Collective Vision: Photographs from the New England Large Format Photography Collective
June 23 – August 19, 2018 With a selection of fine art photographs including landscapes, still-lifes, and other carefully observed images, this exhibition showcases the work of the New England Large Format Photography Collective. The group utilizes historic cameras and large sheets of film (typically 4 x 5” instead of 35mm) to work in a […]
Hidden Water: Paintings and Sculpture by Judy Cotton
July 14 – November 11, 2018 In an environment impacted by global warming, contemporary artist Judy Cotton focuses on water, glaciers, melting ice, and insect life, offering a meditation on the natural world and the forces that threaten its balance. Hidden Water, a multi-media exhibition, presents art that speaks to the artist’s ecological concerns. Cotton’s […]
The Coral Reef Project
February 10 – April 15, 2018 The Coral Reef Project is a mixed media exhibition with a unique sculptural installation that demonstrates the fragility of coral and its ecosystem. This exhibition, curated by Tekla Zweir, Chair of the Art Department at the Williams School in New London, CT, includes research into various species of coral. Included […]
Spirited: Prohibition in America
April 5 – May 25, 2018 In a tumultuous era spanning thirteen years, Americans could no longer manufacture, sell, or transport intoxicating beverages. Prohibition was now a part of the Constitution, holding the same status as freedom of speech and the abolition of slavery. Ratified in 1919, the 18th Amendment stirred up a passionate and […]
Coloring New London
November 18, 2017 – January 21, 2018 This Wonderment season brings family-sized fun to the Lyman Allyn! Our newest exhibit, Coloring New London, covers the gallery walls in gigantic coloring book “pages” for people of all ages to color. The exhibit features scenes drawn from historic New London postcards and paintings in the museum’s collection. […]
On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music
December 2, 2017 – March 11, 2018 Music has become a constant companion to our daily lives. There is no escaping it. In elevators, in waiting rooms, in restaurants, and through our ear buds, our lives are lived with a sound track as background noise. Visual artists are no different than the rest of us […]
What’s New? Modern and Contemporary Art at the Lyman Allyn
October 7, 2017 – April 1, 2018 Focusing on modern and contemporary paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and photographs, this exhibit highlights key recent acquisitions to the Lyman Allyn’s collection. Eclectic and varied, the show offers an overview of some of the subjects, styles, and concerns of artists working from the second half of the 20th […]
Pati Hill: Photocopier, A Survey of Prints and Books (1974-83)
November 4, 2017 – March 4, 2018 This exhibition considers the first phase of the cross-disciplinary art of Pati Hill (1921-2014). Although her exploration of the copier, which she called “a found instrument—a saxophone without directions,” did not begin until the early 1970s, Hill is regarded as a pioneer due to her singular approach and […]
Impossible Utopia
September 2- October 20, 2017 Each of the works presented in this exhibition has particular meanings and feelings embedded. Their narrative is linked to situations that occurred around the time these pieces were mere thoughts and had yet to be executed. In the creative process of making his art, Guido Garaycochea returns to his obsession […]
Urban Realism in American Art (1890 – 1940)
July 8 – September 10, 2017 Drawn largely from the collection of Barbara Belgrade, this exhibition of paintings and works on paper explores the vitality and vision of American art at the turn of the 20th century. In a time of sweeping change, artists of the so-called Ashcan School focused on urban life, painting the energy […]