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Haida Totem Pole, One Year Later
By Stephen Loughman, PreparatorWhen Fenimore Art Museum received its magnificent Haida Totem Pole last year, one of the first questions that many asked was, "What will it look like next year?" This...
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A Posh Room of Requirement
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsThere is one room at Fenimore Art Museum whose entrance is limited to only some of our visitors. It’s large, by most standards. In fact, larger than some...
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Firefighting in the 19th Century
By John Hart, Assistant Curator of CollectionsOver the past several months, the curatorial staff has been busy moving things around in the basement of the storage facility to make way for upgrades to...
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The SWAIA market and White Hawk antiques show
By Eva Fognell, Curator of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian ArtI finally had a chance to go back to Santa Fe, New Mexico recently. It is the unofficial capital of American Indian...
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Installing "4 Artists Under 30"
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsFenimore Art Museum's Lower Level galleries boast some very high ceilings and a sweeping staircase that one could imagine making a grand entrance on....
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Ready for a fall road trip?
By Christine Olsen, RegistrarFor the last few weeks I have been preparing for an outgoing loan to an institution that to even those of us in upstate New York seems “way up yonder.” Fenimore Art Museum...
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What a difference a day makes!
By Eva Fognell, Curator of the Eugene & Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian ArtWhat a difference a day makes!My colleague, Chris Rossi, and I were just in Dallas deinstalling our traveling...
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Tips from the road
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsAfter packing and installing our traveling exhibition, Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection six times I've picked up a few things. Curator...
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Cider time!
By John Hart, Assistant Curator of CollectionsAll around New York State, apple orchards are opening up for people to pick every conceivable variety of apple you could imagine. Whether you’re making an...
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“Birds and Beasts in Beads”
By Eva Fognell, Curator of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian ArtOn the weekend of September 17 through 19, Colgate University hosted an Iroquois beadwork conference in conjunction...
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Back Stage
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsOr should I say, below the stage?One of the things I love about my job is going where mere mortals usually don’t get to go. Let’s face it, we all like to...
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Night at Our Museum returns!
By Amanda Cohen, Cooperstown Graduate Program studentThere’s a mystery at the Fenimore Art Museum, and we need your help in order to solve it. What is this mystery? It’ll have to remain a secret until...
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One Stitch at a Time
By Stephen Loughman, PreparatorThe gems of our quilt collection are currently on display in our exhibition Unfolding Stories: Culture and Tradition in American Quilts. Many of our quilts have...
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That's SOME quilt!
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsQuilt lovers have been flocking to our new Unfolding Stories: Culture and Tradition in American Quilts exhibition here at Fenimore. In addition to the...
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Cameo Appearance
By John Hart, Assistant Curator of CollectionsHaving worked at the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers' Museum storage facility for over three years now, there isn’t too much that surprises me when I...
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It's Almost Time!
By Olivia Cothren, Cooperstown Graduate Program studentWe’re now just two days away from Night at our Museum at Fenimore Art Museum! We’ve been hard at work putting together the mystery tour. We’ve...
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The Native American Art Studies Association conference in Ottawa
By Eva Fognell, Curator of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian ArtI recently spent an interesting 5 days in Ottawa attending the 18th Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA)...
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Whodunnit at Night at Our Museum?
By Amy Hollister, Cooperstown Graduate Program StudentIf you didn’t attend Night at Our Museum last weekend at Fenimore Art Museum, you missed an evening of art, crafts, music, and mystery. Will &...
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Final Destination - Indianapolis
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsGreetings from the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), where colleague Eva Fognell and I are installing our traveling exhibition, Art of the American...
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The grand tour of Indianapolis!
By Eva Fognell, Curator of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian ArtI recently returned from a week installing Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Indianapolis...
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You can make a difference
By Dr. Paul S. D'Ambrosio, President and CEOEdward Hopper once said, “All I want to do is paint light on a side of building.” Sounds simple, right? But his ability to capture light is transformative....
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It's Never Too Late to Look Ahead
By Stephen Loughman, PreparatorAs we finish up a very successful 2011 season at Fenimore Art Museum my focus now turns to all the exciting exhibits coming up in 2012. As featured in one of my posts...
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Ring in the New
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsAs the old year winds down we here in the curatorial department are deep into preparations for the New Year. The Fenimore Art Museum closes its doors to...
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By Jessica Kendrick, Development and Marketing AssociateI spend a lot of time thinking about why you should donate to the Fenimore Art Museum. My ideas range from funny (our rooster weathervane is...
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Cats on Canvas (as well as cloth, paper, chalkware...)
By Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of ExhibitionsAs someone who shares her home with three cats I am always on the look out for felines in art. Truth-be-told I have an unofficial competition going in...
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