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November 20, 2018
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
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MAJOR EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER EMIL CARLSEN
AT LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM

New London – Emil Carlsen (1848-1932) is counted among an important group of American painters who flourished in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carlsen’s lush and painterly approach took French Impressionism and later Tonalists’ work a step further in the direction of serenity and quiet sensory beauty. His work reflects the American tendency to appreciate concrete form and clear meaning in subject matter. Carlsen, a master colorist, possessed a sophisticated sense of design and an ability to find subtle beauty in the everyday subject.

The exhibition Emil Carlsen’s Quiet Harmonies will open with an evening reception at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum on November 30, 2018 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. The exhibition was organized by the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, and has also traveled to the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, West Virginia. Emil Carlsen’s Quiet Harmonies will be on view at the Lyman Allyn from December 1, 2018 through March 24, 2019.

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October 16, 2018
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contacts: Rebecca Marsie, Director of Communications
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Vera Harsh, Director of External Affairs
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LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM COMMEMORATES THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

New London – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to present an exhibition commemorating President John F. Kennedy’s private life and public trajectory. American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times features iconic photographs as well as rarely seen images, covering Kennedy’s first run for Congress, his 1953 marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier, the process of running for President in 1960, life in the White House and the major political issues of his Presidency, to his 1963 assassination in Dallas. The exhibition will be on view from November 2, 2018 through February 24, 2019.

John F. Kennedy’s presidency marked a pivotal period in American history. Kennedy rose to political prominence following World War II as Americans were enjoying the first fruits of a consumer culture. Manufacturing muscle, fueled by the war, was turned to making cars and appliances, while battle-weary correspondents and photographers offered their talents to Madison Avenue and mass media publishing empires. Magazines brimming with glossy photographs flew off of newsstands, while televisions beamed news and images directly into American homes.

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October 9, 2018
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Marsie, Director of Communications
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DEDICATORY SERVICE HELD AT McCOURT 9/11 MEMORIAL GARDEN

New London – On Sunday, October 14, 2018 the McCourt 9/11 Memorial Garden Committee will hold a gathering for community members for the re-dedication ceremony of a memorial stone honoring Juliana McCourt beginning at 2:00 PM. The memorial stone, previously installed on the campus of Mitchell College will have a new home appropriately placed in the McCourt 9/11 Memorial Garden on the grounds of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum.

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