Concurrent with the exhibition “The Legacy of Silvermine: Artists, Art, and Community,” Silvermine Arts Center will host a panel discussion on the artist as cultural producer on Sunday, March 19 at 2pm. The discussion is modeled on the Institute for Visual Artists, Silvermine’s influential lecture series that ran from 1985 to 2002 and became an essential program for curators, artists, and teachers in the region.
Silvermine Gallery Director Jeffrey Mueller will serve as moderator, and the panel includes: Susan Breen, painter and art editor of literary journal Post Road Magazine; Jeanine Esposito, artist and founder of Beechwood Arts, a nonprofit that champions collaboration across businesses, learning institutions, and arts organizations; Ellen Hackl Fagan, artist and owner/director of Odetta Gallery in Bushwick; Stephen Fredericks, printmaker, curator, co-founder of Carrier Pigeon, and former president of the New York Society of Etchers; Derek Uhlman, sculptor and founding IVA board member; and Bonnie Ford Woit, painter, printmaker, and IVA founder.