Lyme Art Association: Representational Art, Old Lyme, CT

What's New

Current Exhibition: Marine Art

The Marine Art Exhibition, featuring invited American Society of Marine Artists, will be on display August 15 – September 20.
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Fall 2008 Education Info Online Now

View fall art classes and workshops online or download the fall education brochure in PDF format.
Midsummer Festival Thank You

Thank you to all the volunteers, animals and visitors that participated in the Midsummer Festival this year!
Summer 2008 Newsletter

The Summer 2008 LAA newsletter is now available for download in PDF format.
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Special Discount on Art Frames

Enter the coupon code LAA-1, and receive a 10% discount from ArtFrames.com.
Thinking About a Fall Internship?

If you love art, please consider a fall internship at the Lyme Art Association. Meet people, learn new skills, and have fun in a community of art and artists.
Lyme Art Association in the Press

Attention Members: Please save clippings of LAA press from Newspapers & Magazines. LAA relies on our membership for these important documents that go into our permanent archives. Thank you in advance!
Education Update

Starting with the summer session in June, LAA will no longer be prorating education classes.
2008 Exhibition Prospectuses

Now Online: 2008 Exhibition Prospectuses »
New LAA Calendar Page

View upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and other LAA events
2008 Membership Handbook has arrived!

Don't miss this information on exhibitions, bylaws, education and more! Download it here »

About the LAA

Opened in 1921 as a permanent exhibition home for the Lyme Art Colony artists, the Lyme Art Association Gallery, which is free to the public and open Tuesday through Sunday, continues to be a vibrant art center.

Professional as well as developing artists mount major exhibitions throughout the year and form the heart of the Lyme Art Association which now boasts over 1,000 members.

With a busy schedule of exhibitions and sales, affordable art classes, workshops, and a popular lecture series, the Lyme Art Association welcomes you on your next visit to Old Lyme Connecticut where art lives!

Our History

Discovered by Henry Ward Ranger in 1899, Old Lyme, Connecticut has remained a painter's paradise for more than 100 years.

Many of the early artists who established the Lyme Art Colony are considered to be among the 20th century's great masters of representational painting and include Childe Hassam, Will Howe Foote, Willard Metcalf, Henry Ward Ranger, Carleton Wiggins, Gifford Beal, and Henry Rankin Poore.

Although a century has passed since these artists first arrived, their artistic vision lives on in year-round exhibitions and sales of fine art by today's Member Artists of the historic Lyme Art Association Gallery.