Throughout the year, Lyme Art Association offers a variety of lectures presented by an excellent caliber of artists and art historians. Lyme Art Association’s art talks and lectures are a part of our Weekend Matinee Series of programing.
RSVPs are recommended for each art talk.
See below for schedule, times and topics.
Upcoming Art Talks
Illeana Douglas: Connecticut in the Movies
Saturday, August 24th at 3 pm
Tickets: $20 per person
Join us on Saturday, August 24th at 3 pm at the Lyme Art Association for an art talk and book signing with Illeana Douglas, actress, film historian and the author of Connecticut in the Movies, a book about the portrayal of Connecticut in film and the 200 movies filmed right here in the Nutmeg state.
Learn more about Illeana Douglas & her books: Illeana Douglas
Nancy Gladwell: Vincent Van Gogh
Saturday, September 14th at 3 pm
Join us on Saturday, September 14th at 3 pm at the Lyme Art Association for an art talk presented by pastel and multimedia artist Nancy Gladwell on the influential Post-Impressionist Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.
Learn more about presenter and artist Nancy Gladwell: Nancy Gladwell
Wendy Swain: The Huntingtons and their Contributions to the Arts Art Talk
Saturday, October 5th at 3 pm
Join us on Saturday, October 5th at 3 pm at the Lyme Art Association for an art talk about The Huntingtons and their Contributions to the Arts with artist Wendy Swain. More info coming.
Visit our Past Art Talks at the LAA to see a listing of previous lecture topics and speakers. The talks cover a range of topics including the Artist Process, American Art, Russian Art, Nocturns, the Plein Air art method and more.
Included is a selection of videotaped art talks presented by our member artists. Our presenters in the videotaped series include Polly Seip, Jim Laurino, Rick Daskam and Zufar Bikbov.