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December 20, 2022
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

LYMAN ALLYN HOSTS LECTURE SERIES BY THAMES RIVER HERITAGE PARK

NEW LONDON – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum will host Thames River Heritage Park’s winter lecture series, “Stories from the Park.” In the six-part series, Connecticut authors will talk about significant local history and culture.

The talks will focus on local Gilded Age newsmakers, Revolutionary War turncoat and Norwich native Benedict Arnold, the Jackson family, whose members were enslaved in New London during the colonial period, and other subjects topical to Connecticut audiences.

The lectures are scheduled on Wednesday evenings beginning Jan. 4 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. Those attending in-person will have an opportunity to meet the authors, purchase books and have them signed. Light hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served during the reception. [Read more…]

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November 30, 2022
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

NEW LYMAN ALLYN EXHIBITION SHOWCASES WORK BY PAMELA ZAGARENSKI

NEW LONDON – The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is excited to present new works by Pamela Zagarenski, artist, writer and Caldecott Honor Award-winning illustrator in The Circle Game. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, Dec. 3, which also is Free First Saturday for all museum visitors.

With paintings that draw on sacred geometry and healing traditions from around the world, The Circle Game invites visitors to enter Zagarenski’s artistic world brimming with animals, mystical figures and faraway places. Evoking the wonder of both the extraordinary and the mundane, this collection celebrates the dualities of life — light and dark, love and hate, good and bad — in a spirit of magical exploration.

“Since the 2020 Lyman Allyn presentation of Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations, we have been eager to show more work by Pamela Zagarenski” says Museum Director Sam Quigley. “The Circle Game is much more than the realization of that desire, and we are very pleased to offer this new work during this year’s family-centric Season of Wonderment.”

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November 14, 2022
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Press Contact: Rebecca Dawson, Director of Communications
860.443.2545 ext. 2112 / dawson@lymanallyn.org

NEW LYMAN ALLYN EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE DAZZLING HISTORY OF COLOR

NEW LONDON – Most people take their colorful surroundings for granted—a wide array of hues is available in everything we see, buy and touch. However, this easy availability is a recent development. For most of history, brilliant colors were expensive, rare and hard to find.

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s new exhibition, Chromatopia: Stories of Color in Art, which opens to the public Saturday, Nov. 19, explores the surprisingly rich history of pigments and dyes and their impact on art and culture. The story of color, and the search for ever more vibrant pigments, is a fascinating one, tying into biology and human evolution, alchemy, philosophy, chemistry, exploration and colonial exploitation, language and cultural meaning-making and artistic expression.

“Color inspires us, affects our mood and shapes what we see every day,” said Jane LeGrow, Lyman Allyn’s Director and Exhibitions and curator of the exhibition, which runs through March 5. “But what do we really know about color? This show offers some interesting answers.” [Read more…]