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Lyme Art Association ElectedArtistMembers BrunoAhnert TimothyMartin AnneB.Altrocchi KarenMaynard RachelArmstrong MurielMiller E.B.Atwood EdgarMiner JoannBallinger AnnMoran LouBonamarte MayNelson FosterCaddell PamelaNelson JudithS.Chapman VarickNiles RichardChristofferson LindaNorton VirginiaCleary YvesParent JoanCoveil MichaelPater SadieDeVore AlfredPerry JaniceDiBattista GeorgePhillips CatherineElliot MarciaPhillips AngieFalstrom NancyPinney BarbaraFerry LauraS.Pringle DianeFlemming JudithReeve ConnieFraser TalRenault RobertFumo CynthiaSamul LindaFry LindaSchade DonnaGilberto FrederickSchavoir NancyGladwell NancySchwartz SandyGarvin JulieSobeleski CharlesGruppe ThomasTorrenti AlfredE.Hammer JimTripp SultanaHanniford DanielTruth GlenHart AnnieWandell ElizabethHubbard SusanVanWinkle HeleneJohnson SandraWakeen ChristineKarpinski DavidWard CharlotteKindilien NelsonH.White JohnB.Knowlton MaryWorthen MaxineLuther ShirleyCeanYoungs CherylMacDonald TrentonYoungs SylviaMarsh JoelZakow BarbaraMaiser Membershipasof2000 GalleryHours: Tues-Sat 12:00-4:30 Sun 1:00-4:30 CarletonWiggins,circa1922 BuildingaShowcaseforAmericanFineArt Incorporatedin1914,theLymeArtAssociationcontinues thetraditionofpresentingfineartexhibitionsinitsown gallery.ExhibitionsofLymeImpressionistpaintingsbeganin 1902,andwereheldeverysummerinthePhoebeGriffin NoyesLibraryinOldLymeuntilAugust6,1921,whenthe presentLymeArtAssociationgalleryopened.American ImpressionistpaintersGiffordBeal,LouisPaulDessar,Childe Hassam,andWillardL.MetcalfjoinedwithWillHoweFoote, HenryRankinPoore,AllenB.Talcott,andCarletonWigginsin theearlyexhibitionsoftheAssociation. TheLymeArtAssociationgallerywastheculminationof sevenyearsofplanningbyartistsFrankBicknell,William Chadwick,HarryHoffmann,WilsonIrvine,LawtonParker, WilliamRobinson,EdwardRook,andGregorySmith.The buildingsitewasadjacenttoMissFlorenceGriswold’sLate Georgianmansionwheremanyoftheartistsgatheredeach summerseason.ThelandwaspurchasedfromMissFlorencein 1917.ThebuildingcommitteechairedbyLawtonParker, workedwitharchitectCharlesA.Platt,designeroftheFreer ArtGalleryinWashington,D.C.Theplansforthegallery calledforperfectlightingandarchitecturalcompatibilitywith theotherbuildingsintheNewEnglandvillageofOldLyme.In itsreviewoftheopeningexhibition,theNewYorkTimes praisedthegalleryas,“anembodimentofartinharmonywith its natural surroundings.”Afourth spacious room, the GoodmanGallery,wasbuiltin1938.ItwasdonatedbyMrs. WilliamOwenGoodmaninmemoryofherhusband,aChicago artpatronandtheAssociation’sthirdpresident In1986the buildingwasnamedtotheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces andissituatedintheheartoftheHistoricDistrictofOldLyme, Connecticut. Inadditiontotheartistmembers’AnnualSummerExhibition, in1925theArtAssociationheldthefirst“WaterColor”show, nowknownastheSpringExhibition.Theseasonschedule expandedagainsevenyearslaterwiththefirstAnnualAutumn Members’Exhibition.In1938,theAnnualSummerExhibition addedwatercolors,pastels,prints,anddrawingstoadisplay previouslyrestrictedtopaintingsandsculpture.Thefirst AnnualAssociateMembers’Exhibitionwasheldin1992. TodaytheLymeArtAssociationhostsadiversescheduleof aitshowswhichrangefromchildren’sworkstothoseofits esteemedmembers.Periodically,retrospectiveexhibitionsof thefoundingartistsareheld,drawnfromletters,books, photographs, and otherdocuments intheAssociation’s archives. Further, in keeping with the Association’s commitmenttoprovideashowcaseforsomeoftheregion’s finestandnewestrepresentationalartists,thespaciousgallery isofferedasanexhibitionsitetothecommunity’sculturaland educationalorganizations. CoverPhoto:WillHoweFoote,circa1915 AnInvitationToJoinUs TheLymeArtAssociationiscomposed ofnotedartists,loyalpatrons,andardent admirers.Itisopentoanyoneinterestedin sharingourenthusiasmformaintainingour historicbuildingandprovidingashowcase forareaartiststodisplaytheirlatestwork. Associate Members are welcome to attend monthly businessmeetings; take partintheeverydayactivityofthegallery; andreceiveopeningreceptioninvitations toallexhibitions,theAssociation’sLAA Timesnewsletter,andtheannouncements ofworkshops,demonstrations, lectures, andspecialprograms.AssociateMembers whopaintorsculptmayalsosubmitwork toalljuriedexhibitions.Membershipforms areavailableatthefrontdeskinthegallery orbyinquirytotheLymeArtAssociation. ArtistMembersareelectedbyavote takenattheAnnualSeptembermeeting.Any interestedpracticingrepresentationalartist isinvitedtorequestapplicationguidelines. Artistdemonstrations and workshops areofferedthroughouttheyear.Special programssuchasoutdoorpaintingdaysor lectures sponsored with neighboring culturalorganizationsarealsopresented. DirectallinquiriestotheDirectoratthe addressbelow. LYMEARTASSOCIATION OPOLDBoLxY2M2E2,,9C0TL0Y6M37E1STREET (860)434-7802