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The Academy gratefully accepts donations from our extraordinary supporters. Your contributions will make an immediate impact on our mission to further education in the fine arts, and will help to secure the future of working artists in this community and beyond. We can’t do it without you!

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Gifts and bequests to Lyme Academy are tax-deductible for income, gift, and estate tax purposes to the extent provided by law. Lyme Academy’s financial information is online at www.guidestar.org

The Lyme Academy is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The official registration and financial information of Lyme Academy of Fine Arts may be obtained from the State of Connecticut at business.ct.gov

Lyme Academy gratefully acknowledges its 2025 Donors

Supporters ($25 – $499)

Jeffrey Andersen and Maureen McCabe

Anonymous

Dave and Susan Baird

Michael Barrett

Joan and Frank Behrendt

Ed Berlin

Lisa Brown

Wendy Bury

Steven Calcagni

Catherine Christiano

Christopher Collett

Steve Cronkite

Mark Crow

Michael Duffy and Patrick Derosier

Anthony and Elizabeth Enders

Geri and Jim Fox – In Memory of Joanne Nygard

Ben Fuller

Timothy C. Griswold

Elizabeth Harbison

The Herring Family

Sue Hessel and Karen Dahle

Nancy Hutchinson

Andrea and Allan Inglis

Lee Jacobus

Richard and Carol Jones

Randie Kahrl

Elizabeth Karter and Alexander Richardson

Alan Laming

Janet Levengood

Curly and William Lieber

Mary Matthews

Heidi and John Niblack

Thomas Nymberg

Connie O’Brien

Judith Barbour Osborne – In Memory of Frederick S. Osborne

Cameron Paynter

Tom Peretti

Michael and Kimberley Perretta

Dorie Pouch Petrochko

Anne Pierson

Corin Porter and Chris Schaich

In memory of Suzanne Joffray, on behalf of Bradley, Foster & Sargent

Joseph Rhodes III and Dan McMahon

Steven and Frani Ross with employer match from Amica

Ephraim Rubenstein

Dodie D’Oench (Ruimerman)

Daniel Savino

Robert and Rosemarie Schaich

Thomas Shelford

Mark Simon

Jarret I. Stahl

Megan Symington

George and Carol Tenney

Kiono K. Thomas

Evan Turner

Eric Walczak

Linda Walker

Andrew Ward

Justin Wiest

Martha Withington

Veronique Fournier Wynne

Lorraine Yurkewicz

Patrons ($500 – $2,499)

Nicole Alger

William Allik

Michael Hannifan and Melissa Barbieri

Virginia Becker

Cynthia and Brian Beglin

Jeff and Betsey Cooley

Maureen Duffy

Will and Debby Ethridge

Leo P. Gleicher Memorial Trust

Laura and Frederic Hansen

Margaret Kenny

Dora Millikin

Norman Needleman and Jacqueline Hubbard

Estate of Gil Salk

Alan and Bettie Proctor

Louis F. & Mary Tagliatela Foundation/Stephen Tagliatela

Pamela and David Thompson, Jr.

Ray Cisneros

Alexander W. Katlan

Carole Teller

Benefactors ($2,500 – $9,999)

Sharon Bergquist – In Honor of Carl William Bergquist

Lincoln Chan and James Galli

Rebecca and Frederick Crosby

The Diana Family Foundation

Fisher Sculpture, LLC

Timothy and Monique Goodger with employer match from BNY

Paul Knierim and Greg Knickett

Mark Mutz

David Schumann

LaBoiteaux Sharp Family Foundation/Matthew and Eliza Sharp

Mereville Foundation/Eileen Guggenheim Wilkinson


Visionaries ($10,000 and above)

Jane and Bill Bachman

The Eder Family Foundation

Eileen Eder

Anthony and Anne Laure Giustini

Astrid Horan

Ben McGuire and Joshua Janson

Suzanne Joffray

David Kelsey and Family

Polly and Newt Merrill

Laura Lee Miller and Brian Bowes

Opus Animae Caritas Charitable Fund/Christopher Morrissey

The Alice Shirley Powers Trust

Mary Wilson and Jefferson Riley

Anonymous

Missy and Allen Rosenshine

Corey D. Sauer

Bob Stefanowski

Elizabeth Carolyn Lux Foundation

Grant Funding Generously Provided By

Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts

Panoram Foundation

The Town of Old Lyme

The New York Community Trust – The Carleton Wiggins and Donald Bain Trust

The Stobart Foundation

We have made every effort to ensure this list is accurate. If you see an error or believe a name has been omitted, please let us know so we can correct it with our sincere thanks.