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September 27, 2022
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

NEW LYMAN ALLYN EXHIBITION STRUMS THROUGH THE BANJO’S MUSICAL HISTORY

NEW LONDON – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum has a special treat with a musical theme planned for visitors when its new exhibition, America’s Instrument: Banjos from the Jim Bollman Collection opens Saturday, Oct. 8.

The show, America’s Instrument: Banjos from the Jim Bollman Collection, features more than 40 banjos from the unparalleled private collection of Jim Bollman, banjo collector and historian living in the Boston area.

The exhibition, which closes on Jan. 8, 2023, provides a fascinating look at how the banjo was deeply woven into the history, arts and society of 19th century America. The guest curator for the show is Darcy J. Kuronen, formerly the Pappalardo Curator of Musical Instruments at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

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September 13, 2022
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 x2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

GENEROUS GIFT RESHAPES THE LYMAN ALLYN LANDSCAPE

New London – As the Lyman Allyn Art Museum celebrates its 90^th anniversary this year, we are honored to announce the extraordinary generosity of Eliza and Matthew Sharp and the LaBoiteaux-Sharp Family Foundation. Serving as a member of the Lyman Allyn Board of Trustees, Liza, together with Matt, are visionary donors whose historic gift of $500,000 is the largest single commitment to the Museum since 1939. Their donation is especially significant as the Museum embarks upon an exciting initiative to reshape, reinvigorate, and revitalize the Museum and its gorgeous environs, soon to be known as the Lyman Allyn Park.

A Master Plan has been completed and Liza and Matt’s cornerstone gift will initiate the redesign and construction of the Park’s priority component – an elegant and accessible Museum entryway, to be named for the Sharp family in recognition of their tremendous philanthropy for the Lyman Allyn. Their gift is a true catalyst, inspiring ideas, igniting the revitalization laid out in the Master Plan for the Park and setting the stage for leadership giving that will transform the landscape of the Lyman Allyn Park, while honoring 90 outstanding years. [Read more…]

August 25, 2022
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 x2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM SHOWCASES WORK BY CATHERINE CHRISTIANO

New London – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Album of Flowers | Interesting Times by artist Catherine Christiano, on view Sept. 10 through Nov. 6.

The centerpiece of Christiano’s first solo museum exhibition is a series of large paintings that chronicle a year. Each of the month’s panels juxtapose carefully painted seasonal flora with a collage of content from the New York Times. The still lifes are placed directly within the context of 2016, the emotionally charged and pivotal election year during which the series was conceived.

“Since April 2019, when Catherine Christiano first shared her concept for this body of work, I have been eagerly anticipating the fruition of this project” says Museum Director Sam Quigley. “The splendid realization of her vision exceeds what could have been hoped for and serves up a rich interplay of parallel planes with equal portions of cunning and beauty.” [Read more…]