CURRENT EXHIBITS
On view July 24 - September 11
Opening Reception:
105th Elected Artists Exhibition
Experience exhibitions of excellence and distinction this summer at the Lyme Art Association (LAA). From July 24 – September 11, LAA presents three impressive shows in its galleries, its own 105th Elected Artists and Expanding Visions exhibitions, and a guest show, Selected Members Exhibition, from the New Haven Paint & Clay Club.
LAA’s Elected Artists are members, who, after successfully exhibiting in shows for at least 5 years, are elected by their fellow members to join the ranks of Elected Artists. LAA’s annual Elected Artists Show celebrates these cream of the crop artists with an exhibition that showcases their best work for gallery visitors to enjoy.
Opening reception is Saturday, August 1 from 5 – 7 pm.
Expanding Visions
Though known for its representational art, in Expanding Visions, LAA celebrates the various styles that its member artists work in by including everything from hyperrealism to nonrepresentational abstract art, and highlights the unique and innovative perspectives in their work. In this show, gallery visitors can experience everything great about art from traditional to beyond.
This show is on display in LAA’s Goodman Gallery.
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Selected Members Exhibit
Guest Exhibition at LAA
Lyme Art Association welcomes back to its galleries the New Haven Paint & Clay Club (NHP&CC) for their latest show, the “2026 Selected Members Exhibition”. Show juror, Nathan Lewis, BFA, MFA, an award-winning artist, educator, and professor and chairman of the Department of Art and Design at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT, selected five artists from NHP&CC’s “Active Members Exhibition” to participate in this special exhibit. Artists chosen for this Selected Members Show in 2026 are Ed Lisi, Christopher Michael McLaughlin, David Ottenstein, Greg Shea and Janet Warner. This show is on display in LAA’s Mile Brook Gallery.
The 105th Elected Artists and Expanding Visions Exhibitions are proudly supported by Chelsea Groton Bank, our Supporting Sponsor.
Partner Wall Program
The Lyme – Old Lyme Lions Club
The Lyme-Old Lyme Lions are a group of 40 men and women with plenty of energy and imagination. We share friendship and a desire to serve our community. We are celebrating 53 years!
Lyme-Old Lyme Lions…..
- screen children in the Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools for eye disease
- raise funds for eye research and local low vision centers
- raise funds for 18 local charities and organizations
- raise funds for diabetes research, childhood cancer, hunger, and the environment
- award scholarships to our Lyme-Old Lyme High School students
- help those in need get eye exams and glasses
- clean our roads under Adopt-a-Highway……
- sponsor the Annual Car Show during the Midsummer Festival as a fundraising activity
- hold a Scholarship Pancake Breakfast on Super Bowl Sunday at the High School as a fundraising activity for our scholarship program
- sponsor seasonal activities for children and the
- community, including cookout events
for Make Music Night and Senior Center Activities - adopt families for the Adopt-A-Family holiday drive through the Lymes’ Youth
Service Bureau - sponsor the Peace Poster Contest open to Middle School Students
The list goes on. If there is a local need, we want to help. We Serve! And we have a great time doing all of this. Would you like to make a difference in your
community? Join the Lyme-Old Lyme Lions Club! We warmly welcome new members with fresh ideas. Join our circle of friends and serve those in need.
LAA Donation
During the run of the105th Elected Artists Exhbition, LAA will feature art by member artists on the partner wall. All of LAA’s commission from the sale of this art will benefit the Lyme-Old Lyme Lions Club.