The Florence Griswold Museum has been bringing people together through art for generations.
Its annual benefit carries that tradition forward.
This September, the 44th Annual Benefit Auction once again welcomed guests to the historic museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. However, this wasn’t simply an evening of bidding.
It was a celebration of art, community, and the museum’s future.
Supporting More Than a Museum
The auction plays an important role at the Florence Griswold Museum.
Funds raised through the event help support its educational programs and community outreach. Meanwhile, guests get an opportunity to support that mission while enjoying an evening built around art, food, entertainment, and unique auction items.
That connection feels especially fitting here.
The museum is closely tied to the Lyme Art Colony, where American artists gathered around Florence Griswold’s home and helped shape an important chapter in American Impressionism.
More than a century later, creativity is still bringing people to the same property.
An Evening Built Around Art
Art wasn’t something guests simply walked past on the walls.
It was part of the experience.
This featured live and silent auction opportunities, along with artists, entertainment, food, and plenty of reasons to explore the museum and grounds.
Then, later in the evening, the atmosphere began to change.
A live band took over the music.
And with it came a very different kind of canvas.
Painting with Light
As the band performed, Dynamic FX’s Shane Martz worked alongside the music, live busking the visual production with four 10-watt lasers.
The museum’s logo also became part of the presentation, giving the institution itself a place within the visuals.
Because the production was being created alongside the live performance, the look could move with the music rather than simply following a prerecorded sequence.
For a museum built around artistic expression, it was a fitting modern interpretation of creating in the moment.
A Finale Outside the Frame
Eventually, the evening reached its finale.
This time, the artwork wasn’t hanging inside a gallery.
It was moving through the air.
The laser show brought the benefit to a colorful close, connecting a historic place with a completely modern form of visual expression.
For the 44th Annual Benefit Auction, it was an ending that felt right at home at the Florence Griswold Museum.
