![]() Other goals in the manifesto include “serving the needs of many kinds of students,” which will include youth programs and classes open to the public, reconnecting with the academy alumni and investing in career development for graduates of the academy.ĭuffy said ideas that could transform the campus into manifesto point four, “a vibrant community hub,” include remaking the school cafeteria into a cafe that would be open to the public and making the academy library an extension of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Tuition will cost $10,000 per year, Duffy said.Īsked whether the tuition will cover the school’s expenses and salaries, Duffy said the academy has an $6.4 million endowment and $1 million in cash on hand. The new program will enroll at most 20 full-time students per year in what is expected to be a two-year program. I think that at its most it got about 120 students and so it fell short of that of that large goal,” he said. “That is a very large amount and that was never met. The business plan for New Haven University was contingent upon enrolling 200 students at the Lyme Academy, which was difficult, Duffy said. “I think that the seeds of the academy’s woes were sown in the 90s with that decision,” said Duffy. ![]() “There is still a need for Lyme Academy’s Mission,” and “An Academy, not a College,” are the first two points of the manifesto and reflect the board’s desire to avoid the pitfalls of accreditation to grant bachelor of fine arts degrees, which the school achieved first in 1992 and later in 2014 through an affiliation with University of New Haven, which that ended in 2019. ![]() The plan includes adhering to the vision of founder Elisabeth Gordon Chandler, a well-known sculptor who founded the school in 1976 based on her philosophy that artists needed to be educated in the fundamentals of representational and figurative art forms, a curriculum she believed was waning in art education. The board developed a 10-point manifesto “for the revival of the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts as it plans for its 50th anniversary in 2026,” said Michael Thomas Duffy, who was elected board chair in December and served on the artistic director search committee. I like the role of supporting Jordan and his vision and the board’s vision.” “Instead of people working to serve a leader, the leader works to serve the organization. “I’ve always looked at management and leadership as a servant role,” said Rowe. Most recently, Rowe served as the director of economic development for the City of Auburn, Calif., and was previously the executive director and chief executive officer of Placer County Visitors Bureau in Auburn, Calif. Monday was also the first day for Mora Rowe as executive director for the school. The couple have a four-year-old daughter and have relocated to Old Lyme from Jersey City where Sokol served as academic director of the Florence Academy of Fine Arts’ presence in the United States. His wife, artist Amaya Gurpide, will serve as the director of drawing at the school. “We thought, what an opportunity this could be to actually help contribute whatever we can to bring back what Elizabeth Gordon Chandler’s original mission for the school was,” said Jordan Sokol, a painter, and the new artistic director for the school, whose first day was Monday. OLD LYME - After nearly two years of uncertainty, the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts has structured a new plan reflective of the founder’s mission and hired personnel in anticipation of reopening with as many as 20 full-time students in September.
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