Exhibitions

June 3 – September 17, 2017

Flora/Fauna: The Naturalist Impulse in American Art

Nature walks, gardening presentations, gallery talks, lectures, and more.

Ongoing

An American Place: The Art Colony at Old Lyme

During the first two decades of the 20th century, the village of Old Lyme, Connecticut was the setting for one of the largest and most significant art colonies in America.

World War I and the Lyme Art Colony

World War I and the Lyme Art Colony illuminates the significant role played by artists with ties to Connecticut in mobilizing public sentiment for America’s entry into the war and in defining a new role for art in the field of modern warfare. In particular, members of the Lyme Art Colony pioneered designs for naval camouflage painted on the hulls of ships and created celebrated images such as Childe Hassam’s depictions of a flag-draped New York as the emblem of the nation that would tip the balance in favor of the Allies.

Oscar Fehrer: Reflecting and Reflections

Oscar Fehrer: Reflecting and Reflections presents a selected retrospective of work from every period of Fehrer’s career—early charcoal drawings, portraits, and plein air landscapes—to reconsider Fehrer’s contribution to the art world on both a local and international level.

A Room of Her Own (Ballad of Ruth Coxe)

Contemporary photographer Pola Esther presents A Room of Her Own (Ballad of Ruth Coxe), an exhibition of photographs and installation elements that conjure this complex and unconventional woman. Coxe, who died at age 85 in 2015, was an embattled figure who clashed with others on politics, feminism, and religion.

Dear Dear Husband

With a Needle & Brush

The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans