Highlight: New Canaan Coming to Silvermine Arts Center

Silvermine Arts Center is pleased to present Highlight: New Canaan. This exhibition is guest-curated by Paul Efstathiou, a second generation art dealer and recent Southport resident, and organized by Eleanor Flatow, an art consultant and New Canaan resident.

Highlight: New Canaan, the sequel to Efstathiou’s successful Hollis Taggart Galleries Show, Highlight: Summer One, unites eleven professional contemporary artists based in New York City and Los Angeles. Each artist has had noteworthy exhibitions, has forthcoming shows and has been highlighted and reviewed by national and/or international art publications. Efstathiou brings them together to create a dynamic and diverse show, in accordance with Silvermine’s 96-year history of showcasing such innovative artists as Elaine de Kooning, Mary Frank, Helen Frankenthaler, Sol LeWitt. Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Richard Pousette-Dart, and James Rosenquist connecting the community to broader discussions and explorations occurring in the art world.

Silvermine Arts Center’s mission is to provide experiences that expand the mind, nourish the soul and connect people through the universal language of art. A nearly 100-year-old, 501(c) (3) organization, Silvermine is comprised of a Guild of over 300 professional artists; five galleries presenting new exhibitions every six weeks and sponsoring prestigious regional and national competitions; a School of Art providing a wide range of classes for all levels of experience from ages 2 to 102; public programs; and outreach programs in the Norwalk and Stamford schools. As Fairfield County’s preeminent visual arts center, Silvermine welcomes annually more than 4,500 enrollments at the School of Art and 12,000 visitors to the award-winning galleries. The center provides its artist members, faculty, students and visitors with a common location where they can share ideas, work on projects, teach, explore new areas and grow in their creativity and talents.