Exhibitions
August 10, 2019 through December 29, 2019
The work of New York State artist/printmaker Deborah Geurtze reflects a deeply rooted connection to the landscape
of New York State. This exhibit will include new and retrospective paintings, color etchings, and monotypes highlighting the Mohawk Valley and Erie Canal.
Of Hudson River Dutch ancestry, Geurtze is descended from a long line of draftsmen, engravers, and painters who immigrated to Albany in the mid-19th century. Her interest in printing was sparked while a teenager working for her uncle at the Fort Plain Standard – Canajoharie Courier.
I made offset plates for the Standard/Courier on Saturdays...when it was quiet and Uncle Bill (Clarke) could tutor me. That was where my interest in printing was piqued, but I had no idea how lush fine art printing was until I walked into the print shop in Potsdam...
Deborah Geurtze, 2019
This exhibition centers on the waterways, land forms, and people of the area where the southern reaches of the Adirondacks meet the northern reaches of the Catskills, and where rivers and streams tumble over and through the limestone and shale of the Mohawk Valley, celebrating the path of the Erie Canal.
The Noses (Mohawk River, East of Canajoharie), 2019
oil on linen
Fall 2018
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. That was the moment in 1918 that the ceasefire between the Allied Forces and Germany went into effect, ending four years of fighting. One hundred years later, we reflect on the sacrifices made by soldiers and civilians. This case exhibit, located on the lower level, features archival materials from our collection. It is freely accessible to the public, and can be viewed any time the Canajoharie Library is open; Tuesdays - Fridays from 10:00 - 5:00, Wednesdays until 7:30, and Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 - 5:00.
November 3, 2018 through August 4th, 2019
"Its advertising, of all descriptions, is noted for its beauty and artistic quality..." — Mohawk Valley Regional Press, 1937
The beautiful Mohawk Valley and idyllic Canajoharie were important marketing images for the Beech-Nut Packing Company. The landscape Beech-Nut Plant on the Mohawk River appeared in Company advertising by the 1920s and was featured on the very first lithographed metal Beech-Nut Christmas Box in 1924. The painting Slopes on the Mohawk by Edward Gay appeared on the box cover and served as the frontispiece image in The Beech-Nut Book of Menus and Recipes (which featured “Bessie Beech-Nut” on the cover). This new exhibit looks at the interwoven marketing of the Mohawk Valley, early Beech-Nut products, and the art collection built by Bartlett Arkell, and includes paintings by Cushman Parker, framed archival photographs and advertisements, and the Beech-Nut Christmas Boxes.
Brought to you in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
