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February 25, 2010
Contact: Susan Hendricks
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Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood will highlight toys, dolls and dollhouses from the museum’s permanent collection as well as important objects on loan from collectors. While the objects themselves will appeal to visitors of all ages, the interpretation will encourage adult viewers to reflect on the larger cultural role toys have played in perpetuating modern notions of a good and happy childhood that emerged in the late 19th century.
By pairing toys with book illustrations, advertisements, period photographs and other images of children at play, the exhibition will present toys as the props used by youngsters in performances of childhood as stage-managed by adults. It is the adults, however, whose concerns ultimately informed the design, manufacture, marketing, distribution and purchase of toys. Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood will allow the Lyman Allyn Art Museum to reconsider its collection of antique dolls and toys as well as to contribute to and participate in a major trend in the museum world: exhibitions focused on the material culture of childhood.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood will present toys, dolls and other objects which are rarely seen. One exceptional work that will be on view is a dollhouse built in 1916 for Neva Palmer, the daughter of New London textile manufacturer George S. Palmer. The dollhouse was modeled on Palmer’s Georgian Revival house, designed by Charles Platt, architect of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. One gallery will feature a remarkable range of 20th century wind-up toys—everything from a Ferris wheel to a motorcycle, from Roy Rogers riding Trigger to a clown walking on his hands. Adults interested in political history will be amused by the Tammany Bank. Patented in 1873, it features a seated figure—most likely Boss Tweed—who deposits each coin in his jacket pocket.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood is co-curated by Abigail A. Van Slyck and Robert Skingle. Van Slyck is the Dayton Professor of Art History and Director of the Architectural Studies Program and Chair of Art History Department at Connecticut College. She is the author of A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960, which won the Leadership in History Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History, 2006 and the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, 2008. In this book, Van Slyck addresses changing attitudes toward such subjects as children's health, play, and relationships between the sexes.
Antique toy expert Robert Skingle was born in Kent, England and graduated from Goldsmiths College at the University of London with a degree in visual communications. After stints as a teacher and a London bobby, Skingle worked as an Art Director at magazines and at his own agency for fifteen years. Next, he turned a hobby of collecting lead military figures into a career and became an antique toy dealer. For almost twenty years, Skingle has traveled across the United States and Europe, buying and selling, specializing in toys from the turn of the century.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood Programs and Events:
Curator’s Lecture
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood :
Thursday, April 8, 6:00 pm
Join Abigail Van Slyck, guest curator of Play/Things, for an interactive lecture. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. $5 members/$10 general public. Reservations suggested: call 860-443-2545 x 112.
Sip into Spring: Children’s Tea Party
Sunday, May 23, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
An afternoon tea party in the museum’s beautiful gardens featuring tea and cookies, stories, and a birdhouse painting project. Designed for ages 4-8. *Reservations required: $10 per adult & child pair-members/ $12 non-members.
Call 860-443-2545 x 110.
Gallery Talk
Toy Stories with Robert Skingle
Thursday, June 24, 6:00 pm
Join antique toy expert Robert Skingle for an interactive gallery talk which highlights toys in the new exhibition Play/Things. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. $5 members/$10 general public. Reservations suggested: call 860-443-2545 x 112.
Children’s Film Festival: Monthly screenings of classic films
Saturday afternoon film and fun, complete with popcorn!
Free with museum admission from 1:00 – 3:00 pm on
April 17: Big
May 15: The Adventures of Huck Finn
June 19: Oliver Twist
July 17: Anne of Green Gables
August 21: Pippi Longstocking
Free First Sundays
Join us each month for our free family day of art activities, snacks, and fun!
Explore the exhibition Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood .
Sundays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm on the following dates:
May 2, June 6, August 1, and September 5
News from Outer Space:
Stay tuned for information about an Afternoon with an Astronaut.
Meet astronaut Nicholas Patrick this summer when he returns from the Space Station! Date and time to be announced.
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Call Director of Education Mollie Clarke to schedule tours: 860-443-2545, x 110 or e-mail at clarke@lymanallyn.org.
This exhibition is funded in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and the Connecticut Humanities Council, with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration; the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s Exhibition Fund; Essex Financial Services and Essex Savings Bank and Bassette Printers.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood which will open on March 27, 2010 and remain on view through September 12, 2010.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood will highlight toys, dolls and dollhouses from the museum’s permanent collection as well as important objects on loan from collectors. While the objects themselves will appeal to visitors of all ages, the interpretation will encourage adult viewers to reflect on the larger cultural role toys have played in perpetuating modern notions of a good and happy childhood that emerged in the late 19th century.
By pairing toys with book illustrations, advertisements, period photographs and other images of children at play, the exhibition will present toys as the props used by youngsters in performances of childhood as stage-managed by adults. It is the adults, however, whose concerns ultimately informed the design, manufacture, marketing, distribution and purchase of toys. Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood will allow the Lyman Allyn Art Museum to reconsider its collection of antique dolls and toys as well as to contribute to and participate in a major trend in the museum world: exhibitions focused on the material culture of childhood.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood will present toys, dolls and other objects which are rarely seen. One exceptional work that will be on view is a dollhouse built in 1916 for Neva Palmer, the daughter of New London textile manufacturer George S. Palmer. The dollhouse was modeled on Palmer’s Georgian Revival house, designed by Charles Platt, architect of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. One gallery will feature a remarkable range of 20th century wind-up toys—everything from a Ferris wheel to a motorcycle, from Roy Rogers riding Trigger to a clown walking on his hands. Adults interested in political history will be amused by the Tammany Bank. Patented in 1873, it features a seated figure—most likely Boss Tweed—who deposits each coin in his jacket pocket.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood is co-curated by Abigail A. Van Slyck and Robert Skingle. Van Slyck is the Dayton Professor of Art History and Director of the Architectural Studies Program and Chair of Art History Department at Connecticut College. She is the author of A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960, which won the Leadership in History Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History, 2006 and the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, 2008. In this book, Van Slyck addresses changing attitudes toward such subjects as children's health, play, and relationships between the sexes.
Antique toy expert Robert Skingle was born in Kent, England and graduated from Goldsmiths College at the University of London with a degree in visual communications. After stints as a teacher and a London bobby, Skingle worked as an Art Director at magazines and at his own agency for fifteen years. Next, he turned a hobby of collecting lead military figures into a career and became an antique toy dealer. For almost twenty years, Skingle has traveled across the United States and Europe, buying and selling, specializing in toys from the turn of the century.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood Programs and Events:
Curator’s Lecture
Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood :
Thursday, April 8, 6:00 pm
Join Abigail Van Slyck, guest curator of Play/Things, for an interactive lecture. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. $5 members/$10 general public. Reservations suggested: call 860-443-2545 x 112.
Sip into Spring: Children’s Tea Party
Sunday, May 23, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
An afternoon tea party in the museum’s beautiful gardens featuring tea and cookies, stories, and a birdhouse painting project. Designed for ages 4-8. *Reservations required: $10 per adult & child pair-members/ $12 non-members.
Call 860-443-2545 x 110.
Gallery Talk
Toy Stories with Robert Skingle
Thursday, June 24, 6:00 pm
Join antique toy expert Robert Skingle for an interactive gallery talk which highlights toys in the new exhibition Play/Things. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. $5 members/$10 general public. Reservations suggested: call 860-443-2545 x 112.
Children’s Film Festival: Monthly screenings of classic films
Saturday afternoon film and fun, complete with popcorn!
Free with museum admission from 1:00 – 3:00 pm on
April 17: Big
May 15: The Adventures of Huck Finn
June 19: Oliver Twist
July 17: Anne of Green Gables
August 21: Pippi Longstocking
Free First Sundays
Join us each month for our free family day of art activities, snacks, and fun!
Explore the exhibition Play/Things: Toys and the Invention of Modern Childhood .
Sundays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm on the following dates:
May 2, June 6, August 1, and September 5
News from Outer Space:
Stay tuned for information about an Afternoon with an Astronaut.
Meet astronaut Nicholas Patrick this summer when he returns from the Space Station! Date and time to be announced.
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Call Director of Education Mollie Clarke to schedule tours: 860-443-2545, x 110 or e-mail at clarke@lymanallyn.org.
This exhibition is funded in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and the Connecticut Humanities Council, with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration; the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s Exhibition Fund; Essex Financial Services and Essex Savings Bank and Bassette Printers.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
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Westomere Doll House 1916 Craftsman unknown American |
Dog on Wheels Plush toy and metal wheel framework c. 20th century |
Jenny Lind doll c. 1850 |
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Table Croquet set c. 19th century |
Trade Cards c. 19th century |
November 10, 2009
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to announce a Meet the Author event for The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship. Meet authors Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel at the museum on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm. They will present an interactive talk about their book followed by a booksigning.
The perfect blend of fiction and food, The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship tells the unforgettable story of Lilly and Val, two lifelong friends who form an exclusive two-person club in childhood. No matter what different paths they take along the way or what misunderstandings threaten to break them apart, Lilly and Val always find their way back together through their Recipe Club—until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.
Compellingly readable, this heartfelt story celebrates the resilience and power of women’s friendships. It’s a charming pastiche of e-mails, hand-written childhood letters, third-person narration, photographs, illustration, and more than 80 recipes to keep the plot cooking.
“Food and love without the schmaltz and warm fuzzies is what kept me turning the pages of this book. Yes, there are recipes, nostalgic and good ones, but the fascination is in how they mark the years of a childhood friendship struggling to become a life long one. If you’re lucky enough to have that one true best friend, you’ll find all the love, prickliness, laughter, blood curdling honesty, and joy here.” —Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Host of “The Splendid Table®”, public radio’s food show from American Public Media.
“The Recipe Club, a moving story about two close friends connecting and reconnecting through food and cooking, contains one of my favorite lines written to date: ‘So, how do you fix a broken heart? Maybe with ricotta cheese.’ “ —Tanya Steel, Editor-in-Chief of Epicurious.com and co-author of Real Food for Healthy Kids
After receiving advance copies of the book, readers around the country are forming their own Recipe Clubs, friendship circles in which members share real-life stories associated with personal recipes.
“Many readers strongly relate to the authenticity of the friendship between our two main characters—which isn’t always an easy one,” says co-author Andrea Israel. “Women love the way our book associates food with defining moments in the characters’ lives, so they suggested we help them start Recipe Clubs of their own.”
“We think of Recipe Clubs™ as the ‘real-life antidote’ to the virtual relationships of online social networks,” adds Nancy Garfinkel. “They provide a forum for intimate community. Whatever tales are told, Recipe Clubs are, at heart, about speaking out, being heard, and creating and renewing friendships.”
ANDREA ISRAEL is a producer/writer for ABC’s Focus Earth. She was a producer/writer on Anderson Cooper 360, Dateline, and Good Morning America (which garnered her an Emmy Award). Her story “In Donald’s Eyes” was recently optioned for a film. Ms. Israel is the author of Taking Tea.
NANCY GARFINKEL is co-author of The Wine Lover’s Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino (Chronicle Books, 2005). A creative strategist, writer, and design consultant for magazine, corporate, and non-profit clients, she has won a host of graphic arts and editorial merit awards.
The Recipe Club at Lyman Allyn Art Museum is $5 for museum members and $10 for the general public. Reservations are strongly suggested. Please call 860-443-2545, x 112. Copies of The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship will be available for purchase for the authors to sign.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship
Meet the authors at Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Meet the authors at Lyman Allyn Art Museum
The perfect blend of fiction and food, The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship tells the unforgettable story of Lilly and Val, two lifelong friends who form an exclusive two-person club in childhood. No matter what different paths they take along the way or what misunderstandings threaten to break them apart, Lilly and Val always find their way back together through their Recipe Club—until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.
Compellingly readable, this heartfelt story celebrates the resilience and power of women’s friendships. It’s a charming pastiche of e-mails, hand-written childhood letters, third-person narration, photographs, illustration, and more than 80 recipes to keep the plot cooking.
“Food and love without the schmaltz and warm fuzzies is what kept me turning the pages of this book. Yes, there are recipes, nostalgic and good ones, but the fascination is in how they mark the years of a childhood friendship struggling to become a life long one. If you’re lucky enough to have that one true best friend, you’ll find all the love, prickliness, laughter, blood curdling honesty, and joy here.” —Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Host of “The Splendid Table®”, public radio’s food show from American Public Media.
After receiving advance copies of the book, readers around the country are forming their own Recipe Clubs, friendship circles in which members share real-life stories associated with personal recipes.
“Many readers strongly relate to the authenticity of the friendship between our two main characters—which isn’t always an easy one,” says co-author Andrea Israel. “Women love the way our book associates food with defining moments in the characters’ lives, so they suggested we help them start Recipe Clubs of their own.”
“We think of Recipe Clubs™ as the ‘real-life antidote’ to the virtual relationships of online social networks,” adds Nancy Garfinkel. “They provide a forum for intimate community. Whatever tales are told, Recipe Clubs are, at heart, about speaking out, being heard, and creating and renewing friendships.”
ANDREA ISRAEL is a producer/writer for ABC’s Focus Earth. She was a producer/writer on Anderson Cooper 360, Dateline, and Good Morning America (which garnered her an Emmy Award). Her story “In Donald’s Eyes” was recently optioned for a film. Ms. Israel is the author of Taking Tea.
NANCY GARFINKEL is co-author of The Wine Lover’s Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino (Chronicle Books, 2005). A creative strategist, writer, and design consultant for magazine, corporate, and non-profit clients, she has won a host of graphic arts and editorial merit awards.
The Recipe Club at Lyman Allyn Art Museum is $5 for museum members and $10 for the general public. Reservations are strongly suggested. Please call 860-443-2545, x 112. Copies of The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship will be available for purchase for the authors to sign.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
September 3, 2009
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
La Noche del Cine Hispano has been organized by Connecticut College Professor Luis M. González who specializes in Contemporary Spanish Film and Literature. La Noche del Cine Hispano takes place at 6:30 pm on the third Friday of each month starting September 18, 2009 and continuing to June 18, 2010. The films will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles. After each film, guests will enjoy refreshments while Professor González facilitates a discussion about the film. Films are free with museum admission.
Following is the schedule of films with a brief synopsis of each title:
Friday, September 18 at 6:30 pm
Cuba: Lista de espera by Juan Carlos Tabío, 2000
A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. It soon becomes obvious that the bus everyone is waiting for has left them high and dry. The passengers decide that they will make the station a better place to wait, formulating a plan to turn the decrepit bus terminal into a showplace that people would look forward to visiting.
Friday, October 16 at 6:30 pm
Mexico: La misma luna by Patricia Riggen, 2008
This debut film from Riggen centers on a young boy's difficult journey across the US/Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Featuring a supporting performance by America Ferrara of ABC's Ugly Betty, this film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received a standing-ovation.
Friday, November 20 at 6:30 pm
Colombia: Sumas y restas by Víctor Gaviria, 2004
During the 1980s in Medellín, Santiago, an engineer, gets involved in drug trafficking to make a quick buck.
Friday, December 18 at 6:30 pm
Argentina: El hijo de la novia by Juan José Campanella, 2001
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. A minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways.
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Uruguay: El baño del Papa by César Charlone and Enrique Fernández, 2007
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
Friday, Febuary 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Peru: Paloma de papel by Fabrizio Aguilar, 2003
Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison. He returns home to find his mother living with a Communist guerrilla sympathizer. Juan joins the guerrilas to learn Marxist slogans and how to fight. When they decide to attack Juan’s town to avenge the death of a comrade, Juan must choose sides.
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Ecuador: Qué tan lejos by Tania Hermida, 2006
Esperanza and Tristeza are both en route to Cuenca. An unlucky turn of events causes their bus to be delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way, they meet interesting characters who help them re-evaluate the purpose of their journey.
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Chile: Machuca by Andres Wood, 2005
In 1973 in Santiago, a bourgeois boy Gonzalo Infante and a boy from the slums Pedro Machuca become great friends. Meanwhile, the conflicts in the streets lead Chile to the bloody and repressive military coup of General Augusto Pinochet, changing forever their lives, their relationship and their country.
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Spain: Abrazos rotos by Pedro Almodóvar, 2009
After losing both his sight and the love of his life in a car accident, a man lives in obscurity.
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 6:30 pm
USA Latino: Sin nombre by Cary Fukunaga, 2009
Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father which offers her a potential opportunity to realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.
La Noche del Cine Hispano coordinator Connecticut College Professor Luis M. González’s research interests include Popular Culture, Film, Drama, and TV. He explores the relationship between culture and ideology in Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries as well as questions of gender, class and ethnicity. He has published two books on Spanish drama: La escena madrileña durante la II República (1931-1939) (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 1996) and El teatro español durante la II República y la crítica de su tiempo (1931-1936) (Fundación Universitaria Española, 2007). Besides these books, Professor González has written several articles on Spanish film and drama. Professor González is a member of the editorial board of these literary journals: Monográficos de Artrabia, Teatro (Segunda Época) Revista de Estudios Escénicos, and Cadernos de Cenología.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism and the Hispanic Alliance of New London.
For more information, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum launches new film series
La Noche del Cine Hispano - Friday Night Hispanic Film Series
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new film series, La Noche del Cine Hispano – Friday Night Hispanic Films. This film series coordinates with the museum’s current exhibitions Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul and Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage. The Hispanic Alliance of New London is the program sponsor.
La Noche del Cine Hispano - Friday Night Hispanic Film Series
La Noche del Cine Hispano has been organized by Connecticut College Professor Luis M. González who specializes in Contemporary Spanish Film and Literature. La Noche del Cine Hispano takes place at 6:30 pm on the third Friday of each month starting September 18, 2009 and continuing to June 18, 2010. The films will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles. After each film, guests will enjoy refreshments while Professor González facilitates a discussion about the film. Films are free with museum admission.
Following is the schedule of films with a brief synopsis of each title:
Friday, September 18 at 6:30 pm
Cuba: Lista de espera by Juan Carlos Tabío, 2000
A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. It soon becomes obvious that the bus everyone is waiting for has left them high and dry. The passengers decide that they will make the station a better place to wait, formulating a plan to turn the decrepit bus terminal into a showplace that people would look forward to visiting.
Friday, October 16 at 6:30 pm
Mexico: La misma luna by Patricia Riggen, 2008
This debut film from Riggen centers on a young boy's difficult journey across the US/Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Featuring a supporting performance by America Ferrara of ABC's Ugly Betty, this film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received a standing-ovation.
Friday, November 20 at 6:30 pm
Colombia: Sumas y restas by Víctor Gaviria, 2004
During the 1980s in Medellín, Santiago, an engineer, gets involved in drug trafficking to make a quick buck.
Friday, December 18 at 6:30 pm
Argentina: El hijo de la novia by Juan José Campanella, 2001
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. A minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways.
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Uruguay: El baño del Papa by César Charlone and Enrique Fernández, 2007
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
Friday, Febuary 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Peru: Paloma de papel by Fabrizio Aguilar, 2003
Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison. He returns home to find his mother living with a Communist guerrilla sympathizer. Juan joins the guerrilas to learn Marxist slogans and how to fight. When they decide to attack Juan’s town to avenge the death of a comrade, Juan must choose sides.
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Ecuador: Qué tan lejos by Tania Hermida, 2006
Esperanza and Tristeza are both en route to Cuenca. An unlucky turn of events causes their bus to be delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way, they meet interesting characters who help them re-evaluate the purpose of their journey.
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Chile: Machuca by Andres Wood, 2005
In 1973 in Santiago, a bourgeois boy Gonzalo Infante and a boy from the slums Pedro Machuca become great friends. Meanwhile, the conflicts in the streets lead Chile to the bloody and repressive military coup of General Augusto Pinochet, changing forever their lives, their relationship and their country.
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Spain: Abrazos rotos by Pedro Almodóvar, 2009
After losing both his sight and the love of his life in a car accident, a man lives in obscurity.
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 6:30 pm
USA Latino: Sin nombre by Cary Fukunaga, 2009
Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father which offers her a potential opportunity to realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.
La Noche del Cine Hispano coordinator Connecticut College Professor Luis M. González’s research interests include Popular Culture, Film, Drama, and TV. He explores the relationship between culture and ideology in Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries as well as questions of gender, class and ethnicity. He has published two books on Spanish drama: La escena madrileña durante la II República (1931-1939) (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 1996) and El teatro español durante la II República y la crítica de su tiempo (1931-1936) (Fundación Universitaria Española, 2007). Besides these books, Professor González has written several articles on Spanish film and drama. Professor González is a member of the editorial board of these literary journals: Monográficos de Artrabia, Teatro (Segunda Época) Revista de Estudios Escénicos, and Cadernos de Cenología.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism and the Hispanic Alliance of New London.
For more information, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
August 21, 2009
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage, opening September 12, 2009 and on view through February 21, 2010. Ancestral Passage, a room-sized multi-media installation, has been organized by Guest Curator Gustavo Valdés.
Born and raised in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Imna Arroyo was educated in the United States and has been on a quest to visualize her heritage. Like so many other Puerto Ricans, she is of African and Taino descent and knowing little of those cultures, she journeyed to Cuba in search of her heritage. This installation, Ancestral Passage, is the result of her journeys.
Arroyo first visited Cuba six years ago and broadened her research into the African Diaspora. Her trips to Cuba and Africa inspired her to create this work that addresses the Diaspora while reconnecting and visualizing the orishas of the Yoruba culture.
Imna Arroyo has never been satisfied with merely illustrating her own physical presence in her art. Rather, she has used her work to express the profound richness of her heritage and the issues that confront her gender. Arroyo's journey reaches back to her ancestral heritage from Puerto Rico and Africa and forward to the global issues of empowerment of women today, creating a narrative journey in Ancestral Passage with the viewer as a participant.
Imna Arroyo is a Distinguished Professor of Art at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut. She studied at La Escuela de Artes Plasticas del Instituto de Cultura in San Juan, Puerto Rico and obtained her BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and her MFA from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Her work is in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art Library, Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, Yale University Art Gallery and the Schomberg Center for Research and Black Culture.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage Programs and Events:
Public Opening and Community Celebration
Saturday, September 12, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Lyman Allyn Art Museum and the Hispanic Alliance invites the community of Southeastern Connecticut to join in a day celebrating the exhibition and our connection. The festive day will include tours of the exhibition, fun creative art activities for all ages, music, dancing, drumming and food. Don’t miss this very special event! Free and open to all.
Gallery Talk
Arroyo on Ancestral Passage
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Imna Arroyo will discuss her work and heritage. This event is free and open to the public.
Free First Sundays
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, and the Hispanic Alliance of New London.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage
Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage
Imna Arroyo
Ancestral Passage
Multi-media installation
2004/2009
Ancestral Passage
Multi-media installation
2004/2009
Born and raised in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Imna Arroyo was educated in the United States and has been on a quest to visualize her heritage. Like so many other Puerto Ricans, she is of African and Taino descent and knowing little of those cultures, she journeyed to Cuba in search of her heritage. This installation, Ancestral Passage, is the result of her journeys.
Arroyo first visited Cuba six years ago and broadened her research into the African Diaspora. Her trips to Cuba and Africa inspired her to create this work that addresses the Diaspora while reconnecting and visualizing the orishas of the Yoruba culture.
Imna Arroyo has never been satisfied with merely illustrating her own physical presence in her art. Rather, she has used her work to express the profound richness of her heritage and the issues that confront her gender. Arroyo's journey reaches back to her ancestral heritage from Puerto Rico and Africa and forward to the global issues of empowerment of women today, creating a narrative journey in Ancestral Passage with the viewer as a participant.
Imna Arroyo is a Distinguished Professor of Art at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut. She studied at La Escuela de Artes Plasticas del Instituto de Cultura in San Juan, Puerto Rico and obtained her BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and her MFA from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Her work is in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art Library, Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, Yale University Art Gallery and the Schomberg Center for Research and Black Culture.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage Programs and Events:
Public Opening and Community Celebration
Saturday, September 12, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Lyman Allyn Art Museum and the Hispanic Alliance invites the community of Southeastern Connecticut to join in a day celebrating the exhibition and our connection. The festive day will include tours of the exhibition, fun creative art activities for all ages, music, dancing, drumming and food. Don’t miss this very special event! Free and open to all.
Gallery Talk
Arroyo on Ancestral Passage
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Imna Arroyo will discuss her work and heritage. This event is free and open to the public.
Free First Sundays
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Join us each month for a fun family day of free art activities, free snacks, and free admission! Art activities will utilize concepts and ideas from Imna Arroyo: Ancestral Passage, as well as Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul exhibition, also on view.
Sundays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm on the following dates:
October 4
November 1
December 6
January 3
February 7
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, and the Hispanic Alliance of New London.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
July 21, 2009
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Cuban culture has been characterized as an ajiaco or a rich stew consisting of a vast array of ingredients. It is this synthesis that is the essence of Cuban art and the subject of Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul. The exhibition seeks to interpret the diverse social dimensions of Cuban art in a global context through the exploration of its relationship with African, Asian, European, and indigenous influences and belief systems. This art incorporates the tales of the Orisha of Africa, the calligraphy of Chinese Tao Te Ching, and the rituals of indigenous peoples. The formats change, the materials vary, but the mix remains constant in both Cuban and Cuban American art. Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul is not only about Cuban art; it explores diaspora. In broader terms, this project addresses both the immigrant experience and the expression of cultural identity in a new place.
The curator, Dr. Gail Gelburd, a professor of art history at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut, writes, “Isolated and yet educated, restricted and yet heralded, the Cuban artist embodies the angst of their situation and yet embraces the loftiest of goals. Their syncretist tradition and heritage allows them to go beyond the monotheistic traditions in order to find the origins of their soul, the geist or inner spirit of their art.” Gelburd has been conducting research on Cuban art and artists for over fifteen years. She travels to Cuba regularly and has lectured there for the Havana Biennale, Havana University, and Casa Africa. Gelburd has received numerous grants and awards, including a Rockefeller Foundation grant to conduct research on Cuban art and she is publishing a book on Contemporary Cuban art. Her article “Cuba: The Art of Trading with the Enemy" was published in Art Journal in Spring 2009.
This exhibition consists of more than fifty objects, including paintings, works on paper, photographs, sculpture, installations, and audio works by more than twenty artists. Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul will feature such major figures in Cuban art as Wifredo Lam, Manuel Mendive, Jose Bedia and Sandra Ramos, among others.
Following its time on view in New London, Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul will travel to the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City and then on to the Hilliard Museum at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum and its partner The Hispanic Alliance of New London have planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul Programs and Events:
Public Opening and Community Celebration
Saturday, September 12, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Lyman Allyn Art Museum and its exhibition partner the Hispanic Alliance of New London invite the community of Southeastern Connecticut to join in a day celebrating the exhibition and our connection. The festive day will include tours of the exhibition, fun creative art activities for all ages, music, dancing, drumming and food.
Don’t miss this very special event! Free and open to all.
Gallery Talk
Cuba's art scene: Inside and out
Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 pm.
Guest Curator Gail Gelburd will relate the stories behind the art and the artists in the exhibition; their stories of success or censorship, displacement or blockade. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860.443.2545 x 112.
$5 members, $10 non-members.
Gallery Talk
Arroyo on Ancestral Passage
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Imna Arroyo, whose work is currently on view in the installation Ancestral Passage, which corresponds with Ajiaco, will discuss her work and heritage.
This event is free and open to the public.
La Noche Del Cine Hispano - Friday Night Hispanic Film Series
Join us at 6:30 pm on the third Friday of each month for a specially selected film in Spanish, with subtitles. Each month, we visit a different country and feature a different director. The Film Series will continue into June although the exhibition is no longer on view. Free with museum admission.
September 18 - Cuba: Lista de espera by Juan Carlos Tabío
October 16 - Mexico: La misma luna by Patricia Riggen
November 20 - Columbia: Sumas y restas by Víctor Gaviria
December 18 - Argentina: El hijo de la novia by Juan José Campanella
January 15 - Uruguay: El baño del Papa by César Charlone and Enrique Fernández
February 19 - Peru: Paloma de papel by Fabrizio Aguilar
March 19 – Ecuador: Qué tan lejos by Tania Hermida
April 16 - Chile: Machuca by Andres Wood
May 21 - Spain: Abrazos rotos by Pedro Almodóvar
June 18 - USA Latino: Sin nombre by Cary Fukunaga
Free First Sundays
Join us each month for a fun family day of free art activities, free snacks, and free admission! Art activities will utilize concepts and themes from the Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul exhibition. Sundays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm on the following dates: October 4
November 1
December 6
January 3
February 7
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul,
opening September 12, 2009 and on view through February 21, 2010. Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s partner, the Hispanic Alliance of New London, has provided support for this exhibition with its coordinating programs and events.Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul
Cuban culture has been characterized as an ajiaco or a rich stew consisting of a vast array of ingredients. It is this synthesis that is the essence of Cuban art and the subject of Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul. The exhibition seeks to interpret the diverse social dimensions of Cuban art in a global context through the exploration of its relationship with African, Asian, European, and indigenous influences and belief systems. This art incorporates the tales of the Orisha of Africa, the calligraphy of Chinese Tao Te Ching, and the rituals of indigenous peoples. The formats change, the materials vary, but the mix remains constant in both Cuban and Cuban American art. Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul is not only about Cuban art; it explores diaspora. In broader terms, this project addresses both the immigrant experience and the expression of cultural identity in a new place.
The curator, Dr. Gail Gelburd, a professor of art history at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut, writes, “Isolated and yet educated, restricted and yet heralded, the Cuban artist embodies the angst of their situation and yet embraces the loftiest of goals. Their syncretist tradition and heritage allows them to go beyond the monotheistic traditions in order to find the origins of their soul, the geist or inner spirit of their art.” Gelburd has been conducting research on Cuban art and artists for over fifteen years. She travels to Cuba regularly and has lectured there for the Havana Biennale, Havana University, and Casa Africa. Gelburd has received numerous grants and awards, including a Rockefeller Foundation grant to conduct research on Cuban art and she is publishing a book on Contemporary Cuban art. Her article “Cuba: The Art of Trading with the Enemy" was published in Art Journal in Spring 2009.
This exhibition consists of more than fifty objects, including paintings, works on paper, photographs, sculpture, installations, and audio works by more than twenty artists. Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul will feature such major figures in Cuban art as Wifredo Lam, Manuel Mendive, Jose Bedia and Sandra Ramos, among others.
Following its time on view in New London, Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul will travel to the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City and then on to the Hilliard Museum at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum and its partner The Hispanic Alliance of New London have planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul Programs and Events:
Public Opening and Community Celebration
Saturday, September 12, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Lyman Allyn Art Museum and its exhibition partner the Hispanic Alliance of New London invite the community of Southeastern Connecticut to join in a day celebrating the exhibition and our connection. The festive day will include tours of the exhibition, fun creative art activities for all ages, music, dancing, drumming and food.
Don’t miss this very special event! Free and open to all.
Gallery Talk
Cuba's art scene: Inside and out
Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 pm.
Guest Curator Gail Gelburd will relate the stories behind the art and the artists in the exhibition; their stories of success or censorship, displacement or blockade. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860.443.2545 x 112.
$5 members, $10 non-members.
Gallery Talk
Arroyo on Ancestral Passage
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Imna Arroyo, whose work is currently on view in the installation Ancestral Passage, which corresponds with Ajiaco, will discuss her work and heritage.
This event is free and open to the public.
La Noche Del Cine Hispano - Friday Night Hispanic Film Series
Join us at 6:30 pm on the third Friday of each month for a specially selected film in Spanish, with subtitles. Each month, we visit a different country and feature a different director. The Film Series will continue into June although the exhibition is no longer on view. Free with museum admission.
September 18 - Cuba: Lista de espera by Juan Carlos Tabío
October 16 - Mexico: La misma luna by Patricia Riggen
November 20 - Columbia: Sumas y restas by Víctor Gaviria
December 18 - Argentina: El hijo de la novia by Juan José Campanella
January 15 - Uruguay: El baño del Papa by César Charlone and Enrique Fernández
February 19 - Peru: Paloma de papel by Fabrizio Aguilar
March 19 – Ecuador: Qué tan lejos by Tania Hermida
April 16 - Chile: Machuca by Andres Wood
May 21 - Spain: Abrazos rotos by Pedro Almodóvar
June 18 - USA Latino: Sin nombre by Cary Fukunaga
Free First Sundays
Join us each month for a fun family day of free art activities, free snacks, and free admission! Art activities will utilize concepts and themes from the Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul exhibition. Sundays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm on the following dates: October 4
November 1
December 6
January 3
February 7
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Tomas Sanchez (b. 1948) Paisaje con Orilla, 1986 Oil on canvas, 70 ½ x 89 1/2” |
Manuel Mendive Se Alimenta mi Espiritu, 2007, Acrylic on canvas 64 ¾” x 95” |
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Jose Bedia Santo Oficio, 2003 Acrylic and oil on canvas, 35 x 114” |
April 9, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum is very pleased to present
An Evening With Sheila Lukins, a talk, book signing and reception with noted chef and author Sheila Lukins of Silver Palate cookbook fame. The museum event is in partnership with Bank Square Books of Mystic, Connecticut.
As an introduction to her new cookbook, Ten: All the Foods We Love and Ten Recipes for Each, Sheila Lukins will talk and take questions from 5:00 to 5:45 pm. Following her talk, from 5:45 to 7:00 pm, Lukins will participate in a book signing and reception in the museum library. The reception will feature a selection of tastings prepared by some of the best area restaurants and inspired by recipes in Ten. Among the restaurants that will cook from Lukins book are Captain Daniel Packer Inn, Azu, Noah’s, Mangetout and Mystic Soup Company. Copies of all Sheila Lukins cookbooks will be available for purchase, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the museum.
Admission for the talk is $5 for members of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and $10 for nonmembers. Seating is limited; please call to reserve seats (860) 443-2545 ext. 112. The reception and book signing is free and open to the public.
About the cookbook
Steak. Burgers. Salsa. Lobsters. Chocolate. Pasta. Ice cream. Shrimp. Comforting Sunday suppers for the fall; steaming bowls of intensely flavored stews for the winter; the first asparagus of spring; corn and tomatoes in the height of summer. These are the foods people are passionate about. Sheila Lukins identifies 32 that she considers a perfect 10. Then she obsessively offers the ten very best recipes for each, and voilá: Ten: All the Foods We Love and Ten Perfect Recipes for Each.
With 24 pages of full-color photographs, boxes of Sheila’s sage kitchen wisdom sprinkled throughout—featuring everything from choosing the best vanilla and picking the best pineapple to wine pairings-as well as charming commentary from Sheila, Ten is a celebration of the best of the best.
About Sheila Lukins
Sheila Lukins helped change the way Americans eat with her best-selling cookbook The Silver Palate Cookbook. She is also the co-author of Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook and The New Basics, coauthored with Julee Rosso. Her other delicious works include, All Around the World Cookbook, USA Cookbook and Celebrate! Lukins has received numerous awards for her contributions to the food world, including being inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook Hall of Fame. She is the long-time food editor and columnist for Parade magazine. She lives in New York City.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum presents
An Evening with Sheila Lukins
An Evening with Sheila Lukins
As an introduction to her new cookbook, Ten: All the Foods We Love and Ten Recipes for Each, Sheila Lukins will talk and take questions from 5:00 to 5:45 pm. Following her talk, from 5:45 to 7:00 pm, Lukins will participate in a book signing and reception in the museum library. The reception will feature a selection of tastings prepared by some of the best area restaurants and inspired by recipes in Ten. Among the restaurants that will cook from Lukins book are Captain Daniel Packer Inn, Azu, Noah’s, Mangetout and Mystic Soup Company. Copies of all Sheila Lukins cookbooks will be available for purchase, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the museum.
Admission for the talk is $5 for members of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and $10 for nonmembers. Seating is limited; please call to reserve seats (860) 443-2545 ext. 112. The reception and book signing is free and open to the public.
About the cookbook
Steak. Burgers. Salsa. Lobsters. Chocolate. Pasta. Ice cream. Shrimp. Comforting Sunday suppers for the fall; steaming bowls of intensely flavored stews for the winter; the first asparagus of spring; corn and tomatoes in the height of summer. These are the foods people are passionate about. Sheila Lukins identifies 32 that she considers a perfect 10. Then she obsessively offers the ten very best recipes for each, and voilá: Ten: All the Foods We Love and Ten Perfect Recipes for Each.
With 24 pages of full-color photographs, boxes of Sheila’s sage kitchen wisdom sprinkled throughout—featuring everything from choosing the best vanilla and picking the best pineapple to wine pairings-as well as charming commentary from Sheila, Ten is a celebration of the best of the best.
About Sheila Lukins
Sheila Lukins helped change the way Americans eat with her best-selling cookbook The Silver Palate Cookbook. She is also the co-author of Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook and The New Basics, coauthored with Julee Rosso. Her other delicious works include, All Around the World Cookbook, USA Cookbook and Celebrate! Lukins has received numerous awards for her contributions to the food world, including being inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook Hall of Fame. She is the long-time food editor and columnist for Parade magazine. She lives in New York City.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
February 11, 2009
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line, opening March 7 and on view through August 23, 2009.
Elizabeth Enders was born and raised in New London, Connecticut so it is a special honor for the Museum to mount the first retrospective of this important contemporary American artist. Five decades of Enders’ work will be on view ranging from marine landscapes to large language-based paintings to small, intimate watercolor botanicals.
Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line is curated by Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Kotik has been praised by the New York Times as “the unofficial but undisputed top talent scout” for artists in New York City. Kotik will present a lecture Elizabeth Enders: The Line Revisited on Thursday, April 2.
Curator Kotik comments on Enders’ work: “Lyrical and meditative, Elizabeth Enders heightens our curiosity to learn more about the world around us, to penetrate deeper into the often-concealed magic of simple everyday experiences. The power of Enders’ artistic persuasion energizes our perception to see the beauty in the simple willow twig as much as in the magnificence of the ocean.”
The exhibition is accompanied by an 80-page exhibition catalogue Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/ Language/Line that features an essay written by Guest Curator Charlotta Kotik, an interview with Elia by Irving Sandler, pre-eminent American Art Historian, and a foreward by Nancy Stula, Director of the Museum. The catalog sells for $18 and is available in the Museum shop.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line Programs and Events:
Lectures
Elizabeth Enders: The Line Revisited
Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:00 pm.
Charlotta Kotik, Guest Curator of the exhibition and Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Kotik has known the artist for some time, making her insights particularly enlightening when visitors view the exhibition and then come to the lecture. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860.443.2545 x 112. $5 members, $10 non-members.
Chastity, Love, and Transcendence: Gardens and Flowers in Art
Thursday, June 4, 6:00 pm.
Robert Baldwin, Professor of Art History at Connecticut College, will present the lecture Chastity, Love, and Transcendence: Gardens and Flowers in Art and contextualize Enders’ botanicals within the history of garden and flower images. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860. 443. 2545 x 112. $5 members, $10 non-members.
Symposium
The State of American Museums.
Wednesday, April 8, 4:00 pm.
Offered by Connecticut College in conjunction with the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and to be held in Evans Hall on the college campus. Symposium participants include Jock Reynolds, Director of Yale University Art Gallery and Agnes Gund, President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Please call Debbie Radachy at 860-439-2740 for more information.
Films
Saturday, March 21, 1:00 pm, Great Women Artists Films Series: Mary Cassatt
Saturday, April 18, 1:00 pm, Great Women Artists Films Series: Georgia O’Keeffe
Saturday, May 23, 1:00 pm, Great Women Artists Films Series: Frida Kahlo
Free with museum admission.
Children’s Programs
Abstract Painting Workshop for Children, Saturday, March 28, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
This workshop will allow children ages 6-12 to explore a variety of abstract painting techniques, inspired by the Elizabeth Enders exhibition. Space is limited and reservations required 860. 443.2545 x 110. $10 per child.
Free First Sundays
Join us for a fun family day of free art activities, free snacks, and free admission! Art activities will utilize concepts and ideas from the Elizabeth Enders exhibition.
Sunday, April 5, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Call Jane Seney, Education Director, to schedule tours: 860-443-2545, x 110 or e-mail at seney@lymanallyn.org.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
Elizabeth Enders:
Landscape/Language/Line
Elizabeth Enders:
Landscape/Language/Line
This is a Public Beach III
1972 *
Acrylic on canvas
47 x 72 inches
1972 *
Acrylic on canvas
47 x 72 inches
Iris/Peony/Chive II, Day I
2007 *
Colored pencil, pencil on paper
14 x 11 inches
2007 *
Colored pencil, pencil on paper
14 x 11 inches
Elizabeth Enders was born and raised in New London, Connecticut so it is a special honor for the Museum to mount the first retrospective of this important contemporary American artist. Five decades of Enders’ work will be on view ranging from marine landscapes to large language-based paintings to small, intimate watercolor botanicals.
Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line is curated by Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Kotik has been praised by the New York Times as “the unofficial but undisputed top talent scout” for artists in New York City. Kotik will present a lecture Elizabeth Enders: The Line Revisited on Thursday, April 2.
Curator Kotik comments on Enders’ work: “Lyrical and meditative, Elizabeth Enders heightens our curiosity to learn more about the world around us, to penetrate deeper into the often-concealed magic of simple everyday experiences. The power of Enders’ artistic persuasion energizes our perception to see the beauty in the simple willow twig as much as in the magnificence of the ocean.”
The exhibition is accompanied by an 80-page exhibition catalogue Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/ Language/Line that features an essay written by Guest Curator Charlotta Kotik, an interview with Elia by Irving Sandler, pre-eminent American Art Historian, and a foreward by Nancy Stula, Director of the Museum. The catalog sells for $18 and is available in the Museum shop.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line Programs and Events:
Lectures
Elizabeth Enders: The Line Revisited
Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:00 pm.
Charlotta Kotik, Guest Curator of the exhibition and Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Kotik has known the artist for some time, making her insights particularly enlightening when visitors view the exhibition and then come to the lecture. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860.443.2545 x 112. $5 members, $10 non-members.
Chastity, Love, and Transcendence: Gardens and Flowers in Art
Thursday, June 4, 6:00 pm.
Robert Baldwin, Professor of Art History at Connecticut College, will present the lecture Chastity, Love, and Transcendence: Gardens and Flowers in Art and contextualize Enders’ botanicals within the history of garden and flower images. Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860. 443. 2545 x 112. $5 members, $10 non-members.
Symposium
The State of American Museums.
Wednesday, April 8, 4:00 pm.
Offered by Connecticut College in conjunction with the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and to be held in Evans Hall on the college campus. Symposium participants include Jock Reynolds, Director of Yale University Art Gallery and Agnes Gund, President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Please call Debbie Radachy at 860-439-2740 for more information.
Films
Saturday, March 21, 1:00 pm, Great Women Artists Films Series: Mary Cassatt
Saturday, April 18, 1:00 pm, Great Women Artists Films Series: Georgia O’Keeffe
Saturday, May 23, 1:00 pm, Great Women Artists Films Series: Frida Kahlo
Free with museum admission.
Children’s Programs
Abstract Painting Workshop for Children, Saturday, March 28, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
This workshop will allow children ages 6-12 to explore a variety of abstract painting techniques, inspired by the Elizabeth Enders exhibition. Space is limited and reservations required 860. 443.2545 x 110. $10 per child.
Free First Sundays
Join us for a fun family day of free art activities, free snacks, and free admission! Art activities will utilize concepts and ideas from the Elizabeth Enders exhibition.
Sunday, April 5, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Call Jane Seney, Education Director, to schedule tours: 860-443-2545, x 110 or e-mail at seney@lymanallyn.org.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
February 10, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum has announced today that Dr. Nancy Stula has been appointed Director. Stula has served as Interim Director for the past year. She has been an active and vital member of the Museum staff since her arrival in 2003 when she was appointed Deputy Director and Curator. Through programming and exhibitions, Stula has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to making the Museum’s offerings relevant to the greater New London community. Her most recent curatorial project, devoted to the little-known Hudson River School artist and Transcendentalist Christopher Pearse Cranch, was widely acclaimed in the national and local press.
Dr. William A. Lieber, President of the Board of Trustees of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, comments about the appointment, "Representing the full membership of the Museum's Board, I am very pleased to announce that Nancy Stula has been named the new Director of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. We have had the good fortune to have her energy and commitment benefit the Museum since 2003, first as Curator and, most recently, this past year as interim Director. She has clearly demonstrated a deep knowledge of the Museum's resources, a broad understanding of the community we serve, and ease in the wider art world. She has stepped up this year to provide imaginative leadership of the 77-year old institution. As we move forward to become an even more dynamic resource relevant to our community and region, we are most delighted to have Nancy assume full responsibility as Director."
In accepting the position of Director, Stula stated, “I am thrilled to take on this new level of responsibility. The Museum has an outstanding staff and an important collection. We have always been an integral part of New London and Southeastern Connecticut and I look forward, in the months ahead, to strengthening our commitment to the community and to providing educational opportunities for children and their families.”
Nancy Stula, 47, was raised in Colchester, Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. Stula previously worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the Department of American Paintings and taught at the University of Hartford. Stula lives in Old Lyme with her husband and son.
The many successes during Stula’s tenure as Interim Director in 2008 have covered a broad range of projects and exhibitions. The Museum team completed a major renovation project supported by a Bond from the State of Connecticut that included the upgrade of the main Museum building as well as the historic Deshon Allyn House on the Museum grounds. In November 2008, the Lyman Allyn launched the After School Arts and Literacy Program, sponsored by a four-year challenge grant from a New York foundation. In partnership with the Drop-in Learning Center in New London, the Museum offers a curriculum-based after school program for elementary school students that provides both enrichment in the arts and academic support. An important component of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to make art accessible, engaging and relevant to adults and children of all ages in our community.
The Lyman Allyn’s Fall 2008 exhibition, Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic, featured large, highly detailed photographs and attracted diverse new audiences. The Museum posted an increase in visitorship of 18% and opened the doors seven days a week to accommodate the demand of school field trips. Looking ahead, the Lyman Allyn will mount several important and diverse exhibitions in 2009, including Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line, a retrospective exhibition of Enders’ work from the past five decades, and Remembering Charles Chu, a tribute to the beloved artist and Connecticut College professor who so engaged the Southeastern Connecticut community.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Dr. Nancy Stula Named Director at Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Director Dr. Nancy Stula
Photo courtesy Joe Standart
Photo courtesy Joe Standart
Dr. William A. Lieber, President of the Board of Trustees of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, comments about the appointment, "Representing the full membership of the Museum's Board, I am very pleased to announce that Nancy Stula has been named the new Director of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. We have had the good fortune to have her energy and commitment benefit the Museum since 2003, first as Curator and, most recently, this past year as interim Director. She has clearly demonstrated a deep knowledge of the Museum's resources, a broad understanding of the community we serve, and ease in the wider art world. She has stepped up this year to provide imaginative leadership of the 77-year old institution. As we move forward to become an even more dynamic resource relevant to our community and region, we are most delighted to have Nancy assume full responsibility as Director."
In accepting the position of Director, Stula stated, “I am thrilled to take on this new level of responsibility. The Museum has an outstanding staff and an important collection. We have always been an integral part of New London and Southeastern Connecticut and I look forward, in the months ahead, to strengthening our commitment to the community and to providing educational opportunities for children and their families.”
Nancy Stula, 47, was raised in Colchester, Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. Stula previously worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the Department of American Paintings and taught at the University of Hartford. Stula lives in Old Lyme with her husband and son.
The many successes during Stula’s tenure as Interim Director in 2008 have covered a broad range of projects and exhibitions. The Museum team completed a major renovation project supported by a Bond from the State of Connecticut that included the upgrade of the main Museum building as well as the historic Deshon Allyn House on the Museum grounds. In November 2008, the Lyman Allyn launched the After School Arts and Literacy Program, sponsored by a four-year challenge grant from a New York foundation. In partnership with the Drop-in Learning Center in New London, the Museum offers a curriculum-based after school program for elementary school students that provides both enrichment in the arts and academic support. An important component of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to make art accessible, engaging and relevant to adults and children of all ages in our community.
The Lyman Allyn’s Fall 2008 exhibition, Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic, featured large, highly detailed photographs and attracted diverse new audiences. The Museum posted an increase in visitorship of 18% and opened the doors seven days a week to accommodate the demand of school field trips. Looking ahead, the Lyman Allyn will mount several important and diverse exhibitions in 2009, including Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line, a retrospective exhibition of Enders’ work from the past five decades, and Remembering Charles Chu, a tribute to the beloved artist and Connecticut College professor who so engaged the Southeastern Connecticut community.
February 9, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, opening on February 24 and on view through November 30, 2008. Curated by Zina Davis, Director of the Joseloff Gallery at the University of Hartford, this exhibition features word and symbol based art from the Museum’s permanent collection.
Language is often incorporated into works of art in ways that encourage the viewer to consider the meaning of words and symbols in relation to the visual experience. Some works ask the viewer to read the text provided, as in Sophie’s Advice, an assemblage by Maureen McCabe, where paragraphs from an almanac contextualize the image within the patterns of women’s history. Louise McCagg’s Circle Book, a recent acquisition by the Museum, is a cylindrical sculpture that is also a book, allowing words and images to blur together as it spins.
In some works of art, the viewer must look closely even to locate the words and symbols, while in others, text – letters, words, sentences - plays a prominent role. For Elizabeth Enders, the words are the art. In her print, Untitled / Formula I, which transcribes the formula for acceleration, Enders focuses on the calligraphic potential of the letters, numbers, and symbols. Works by Jim Dine, Howardina Pindell and Andy Warhol are also featured.
Although words and symbols are frequently found in contemporary art, What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum demonstrates that there is also a strong historical precedent for works of art that integrate text with image. Language plays a dominant role in the early American sampler, the medieval illuminated manuscript, and the Farsi marriage document; all were intended to be read. Symbols are prominently featured on the 19th century Chinese bronze ritual vessel, the ancient Roman pottery, the ancient Egyptian falcon mummy sarcophagus and two ushabti figures, all of which are on view in this exhibition. These symbol-laden works relay information that would have been easily “read” by the people who used these objects. Language is seamlessly integrated into these art objects and the result is a unity of aesthetic and purpose.
Coordinating programming for What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum includes the following:
Free First Sundays
Join us for a fun family day of free art activities that coordinate with the current exhibit, free snacks, and free admission!
March 1, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
April 5, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
May 3, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
June 7, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Saturday, March 28, 1 pm
Film: Helvetica
In conjunction the current exhibition, What’s the Word, the Museum is screening this fascinating and acclaimed documentary that examines how and why the Helvetica font has become the most popular font in the world. Interviews with designers and artists offer insight into the development, use and universal acceptance of Helvetica as the typeface of choice for everything from writing letters to creating corporate logos. Free with Museum admission.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Call Jane Seney, Education Director, for more information or to schedule tours: 860.443.2545, ext 110.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens in New London
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens in New London
Loiuse McCagg
Circle Book, 2001
Paper, walnut, and aluminum
Circle Book, 2001
Paper, walnut, and aluminum
Maureen McCabe
Sophie’s Advice, 2005
Mixed media on paper
Sophie’s Advice, 2005
Mixed media on paper
Language is often incorporated into works of art in ways that encourage the viewer to consider the meaning of words and symbols in relation to the visual experience. Some works ask the viewer to read the text provided, as in Sophie’s Advice, an assemblage by Maureen McCabe, where paragraphs from an almanac contextualize the image within the patterns of women’s history. Louise McCagg’s Circle Book, a recent acquisition by the Museum, is a cylindrical sculpture that is also a book, allowing words and images to blur together as it spins.
In some works of art, the viewer must look closely even to locate the words and symbols, while in others, text – letters, words, sentences - plays a prominent role. For Elizabeth Enders, the words are the art. In her print, Untitled / Formula I, which transcribes the formula for acceleration, Enders focuses on the calligraphic potential of the letters, numbers, and symbols. Works by Jim Dine, Howardina Pindell and Andy Warhol are also featured.
Although words and symbols are frequently found in contemporary art, What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum demonstrates that there is also a strong historical precedent for works of art that integrate text with image. Language plays a dominant role in the early American sampler, the medieval illuminated manuscript, and the Farsi marriage document; all were intended to be read. Symbols are prominently featured on the 19th century Chinese bronze ritual vessel, the ancient Roman pottery, the ancient Egyptian falcon mummy sarcophagus and two ushabti figures, all of which are on view in this exhibition. These symbol-laden works relay information that would have been easily “read” by the people who used these objects. Language is seamlessly integrated into these art objects and the result is a unity of aesthetic and purpose.
Coordinating programming for What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum includes the following:
Free First Sundays
Join us for a fun family day of free art activities that coordinate with the current exhibit, free snacks, and free admission!
March 1, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
April 5, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
May 3, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
June 7, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Saturday, March 28, 1 pm
Film: Helvetica
In conjunction the current exhibition, What’s the Word, the Museum is screening this fascinating and acclaimed documentary that examines how and why the Helvetica font has become the most popular font in the world. Interviews with designers and artists offer insight into the development, use and universal acceptance of Helvetica as the typeface of choice for everything from writing letters to creating corporate logos. Free with Museum admission.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Call Jane Seney, Education Director, for more information or to schedule tours: 860.443.2545, ext 110.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
February 2, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Remembering Charles Chu.
Charles Chi-Jung Chu (1918-2008) was a master painter, calligrapher, scholar and professor emeritus of Chinese at Connecticut College. Chu was a highly respected and beloved member of the Southeastern Connecticut community. He was a professor at Connecticut College for 19 years and was responsible for introducing the study of Mandarin Chinese to the campus in 1965. Charles Chu was as well known for his landscape watercolors as he was for his whimsical painted depictions of the college campus and of the college’s camel mascot.
As a tribute to the life and creativity of Charles Chu, the Museum, along with the Departments of Art History and Architectural Studies and the Charles E. Shain Library, will co-sponsor two special exhibitions of paintings by Charles Chu. The artworks in the exhibitions will be on loan from the private collections of Connecticut College faculty, staff, alumni and members of the New London community.
Remembering Charles Chu will open at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum on Sunday February 8 and remain on view through April 12. Remembering Charles Chu: A Special Exhibition of Love and Friendship will open in the Chu Reading Room at the Connecticut College Library, on Sunday, February 8 and remain on view through April 20, 2009. Exhibition Guest Curator Professor Qiang Ning is the Chu-Niblack Associate Professor of Asian Art and Curator of the Chu-Griffis Collection of Asian Art at Connecticut College.
Members of the college community and local communities in southeastern Connecticut are invited to attend the opening ceremony and reception at 4:30 pm on Sunday, February 8, 2009. For more information, contact Professor Qiang Ning at qning@conncoll.edu or Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545 ext. 130.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer Inc, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
dedicated to Charles Chu
dedicated to Charles Chu
Charles Chu
There is No Place Like Home
n. d.
Ink on rice paper
There is No Place Like Home
n. d.
Ink on rice paper
Charles Chi-Jung Chu (1918-2008) was a master painter, calligrapher, scholar and professor emeritus of Chinese at Connecticut College. Chu was a highly respected and beloved member of the Southeastern Connecticut community. He was a professor at Connecticut College for 19 years and was responsible for introducing the study of Mandarin Chinese to the campus in 1965. Charles Chu was as well known for his landscape watercolors as he was for his whimsical painted depictions of the college campus and of the college’s camel mascot.
As a tribute to the life and creativity of Charles Chu, the Museum, along with the Departments of Art History and Architectural Studies and the Charles E. Shain Library, will co-sponsor two special exhibitions of paintings by Charles Chu. The artworks in the exhibitions will be on loan from the private collections of Connecticut College faculty, staff, alumni and members of the New London community.
Remembering Charles Chu will open at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum on Sunday February 8 and remain on view through April 12. Remembering Charles Chu: A Special Exhibition of Love and Friendship will open in the Chu Reading Room at the Connecticut College Library, on Sunday, February 8 and remain on view through April 20, 2009. Exhibition Guest Curator Professor Qiang Ning is the Chu-Niblack Associate Professor of Asian Art and Curator of the Chu-Griffis Collection of Asian Art at Connecticut College.
Members of the college community and local communities in southeastern Connecticut are invited to attend the opening ceremony and reception at 4:30 pm on Sunday, February 8, 2009. For more information, contact Professor Qiang Ning at qning@conncoll.edu or Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545 ext. 130.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer Inc, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
October 10, 2008
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum is very pleased to announce that the monumental sculpture Star and Sea, designed by artist and Connecticut native Allyson Holtz, will be moved to its new home on the front lawn of the museum on October 23, 2008.
Built in 1981, the 25’ x 12’ x 12’, eight ton Cor-ten steel sculpture will be relocated from the parklet adjacent to the Water St. parking garage to make way for the renovated Parade Plaza. The sculpture, fabricated by the former Thames Valley Steel Co, was the Company’s gift to the City of New London.
The monumental sculpture Star and Sea is a site-specific work that Holtz created to reflect the rich history and character of New London. She comments, “Because its harbor was considered the best deep water harbor on Long Island Sound, the city became a base of American Naval operations during the Revolutionary War. Then, in the 19th century, it grew to be the second busiest whaling port in the world. The original location of the sculpture - overlooking the Thames River and beyond it, Long Island Sound - points to the significance of water, the sea, submarines, and sailing ships.”
Holtz explains her design was inspired by nautical instruments: “I connected to nautical instruments of measurement: the quadrant and the sextant. The triangularity of the instruments and the shapes of sails were my visual starting points. These instruments were the vital guides directing mariners from New London to all parts of the globe and back. With troops from this region serving on many different fronts overseas, I see the work as an ‘emblem of safe return’ and as important now as it was to the early travelers.”
The artist continues, “I envisioned Star and Sea as a metaphorical instrument, projecting imaginary lines through time and space; connecting the City to its history, anchoring it to its present and projecting it into its future.”
The late George Plimpton, actor, author, and editor-in-chief of the Paris Review, dedicated the sculpture during New London’s 1981 Sailfest. At the dedication, Plimpton said he envied sculptors because they “can produce vast pieces of lasting work” and went on to say that Star and Sea “has caught the spirit and technology of the harbor.”
Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to be the repository of this sculpture, on long-term loan from the City of New London. A dedication ceremony will be held in the Spring of 2009.
Allyson Holtz is a third generation Connecticut artist who currently resides and works in Pittsburgh, PA. Following studies at The Hartford Art School, Holtz trained as a structural welder at General Dynamic’s Electric Boat Division and went into the Groton shipyard as a nuclear submarines fabricator. Her interest in this intense hands-on experience led her to studies in the History of American Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a graduate degree from Wesleyan University.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum new home of monumental sculpture
Star and Sea by Allyson Holtz
Star and Sea by Allyson Holtz
Built in 1981, the 25’ x 12’ x 12’, eight ton Cor-ten steel sculpture will be relocated from the parklet adjacent to the Water St. parking garage to make way for the renovated Parade Plaza. The sculpture, fabricated by the former Thames Valley Steel Co, was the Company’s gift to the City of New London.
The monumental sculpture Star and Sea is a site-specific work that Holtz created to reflect the rich history and character of New London. She comments, “Because its harbor was considered the best deep water harbor on Long Island Sound, the city became a base of American Naval operations during the Revolutionary War. Then, in the 19th century, it grew to be the second busiest whaling port in the world. The original location of the sculpture - overlooking the Thames River and beyond it, Long Island Sound - points to the significance of water, the sea, submarines, and sailing ships.”
Holtz explains her design was inspired by nautical instruments: “I connected to nautical instruments of measurement: the quadrant and the sextant. The triangularity of the instruments and the shapes of sails were my visual starting points. These instruments were the vital guides directing mariners from New London to all parts of the globe and back. With troops from this region serving on many different fronts overseas, I see the work as an ‘emblem of safe return’ and as important now as it was to the early travelers.”
The artist continues, “I envisioned Star and Sea as a metaphorical instrument, projecting imaginary lines through time and space; connecting the City to its history, anchoring it to its present and projecting it into its future.”
The late George Plimpton, actor, author, and editor-in-chief of the Paris Review, dedicated the sculpture during New London’s 1981 Sailfest. At the dedication, Plimpton said he envied sculptors because they “can produce vast pieces of lasting work” and went on to say that Star and Sea “has caught the spirit and technology of the harbor.”
Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to be the repository of this sculpture, on long-term loan from the City of New London. A dedication ceremony will be held in the Spring of 2009.
Allyson Holtz is a third generation Connecticut artist who currently resides and works in Pittsburgh, PA. Following studies at The Hartford Art School, Holtz trained as a structural welder at General Dynamic’s Electric Boat Division and went into the Groton shipyard as a nuclear submarines fabricator. Her interest in this intense hands-on experience led her to studies in the History of American Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a graduate degree from Wesleyan University.
For more information or to request images, please contact Susan Hendricks at 860.443.2545, ext 130 or at hendricks@lymanallyn.org.
August 14, 2008
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Museums around the world regularly face the challenge of engaging audiences from their surrounding communities and have been adopting a more democratic approach when dealing with interpretation in their galleries. At the Tate Britain, any visitor can submit language for
wall text to be displayed alongside a world-renowned work of art. At the Brooklyn Museum of Art, a young student’s reaction to an Egyptian sculpture is displayed alongside text from one
of the museum’s curators. Increasingly, museums recognize the importance of honoring
voices from the community as a way to engage audiences from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum will join this prestigious list of world-class museums when it premiers Community Comment on September 7. The exhibition will be on view through December 31, 2008.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is dedicated to engaging and responding to the regional community. The concept of Community Comment is to select several members of the surrounding community and invite them in to view the museum’s permanent collection, along with the museum’s Registrar. They will choose an artwork that resonates for them or captures their attention in a specific way. Participants will then create an essay, poem or other written work that explains how and/or why the artwork “spoke” to them. The artworks will be installed on the museum’s main floor, along with wall text including the written comments by the participants about their selections.
The Community Comment exhibition will launch with these Southeast Connecticut community members:
Joshua Chang:
A fourth grade student at the Old Saybrook Middle School and winner of the museum’s 2007 “Name the Falcon Mummy” Contest
Christopher Clouet:
New London resident and community “cheerleader” as well as Superintendent of the New London School System
Jane Glover:
Formerly mayor of New London and currently Director of Kente Cultural Center
Mirna Martinez:
New London resident and teacher at the Dual Language Arts School in New London
A celebration for the opening of Community Comment, as well as the exhibition Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic, will take place from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 7. The event is free and open to the public.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer Inc, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum launches new exhibition project
Community Comment
Community Comment
Jane Glover and her selection Self Portrait: Thinking of Van Gogh by Harris Rodvogin.
Lyman Allyn Art Museum will join this prestigious list of world-class museums when it premiers Community Comment on September 7. The exhibition will be on view through December 31, 2008.
Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is dedicated to engaging and responding to the regional community. The concept of Community Comment is to select several members of the surrounding community and invite them in to view the museum’s permanent collection, along with the museum’s Registrar. They will choose an artwork that resonates for them or captures their attention in a specific way. Participants will then create an essay, poem or other written work that explains how and/or why the artwork “spoke” to them. The artworks will be installed on the museum’s main floor, along with wall text including the written comments by the participants about their selections.
The Community Comment exhibition will launch with these Southeast Connecticut community members:
Joshua Chang:
A fourth grade student at the Old Saybrook Middle School and winner of the museum’s 2007 “Name the Falcon Mummy” Contest
Christopher Clouet:
New London resident and community “cheerleader” as well as Superintendent of the New London School System
Jane Glover:
Formerly mayor of New London and currently Director of Kente Cultural Center
Mirna Martinez:
New London resident and teacher at the Dual Language Arts School in New London
A celebration for the opening of Community Comment, as well as the exhibition Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic, will take place from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 7. The event is free and open to the public.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer Inc, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
July 14, 2008
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic, opening September 6, 2008 and on view through January 26, 2009.
The playful, inventive, and interactive world of best-selling author and photographer Walter Wick is the subject of this exciting exhibition. Walter Wick is the co-creator (with Jean Marzollo) of I Spy and the creator of the Can You See What I See? books for children, published by Scholastic, both of which are long-time national best-sellers. Most of Wick’s books challenge readers to solve visual riddles or puzzles created from the thousands of props he has collected at his studio, a renovated firehouse in the Hartford’s south end. His photographic style, one of precision and detail, will alter the viewer’s sense of visual perception.
For Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic, more than sixty of Wick’s large-scale photographs and examples of his sets will fill the museum’s second floor. “The photographs will be enlarged to five or six feet wide with details, colors and tones not possible in book reproductions,” says Wick, noting that the exhibition will present a “playful sense of scale, space and the unexpected.” He honed his skills while working in a commercial studio for several years, experimenting with mirrors, time exposures, multiple exposures, photo composites and other tricks. “Some 30 years later, all the techniques, tinkering and experiments are folded into my work,” Wick comments.
A very special component of this exhibition will be some of the original sets from Wick’s newest book, Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night, to be published this August by Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic. In this adaptation of the classic folktale In a Dark, Dark Wood, Walter Wick has taken his photographic technique to new levels in a bold search-and-find book that combines spooky folktales, clever rhymes, and stunning images. Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night will take readers on a hair-raising journey through a creepy town all the way up to the highest tower in an eerie old castle. At several events in September and October, visitors will have the opportunity to meet Walter Wick and have him sign their copy of his new book.
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic will delight museum visitors and will be a stimulating experience for the eye as well as the mind. Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic Programs and Events:
Sunday, September 7, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Kid-friendly refreshments and lots of fun!
Sunday, September 21, 1 - 3 pm
Whittle Like Walter
Learn how to carve figures, animals and buildings in soap, wax and clay!
Ages 6-12. $3 per child.
Sunday, October 5, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, October 19, 1 - 5 pm
Meet the Artist Talk – Special Event
Come meet Walter Wick and learn how he makes the amazing pictures in his books.
Walter Wick will also be available to sign his new book Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night.
Free and open to the public.
Sunday, October 26, 1 - 5 pm – Special Event!
Scary Scary Night
In honor of Walter Wick’s new book Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night, please join us for a festive day of Halloween activities including mask making and jack-o-lantern carving. A special twilight tour of the Doll Collection will be offered! Come dressed to impress because there will be prizes for the best costume!
$5 per person.
Sunday, November 2, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, November 16, 1 - 3 pm
The Art of Illusion
Taking a cue from Walter Wick, this art activity, led by our museum educator, is designed for kids ages 8-14 to learn how to create optical illusions that dazzle the eye!
$3 per person.
Sunday, December 7, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, December 14, 1 - 3 pm
Riddle Me This! Game Day at the Museum
After the challenge of an I-Spy, get competitive with board games and puzzles!
Get some holiday shopping done in the Museum gift shop – including Walter Wick books, puzzles, games and calendars for your favorite child. Members’ double discount day.
$3 per child.
Sunday, January 4, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, January 11, 1 - 3 pm
Whittle Like Walter
Learn how to carve figures, animals and buildings in soap, wax and clay!
Ages 6-12. $3 per child.
Sunday, January 25, 1 - 5 pm
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic Send-off Celebration
One last chance to see the show!
Free for all – join us!
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups.
Special Can You See What I See and I Spy birthday parties for children will be available.
Call Jane Seney, Education Director, for more information or to schedule tours and/or parties: 860-443-2545, x 110.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Mohegan Tribe and Mohegan Sun Casino, the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer Inc, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic has been organized by the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
Walter Wick:
Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic
Walter Wick:
Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic
Water Wicks and Castle
Walter Wicks
Puss in Botts
Puss in Botts
The playful, inventive, and interactive world of best-selling author and photographer Walter Wick is the subject of this exciting exhibition. Walter Wick is the co-creator (with Jean Marzollo) of I Spy and the creator of the Can You See What I See? books for children, published by Scholastic, both of which are long-time national best-sellers. Most of Wick’s books challenge readers to solve visual riddles or puzzles created from the thousands of props he has collected at his studio, a renovated firehouse in the Hartford’s south end. His photographic style, one of precision and detail, will alter the viewer’s sense of visual perception.
For Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic, more than sixty of Wick’s large-scale photographs and examples of his sets will fill the museum’s second floor. “The photographs will be enlarged to five or six feet wide with details, colors and tones not possible in book reproductions,” says Wick, noting that the exhibition will present a “playful sense of scale, space and the unexpected.” He honed his skills while working in a commercial studio for several years, experimenting with mirrors, time exposures, multiple exposures, photo composites and other tricks. “Some 30 years later, all the techniques, tinkering and experiments are folded into my work,” Wick comments.
A very special component of this exhibition will be some of the original sets from Wick’s newest book, Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night, to be published this August by Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic. In this adaptation of the classic folktale In a Dark, Dark Wood, Walter Wick has taken his photographic technique to new levels in a bold search-and-find book that combines spooky folktales, clever rhymes, and stunning images. Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night will take readers on a hair-raising journey through a creepy town all the way up to the highest tower in an eerie old castle. At several events in September and October, visitors will have the opportunity to meet Walter Wick and have him sign their copy of his new book.
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic will delight museum visitors and will be a stimulating experience for the eye as well as the mind. Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community. In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition. The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic Programs and Events:
Sunday, September 7, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Kid-friendly refreshments and lots of fun!
Sunday, September 21, 1 - 3 pm
Whittle Like Walter
Learn how to carve figures, animals and buildings in soap, wax and clay!
Ages 6-12. $3 per child.
Sunday, October 5, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, October 19, 1 - 5 pm
Meet the Artist Talk – Special Event
Come meet Walter Wick and learn how he makes the amazing pictures in his books.
Walter Wick will also be available to sign his new book Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night.
Free and open to the public.
Sunday, October 26, 1 - 5 pm – Special Event!
Scary Scary Night
In honor of Walter Wick’s new book Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night, please join us for a festive day of Halloween activities including mask making and jack-o-lantern carving. A special twilight tour of the Doll Collection will be offered! Come dressed to impress because there will be prizes for the best costume!
$5 per person.
Sunday, November 2, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, November 16, 1 - 3 pm
The Art of Illusion
Taking a cue from Walter Wick, this art activity, led by our museum educator, is designed for kids ages 8-14 to learn how to create optical illusions that dazzle the eye!
$3 per person.
Sunday, December 7, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, December 14, 1 - 3 pm
Riddle Me This! Game Day at the Museum
After the challenge of an I-Spy, get competitive with board games and puzzles!
Get some holiday shopping done in the Museum gift shop – including Walter Wick books, puzzles, games and calendars for your favorite child. Members’ double discount day.
$3 per child.
Sunday, January 4, 1 - 4 pm
Free First Sunday: Can You See What I See Extravaganza
Free art activities, I-Spys in the galleries, and puzzles and games throughout the day!
Sunday, January 11, 1 - 3 pm
Whittle Like Walter
Learn how to carve figures, animals and buildings in soap, wax and clay!
Ages 6-12. $3 per child.
Sunday, January 25, 1 - 5 pm
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic Send-off Celebration
One last chance to see the show!
Free for all – join us!
Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups.
Special Can You See What I See and I Spy birthday parties for children will be available.
Call Jane Seney, Education Director, for more information or to schedule tours and/or parties: 860-443-2545, x 110.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Mohegan Tribe and Mohegan Sun Casino, the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer Inc, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic has been organized by the New Britain Museum of American Art.
April 30, 2008
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes, opening on May 31 and on view through August 17, 2008. The opening reception is on Saturday, May 31 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and is open to the public.
Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes presents the recent work of the Essex-based photographer. These stunning and evocative black and white photographs were taken on Harron’s 2007 trip to Morocco. Harron and his French-born wife Colette, as translator, went to Morocco for three weeks for the sole purpose of photographing the stark and beautiful environment. Most of their days consisted of rising early and going into the desert to shoot the landscape. Harron takes relatively few shots of any given scene. He prefers, instead, to spend his time setting up the precise shot to get his final image. The photographic results are compelling and hypnotic.
Born in Bermuda, Peter Harron’s roots are in still photography and he started his career at the age of nine when he received a camera and developing kit that he put to immediate use. Despite this early start in photography, Harron’s background is actually in theatre and film production. In New York, he studied with Uta Hagen as well as Lee Strasbourg in The Director’s Unit and he produced with Edward Albee. Harron was the cinematographer on the anti-war documentaries “Anti-War Music Festival” featuring Jimi Hendrix, among other major rock stars, in Madison Square Garden in the late 1960s and “Listen America,” as well as the documentary “Raoni” featuring Marlon Brando.
Harron returned to his first love of black and white still photography in the late 1980s and hasn’t looked back. His work has been shown in the U. S. as well as internationally. Peter Harron is represented in several books including “Effektiv Visuell Kommunication,” published in Sweden in 2007, with the English version due in 2008.
The photographs on view in Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes present the rugged yet dazzling landscape of Northern Africa. The images range from the almost abstract to “posed” desert scenes. In this exhibit, the viewer will take a visual journey, following in Harron’s footsteps in Morocco.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new photography exhibition
Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes
Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes
Peter Harron
Camel Tracks
Silver gelatin print - 2007
Camel Tracks
Silver gelatin print - 2007
Peter Harron
Kasbah, Tanoumrhit
Silver gelatin print - 2007
Kasbah, Tanoumrhit
Silver gelatin print - 2007
Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes presents the recent work of the Essex-based photographer. These stunning and evocative black and white photographs were taken on Harron’s 2007 trip to Morocco. Harron and his French-born wife Colette, as translator, went to Morocco for three weeks for the sole purpose of photographing the stark and beautiful environment. Most of their days consisted of rising early and going into the desert to shoot the landscape. Harron takes relatively few shots of any given scene. He prefers, instead, to spend his time setting up the precise shot to get his final image. The photographic results are compelling and hypnotic.
Born in Bermuda, Peter Harron’s roots are in still photography and he started his career at the age of nine when he received a camera and developing kit that he put to immediate use. Despite this early start in photography, Harron’s background is actually in theatre and film production. In New York, he studied with Uta Hagen as well as Lee Strasbourg in The Director’s Unit and he produced with Edward Albee. Harron was the cinematographer on the anti-war documentaries “Anti-War Music Festival” featuring Jimi Hendrix, among other major rock stars, in Madison Square Garden in the late 1960s and “Listen America,” as well as the documentary “Raoni” featuring Marlon Brando.
Harron returned to his first love of black and white still photography in the late 1980s and hasn’t looked back. His work has been shown in the U. S. as well as internationally. Peter Harron is represented in several books including “Effektiv Visuell Kommunication,” published in Sweden in 2007, with the English version due in 2008.
The photographs on view in Peter Harron: Moroccan Landscapes present the rugged yet dazzling landscape of Northern Africa. The images range from the almost abstract to “posed” desert scenes. In this exhibit, the viewer will take a visual journey, following in Harron’s footsteps in Morocco.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
February 20, 2008
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, opening to the public on March 15 and on view through August 17, 2008.
Contemporary art poses such questions as - where does the past stop and the present begin? Where does the local artist meet with and become a colleague of internationally recognized artists? These are questions that will be posed and discussed at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s galleries this spring. The museum is hosting an exhibition of work drawn from its rarely seen collection of contemporary art, all of which has been acquired since 1958, both through purchase and donation. Adjunct Professor of Art History at Connecticut College Janis Mink curates this exhibition with the assistance of the students in her seminar class “Issues in Contemporary Art.” Their goal is to offer an elegant and surprising presentation that will showcase the museum’s holdings. A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum will exhibit photographs, paintings and works on paper from the mid-twentieth century until today, with an emphasis on the past twenty years. An impressive list of artists will be on view including Richard Avedon, Ellen Carey, Nan Goldin, Alex Katz, Barbara Kruger, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Sol LeWitt, Sam Messer, Elizabeth Peyton, Andres Serrano, and William Wegman, among others.
Coordinating programming for A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum will include the following:
Sundays, March 30 and April 27, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Accompanying the exhibit 50 Years of Collecting Contemporary Art, the Museum is proud to screen this acclaimed documentary film. In the 1960’s, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first curator of contemporary art, Henry Geldzahler, bore witness to an exciting era in art and museum history that saw the rise of Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and the iconic Andy Warhol. This vibrant documentary combines Geldzahler's recollections of his experiences with rare footage and interviews with working artists of the period, including David Hockney, James Rosenquist and Frank Stella. Free with admission.
Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Gallery Talk for A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art. Join Janis Mink, guest curator for this exhibition, as she takes visitors through the galleries and describes the works and the process of artwork selection for the exhibition. The gallery talk is followed by a wine and cheese reception at 3:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Free First Sunday
Contemporary Art: Bright Colors, Big Paper
Design abstract patterns or create an Expressionist self-portrait. Art projects, tasty treats, an exhibition tour, a scavenger hunt, a movie & more! Free and fun for all.
There will also be gallery talks, artists’ conversations and docent-led tours. The schedule will be posted on the museum website. Visit us on-line at www.lymanallyn.org.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
Public Relations
860.443.2545 ext. 130
Lyman Allyn Art Museum opens new exhibition
A Work in Progress:
Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum
A Work in Progress:
Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, opening to the public on March 15 and on view through August 17, 2008.
Contemporary art poses such questions as - where does the past stop and the present begin? Where does the local artist meet with and become a colleague of internationally recognized artists? These are questions that will be posed and discussed at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s galleries this spring. The museum is hosting an exhibition of work drawn from its rarely seen collection of contemporary art, all of which has been acquired since 1958, both through purchase and donation. Adjunct Professor of Art History at Connecticut College Janis Mink curates this exhibition with the assistance of the students in her seminar class “Issues in Contemporary Art.” Their goal is to offer an elegant and surprising presentation that will showcase the museum’s holdings. A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum will exhibit photographs, paintings and works on paper from the mid-twentieth century until today, with an emphasis on the past twenty years. An impressive list of artists will be on view including Richard Avedon, Ellen Carey, Nan Goldin, Alex Katz, Barbara Kruger, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Sol LeWitt, Sam Messer, Elizabeth Peyton, Andres Serrano, and William Wegman, among others.
Coordinating programming for A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum will include the following:
Sundays, March 30 and April 27, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Accompanying the exhibit 50 Years of Collecting Contemporary Art, the Museum is proud to screen this acclaimed documentary film. In the 1960’s, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first curator of contemporary art, Henry Geldzahler, bore witness to an exciting era in art and museum history that saw the rise of Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and the iconic Andy Warhol. This vibrant documentary combines Geldzahler's recollections of his experiences with rare footage and interviews with working artists of the period, including David Hockney, James Rosenquist and Frank Stella. Free with admission.
Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Gallery Talk for A Work in Progress: Fifty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art. Join Janis Mink, guest curator for this exhibition, as she takes visitors through the galleries and describes the works and the process of artwork selection for the exhibition. The gallery talk is followed by a wine and cheese reception at 3:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Free First Sunday
Contemporary Art: Bright Colors, Big Paper
Design abstract patterns or create an Expressionist self-portrait. Art projects, tasty treats, an exhibition tour, a scavenger hunt, a movie & more! Free and fun for all.
There will also be gallery talks, artists’ conversations and docent-led tours. The schedule will be posted on the museum website. Visit us on-line at www.lymanallyn.org.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee; Pfizer, and with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
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Ellen Carey Blinks Color photogram 2005 20 x 16 inches |
Sam Messer Mr. Coincidence 1999 Oil on canvas |
Cleve Gray (American, 1918-2004) Zen Garden Acrylic on canvas |
For general information, please email us at info@lymanallyn.org