Kids explore Tiffany lamps

January 09, 2024 5:50 pm • Last Updated: January 10, 2024 9:55 am

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

Elora Mitchell, 6, of New London, second from right, points out a detail of a lamp to Eileen Donovan, director of learning and engagement, during a Decorative Arts workshop Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the “Louis Comfort Tiffany in New London” exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. While in the exhibit, Donovan lead a discussion exploring form and design in Tiffany’s art. Later, in the art studio, the children designed their own lamp shade out of paper and were given a base, made out of a paper towel tube and a piece of wood or tile, to take home and finish their lamp. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Lucy Byers, 8, of East Lyme, points out details in the lamp, on right, to Eileen Donovan, director of learning and engagement, during a Decorative Arts workshop Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the “Louis Comfort Tiffany in New London” exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. Donovan lead a discussion exploring form and design in Tiffany’s art. Later in the art studio, the children designed their own lamp shades out of paper and were given a base, made out of a paper towel tube and a piece of wood or tile, to take home and finish their lamp. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Adelyn Byers, 5, of East Lyme, left, and Tabitha Hasuly, 11, of Uncasville, create a paper lampshade in the art studio during a Decorative Arts workshop Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the “Louis Comfort Tiffany in New London“ exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. Earlier, Eileen Donovan, the museum’s director of learning and engagement, led a discussion exploring form and design in Tiffany’s art. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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New London ― Homeschooled students participated in a decorative arts workshop Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the “Louis Comfort Tiffany in New London” exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Eileen Donovan, the museum’s director of learning and engagement, led a discussion exploring form and design in Tiffany’s art during the workshop.

Later in the art studio, the children designed their own lamp shades out of paper and were given a base, made out of a paper towel tube and a piece of wood or tile, to take home and finish their lamp.

The museum’s spring workshops, with a different theme each month, take place on the second Tuesday of the month from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

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