New Lyman Allyn Art Museum exhibit showcases works by Imna Arroyo
Opening Paths
Lyman Allyn Art Museum • 625 Williams St, New London, CT 06320
June 29 – September 22
Opening Reception June 28
Opening Paths
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is please to present a special exhibition by Puerto Rican artist Imna Arroyo, which will showcase works in various disciplines and mediums from her early years (1968 – 1980’s) when she began to assert her uniquely expressive Afro-Caribbean agency, through her 2022 mixed-media installation, Eleggua, dedicated to Yoruba Orisha Eshu/Elegguá, representing the crossroads of the world and the opening of the paths. Opening Paths is on view from June 29 – Sept. 22.
Arroyo’s art explores connections between the African continent and its diaspora in an ongoing endeavor to
reclaim a lost and scattered heritage. Opening Paths reflects the artist’s connectedness to her Afro-Caribbean heritage, giving voice to the stories and rich traditions of her ancestors.
“It is my intent to create art that heals the deep-seated collective wounds of history, as well as to celebrate the vibrancy and relevance of a long denied ancestral legacy of self-expression,” Arroyo said.
Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Arroyo studied at La Escuela de Artes Plasticas del Instituto de Cultura in San Juan, Puerto Rico and earned her BFA from Pratt Institute and her MFA from Yale University.
Arroyo has earned numerous awards and grants, among them the title of Connecticut State University Professor in 2010 in recognition of her teaching, mentorship and nationally and internationally acclaimed artistic achievements and, in 2007, the honorary title of Chief Yeye Agboola of Ido Osun (Chief Mother of the Garden of Honor) in recognition of selfless service to enrich the Ido-Osun Kingdom. She received the 2012 Outstanding Latino Cultural Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education for artistic achievements that have contributed significantly to the understanding of Latino culture.
The artist has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, Mexico and the Czech Republic. Her work can be found in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art Library/Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, Yale Art Gallery and Schomberg Center for Research and Black Culture.
The opening reception for the exhibition is Friday, June 28, from 5 – 7 p.m. Museum members are free, and nonmembers are $10. To register, call 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email us at info@lymanallyn.org.
Related programming includes Gallery Tours with Imna Arroyo and exhibition curator Migdalia Salas on Wednesday, Aug. 7 and Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 5:30 pm; and a Family Art Day on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 11 am. More information will be available on lymanallyn.org.
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