Considering Art Colleges or Art Schools in Connecticut?

Are you considering Fine Art Colleges, or Schools in Connecticut? We invite you to investigate the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, a unique Fine Arts College established in 1976, offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Painting, Sculpture, or Illustration,  a Post-Baccalaureate Degree and a three-year Certificate in Fine Arts. Over the years, Lyme Academy College has earned a reputation as a forerunner in contemporary Fine Arts higher education, “…many in the art world believe the (Lyme) Academy has contributed to the renaissance of representational art." New York Times.

One of the safest Art Colleges in America

Located in the historic artistic community of Old Lyme, Connecticut, the College is surrounded by one of the most beautiful, safe, (compare our Safety Statistics) unspoiled areas in America, within two hours of New York and Boston. As well, Lyme is one of distinguished group of art colleges in New England,  and is the sole fine-arts-only art college accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The college is also accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design , the State of Connecticut, and also is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design and the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges.

With an enrollment of around 200 students, this distinctive art college, is an intimate artistic community. If you're looking for art colleges that actually pay attention to you as an individual artist, consider that ninety five percent of our classes have less than twenty students. You will benefit from our student-to-faculty ratio is fourteen to one, which facilitates an academy based teaching philosophy. The College's location offers particular advantages for the study of representational art, since the Lyme art colony was the home of American Impressionism since the turn of the 20th century. The luminosity of the Lyme landscape first attracted artists because of its resemblance to the light and landscape painted by the Impressionists in France. With its close proximity to both New York and Boston (two hours away) as well as convenient access to the major visual collections held by Yale University, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, and The New Britain Museum of American Art, not to mention The Florence Griswold Museum just down the street, the College offers a distinct sensibility and a range of art opportunities not found in many other art colleges or schools.

 If you are searching for art colleges and schools with a contemporary focus on, and respect for representational and figurative art, and you want to be around other people who value that as well, the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts may be the right choice for you. Student life at this unique Fine Arts College centers around students who love to draw, paint, and sculpt in the studio, as well as work out in the natural surroundings of our beautiful and safe campus.

To more fully investigate how the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts compares to other art colleges or schools you may be considering, please contact Admissions at (860) 434-5232 x 118, or fill out the Request Information form.