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February 1, 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 THE VIBRANT WORK OF BRIAN KEITH STEPHENS

NEW LONDON – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition on Saturday, Feb. 6 highlighting the work of local Connecticut artist Brian Keith Stephens. Almost True Tales explores the artist’s fascination with animals as mythic symbols across time and culture. The exhibition will be on view through May 9.

Spread throughout three galleries, Almost True Tales will feature 18 large works of art. In vibrant, figurative paintings, Stephens draws on legends, fables and folk tales from around the world to invest his animal subjects with meaning and emotion, revealing a common cultural language that resonates with children and adults alike. [Read more…]

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November 17, 2020
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 x2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

THE LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM SHOWCASES WORKS BY MELISSA BARBIERI

New London – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Melissa Barbieri: Memories, Dreams and Archetypes, on view Nov. 21, 2020 through Jan. 24, 2021.

This exhibition showcases the work of Connecticut artist Melissa Barbieri, highlighting a recent series of her large-scale works on paper. These calligraphic and diagrammatic works are transcribed visions that combine text, symbols, words, and imagery. Using watercolor, India ink, and aquarelle wash, this series of paintings was influenced by ancient scrolls, codices, hide and ledger paintings, and recorded in an uninterrupted flow of thought-stream consciousness. They explore the dichotomy and duality of the ocean and the desert as mirrors connecting them to one another while bringing the unconscious to the conscious realm.

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November 12, 2020
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

TOURING SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE LYMAN ALLYN

New London – Within every object, tool or device are dozens of components that work together to represent the highest levels of creativity, passion and achievement of their time. When it comes to the objects we use every day, the sum really is greater than the parts.

Things Come Apart, a traveling exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), features the works of creative photographer and tinkerer Todd McLellan, who explores the evolution of the smartphone and dozens of other everyday technologies. The traveling exhibition opens at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum on Saturday, Nov. 14, and remains on view through Feb. 7, 2021 before continuing its 12-city national tour. [Read more…]