The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early Republic

FAIN: ZRE-284144-22

Lyman Allyn Art Museum (New London, CT 06320-4130)
Tanya Pohrt (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

The creation of a new exhibition and catalogue on early American art, and retaining three jobs at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut.

The Lyman Allyn seeks funding to support the installation of the museum’s upcoming exhibition: The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early Republic and to support the development and production of a catalogue for the exhibition. This exhibition, which will be on view from October 30, 2021 to January 23, 2022, will present the work of sisters Mary Way (1769–1833) and Elizabeth Way Champlain (1771–1825), pioneering women artists who helped expand both their artform and gender roles for women in the early days of the new republic.