Gallery Talk • A Tin Can on a String: Conversations from the Collection

Join artists Kat Murphy and Heidi Johnson for a lively conversation about how they developed the works featured in A Tin Can on a String: Conversations from the Collection. They’ll share how historic objects from the Museum’s collection sparked recurring motifs that are reimagined through painting, collage, and sculpture.

A Tin Can on a String: Conversations from the Collection is a collaborative project by artists and lifelong friends Kat Murphy and Heidi Johnson that reimagines the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s collection through a contemporary lens.

Date: Tuesday, June 23
Time: Reception 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 6 pm
Cost: Members $10 / Non-Members $15

RSVP to 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email us at [email protected]
Image: LAAM Collection: Parrot Figurines, Meissen, German porcelain, ca. 18th century.
Interpretation: Heidi Johnson, Inside/Out, oil on canvas, 2025.