As every Kevin Bacon fan knows, everyone in the world is connected by just 6 degrees of separation.
With a Westport connection, those degrees of separation are much closer.
Alert “06880” reader Evan Stein sends along a story that begins with Kate Burns-Howard and Scott Froschauer.
Before graduating from Staples High School, they had worked together at Fine Arts IV. Now Scott’s a Los Angeles-based artist, getting attention for works that use street signs to convey more useful instructions (like “Breathe” and “All We Have is Now”).
On Facebook, Kate reposted a story about a friend who was selling Scott’s art at a Palm Springs show. Kate mentioned Ann Sheffer in the post — probably because Ann is the mother of Kate’s good friend Emily Reich. And Ann (a longtime Westporter and proud Staples grad) now spends a lot of time in Palm Springs. And Ann is a noted art collector.
Turns out, Ann and her husband Bill Scheffler had already bought a piece in Scott’s show — but had no idea he’s from Westport, or that he knew their daughter and her friend.
Kevin Bacon would be proud.
Ann Sheffer and Bill Scheffler, with their new Scott Froschauer work..
