Event History
This national exhibition in its 74-year, highlights the diversity of work that is currently being made by established and emerging artists. Established in 1949 as the New England Exhibition, a regional exhibit, it later became known as Art of the Northeast and is now a national exhibition. It features a wide range of collectible contemporary artwork that is both vibrant and surprising. Throughout its history, Silvermine’s signature exhibition has featured the work of many prominent artists including Louise Nevelson, Elaine de Kooning, and Milton Avery, and jurors have included major critics, curators, and directors from influential art institutions.
JUROR
Lisa Carlsen, has been the Senior Director of Jane Lombard Gallery since 2011. She has worked in
public and private arts institutions in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Carlson earned a B.A. in
Art History and Theory at UC Santa Cruz and her Master's in Art History from the University of
Wisconsin, Madison. Upon moving to New York, Carlson worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sotheby’s, and sothebys.com. She joined the Gagosian Gallery in London, working as an Artist Liaison and Sales. Carlson curated an ambitious 30th Anniversary publication project in Los Angeles, Living the Archives: LACE in Print at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Over her twelve-year tenure at Jane Lombard Gallery, Carlson has developed the gallery programming with expertise, growing the roster with international and local artists of both emerging and mid-career status. She continues to empower the gallery’s mission as an incubator for the ideas and motivations of artists, from geo-political awareness to formal innovation.