SPRING 2006 LYME ART ASSOCIATION NEWS & EVENTS

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by  Lyme Art Association

SPRING 2006
Lyme Arjj Association
News&Events
90 Lyme Street Old Lyme. Connecticut 06371
On View At The LAA
Way
Winter Gives To Spring
Show
in Colors ofSpring
As
winter begins to
fade, artists feel renewed
and inspired. This year’s
Colors ofSpring exhibi-
tion features works by
theAssociation’s Elected
artists in three galleries, AportraitofCharlesA. Plattwas the center-
showcasing representa- pieceofexhibitioncelebrating thearchitect
tional art in oil, pastel, oftheLymeArtAssociation.
watercolor, and sculpture.
Platt Exhibition Excites
One ofthe LAA’s most
Interest in LAA’s
popular annual shows,
it promises something Historic Art Gallery
special for every art lover ArtistLiefNilsson capturesthebeautyof
The exhibition will be on painting “Backyard With Cherry The LymeArtAssociationpresented a
View t^1hroug1hAApril m22m. Tree -Mornins.” special exhibitionfrom October 28, 2005
through March4, 2006 entitledAPlace
Also on view are Small Works forArtcelebratingthelifeandworks of
byAssociateArtists. “Thisjuried CharlesA. Platt, artistand architect of
‘show within a show’ presents a the LAAGallery which openedin 1921.
The exhibition culminateda 2 year
wonderful group of small paintings
fund-raising campaign whichto date has
that promises to be an exciting
raisednearly $100,000forimprovements
exhibition for artists and visitors,” andrestorations. “The Platt exhibition
states Kathy Simmons, Chairper- launched the continuedmemberand
son for the Colors ofSpring exhibi- public giving phase ofthe campaign,”
tion. Her co-chairforthe exhibition states Jamie Murphy, who has led the
was Jim Magner. The LAA is Platt Building campaign. “The goal is
extremely grateful to the nearly to reach $250,000 by the end of2006.
40 volunteers who helped make this Ourhope is that all LAAartists will sup-
show and opening night such portthe campaignin the same spirit as
Thankstomembervolunteers(l-r)Jim thefounding artists whonearly a century
Magner,DennisSinine,KathySimmons, a success! ago raised all the money themselves to
Del-BourreeBachandChetWhitewho
build ourhistoric building, whichis on
laidoutandhungtheshow.
the National Historic Registry.
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President’s Message
AMhatmakes the experienee in both the banking and auto- Em an FleetedArtist ofthe EAA,
LAAsueh a speeial motive industries and also adds Build- was formerlyViee President, andhave
plaee? I thinkwe ing Coordinatorto his listofduties. been amemberfor several wonderful
would all agree the The Boardhas a greateombination of years. My dayjob is in Information
beautiful artexhib- otherbusiness and artistiepeople. Jerry Teehnology, where I manage aeom-
itedby members in Litner, anAssoeiateArtist and our past puternetworks laboratoryfor General
our historie gal- President, owned andran amajorindus- Dynamies’ Eleetrie Boat division. I
lery is one ofits trial lighting business in Chieago. Roger also oversee aprivate group studio
greatfeatures.Anotherunique quality Clementshas his own arehiteetural nearby. I’m honored to serve sueh a
is our membervolunteers. Theyhelp designbusiness and serves as the Chair greatarts organization andhope you’ll
in so many ways, from reeeiving day ofAPEC. SheilaWertheimerruns her always feel freeto eontaetme orany
to opening night, sitting atthefront own landseape designbusiness andhas Board orAPEC member withyour
desk, guiding our exhibitionprograms, overseen the grounds ofthe Florenee questions, eomments, or eoneerns.And
andhelping raisefunds to support our Griswold Museum sinee the mid-1980’s ofeourse, I hope youwill find some
Assoeiation. Our volunteer Board de- FleetedArtists Yves Parent, Sandy time to volunteeryourtalents to the
serves speeial appreeiationtoo. We’re Wakeen, ChrisDixon, Jan Conant, EAAas well.
extremelyfortunate to have the finan- Barbara FussierandAssoeiateArtist
eial guidanee ofJohn Beatty, aCPA, Burgess Russell also serve onthe Board RichNazzaro
as ourTreasurer, and Steve Ross our and as members ofAPEC, theArtistie President, LymeArtAssociation
AssistantTreasurer. Stevebrings his Planning and Exhibition Committee.
Plein Air Masters Return To Old Lyme
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For Fall Workshop Exhibition
Board ofDirectors 2004-2006
From shoreline to eountry vitas, this President, RiehNazzaro
week-long workshop will be taughtby Viee President and Treasurer,
JohnBeatty
nationally reeognized artists William
Assistant Treasurer, Steve Ross
Duffy, T.A. Charron, Christopher Seeretary, Barbara Lussier
Magadini, RobertDouglas Hunter, Jan Royee Conant, Chris Dixon,
Bob Duffy, and Michael Graves. The Yves Parent, Sandra Wakeen,
workshop will eoineide with a speeial Jerry Litner, Burgess Russell,
Roger Clements, Sheila Wertheimer
exhibition entitled TheNewEngland
Landscape whieh will be on view from Staff
Sept. 15 - Get. 30. Formore infor- Exeeutive Direetor, Bob Potter
AwardwinningartistMikeGraveswill mation andto register contactAnna MeEmdbueeartsihoinpM&anDaegveerl,oApnmnenatTCufotosrdSiwnaationr,
returntoteachatfallPleinAir Workshop. Swain at(860) 434-7802 Krissa Ressler
Basedonlastyear’s sueeess,the EAA Building Maintenance
will onee againhold this popular Ray Mastronunzio
n2a4t-i2o9n,al20w0o6r.kEshAoApmferommbeSresptaermebienrvited EthAeAEyNmeewsAr&tAEsvseonetisatisioan,puablnioena-tpiroonfiotf
to eome paintwhere theAmeriean institution. EAA supports the ereation
Impressionists firstpainted andtake and appreeiation ofrepresentational art
work, the heritage ofOldEyme painters,
advantage oftheir membership dis- andthe preservation ofthe EAA
eountforthis workshop.
historie galleries.
'' This was one ofthe bestweek's of Lyme Art Association
painting in my life.../woulddefinitely P.O. Box222, 90 Eyme Street
take this workshop again nextyear. RobertDouglasHunterwillbe oneofthe OldEyme, CT 06371
The instructors were excellentand nationallyacclaimedartistinstructorsatfall Tel. [phone]
everything wasso wellplanned!” PleinAir Workshop. Hours: Tues - Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5
— www.lymeartassoeiation.org
2005 WorkshopStudent
You can keep up-to-date on the latestLAANews with e-mail
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Sendyour e-mailaddress to: Lymeart@sbcglobaLnetor call [phone]
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News Views
AssociateArtists
gatheredinJanuary to
share their ideasabout
theLAA’s exhibition LAA Bulletin Board
programsandways to
increaseartistvolunteer Sign Up Now For SpringArt
supportthroughoutthe &
Classes Workshops: Improve
year. Currently theLAA
has nearly 700Associate your skills as an artist, try a new
Artistmembers. medium, orjust havefun! Beginners
andadvanced welcomed. CallAnna
Swainforyourfree catalogat(860)
434-7802.
APEC
Sits In on Associate Artist’s Night HygienicArtGalleries Presents
1stAnnualJuriedInvitational
byRoger Clements,APEC Chairman April 22- May 13, 2006 “Crossing
TheArtistic Planning andExhibition very informal and don’trequire expertor theBridge” JurorRonald L. Crusan,
Committee (APEC) is comprised mostly professional artists to provide comment, DirectorofThe LymanAllynArt
ooffEoluercptreidmaanrdyAjsosbosciisaltiesAtretniisntgs.toO,naend unlessAnootthehresrfielmtpothritsanwtastobpeincefwiacsialg.arner- Museum. LAAartists are welcomed
acting on the concerns ofournearly700 ing more volunteer supportbyAssociate to submit 3 pieces, all media, inthis
AssociateArtists. Mike Greene, anAs- Artists, including minding thefrontdesk specialjuried invitational. Receiving
sociateArtists andAPEC member, orga- during exhibitions as well as helping Dates: Fri,April 14, 11-6; Sat,April
nized anAssociate’s “wine and cheese” on otheractivities from receiving dayto 15, 11-6; Opening: Sat,April 22, 7
nightonJanuary 26th to dojustthat. It opening night. Volunteer sign-up sheets -10; Entryfees: $10.00for single
was well attended and sparked a good were handedoutand many in attendance
entry, $15.00fortwoentries, and
deal oflively and beneficial discussion. signed-upto volunteer. Rememberit’s
$20.00forthree entries. Formore
One ofthe hottopics is the issue nevertoo lateto sign up.
ofjuried vs. guaranteed works.APEC is Overall, the evening was time well information call(860) 443-8001.
reviewing whatmay constitutethebest spentwith artists meeting artists and shar LAAWeb Design Support: Do
policy to bothmaintain quality and pro- ing theirideas.APEC meets monthly, on
vide exhibition opportunities forall its the firstMonday ofeach monthat4pm you know how to update and main-
members.Also discussedwas creating and is opento all EAAmembers, please tain websites? LAAwould like to
more “meetand critique” nights where feel free to contactme orthe office to get feature more work by artist members
artists can meetone another, talkabout on themonthlyagenda orletus know onourwebsite and needs yourhelp.
theirwork, and share ideas.Anumber you will be sitting in. Yourinputhelps us ContactKrissaatthe LAA.
ofartists feltthese critiquenights can be serve all ofourartistmembers.
Sununer Interns Needed: Do
The Art of Charles Saltsman Honored At Winter Show you know acollege student who
would like to gainart gallery and
A educationexperience?The LAAis
selectionofpaintings and sculp-
a great placeforinterns. Contact
ture ofCharles M. Saltsman (1929-
2005), abeloved memberofthe Lyme Krissaat434-7802.
ArtAssociation, wereondisplay dur- LAAMember Discounts onArt
ingthewintershow. Charlie, ashewas Supplies: LAAmembers receivea
affectionately knownby all, was an 20% discountoffall art supplies and
artist-engineerwhoseuniquemosaic
frames atTheArtware Store in Gro-
sculptures ofwildlife incorporatedrare
ton, CT. Everytime a membermakes
andexoticwoodfrom aroundtheworld LAA 5%
combinedwithmodempolymersto a purchase, the will receive
ofthe sale.
createuniquebirds, animals, andother
creatures, eachwiththeirownspecial
OneofCharlie’sbeautifulbirds.
personalityandnatural beauty.
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Workshops Programs
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2006 Spring Workshops
WONDERS
of
WINTER
Sign Up Today!
Opens LAA 2006
Exhibition Year
On
acold Friday evening in Janu-
ary, this annualAssociateArtist’s
show openedwith aburstofcolor
and standing-room-only attendance.
Co-chairs SandraWakeen, Marilyn
Dunphy, and Teddi Curtiss greeted
Wed.-Sat.y April 19-22^ 9:30 -4pm over 300 guests to viewnearly 200
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Watercolor: Simple, Fastand works ofart. highlightofthe eve-
Focused MelStabin, Instructor ningwas a delightful “winterwon-
Lineathrinsh4odwaytowbouriklsdhsotprobnyg psaeienitnignagsnd Tuesdays, May 2-30, 9-12pm tdievrelasnndo”w-tfhleamkeesdcgaasllceardyinwgitfhrodemctohrea-
thinking simply, painting quickly and AdvancedWatercolor ceiling, an elegantrefreshments table,
energetically, and focusing onthe LouBonamartCy Instructor andmusic providedby Sara Lucas.
‘‘idea” ofthe painting. Daily demon- Students will focus on painting en
strations with a step-by-step simple plein air. LouBonamarte will address
explanation ofsolutionsto every howto dealwith occurring problems LAA
problem. Beginnersto advanced such as light source and conditions Films at
painters welcomed. Fee: $500for ofweather. Students will learn how
Members, $550forNonmembers to setup and paintwith speed and Coming in May
confidence! Fee: $140forMem- . .
bersfor the 4weekcourse, $165for ThursdayMay 11,
Refreshmentsat7pm
Nonmembers
Filmat7:30Admission: $5
~ MarkYour Calendars
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Summer Workshops
Fri.-Sun., June2-4, 9:30am-3:30pm
Color, Light and Composition
Charles Sovek
Sat.-Sun., May 6-7, 9-4pm
Mon.-Fri., June 5-9, 9am - 4pm
Floral PaintingWorkshop The ConnecticutRiverFilm
PleinAirWorkshop
Karen Winslow^Instructor DavidLussier & Pam Simpson Forum hosts “Impromptu” in a
Working from life, students will special nightatthe movies atthe
be taughtto simplify and compose Thurs.-Sat., June 15-17, 9am - 4pm LAA. Inthe 1800’s, LucieDupin,
aflowerpainting. Special atten- Painting the Impressionist betterknow in theliterary world
tion givento rendering avariety of Landscape in Watercolor as George Sand, was perhaps
textures including glass, metal, china Lee Boynton the mostfamous (orinfamous)
and drapery, as well as capturingthe woman ofhertimes.Anall-star
characteristics ofparticularflowers. Fri.-Sun., Aug. 18-20, 9am - 4pm castofJudyDavis (Sand), Hugh
Instruction focuses on demonstra- PleinAirFigure Painting Grant (Frederic Chopin),Julian
tions and repeated one-on-one and Workshop Sands (FranzList) and Mandy
group critiques. Fee: $200forMem- Anthony Watkins Patinkin, BernadettePeters, and
.
bers, $225forNonmembers EmmaThompson.
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Faces the News
in
IviemSers ‘Enjoy Syring Efing ‘At
LAA's Colors Soring Show
‘T’fie of
The LAAis entertained atthe piano by George Baker EleetedArtists Catherine Elliotand Maggie Dean
theAssoeiation’s new attorney. Gershwin and Porter enjoying the Colors ofSpring exhibitionin whiehtheir
never soundedbetter! workwas exhibited.
Celebrating spring and anew exhibition are Franni and Steve Ross brighten the evening withtheir
(1-r) Sandy Wakeen, Jan Conant, RogerClements, wonderful smiles and good eheer.
and exhibition ehairKathy Simmons.
LAAMembersKnightandwifeLeeMerrittwere Graham andJeanne Jeffreyjoin LAADireetor Bob
amongthemorethan200attendeesatopeningnight. Potter on opening night.
Special Trip?ArtAward?LAAMembersAreEncouragedto Sendin TheirPhotos to theNewsletter. 5
The Director’s Corner
Art Students ofNoel Belton Hold “Journeys”
e year is offto a Exhibition in Association’s Downstairs Gallery
great startwith exciting byAnna Swain, LAAArtEducationManager
exhibitionprograms. I
can’ttellyouhowmuch the “Downstairs Gallery” into a
I appreciate all ofthe spring gardenterrace, ideal for
work ofour staffand lounging and enjoying art. The
the manyLAAmembervolunteers EymeArtAssociationtakes great
who make these shows possible. Some pride inthe quality and depth
important goalsthisyear include ofthe studio art classes that are
exploring waysto increase sales ofour offered allyear long. Classes are
ideal forthe beginners to the more
exhibiting artists byreaching outto
advanced students. Class empha-
awider audience ofartbuyers, using
sis is always onthe individual
costeffective e-mailwheneverpossible KarenLipeika, “HouseonHill”, oil student’s creative development.
(do we haveyouremail address?) and
updatingthe LAAwebsite withmore OnviewthroughApril 22 is a
examples ofartist’s works. We also special exhibition entitled ‘‘Jour-
hope to beginworking withthe CTAs- neys” showcasing nearly 15 aspiring
sociation ofInteriorDesigners (ASID) student artists. Eachhas been pursu-
in expanding ourmarket. The LAA ingtheirpassion in oilpainting every
has also startedto attractmore corpo- Wednesday in a class givenbyNoel
Belton. Noel has beenteachingwith
rate support and are gratefulto Essex
Savings Bank our sponsor forthe early the EymeArtAssociation for 5 years
summer exhibitionSunlitImpressions: and is a graduate ofthe EymeAcad-
emy College ofFineArts. His work
ArtAlong The ConnecticutShoreline.
LAA is in private collections inIreland,
Inthe areaofgrants, the has
England, andthe U.S.
applied for ahistoric restoration grant
The students also designed and MarilynBaumann, “Spring,
from the State ofConn. Iwas very installedthe show, transforming OldLymeLane”, oil
pleasedto receive a call recently from
State Representative Marilyn Guiliano
onher interest inthe progress ofthis
NON-PROFITORG.
grantapplication.
U.S. POSTAGE
Bob Potter,
PAID
Executive Director Lyme Art Association
PERMIT#119
90 Lyme Street
DEEP RIVER, CT
Here^s the currentwish listfor P.O. Box 222
membervolunteerhelp: Old Lyme, CT 06371
www.LymeArtAssociation.com
• Hostworkshop instructors to
stayatyourhomes during
various workshops
• Volunteersforfallplein air
workshop
• FrontDeskvolunteers
• Computer Technicalsupport
•ArtLibrary Volunteer
• MoreLAA 'ArtfulGardeners”
• Buildstorage units inNorth
Storage
• Fund-raisingandDevelopment
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