New Exhibit At Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum In April

From the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum:

February 18 2020

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum to Inaugurate 2020 Season with new exhibition in collaboration with Silvermine Arts Center titled, “About Women”

Norwalk, Conn. February 18, 2020 – As women are finding their voices and making an impact throughout the professional world, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, in collaboration with Silvermine Arts Center, will inaugurate its 2020 Season and celebrate women's artistic contributions by opening a new exhibition titled, About Women, on April 2, 2020, 12-4 p.m. followed by a reception at 5:30-7:30 p.m. The exhibition will run through June 21, 2020. Admission included in the purchase of a guided tour ticket.

LMMM Trustee Gail Ingis, co-chair for the contemporary art exhibits at the Mansion said, “Silvermine Arts Center promotes collaboration with artistic colleagues as well as the community. I feel fortunate to have been involved with Silvermine for the past fifteen years.”

Curated by Silvermine Gallery Director Roger Mudre, the exhibition will feature selected works by female members of the Silvermine Guild of Artists and provide an overview that will celebrate their diverse directions in subject matter and media and their contributions to contemporary art.

A former Silvermine trustee and Board Chair, Mr. Mudre is responsible for Silvermine's Gallery exhibitions, installations and related programming. He is a Lifetime Silvermine Guild member and practicing artist with works in numerous private and corporate collections.

These artists are members of the notable Silvermine Guild of Artists, where renowned artists,

Elaine deKooning, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Faith Ringgold and others socialized, exchanged ideas, and critiqued each other's works for nearly a century.

The exhibition reception is sponsored in part by Gail Ingis and Tom Claus.

The Museum’s 2020 cultural and educational programs are made possible in part by generous funding from LMMM’s Founding Patrons: The Estate of Mrs. Cynthia Clark Brown; LMMM’s Leadership Patrons: The Sealark Foundation; LMMM’s 2020 Season Distinguished Benefactors: The City of Norwalk and The Maurice Goodman Foundation; LMMM’s 2020 Distinguished Benefactors for Education: The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation, Inc. The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is a National Historic Landmark. For more information on schedules and programs please visit www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, e-mail info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, or call 203-838-9799.

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