An Exhibition in Five Acts
The Lyme Art Association invites you to its historic sky-lit galleries this spring to view An Exhibition in Five Acts, a show displaying the diversity of artistic styles amongst its talented membership. Each juried show in Five Acts looks at the world through a different lens: This Land Is Your Land, Animal Kingdom, Stillness: A Still Life, Abstracted, and Faces & Figures.
This Land Is Your Land celebrates the ever-changing landscapes that surround us. Artists’ pieces express humanity’s connection to place, and explore how land shapes identity, memory, and belonging.
The animal world has long inspired creativity, symbolism, and storytelling. In Animal Kingdom, artists explore people’s relationship with animals as companions, muses, and metaphors by creating artwork that captures the beauty, spirit, and complexity of the animals that share our world.
The still life tradition has endured for centuries, offering artists a way to find meaning in the quiet arrangement and beauty of everyday objects. In Stillness: A Still Life, artists reimagine this timeless genre through classical interpretation, contemporary experimentation, or symbolic storytelling.
Abstraction opens a space for artists to move beyond representation by exploring form, color, line, and gesture as expressions in themselves. From pure non-objectivity to works that balance between the recognizable and the abstract, artworks in Abstracted push boundaries, distill ideas, and experiment with visual language while celebrating the power of art to evoke emotion, energy, and imagination.
In Faces & Figures, artists explore portraiture and figurative work in all its forms from realistic depictions to expressive interpretations. This exhibition examines how artists, through emotion, gesture, and presence, capture humanity, identity, and the stories written on the body and face.
Five Acts is on view February 27 – April 10, 2025. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 1 from 2 – 4 pm.
About the Lyme Art Association: Founded in 1914 by the American Impressionists, the Lyme Art Association continues the tradition of exhibiting and selling representational artwork as well as offering art instruction and public programs for the community. The Lyme Art Association is located at 90 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, CT, in an iconic 1921 building designed by renowned architect Charles Adams Platt and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Admission is free. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm, or by appointment. For more info, visit www.lymeartassociation.org or call (860) 434-7802.
