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July 10, 2019
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext.2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM PRESENTS EXHIBITION OF RARELY SEEN EUROPEAN PAINTINGS FROM ITS COLLECTION

New London – Brought to Light: European Paintings from the Collection showcases the Lyman Allyn’s collection of European paintings with a selection of portraits, history paintings, still lifes, genre scenes, and landscapes from the early Renaissance through the 1800s. European paintings have been part of the collection since the Lyman Allyn opened in 1932, but the museum’s more recent emphasis on American art has kept its European paintings hidden away in storage. Brought to Light reexamines the museum’s European paintings, sharing key pieces and their rich stories with the public. The exhibition will be on view from July 12, 2019 through the summer of 2020. [Read more…]

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June 5, 2019
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
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SUMMER FEST AT LYMAN ALLYN OFFERS FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

New London – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum will present its annual Summer Fest on June 22, 2019 from 11am – 4pm. Admission is FREE all day to the family-friendly community event featuring food trucks, live entertainment, and activities on Museum grounds and inside the Museum. In the event of rain, everything but the food trucks will move indoors to the Museum’s galleries, auditorium, and art/dance studio.

Summer Fest will feature the music of some of the region’s great performers. Bluesman Ramblin’ Dan Stevens will perform a selection of traditional finger style blues, Americana, and originals. Azalea Drive turns their vocal talents to a wonderful mix of cover music from Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Aerosmith and more. Learning to Fly will share their repertoire of soft rock and cover band music. The Rivergods will perform their “heartfelt harmony-rich folky/rootsy/rockish” unique style of music.

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May 30, 2019
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 x2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM PRESENTS ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: RUMINATIONS

“The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history.”
-Robert Rauschenberg

New London – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to present Robert Rauschenberg: Ruminations. This exhibition features a series of nine large prints, composed with fragments of multiple images of important figures and events from Rauschenberg’s young life. The show will be on view June 8 through August 11, 2019.

During a career that spanned more than five decades, Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) reshaped art in the 20^th century, ushering in a new era of postwar American art. In 1964, he became the first American and youngest artist to win the prestigious Venice Biennale Grand Prize. He was also the first living American artist to be featured by Time Magazine on its cover. [Read more…]