Lectures and Presentations

Off-site lectures related to the Museum’s core story, collections, and exhibitions presented by members of the professional staff and volunteers are available throughout the year. Contact the Museum’s Education Department for fees and availability at (860) 434-5542, ext. 115 or david@flogris.org.

These presentations are currently available:

The Griswold House, 2006

An American Place: The Art Colony At Old Lyme At the end of the nineteenth and into the early years of the twentieth century, summer art colonies spread throughout America, and especially along the New England coastline. The village of Old Lyme, Connecticut became the setting for one of the largest summer art colonies in America, attracting many leading painters — Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf to name a few — who were in the vanguard of the Impressionist movement in America. This presentation also includes images of the recent comprehensive restoration of the Florence Griswold House and what it means for telling the story of an American place.

Childe Hassam (1859-1935) Isles of Shoals, 1906 Oil on canvas Gift of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company

The Painted Splash: Impressions of Water by the Painters of the Lyme Art Colony Over 100 years ago, artists from New York began to congregate in the boardinghouse of Florence Griswold in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Lured by the natural beauty of the small New England town, these artists would spend their days painting the surrounding landscape, including the rivers and grassy marshes – capturing the play of light upon the water. This presentation tells about the development of the Lyme Art Colony through the lens of “water” and concludes with images of the recent comprehensive restoration of the Florence Griswold House and what it means for telling the story of an American place.