Lyme Art Association Spring Soiree Draws Crowd for Evening of Art and Celebration

OLD LYME, CT – The Lyme Art Association’s Spring Soiree on Saturday brought together artists and art aficionados in support of the 112-year-old organization and its 105-year-old gallery.

The evening included music from the Steve Donovan Trio, appetizers from Gourmet Galley and the opportunity to view – and purchase – paintings that lined the walls of the gallery.

At drink stations tended by volunteers, the Old Lyme Blackberry Fizz proved a crowd pleaser as guests paused between gallery rooms for the refresher.

The association provides gallery space for juried exhibitions of member artists’ work, facilitates sales and provides opportunities for workshops, lectures, painting groups and critiques.

Elsbeth Dowd, the association’s executive director, noted the association’s reach extends beyond Old Lyme, where it was founded more than a century ago as part of the famed Lyme Art Colony.

She said about 100 guests from across the region came out to Saturday’s event.

“We’re so happy to have so many members of the community supporting the arts,” she said.