"In Our Time" - closing September 6th

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:53 — t.kenyon
Blurb Text: 
Consider using the last few days of summer to visit the Fenimore and experience our popular exhibition <em>In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers</em> before it closes on Monday, September 6th.
Blurb Link: 
http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/node/1704

Harvest Festival

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:27 — t.kenyon
Blurb Text: 
Come celebrate the start of the fall season at the 32nd annual Harvest Festival - bringing together a wide array of performers, exhibitors, delicious foods, artisans, and animals in an alluring 19th-century setting. (Sept. 18 and 19)
Blurb Link: 
http://www.farmersmuseum.org/programs/fall/harvest_festival_3

Come celebrate the start of the fall season at the 32nd annual Harvest
Festival - bringing together a wide array of performers, exhibitors,
delicious foods, artisans, and animals in an alluring 19th-century
setting.

John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women Exhibition Catalog Now Available!

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 18:08 — t.kenyon
Blurb Link: 
https://store.nysha.org/fenimore/store/products/john_singer_sargent_portraits_in_praise_of_women

Bring the Fenimore's exciting John Singer Sargent exhibition into your home with this colorful 64 page catalog.

Craft Workshops at The Farmers' Museum

Tue, 03/23/2010 - 19:50 — t.kenyon
Blurb Text: 
Try your hand at one of our several craft workshops which run throughout the year.
Blurb Link: 
http://www.farmersmuseum.org/farmers/programs/workshops

Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection catalog - available online and in our Museum Shop!

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 18:30 — t.kenyon
Blurb Text: 
Enjoy the catalog that accompanies this outstanding traveling exhibition from Fenimore Art Museum.
Blurb Link: 
https://store.nysha.org/fenimore/store/products/art_of_the_american_indians_the_thaw_collection

In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 20:19 — t.kenyon
Museum: 
Fenimore

Celebrating the first 50 years of Magnum Photos, the world's most renowned photographer-owned photographic agency, In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers represents 60 photographers.

start date: 
04/01/2010
Featured?: 
not featured
end date: 
09/06/2010
Exhibition Type: 
finite
Image 1: 
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Caption 1: 
Martin Luther King, Jr., after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Baltimore, MD, 1963. Leonard Freed, American (b. 1929) Gelatin silver print. Magnum Photos, Inc. and Leonard Freed.
Image 2: 
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Caption 2: 
Peace March, Washington, D.C., 1967. By Marc Riboud (French, b. 1923). Gelatin silver print. Copyright Magnum Photos, Inc. and Marc Riboud.

John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 20:11 — t.kenyon
Museum: 
Fenimore

The Fenimore Art Museum is proud to present the first museum exhibition devoted exclusively to portraits of women by American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).  "John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women breaks new ground in several ways," commented Dr. Paul S.

start date: 
05/29/2010
Featured?: 
not featured
end date: 
12/31/2010
Exhibition Type: 
finite
Image 1 Link: 
http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/files/galleries/jss/index.html
Image 1: 
rotch.jpg
Caption 1: 
(Detail) John Singer Sargent. Portrait of Mrs. A. Lawrence Rotch, 1903. Oil on canvas. Courtesy Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Watermark: Michele Harvey & Glimmerglass

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 16:51 — m.murdock
Museum: 
Fenimore

Michele Harvey spends most of the year in her summer studio in upstate New York.  A longtime gallery artist, Harvey’s signature triptych formats often include quiet roads or paths framing a central scene that provides one with the sense of simultaneously entering and leaving her misted landscapes.

start date: 
04/01/2010
Featured?: 
not featured
end date: 
12/31/2010
Exhibition Type: 
finite
Image 1: 
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Caption 1: 
Riddle by Michele Harvey. Oil on linen, 34 x 72.
Caption 2: 
Reply by Michele Harvey

Empire Waists, Bustles & Lace: A Century of New York Fashion

Fri, 10/16/2009 - 18:43 — m.murdock
Museum: 
Fenimore

Empire Waists, Bustles and Lace is an exciting exhibition of the Museum’s collection of historic dresses.  When viewed in conjunction with the John Singer Sargent exhibition, the show enables visitors to see and experience a broader historical context of men's and women’s fashion.  Even though upstate New York was considered the edge of the western frontier i

start date: 
04/01/2010
Featured?: 
not featured
end date: 
12/31/2010
Exhibition Type: 
finite
Image 1: 
DSC_7421_500w.jpg

Conference on New York State History

Blurb Title: 
The 2010 Conference on New York State History
Blurb Text: 
The 31st annual conference will be held at Ithaca College on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 3-5, 2010. 
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