Left to right: Tini Pinto, Wrenly, stoneware; Peggy Dembicer, Bazooka, bead embroidery; Renée Hughes, Undercurrents, acrylic and mixed media.
NEW CANAAN, CT, July 16, 2024—Silvermine Arts Center devotes its Galleries to Guild members’ work every summer. The annual Summer Salon gives the community a chance to view the artists’ newest works and experience a range of new directions in contemporary art. The public is invited to the opening reception on July 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Summer Salon runs from July 20 through August 22.
For the seasoned or new collector, Summer Salon features a wide range of price points and styles—from contemporary to traditional, with art for every budget and aesthetic preference. Among the works featured in the exhibition are Miggs Burroughs’s dynamic, text-based “signscape,” Pam Ackley’s layered and atmospheric still life, and Renée Hughes’s Undercurrent with its vivid colors and skilled composition. A painterly sensibility with patterned and graphic elements emerges in Karen Vogel’s paintings,
Greg Welz’s newest “paper cuts,” and Sharon Cavagnolo’s composition in gouache, ink, and graphite. Summer Salon provides a glimpse of Silvermine artists experimenting and exploring the possibilities of their art.
Leslie Giuliani incorporates the sculptural element of a handmade gold frame as part of her composition. Carla Goldberg fabricates a large-scale wall installation from cut and carved Covid shields. James Buxton’s found objects morph into metaphorical sculptures that soar in the gallery space.
Formed in 1922 when sculptor Solon Borglum organized a critique group, the Silvermine Guild has a selective peer-jurying process. Many of its artists have work in permanent collections of some of the world’s most prestigious museums as well as prominent private and corporate collections. Guild membership has grown to over 300 artist members internationally, and has included such renowned artists as Abe Ajay, James Daugherty, Carlus Dyer, James Flora, James Grashow, Robert Kaupelis, Ruben Nakian, Alice Neel, Gabor Peterdi, Jens Risom, John Vassos, and Faith Ringgold.
This exhibition can be viewed online or in person. The Silvermine Galleries are open to visitors 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Please visit www.silvermineart.org for more information.
