A Good Summer’s Work: J. Alden Weir, Connecticut Impressionist
May 7 – Sept 11, 2016 American Impressionist J. Alden Weir is most often associated with his studio at Weir Farm in western Connecticut, yet many of the artist’s best works were created at his little known retreat in Windham, where he painted each summer for nearly four decades. A Good Summer’s Work focuses on paintings created […]
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School
May 7 – 29, 2016 The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to present a special exhibition by the students of the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School. Students, parents, teachers, families, and art enthusiasts of all ages are invited to explore artwork created by students, grades K-5. Two-and three-dimensional artworks, in a variety of media, […]
The Artist WithIN
June 10 – July 24, 2016 The Artist WithIN began when OutCT, our region’s LGBTQ organization, asked OutCT board member and artist Amy Hannum to curate an art exhibit in celebration of Pride month. This June the Lyman Allyn Art Museum honors that tradition by inviting the exhibit to the Glassenberg Gallery. The exhibit will […]
Artists at Work
February 13 – April 8, 2016 Artists at Work showcases one of the museum’s newest additions—a collection of drawings by Italian, Dutch and French artists of the 17th and 18th centuries recently donated by a local collector. These sketches, generally made as studies for oil paintings or theatrical sets, show the fine line between fine art […]
Time and Again
February 27 – April 24, 2016 This exhibition, the second in the Lyman Allyn’s Near :: New contemporary series, shows recent work by New London artist, Michael Peery. Featured are two large canvases rendering an imaginary scene entitled The Kiss, a private moment in a public house that may raise more questions than it answers. The […]
Dark Water, Deep Treasures: The Art of Discovery
February 5 – May 15, 2016 Click the link to view related exhibit, Beyond Three Hundred Fathoms.Dark Water, Deep Treasures: The Art of Discovery features 21 paintings from the private collection of oceanographic explorer, Robert D. Ballard, PhD who discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985. Dr. Ballard’s collection contains original works by National Geographic illustrators, […]
Beyond Three Hundred Fathoms: Life at the Extremes
February 5 – May 15, 2016 Beyond Three Hundred Fathoms: Life at the Extremes looks at the amazing creatures found in the deep sea, oftentimes living at extreme depths and harsh environments. The photographs were taken using high definition video cameras mounted on Ocean Exploration Trust’s remotely operated robotic underwater vehicles. These stunning photographs document […]
Herman Leonard: Jazz Memories
January 22– May 29, 2016 Among the greatest of all jazz photographers, Herman Leonard created iconic portraits that shaped the image of jazz music and its identity in the American psyche. Working in New York and Paris in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, Leonard captured such legendary artists as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday […]
The Gaze Returned: Portrait Studio
June 26, 2015 – April 3, 2016 A follow up exhibition to our very popular 2014 show Still Life Studio, The Gaze Returned seeks once again to engage visitors by encouraging them to see with an artist’s eye. Featuring more than two dozen portraits from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibit also invites visitors to […]
For All the World to See
June 16 – August 11, 2016 Beginning in June 2016, Lyman Allyn will host For All the World to See: Visual Culture and The Struggle for Civil Rights, a traveling exhibition on loan from NEH On the Road and the Mid America Arts Alliance. This exhibition examines the role that visual culture played in shaping and […]