Exhibitions
July 9, 2020 through December 30, 2020
This new exhibition features the Arkell Museum's permanent collection of Winslow Homer watercolors and woodcuts.
Homer began his career as an illustrator for Harpers during the Civil War. After the war Homer continued producing material for the publication including a number of illustrations that accompanied children's stories and poems. This exhibition examines Winslow Homer's skill as an illustrator and early work with print publications, shedding new light on how this influenced his later work.
Winslow Homer
Sponge Fishing, Bahamas, 1885
Watercolor and Graphite on Paper
Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1940
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.
