Kiwanis Told of Ambitious Plans for Carriage Barn Arts Center

     -- New directors present plans on offering more community and youth art programs --

“We can all benefit tremendously from programs that the Carriage Barn offers,” noted Kiwanis president, Stacey Hafen. “It’s wonderful that they’re expanding their efforts to bring more events, exhibits, and classes to the New Canaan community.”

 New Canaan, CT, March 20, 2013   – Eleanor Flatow and Arianne Faber Kolb, Co-Directors of the Carriage Barn Arts Center (home of the New Canaan Society for the Arts), spoke to Kiwanis members at a recent luncheon, held at Picador restaurant on Elm Street.

Ms. Flatow and Ms. Kolb spoke about their exciting vision for the Carriage Barn Arts Center- the upcoming art exhibitions, children’s workshops, programming and outreach programs.

Specifically, they spoke about the just completed photography classes for both children and adults, and of their plans to offer even more interactive, hands-on programs for children interested in exploring various ways of creating their own art.

They also discussed plans for their upcoming first-ever fundraiser, “A Night in Havana,” May 17th, which will showcase the extraordinary Contemporary Cuban Art Collection of a Greenwich Collector, Steven Certilman. This collection represents artists living and working in Havana, Cuba.

The artists use mixed-medium materials readily available to them, since art supplies and resources to purchase them are sometimes scarce. The event will feature a live jazz band (Manchado), catered Cuban cocktails and food, and silent auction. Tickets are on sale now through their website, www.carriagebarn.org. 

The New Canaan Society for the Art’s mission is “to promote the visual and performing arts, and to enrich the community through exhibitions, education, and cultural experiences, and to operate the Carriage Barn Arts Center. 

"The Carriage Barn Arts Center offers artists opportunities to exhibit their work in an exceptional gallery space in a unique nineteenth-century stone barn. Exhibits, lectures and educational workshops, concerts and other events are held in this adaptively reused historical building on the grounds of a former estate, now Waveny Park.”

For more information on the Carriage Barn’s programs, fundraiser, or exhibits, please visit www.carriagebarn.org.

Kiwanis International is an international, coeducational service club founded in 1915.  The Kiwanis Club of New Canaan, chartered in 1939 with the Norwalk Kiwanis Club as their sponsoring chapter, will celebrate their 75th anniversary in 2014. They’re noted for having the first female member in Connecticut, and welcome everyone to join them.

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Kiwanis International is a global non-profit organization of members of every age, who are dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.