Exhibitions
March 5, 2022 through August 21, 2022
This exhibition examines the history, cultural importance, and legacy of New York State granges. Baugnet's images of grange exteriors and interiors feature strong lines and evocative displays of light and shadow. The large-scale back and white photographs offer a stunning homage to the beauty and simplicity of these buildings.
Baugnet became fascinated by New York State grange buildings decades ago after following signs advertising a chicken dinner. Since then, he has spent much of his career photographing grange buildings across the state. Baugnet specializes in documenting historic architecture and the built environment. His grange photographs are visually compelling and serve as important records of rural communities.
Andrew Baugnet (b. 1964)
Butternut Valley Grange No. 1533
Gilbertsville, Otsego County, NY
Archival pigment print from 4”x5” negative
Photographed 2012; printed 2019
March 5, 2022 through May 16, 2022
From around 1890 to 1930, fountain and garden statuary flourished in the United States, providing important new design and marketing opportunities for American sculptors. The joyful and sometimes frivolous figures created by American garden sculptors of the era were intended to enhance the garden experience by accenting, not dominating, specific garden spaces. This exhibit includes both indoor and outdoor figures collected by Bartlett Arkell and gifted by him to the Museum, and explores our own Memorial Garden through vintage images.
Edward Francis McCartan (1879-1947)
Diana and the Dog, 1923
Sand cast copper alloy (bronze)
Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1925
May 28, 2021 through December 30, 2021
Between 1890 and 1900 itinerant folk artist Fritz G. Vogt roamed the turnpikes and dirt roads of five New York Counties west of Albany [Montgomery, Schoharie, Otsego, Fulton, and Herkimer]. By the time of his death on January 1, 1900, Vogt had created more than 200 distinctive architectural portraits featuring farms, homes, and businesses. Suggesting a draftsman’s training, Vogt’s linear drawings include an extraordinary amount of detail while imbuing the subject with a romanticized sense of optimism and pride of place…The result is a window into the artist’s personal perspective and his patron’s motivations, as well as a striking representation of the region’s architecture, commerce, and social history.
Drawn Home: Fritz Vogt’s Rural America, 2002
Organized by the Arkell Museum, Fritz Vogt Drawings: A Sense of Place, includes work from the collections of the Arkell Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, The Farmers' Museum, and a private collector.
Residence of Mr. and Mrs. William Garlock
Town of Canajoharie, NY
October 6, 1894
Graphite on paper
Collection of the Arkell Museum
Anonymous Gift, 1998
Photograph by Richard Walker
