Top Scholars In Cooperstown Saturday For ‘Folk Art, Modernism’ Symposium COOPERSTOWN – “Folk Art and American Modernism“, The Fenimore Art Museum’s annual Americana Symposium, this year will feature leading scholars and experts on American history, art and culture. The symposium is 9-5 Saturday, Sept. 27, at the museum. The public is welcome. $65 for members, $75 for non-members. This year’s presentations include “The Ogunquit Modernists Discover American Folk Art” by Elizabeth Stillinger; “Forks in the Road: Continuing Narratives of Self-taught Art…
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Artist Janet Wentworth Seeking Oneonta Heroes For Portrait Series ONEONTA – Artist Janet Wentworth wants to make sure Oneonta’s notables get the recognition they deserve. “I want to paint the unsung heroes, the under-represented, the never-represented,” she told Common Council earlier this evening. Wentworth, an artist and adjunct art professor at SUNY Oneonta, has received a grant to paint 10 oil portraits of Oneonta community members in the “classical style” to be displayed at The Fenimore Art Museum’s community gallery.…
‘Art By Lake’ Features Perfect Day, Art, Views…
‘Art By Lake’ To Introduce Novel Folk Work Editor’s Note: Here’s the start of a June 8 article in the New York Times on a piece of folk art that will be unveiled this weekend at The Fenimore Museum’s “Art By the Lake” event. “A 1930s shoeshine stand bedecked with gilded knobs and beaded fringe, which was once exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art — where it played a role in a famous director’s ouster — resurfaced last month and is headed back…
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Cooperstown #8 On Fodor’s List Of Best Small Towns COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown, celebrated this spring by “I Love NY” and honored by President Obama’s visit, has another promotional feather in its touristic hat: Fodor’s Travel has just selected it as eighth on a list of ten of “America’s Best Small Towns.” “Cooperstown isn’t just a destination for sports lovers,” the listing says, “with cultural attractions including the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, the annual Glimmerglass Opera season, and the Fenimore Art…
