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JANUARY 14 , 2009

Love Story Exhibition Features Romantic Images to Share With Your Valentine at The Arkell Museum
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie will focus on all things romantic just in time for Valentine’s Day with a reception for Love Story, an exhibition of
American illustration from the New Britain Museum of American Art’s permanent collection.........
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OCTOBER 29 , 2008

Sleigh Bells, Green Fields and Falling Leaves:Four seasons of American Landscape Painting
Experience America’s four seasons of snow, fall colors and green fields depicted in paintings from the Arkell Museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition includes autumn paintings by Willard Metcalf and Alexander Wyant, winter scenes painted by E. W. Redfield, Walter Launt Palmer and Grandma Moses, and summer and spring landscapes by George Inness and William Glackens........
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SEPTEMBER 10 , 2008

Arkell Museum Celebrates First Anniversary with Pirate Party – Come in Costume for Games, Contests, Food and Shopping, Matey!
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie announces its first anniversary party scheduled for Saturday, September 20 from 12:30 to 5pm, with a full slate of activities inspired by the pirate illustrations of N.C. Wyeth.  Several of Wyeth’s well-known children’s book illustrations are on view through September 21 in the Arkell’s temporary exhibition Wyeth Family Paintings from the Farnsworth Museum.......
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SEPTEMBER 8 , 2008

Arkell Museum Continues “Outsiders” Film Series On Friday, September 12 with Federico Fellini Classic NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957, NR), With CBS & Daily Gazette Film Critic Dan DiNicola
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie continues its newest film series, “The Outsiders:  Alienation, Isolation and Exclusion in Film” on Friday, September 12 at 7:30pm with the 1957 Federico Fellini film NIGHTS OF CABIRIA.  The film will be introduced and discussed by CBS and Daily Gazette film critic Dan DiNicola.........
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SEPTEMBER 6 , 2008

American Ruins
Photographs taken by California photographer and documentary filmmaker Arthur Drooker are coming to the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, NY. American Ruins features fifty sepia-toned infrared photographs of more than 25 historical sites........
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AUGUST 19 , 2008

Arkell Museum Begins Winslow Homer Lecture Series
with Syracuse University Professor David Tatham
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie announces a three-week Winslow Homer lecture series to complement “Winslow Homer Watercolors,” a temporary exhibition at the new museum. All lectures are on Tuesday evenings, August 26 through September 9, at 7pm.......
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JULY 14, 2008

Winslow Homer Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
Winslow Homer Watercolors will be on display at the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie from July 26th – October 12th. The Arkell Museum owns 21 works by Winslow Homer. Six of his oil paintings have been on display since the museum opened in September 2007—but this is the first time the Homer watercolors will be on display together at the new museum.”......
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JULY 3, 2008

Explore Your Roots at the Arkell Museum’s July Family Day
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie announces its “Explore Your Roots” Family Day slated for Sunday, July 13 from 1 – 3pm. “We currently have a number of portraits of famous local people, including members of the Fonda and Nellis families, on display in the museum,” said Andy Albertson, Curator of Education & Public Programs. “This family day will include activities that highlight the rich heritage of local founding families and underscore the value of knowing one’s own roots.”......
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JUNE 10 , 2008

Arkell Museum Concludes “Famous & Fabulous Film Biographies”with POLLOCK
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie concludes its film series “Famous & Fabulous Film Biographies” this Friday, July 11 at 7:30pm with 2000’s POLLOCK. The film will be introduced and discussed by Richard Pugliese, a New York City artist and professor who summers locally in Fort Plain.......
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JUNE 10 , 2008

Wyeth Family Paintings: from the Farnsworth Art Museum
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie presents Wyeth Family Paintings: From the Farnsworth Art Museum from June 27, 2008-September 21, 2008. This exhibition features paintings of the people and places of Maine created by three generations of men from America’s most famous family of painters –The Wyeth family......
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JANUARY 4, 2008

Famous and Fabulous Portraits: from George Washington to the Golden Girl
Over two centuries of portrait painting is represented in the exhibition Famous and Fabulous: From George Washington to the Golden Girl which opens to the public at The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie on January 20th, 2008 and remains on display until July 20, 2008. Chief Curator, Diane Forsberg, has selected works from the permanent collection for this exhibition which features portraits by some of America’s best known artists including Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent. Visitors to the exhibition will see one of Stuart’s portraits of George Washington.....
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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library Plan First Holiday Art & Craft Fair
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie and the Canajoharie Library announces its first Holiday Art & Craft Fair slated for Sunday, December 9, from noon to 5pm. The fair will showcase approximately a dozen craftspeople and will also feature a library used book sale, a baked goods sale, seasonal music and traditional ornament workshops for families....
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OCTOBER 26, 2007

Arkell Museum Hosts Catskill Puppet Theater November 11
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie announces its Catskill Puppet Theater Family Discovery Day on Sunday, November 11 from 1 to 4pm. “The Catskill Puppet Theater is undoubtedly one of the best family acts in the region,” said Andy Albertson, Curator of Education & Public Programs. “Their performances are world class....”
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OCTOBER 4, 2007

Family Discovery Days
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie is pleased to announce the launch of Family Discovery Days with its first event slated for Sunday, October 14, from 12:30 to 4:30pm. “This is a great example of the Arkell Museum’s commitment to children and families,” said Andy Albertson, Curator of Education & Public Programs. “These days are designed to engage all members of families, regardless of their ages....”
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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Fall 2007 Film Series with Introductions & Discussion with Scholars
In celebration of the opening of the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, a film series titled “Small Towns; Big Dreams” will begin on Friday, October 12, at the new museum, and will run the second and fourth Friday of each month through December. All shows begin at 7:30pm and a $4 donation includes popcorn and refreshments....
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Exciting Fall Workshops
In celebration of the opening of the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, five exciting workshops are being offered this fall including traditional doll making, drawing, watercolors, faux finishing, and quilting. All are headed by local artists known in their fields for their fantastic skill.....
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Arkell Museum Seeks Contemporary Views of the Mohawk Valley
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie asks people to submit their images of the Mohawk Valley that match or are similar to views on display in the new museum’s Great Hall. The theme is the Mohawk Valley and the museum wants to display works by both amateur and professional photographers who are interested in locating lost or preserved buildings and landscape views....
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