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June 9, 2021
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM SHOWCASES SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS BY ANA FLORES

NEW LONDON – Looking for a cool place to spend a hot summer afternoon? Consider visiting the Lyman Allyn Art Museum to view its newest exhibition, Forest Dreaming: Sculptures and Paintings by Ana Flores. The show opens on Saturday, June 12 and runs through Oct. 24.

Flores is an award-winning sculptor, ecologist, writer and curator based in Rhode Island and Nova Scotia. She is interested in how place and geography inform who we are. Her sculptures, park designs and environmental designs begin with long walks and explorations into each unique landscape.

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May 18, 2021
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

ONLINE AUCTION AND SPRING GALA ANNOUNCED TO BENEFIT LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM

NEW LONDON – This year’s gala, “Fly with Me,” will be an outdoor celebration, and is set for June 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. The festive affair will include fresh air, cocktails, dinner and dessert, a live auction and also a silent auction online, all under a socially distanced tent on the Lyman Allyn grounds. This year’s theme for the museum fundraiser, “Fly with Me,” features the classic art of fly fishing, one of the subjects in the museum’s upcoming exhibition about one of the most influential teacher-painters of the 20^th century, Frank Vincent DuMond. Known for his glowing landscapes and nature studies, DuMond taught many prominent American artists, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, and John Marin.

Like many art museums across the country, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum has worked hard to maintain its financial stability in the face of COVID-19. That’s why this year’s annual spring fundraiser takes on even greater significance for the museum a long-time anchor of New London’s cultural community. The June 5th soirée offers a fun opportunity – and a list of incredible online auction items – for area residents to help support the Museum’s mission. [Read more…]

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May 6, 2021
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM FEATURES DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
Finding voices of the African Diaspora that might otherwise be forgotten is at the heart of the Davis Collection.

NEW LONDON – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to announce the opening of Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art on Saturday, May 29. The extensive exhibition celebrates the passion of an ordinary couple who spent more than 35 years as devoted connoisseurs building a collection of vivid artworks that is both resonant and remarkably personal. Memories & Inspiration will be on view at the Lyman Allyn, the only venue in the Northeast, through August 22.

The show presents 62 selected works from a body of art amassed by Kerry, a retired mailman, and Betty, a former television news producer, who gladly gave up many ordinary comforts to fill their home with these extraordinary paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures as their principal luxuries. Their collection includes works by Radcliffe Bailey, Romare Bearden, Beverly Buchanan, Elizabeth Catlett, Ernest T. Crichlow, Sam Gilliam, Loïs Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Gordon Parks, Alma Thomas, and Charles White. In selecting their work, the couple did not search exclusively for well-known and/or documented artists. Rather, they focused on gathering and preserving a range of artistic approaches to the black image. [Read more…]