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New Exhibit Opening At Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum
"The Artist's View: Traveling the Merritt Parkway" by artist Cynthia Mullins is set to open at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum soon.
From Lockwood-Mathews Mansion: A new exhibit entitled, The Artist’s View: Traveling the Merritt Parkway by artist Cynthia Mullins and curated by LMMM Trustee Gail Ingis will open to the public at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum on Wed., Oct. 17, 2018, 12-4 p.m. with a reception on Dec. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Admission to the exhibition is included with the Mansion’s tours. Tour hours: Wed.-Sun., noon, 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Gen. Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $6 children 8-18/45 minute tour. Gen. Admission: $20 adults, $18 seniors, $16 children 8-18 /90 minute tour.
The exhibition will feature new paintings inspired by the artist’s road trips along the historic thoroughfare. Connecticut artist Cynthia Mullins’ painting roots run deep, as she is the great- great granddaughter and great-great niece of renowned Hudson River School painters Aaron Draper Shattuck and Samuel Colman. Ms. Mullins has had a strong and continuous thread of art making, interest, and exposure in college, museums, and workshops focusing on pottery, pastel, and oil painting.
Image via Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
