with Gaia Cornwall, Children’s Author-Illustrator

Gaia will read two times: 11am and 2pm

Included with Museum Admission, no advance reservations required

Join Cornwall for story time in Wee Faerie Village: Gardener’s Grove. There will be reading, crafts, giggles, and even some secrets about her latest book Fairy Walk! Fairy wings and/or fancy dress encouraged.

Cornwall lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut with her family – a husband, two kiddos, and two dogs – who they suspect are real, live muppets. Her latest picture book, Fairy Walk (Candlewick Press) celebrates the magic of nature. Books will be available for purchase in the FloGris Shop. Learn more about the author here.

Wee Faerie Village: Gardener’s Grove is on view September 27–November 2, 2025.

Wee Faerie Village is generously supported by the ForGood Fund, Suzanne Joffray, the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (made possible by the Sherry and Herb Clark Family Fund and the Edmund T. and Barbara S. Delaney Fund), Chelsea Groton Bank, and Charter Oak Federal Credit Union.

“The variety in the landscape would drive an artist to distraction. It is a singular mixture of the wild and the tame, of the austere and the cheerful . . .”

—Martha Lamb, 1876

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During the first summers of the Lyme Art Colony the artists began to paint scenes on the door panels of the boardinghouse.

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In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Please consider including the Museum in your estate plans and join a very special group of donors.

FAMILY EVENT: Fairy Walk! Book Reading and Signing

October 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Wee Faerie Village is generously supported by the ForGood Fund, Suzanne Joffray, the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (made possible by the Sherry and Herb Clark Family Fund and the Edmund T. and Barbara S. Delaney Fund), Chelsea Groton Bank, and Charter Oak Federal Credit Union.

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In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

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860.434.5542

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video detail: Courtney Mattison, Malum Geminos, 2019. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 84 x 250 x 22 in.; Courtney Mattison, Afterglow (Our Changing Seas VI), 2018. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 90.5 x 102 x 19.5 in., Courtesy of the artist; Photograph by Paul Mutino

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Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, FloGris welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

“The variety in the landscape would drive an artist to distraction. It is a singular mixture of the wild and the tame, of the austere and the cheerful . . .”

—Martha Lamb, 1876

JOIN OUR ART COLONY

Enjoy FREE general admission and many other perks when you become a Member.

During the first summers of the Lyme Art Colony the artists began to paint scenes on the door panels of the boardinghouse.

MISSION STATEMENT In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Please consider including the Museum in your estate plans and join a very special group of donors.

FAMILY EVENT: Fairy Walk! Book Reading and Signing

October 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Wee Faerie Village is generously supported by the ForGood Fund, Suzanne Joffray, the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (made possible by the Sherry and Herb Clark Family Fund and the Edmund T. and Barbara S. Delaney Fund), Chelsea Groton Bank, and Charter Oak Federal Credit Union.

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Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

video detail: Courtney Mattison, Malum Geminos, 2019. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 84 x 250 x 22 in.; Courtney Mattison, Afterglow (Our Changing Seas VI), 2018. Glazed stoneware and porcelain, 90.5 x 102 x 19.5 in., Courtesy of the artist; Photograph by Paul Mutino

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

Don’t miss our latest news, events and exhibits.

In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, FloGris welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.

Florence Griswold Museum

860.434.5542

96 Lyme Street | Old Lyme, CT 06371

AFFILIATES:

© 2025 Florence Griswold Museum. All Rights Reserved.

MISSION STATEMENT
In the spirit of the Lyme Art Colony, the Florence Griswold Museum welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to get up close and personal with the art of Connecticut.