Nov 16 Sunday
“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the deep-rooted significance of trees in Haudenosaunee culture, tradition, and creative expression. Featuring the work of 42 artists and more than 100 objects—including decorative and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds—this exhibition highlights the important relationship between nature and artistry. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition was created with guidance from curatorial consultants Terry Chrisjohn III (Oneida), Preston Jacobs (Mohawk), and Sheila Ransom (Mohawk).
"Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience" explores the lasting impact of the Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo, NY, and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario. These institutions, which enrolled a significant number of Haudenosaunee students, were part of a larger system that sought to erase Indigenous identities while deeply shaping the lives of those who endured them. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk), the exhibition sheds light on Haudenosaunee resilience.
Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.
Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.
Abstract Art w/ Drawing OilsSat, Nov 16, 11:30-2:30pm
Join painter Melanie Delgado for a 3 hour workshop at the Jane St Art Center in Saugerties, NY.
This workshop will introduce participants to the brand new R&F Drawing Oils. We will start with a variety of mark making exercises to get comfortable creating abstract marks. Delgado will share her experience as an abstract painter and demonstrate her techniques for getting started and possibilities for a resolved work of art.
Melanie Delgado (b.1977) was born and raised in New Jersey. She has lived in many places, most notably Philadelphia, Maryland and California. In 2014 she moved from San Diego, California to Upstate New York where she has found a home and a sense of place, with deep ties to her community. Delgado has been a painting instructor at the Woodstock School of Art since 2015 and has most recently been the exhibition curator for Maiden Lane Gallery in Kingston, New York. Carving out time in her studio between teaching at the Woodstock School of Art and raising a daughter, she continues to piece together works taking on Motherhood, Fear and Doubt. Her collection is imbued with Determination, Confidence and Love.
“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.” - Kahlil Gibran
Through this series of monotypes, I explore water as a substance, its metaphoric allusion, and the collective narrative that addresses mankind's complicated relationship to this essential natural resource.
Opening Reception: Sat, Nov 8, 3-6pmGallery Hours: Thurs/Sun - 12-5pm, Fri/Sat - 12-6pmNo On-Site Parking
Nov 17 Monday
The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.
Nov 18 Tuesday