations and cosmetic changes in the past few months to commemorate the art center’s centennial year. A fresh coat of paint adorns the gallery store ceilings. The dark charcoal draws the viewer’s eye down to art and product. The back room of the galleries has also been transformed. We have expanded the rack system for improved organization and capacity of art inventory. The flat files have been organized to house and consolidate the Gabor Peterdi Print Collection. Gallery Assistant, Danny, enjoys a new space to work as well. We have added a new window and desk at the far end of the back room, allowing for natural light and air circulation.
STORE The gallery store offers a wide selection of gifts for all occasions and many decorative objects to enhance any interior. New and emerging artists have joined the lineup of impressive vendors represented by Silvermine. These are just a few of our new artists. Shopping for Artisan made original items in the gallery store provides support to both Silvermine and working artists.
Lukas Milanak – Lukas Labs Lukas is a glass artist deeply interested in curiosity and experimentation. Always looking to build knowledge and investigate new techniques for making, Lukas’ art takes many forms from alchemical science experiments to miniature worlds from his imagination.
Morgan Hill – Bad Habits Morgan Hill is a sculptor and jewelry designer. Her work draws on a wide range of aesthetic and conceptual influences from 90’s pop-culture, horror films and couture fashion to her Southern, Christian upbringing and experiences as the only female child in an extended family of farmers in Eastern Arkansas.
Maia Leppo – Safran Everyday Maia received an MFA from State University of NY at New Paltz. She has been in numerous group and solo shows, and has taught jewelry making across the country since 2014. Safran Everyday is based in Pittsburgh, PA
Chala Toprak – Dear You Ceramics Dear You Ceramics, founded by Chala Toprak, is based in Brooklyn, and focuses on creating handmade blossoms. All the shapes and forms are handbuilt in porcelain, made in her "tiny corner” studio in her apartment.
Elena Carey – Folkloric Jewelry Elena is a jewelry artist living and working in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, NY. The collection features handmade delicate designs combining wire wrapping, hand knotting, semi-precious stones, collage, and embroidery. Folkloric's pieces are sophisticated, trendy and timeless.
Sidney Cherie Sidney Cherie Hilley is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work encompasses poetry, video, performance and wearable art. Her jewelry collection is inspired by sound wave patterns and natural celestial bodies.
Myranda Escamilla – Shape + Form Created by Myranda Escamilla, a self taught maker who currently resides in Texas. Shape + Form is contemporary polymer clay jewelry with an emphasis on interesting textures, striking details and explores the realms of simplicity and experimentation.
Rho Tang Rho Tang is a Chinese-born American contemporary jewelry artist based in New York City. Rho approaches jewelry making through an exploration of spatial relationships; composing visual language by invoking elements such as repetition, juxtaposition, and hierarchy.
Lois Aronow Lois Aronow is best known for her tactile porcelain tableware, which incorporates clean lines with modern texture. A working artist for 20 years, Lois always had a lifelong obsession with "making things.”
Lisa Medoff Designs Lisa is a jewelry artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work is influenced by her travels around the globe and inspired by nature and organic forms. "I like to think of my pieces as wearable sculptures.”
NEWS With the advent of covid we completely redesigned our website by expanding the gallery pages to include images of all artwork as well as audio clips from the exhibiting artists. Over the summer of 2020 Silvermine Galleries went live on the global platform artnet. The results have been very encouraging with significant sales that can be directly attributed to our web presence. Acquistions by both collectors, architects and designers have come from California, Minnesota, Texas, Washington and as far away as Europe With over 200 artists the gallery is ready to help you find the perfect pieces for any space or project.
Recognition on artnet platforms
Installation in California
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STAFF
Roger Mudre – Gallery Director, ext 26 Roger is a practicing artist with over 20 years of gallery representation, living and working from his studio in Weston, CT. When not in his studio, he spends the summer in his 40 x 60 foot organic vegtable garden. A lifetime member of the SIlvermine Guild of Artists, Roger has been responsible for Silvermine’s Gallery exhibitions, installations, and related programming for the last four years.
Megan Jackson – Gallery Assistant, Store & Social Media, ext 20 Megan grew up in Katonah, New York and graduated from Penn State with a B.A. in Media Studies and an Art History minor. She worked in her school’s architecture library and art museum. She likes to read about contemporary art, poetry, and the “Early Life” section of Wikipedia articles. In her spare time, she enjoys roasting vegetables and playing GeoGuessr.
Danny Bronson – Gallery Assistant, Exhibitions & Artnet, ext 28 Danny is a printmaker from Westchester, NY and a graduate of Purchase College’s School of Art and Design. Danny has interned and worked at galleries in New York City and Fairfield county. In his free time, Danny enjoys karaoke, playing ice hockey, and spending time with his pet bunny, Nano.
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1037 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
Front cover - Guild Artist, Betty Vera, Studio 7, Jacquard tapestry, hand-embroidered, 63.57 x 46.75 inch Back cover - Guild Artist, Michael Frechette, Stupid Lucky, oil on panel, 24 x 22 inch
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