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Shape Monsters

Materials
For the little artists still learning their shapes we recommend beginning the project with a book. Two of our favorites are Mouse Shapes by Ellen Walsh or as a bilingual option try Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong.

  • Cardboard and or paper, use whatever material you have available to you
  • Sharpie or marker
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue or tape

Instructions

  • With adult permission, readings of Mouse Shapes and Round is a Tortilla can be found on YouTube to view prior to starting the project.
  • Sketch out on a piece of plain paper your monster face. Experiment with different shapes and combinations until you have the one you want to build first.
  • Select your background material and trim into the shape head you want your monster to have and set aside.
  • Draw the shapes you need for the different facial features using your pencil and then cut them out and set aside. Try not to be wasteful and cut as many shapes out of each piece of paper as you can!
  • When you have the combination you want, glue down each piece and let them dry and watch your monster come to life!

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A Taste of Tiffany Gala


SOLD OUT! Additional tickets will be wait listed. 
The Gala is one of the Museum’s largest and most important annual fundraising events. This year’s celebration will directly support a new permanent exhibition  dedicated to the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his connection to New London, CT. The evening’s festivities will feature a silent auction, and a live auction of  fantastic travel and dining opportunities, followed by a seated dinner. Scroll down to see a sneak peek of our Live Auction items. 


SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENING
6:00 PM Silent Auction & Cocktails, First Floor
7:30 PM Live Auction, Raise the Paddle & Dinner, Chappell Gallery
9:00 PM Check Out in the Main Lobby


Tickets are $200 per person, or $250 to be listed as a Gala Patron in the program. (Your contribution is tax deductible.) RSVP by May 8th. To reserve by telephone, please call Vera Harsh at 860.443.2545 ext.136.

Check back here to preview silent and live auction items!


Image: Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, Detail of Come Unto Me, 1924, Favrile glass, 72 x 76 in. Museum purchase, 2014.7, photo courtesy of Robert Baldwin.

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Tiffany Window: Come Unto Me (1924)

Come Unto Me,photo courtesy of Robert Baldwin, collection of Lyman Allyn Art Museum
Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, Come Unto Me, 1924, Favrile glass; 72” x 76” , photo courtesy of Robert Baldwin

In 2015, the Lyman Allyn will unveil its newest acquisition and one of New London’s artistic treasures: the Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass window, Come Unto Me. Installed in 1924 in the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, the window was dedicated to the memory of Anna Chapin Rumrill, a member of that congregation. Purchased as the church building itself was being sold, this exquisite work of art from one of the masters of stained glass has found a permanent and public home at the Lyman Allyn. A permanent exhibition displaying the window, along with two dozen other works by Tiffany in the museum’s collection, will tell the story of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his strong ties to New London itself.

 

 

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