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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. 1 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 & 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. 860-434-7802 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 2 Sendyour e-mailaddress to: Lymeart@sbcglobaLnetor call (860) 434-7802 & 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. 3 . & Workshops Programs U ^ ^ ^ W ^ ^ W 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 A 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 | 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. 4 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 6

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