Lyme Academy Of Fine Arts Inc

A GENEROUS GIFT OF $1,000,000 BY CHARLOTTE COLBY DANLY, HERSELF A GRADUATE OF LYME ACADEMY, ENABLED A SEARCH FOR A TEACHER TO CARRY FORWARD THE ACADEMYS DISTINGUISHED TRADITION IN THE FIELD OF SCULPTURE. A SEARCH COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO CARRY OUT THE SEARCH, COMPRISED OF: MS. DANLY; BOARD MEMBER/ARTIST EILEEN EDER; BOARD CHAIR MICHAEL DUFFY; JORDAN SOKOL; ISRAELI SCULPTOR ERAN WEBER; AND THE FORMER HEAD OF THE SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT AT THE FLORENCE ACADEMY, ROBERT BODEM. AFTER REVIEWING A RICH POOL OF APPLICANTS, THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY CHOSE ACCLAIMED SCULPTOR CHAD FISHER TO BE THE CHARLOTTE COLBY DANLY SCULPTURE CHAIR AT LYME ACADEMY. THE FIRST COHORT OF FULL-TIME SCULPTURE STUDENTS WILL COMMENCE THEIR STUDIES IN THE FALL OF 2023 UNDER MR. FISHERS TUTELAGE. IN THE WINTER, THE ACADEMYS CHAUNCEY STILLMAN GALLERY PLAYED HOST TO AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF THE MID-20TH CENTURY PAINTER, LENNART ANDERSON. THE SHOW, WHICH WAS FAVORABLY REVIEWED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, INCLUDED WORK OF

DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE LYME ACADEMY HAS RETURNED TO ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ARTISTIC DIRECTORS JORDAN SOKOL AND AMAYA GURPIDE. THIS HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM OF ARTISTS HARKEN BACK TO THE ACADEMY'S FOUNDING LEADERS, SCULPTOR ELISABETH GORDON CHANDLER AND HER HUSBAND, RENOWNED ARTIST LACI DEGERENDAY. THE CLARITY OF THE VISION ARTICULATED BY MR. SOKOL AND MS. GURPIDE HAS ATTRACTED A GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND ARTISTS TO STUDY AND TEACH AT THE ACADEMY.