Silvermine Arts Center to Exhibit Guild Group Show "In the Layers"

Silvermine Arts Center presents a new exhibit of works by Guild Artist members, curated by Suzanne Julig, of Suzanne Julig Art Advisory, a private art advisor based in New York City.  “In the Layers,” opening on November 3 features artwork selected by Ms. Julig. The opening reception is on Sunday, November 3 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.  The exhibition will run through December 23.

“In the Layers,” inspired by the Stanley Kunitz poem, “The Layers,” is a group exhibition featuring works on paper extensively layered in both thematic and stylistic ways. The selected multi-media, collage, painted and sculptural works are both visual and expressive, suggesting themes of the poem. The poem reflects upon the layers you go through in life and the things you must leave behind.  Realizing that life is all about the changes and adjusting to them, pushing through the layers and not looking back at what is left behind, but looking forward towards what is to come. About her idea for the exhibition, Ms. Julig states, “I was particularly taken by the Silvermine artists’ mixed-media, collage and sculptural works that express emotional complexity, memory, longing and mystery, as well as evoking visual interest in the use of layered materials.”

Guild Artists featured in this group exhibition include:  Thomas Anastasio (Palm Coast, FL), Nina Bentley (Westport, CT); Suzanne Benton (Ridgefield, CT), Tom Bernsten (Norwalk, CT), Helen Cantrell (Old Lyme, CT), Ann Chernow (Westport, CT), Bruce Dunbar (Stratford, CT), Jeanine Esposito (Westport, CT). Roxanne Faber Savage (Fairfield, CT), Lori Glavin (Darien, CT), Jane Ingram (Ridgefield, CT), Elisa Khachian (Fairfield, CT), Constance Kiermaier (Norwalk, CT), Cynthia MacCollum (New Canaan, CT), Susan Manspeizer (Pound Ridge, NY), Sandy Meagher (Rowayton, CT), Barbara Morse-Lubell (North Salem, NY), Nancy Nikkal (Hudson, NY), Margaret Roleke (Redding, CT), Joseph Saccio (North Haven, CT), Anita Soos (Guildford, CT), Shaw Stuart (Riverside, CT), Michael Zack (Stratford, CT), and Marcia Zimmerman (Stamford, CT). 

Suzanne Julig has spent over 25 years in the art field and began her career at the IBM Gallery of Science and Art, first as a lecturer and educator, and then in the areas of exhibitions and communications.  As a Director at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, DC Moore Gallery, and Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, she specialized in 19th and 20th century American and European paintings, works on paper and sculpture, as well as contemporary art.  Suzanne has placed works with major private, museum and corporate collections, in addition to organizing exhibitions and lecturing on a variety of art-related topics. A member of ArtTable, a national, by-nomination organization for professional women in the arts, she earned a B.A. from Rutgers College of Rutgers University and an M.A. degree in Art History from Hunter College.  Ms. Julig has been a lecturer at Christie’s Education, and an Adjunct Instructor at both the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and New York University. 

 For more information about the exhibition and other events at Silvermine Arts Center call 203-966-9700 or visit our website at www.silvermineart.org.