Signed, Sealed, and Delivered Returns

The Silvermine Arts Center’s popular art sale and event for collectors and enthusiasts returns this year with a new feature.  For the first time, the public will be able to see the works available for sale in a dedicated exhibition, opening Sunday February 22 from 2 to 4 p.m.  Browse and make a wish list at your leisure over the 5-week period leading up to this festive and very affordable art sale set for March 28. There will be over 400 original works in total.  The installation of these small works is always a graphically beautiful display that shows the staggering range and breadth of work from the Silvermine Guild of Artists. Join the fun–find a treasure by your favorite artist or discover someone new.

For the artists, “Signed, Sealed and Delivered” can be a chance to experiment with a smaller format and work on a different scale. The 10” x 10” wood panels allow sculptors and ceramicists to include three-dimensional elements. The results are as surprising as they are beautiful. Works will include paintings and drawings, prints and photographs, ceramics and sculptural wall pieces, mixed media and works on paper. 

On the evening of March 28 at the party and fundraiser, smaller works in a 4” x 6” format will be available for $50. A $100 raffle ticket will guarantee a work of art in the larger 10” x 10” format.  During the evening, while guests enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres, raffle tickets will be drawn one at a time. Patrons will then pick one of the 10” x 10” artworks in the order their numbers are called. Artist and teacher David Dunlop will be master of ceremonies.

Unlike the 4” x 6” works, which will be anonymous until purchased, the 10” x 10” works will be exhibited with the names of the artists.  All 10” x 10” pieces will also be posted on the Silvermine Arts Center’s website during the exhibition.

Contributing artists include—from Darien, Mary Manning; from Easton, Susan Sharp; from Greens Farms, N. W. Gibbons; from New Canaan, June Ahrens, Rosamond Berg, Lucianne Buckner, Stephanie Joyce, Constance Old, and Marjorie Tomchuk; from Ridgefield, Suzanne Benton, Debra Schaffer; from Wilton, Nash Hyon.  Many other Guild members will have work available for sale.

“Signed, Sealed and Delivered” supports programs and exhibitions at the Silvermine Arts Center.  Art available at this annual event is an irresistible deal for any art collector or art lover.  This is a superb way to begin or grow an art collection with work by some of the most acclaimed and accomplished artists in the Northeast.

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