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 […]
Cued By Color…Paintings and Mixed Media Work By Michael DesRosiers
November 14, 2015 – January 31, 2016 Cued By Color…Paintings and Mixed Media Work By Michael DesRosiers inaugurates Near::New, an ongoing program designed to bring contemporary art to the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Drawn from the artist’s studio, this color rich exhibition reveals the innate nature of a process based aesthetic. Decades of material familiarity […]
Launchpad of the American Theater: The O’Neill Since 1964
June 26, 2015- January 3, 2016 For more information please visit www.theoneill.org.Since its founding, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has shaped the course of American and world theater, launching the careers of some of the most talented artists and most recognizable plays and musicals. The exhibition celebrates five decades of the O’Neill, charting its journey from […]
Come In! Elizabeth Enders Recent Work
Come In! Elizabeth Enders Recent Work
Now on view
The Artist’s Journey
The Artist’s Journey, organized by the Griffis Art Center, is a three part international art exhibition. In celebrating 25 years of hosting international artists in New London, the Griffis Art Center invites you to share in the intimate world of these artists who worked, taught, lived and socialized in the New London community during their […]
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School
May 9 – June 7, 2015 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 […]
Contemporary Handwoven Treasures
A Biennial Exhibit by the Handweavers’ Guild of Connecticut April 4 – 26, 2015 The Handweavers’ Guild of Connecticut invites handweavers, spinners and other fiber artists form all levels of experience to exchange ideas and share knowledge, to encourage and educate, to stimulate creativity and to challenge their abilities in fiber art techniques. The 68 […]
Celebrating Lyme’s Beauty: Paintings of Banningwood Preserve
Current Exhibition: Celebrating Lyme’s Beauty
On view: January 16 – March 22, 2015
Transmissions: Teaching and Learning in the Studio New works by the faculty of the Connecticut College Art Department
Transmissions: Teaching & Learning in the Studio
Now on view