Lyman Allyn's Newest Exhibition Presents an Exploration of Nature, Change, and the Passage of Time

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Lydia Viscardi – Time Takes Time, on view Oct. 31 through Jan. 10, 2027. This colorful exhibition presents a body of mixed-media work that considers the passage of time and the cycles of the seasons within the changing natural world.

The works in Time Takes Time combine painting, drawing, collage, and assemblage sculpture, using printed matter, vintage hand-embellished textiles, fabric, and found objects. Through colorful imagery, layered compositions and contradictory elements, Viscardi reveals a subtle humor and subversive undercurrent, giving the work an enigmatic yet playful tone.

The Connecticut-based artist was the 2024 Artist-in-Residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House (a social services center and cultural institution) in New York City and a recipient of the 2023 Connecticut Office of the Arts Artist Fellowship. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in New York City, Hartford and Torrington, and in numerous group exhibitions.

“Living where development gradually encroaches on native habitat and human activity and wilderness intersect, I witness moments of fragile balance and quiet tension prompting reflection on continuity, loss and change,” says Viscardi. “While grounded in lived observation, my work is also informed by an awareness of broader environmental shifts unfolding globally.”

Viscardi’s work is held in the collections of the Housatonic Museum of Art, Eastern Connecticut State University, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in New York City, and The Copelouzos Art Museum in Athens, Greece, as well as private collections in the United States and United Kingdom. Viscardi holds a BFA from C.W. Post College of Long Island University and an MFA in Visual Art from William Paterson University of New Jersey. She maintains a studio in Connecticut.