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LYME ART ASSOCIATION 1997 1997GALLERY EXHIBITIONS ACONNECTICUTSTUDENT&TEACHER ARTSHOW* March1throughMarch16 TEATOWELSTOTAPESTRIES:* THE10THBIENNIALEXHIBITIONOFTHE HANDWEAVERS’GUILDOFCONNECTICUT March29throughApril20 “EXPRESSIONS‘97”BENEFITOFTHE LYME-OLDLYMEJR.WOMAN’SCLUB* May2throughMay4 * 6THANNUAL ASSOCIATEMEMBERS’EXHIBITION May10throughJune1 73RDANNUALSPRINGJURIEDEXHIBITION June7throughJuly6 96THANNUALSUMMERJURIEDEXHIBITION July12throughAugust10 65THANNUALMEMBERS’EXHIBITION& INVITATIONALSHOW August16throughSeptember14 21STANNUALFALLEXHIBITION September20throughOctober19 «• 1997HOLIDAYEXHIBITION November29throughDecember14 *GuestExhibitor urAALTLEyiTA^O.IllUUTIRvQo Fexehbirbuiatrioyn.thPrloeuagsheApphriolnehotuhresGvaalrleyrwyiatth(e8a6c0h) 434-7802forinformation. May10throughOctober19: TuesdaythroughSaturday: noonto4:30p.m.; Sunday:1:00to4:30p.m.;November 29throughDecember 14: ThursdaythroughSaturday: noonto4:30p.m.; Sunday: 1:00to4:30p.m. ClosedMondays,Holidaysandbetweenexhibitions. Cover:WillHoweFootesketchingatOldLyme,circa1915-fromLAAarchive LIFEMEMBERS EleanorHofmannBishop RichardCooper SandreaBishop John&JuneVarrone Mr.&MrsNilesW.Bond JohnWatson Mrs.FlorenceM.Boulerice HSCeUOiPeNnPTOKR,RIFTBuIUssNTcGIasNMGEMMEBMEBRERS GGMeerTrrr.iaac&rriddaM&LrJ.asB.nBegoRvluoeelbrryelirycteBBrradafdosrhdaw& JRMTDMroarrh.b.m.oeeRm&&rsoatbs&MMeGrrr.&ssEt.l.AJf&ruBFrrdirePoieeratdwdttheesrrrmiDaBicimeeciteWakAhroCtTslo.wfroCneorelodlsby ERDFLKloroaoirebrnzrdeenberneJat.tBBhDBBrr.rrBooarosoBuascrmnsakeftrtmedenalnd ElizabethEnders CorinneG.Bunce JMors.e&phMFrasz.zaWniloliamW.Graulty MTahretahaBuBsusrmiaannn PaulHarper SandyGarvinCameron MichaelLloyd Dr.&Mrs.LL,CantnerII HPW.aoElw.taeMrrodr&i&aErlKilatetynh,eMMr.uiDen.leleOrdom DTHoehrlooemtnahEes.a&CBaunDtcorhrehololtlhzyCCaaptphicealrlto RogerG.Pierson,Jr. SharyneCerullo StanleySchuler Mr.&Mrs.V.B.ChamberlainIII NathanShippee JudithSelleckChapman MRMorrl.sl.i&nLeM&lrasJn.oFaG.nrSeSigmlloiirtny,hJSrm.ith KPCaeatnyheelCrohipenesetBeC.rhrCihsittitaennoden DDSraa.rnrd&oylM&Br.sT.SooWnlayinyTnheurSsotuotnhwick CMMarar.rogl&aereMStr.sMC.l.aHrCaklrurcyaCslarke GurdonB.Wattles JustineColeman JohnB.Wolff JanRoyceConant PATRON ShirleySeidelCongdon ElizabethEnders MLoriss.HG.erCoognestCaonntnienerat ASSOCIATE&FAMILY Mr.&Mrs.DavidJ.Cooksley MEMBERS EdithSargentCross Mr.&Mrs.FredAcker BarbaraDahlin KeithP.Ackerman CharlesF.Dahn CarolA.Adams FlorenceS.Dane DorothyR.Adkins DenetteDasinger MJerf.fr&eyMWr.s.ACn.deCrlsaernkeAmbrose KMart.he&riMnres.DaJyohnDirks EleanorW.Anderson NancyE.Dubin JohnAngier MarilynG.Dunphy Stever&SallyAubrey Mr.&Mrs.JohnDurkin Mr.&Mrs.RichardBarber Mr.&Mrs.MatthewG.Ely,Jr. Mr.&Mrs.WellsC.Bates JanErrichetti MaryE.Barthelson CharlesE.Farrow MillerBemd KatherineFisher Mr.&Mrs.RudolphBesier GeraldineU.Foster PShayllllyiJs.AB.ilBlevington JWailmleisa&mKPnaitrgihctiaFoCsoteormbFox MonteFrazier/MaryRogoz WalterN.Kuhn,Sr. PaulaM.Futtner ElizabethE.Kusche MissRuthEllenGallup ArthurJ.Langley& RobertC.&JeanSwanGorden SusanChamberland SharonTrippGriffis JeanS.Lee JeremyGuitar MicheleB.L’Heureux BarbaraM.Gustafson NancyG.Lim EMlri.za&beMtrhsE..FHraedfefricL.Hall EMranreystLLoohrmdaan&n AlfredE.Hammer SuzanneM.Derry Amagraklleexrhyibviits,iItonrRgeitvresosspeerciotu-sSsetluedcytetdoaWopraiknstibnygLduArAinMgetmhbiseryesa.r'sland- JohnHanniford Howard&AnneLosea AudreyHeard Mr.&Mrs.RobertM.Lynch AngelineD.Henry WilliamLupien JamesHight HelenT.Mahoney PeggyL.Hoffman SylviaMarsh CardenHolland Mr.&Mrs.James0.Matschuiat Alan&BetsyHoughton LinnaMaynard Dr.JohnHoulihan MarthaR.McCanne ErnestG.Howell,Jr. RobertS.McKnight,M.D. KingsleyHubby JacquelineMcLaughlin Mr.&Mrs.ColemanIves Ramona&MaitlandMcNamara Maty'Janvrin MurielMiller Charles&MaryJewett JohnJ.Molloy,III DorisR.Jewett EdwardMoran SuzanneJoffray JessMoroz GloriaE.Johnson WilliamE.Mowrey GwynethM.Johnson MaryMuhlhausen& KatherineT.Johnstone ElmiraIngersoll PegJusyk HarryNeilson CarolH.Kimball CliffNelson Mr.&Mrs.CarlinKindilien John&HeidiNiblack Ann&FelixKloman Daniel&CatherineNiejadlik KatharineD.Knowles VarickNiles Hedy&JimKorst Leif&KatherineNilsson WilliamA.Kramm,M.D. Mr.&Mrs.JohnH.Noyes IreanOlierOakley EmilSoderberg ElizabethE.O’Connell VernaJeanSouter MCorlsl.eGeenoAr.geOlEs.enOlmstead MMrr..&&MMrrss..MJoahlncoCl.mSpAr.atStpeirs Mrs.JohnA.Pattee JennieStark Mr.&Mrs.StevensPeale ErwinSteinkamp JoyceC.Perry WilliamC.Stuart GeraldinePorto Philip&MarySymonds MLDraa.uvri&adS&M.rPsBr.airAnbgraltrehaurPrPersittocnhard NPPaiatkmaeTlaPya.lTTohhraoymeprson JudithReeve MinnieE.Tirrell Mr.&Mrs.HansH.Rennhard Sandra&DouglasTolderlund TallmadgeS.Renault Sandra&RichardTombaugh Irene&LelandReynolds InezE.Totman Les&DianeReynolds LauraTownsend David&HollyRonick Mrs.BarbaraS.Traskos MeredithG.Robbins Mr.&Mrs.BrianTrzeciak BarbaraV.Ross CharlesH.Turnbull WilliamR.Sanderson MaryB.Turner ClaireSauer Kingsley&CynthiaTwining LenSawyer Dr.&Mrs.WillisH.Umberger SusanPfeiferScala LaurieVanBemmel FrederickL.Schavoir Pat&CobyVandeGraaf Robert&CarolSchneider J.VonHammill CaraSchwartz AnnieWandell ShirleySeidelCongden ElaineO.Wells H.Selleck Mrs.EugeniaL.West Mrs.RussellL.Seymour Mrs.GraftonWiggins N.R.Sheffield ElizabethCornellWilkin DavidSinger DavidR.Williams MargaretProcterSkwarek Mr.&Mrs.EdmundH.Wolcott Mr.&Mrs.BulkleySmith PeggyP.Wolfe. ListasofApril30,1997 v:Agatheringofmembersandguests ianexhibitionopeningatthegallery. TheLymeArtAssociationis gratefultothefollowing Communitybusinessesfor theirgenerouscontributions duringthe1997season: Bee&ThistleInn PersonalBusinessServices CitizensBank E.R.Champion&Son,Inc. CooleyGallery DeWolfeNewEngland Heck,AttorneysatLaw MaritimeBank OldLymeFrameShop OFFICERS 1996-1997 DonnaGilberto,President NormanW.Legassie,VicePresident KayChester,Treasurer JoannBallinger,RecordingSecretary JaniceDibattista,CorresponingSecretary(winter) MaxineLuther,CorrespondingSecretary(summer) WilliamBabcock,ArtistRepresentative WilliamR.Kusche,ArtistRepresentative AnneBinghamWright,ArtistRepresentative ShirleyCeanYoungs,ArtistRepresentative GALLERYDIRECTOR MerjaHelenLehtinen COMMITTEES CORRESPONDENCE HOUSE&GROUNDS BettyKusche,Chair DavidWard,Chair ENTERTAINMENT WilliamBabcock CynthiaBourbeau,Co-Chair JohnHanniford NMaanxicnyeSLcuhtwhaerrt,z,CoC-oC-hCahiarir BWeitltlyiaKmusRc.heKusche PUBLICITY MichaelPater MPaRyINNeTlsIoNn,GChair ADlofurgeldasPeSrmryith AlfredPerry,Co-Chair DouglasSmith,Co-Chair ARTISTMEMBERS1996-1997 RachelArmstrong WilliamR.Kusche E.B.Atwood NormanW.Legassie WilliamBabcock MaxineLuther JoannBallinger BarbaraMaiser LouBonamarte JohnMartin CynthiaBourbeau EdgarMiner VirginiaCleary AnnMoran AlvaCurtis MayNelson RogerDennis PamelaNelson SadieDeVore VarickNiles JaniceDibattista MichaelPater CatherineElliott AlfredPerry BarbaraFerry JudithReeve DianeFleming LindaSchade ConnieFraser NancySchwartz LindaFry HarrySimpson HarveyFuller DouglasSmith DonnaGilberto JulieSobeleski NancyPeelGladwell DanielStix CharlesGruppe ThomasTorrenti AlfredHamm DanielTmth SultanaHanniford SusanVanWinkle ElizabethHubbard DavidWard HeleneJohnson NelsonH.White ChristineKarpinski AnneBinghamWright CharlotteKindilien ShirleyCeanYoungs JohnB.Rnowlton JoelZakow BuildingaShowcaseforAmericanFineArt Incorporatedin1914,theLymeArtAssociationcontinues thetraditionofpresentingfineartexhibitionsinitsown gallery. ExhibitionsofLymeImpressionistpaintingsbegan in1902,andwereheldeverysummerinthePhoebeGriffin NoyesLibraryinOldLymeuntilAugust6,1921,whenthe presentLymeArtAssociationgalleryopened. American ImpressionistpaintersGiffordBeal,LouisPaulDessar, ChildeHassam,andWillardL.MetcalfjoinedwithWill HoweFoote,HenryRankinPoore,AllenB.Talcott,and CarletonWigginsintheearlyexhibitionsoftheAssociation. TheLymeArtAssociationgallerywastheculminationof sevenyearsofplanningbyartistsFrankBicknell,William Chadwick,HarryHoffman,WilsonIrvine,LawtonParker, WilliamRobinson,EdwardRook,andGregorySmith. The buildingsitewasadjacenttoMissFlorenceGriswold'sLate Georgianmansionwheremanyoftheartistsgatheredeach summerseason.ThelandwaspurchasedfromMissFlorence in1917.Thebuildingcommittee,chairedbyLawtonParker, workedwitharchitectCharlesA.Platt,designeroftheFreer ArtGalleryinWashington,D.C.Theplansforthegallery calledforperfectlightingandarchitecturalcompatibilitywith theotherbuildingsintheNewEnglandvillageofOldLyme. Initsreviewoftheopeningexhibition,theNewYorkTimes praisedthegalleryas,"anembodimentofartinharmonywith itsnaturalsurroundings."Afourthspaciousroom,theGood- manGallery,wasbuiltin1938. ItwasdonatedbyMrs. WilliamOwenGoodmaninmemoryofherhusband,a ChicagoartpatronandtheAssociation'sthirdpresident.In 1986thebuildingwasnamedtotheNationalRegisterof HistoricPlacesandissituatedintheheartoftheHistoric DistrictofOldLyme,Connecticut. Inadditiontotheartistmembers'annualsummerexhibi- tion,in1925theArtAssociationheldthefirst"WaterColor" show,nowknownastheSpringExhibition. Theseason scheduleexpandedagainsevenyearslaterwiththefirst AnnualAutumnMembers'Exhibition. In1938,theannual summerexhibitionaddedwatercolors,pastels,prints,and drawingstoadisplaypreviouslyrestrictedtopaintingsand sculpture. ThefirstannualAssociateMembers'Exhibition washeldin1992. TodaytheLymeArtAssociationhostsadiverseschedule ofartshowswhichrangefromchildren'sworkstothoseofits esteemedmembers.Periodically,retrospectiveexhibitionsof thefoundingartistsareheld,drawnfromletters,books, photographs, and other documents intheAssociation's archives. Further,inkeepingwiththeAssociation'scommit- menttoprovideashowcaseforsomeoftheregion'sfinest andnewestcontemporaryrepresentationalartists,thespa- ciousgalleryisofferedasanexhibitionsitetothecommu- nity'sculturalandeducationalorganizations. AnInvitationtojoinUs TheLymeArtAssociationmembershipis composedofnotedartists,loyalpatrons,and ardentadmirers—anyoneinterestedinshar- ingourenthusiasmformaintainingourhis- toricbuildingandprovidingashowcasefor areaartiststodisplaytheirlatestwork. Associatemembersarewelcometoattend monthlybusinessmeetings;takepartinthe everydayactivityofthegallery;andreceive openingreceptioninvitationstoallexhibi- tions,theAssociation'sGalleryNotesnews- letter,andtheannouncementsofworkshops, demonstrations,lectures,andspecialpro- grams.Membershipformsareavailableatthe frontdeskinthegalleryorbyinquirytothe MembershipCommittee. ArtistMembersarethegoverningbody oftheAssociation.Theyareelectedbyavote takenattheAnnualFallMeeting.Anyinter- estedprofessionalrepresentationalartist,liv- ingwithinareasonabledistanceofOldLyme, Connecticut,isinvitedtowritetotheScreen- ingCommitteeoftheAssociationtorequest applicationguidelines. Artistdemonstrationsandworkshops areofferedthroughouttheyear.Specialpro- gramssuchasoutdoorpaintingdaysorlec- turessponsoredwithneighboringculturalor- ganizationsarealsopresented.Directallin- quiriestotheDirectorattheaddressbelow. LYMEARTASSOCIATION 9O0LLDYLMYEMSET,RCETET06371 (860)434-7802