When Emily Rankin’s college friend Dorry Scribner comes for a visit, things do not proceed as usual at Cherry Hill. Dorry is a suffragist, and the Rankins are not so sure woman suffrage is a good idea. Addressing the suffrage question brings out the hopes and fears of these women living through this important moment in American history.

"The Burden of the Ballot" is an original one-act play by Dr. Krysta Dennis, Lecturer in Creative Arts at Siena College, featuring Janet Kimlicko as Catherine Rankin, Kellyrose Marry as Emily Rankin, Sydney Paluch as Dorry Scribner, and Sandra Boynton as Mrs. Pruyn. First performed at Historic Cherry Hill in May 2017, this encore performance of "The Burden of the Ballot" is being staged in conjunction with the Arkell Museum's exhibition 'Truth is the Only Safe Ground to Stand Upon', featuring portraits and quotes of New York State suffragists by artist Christine Heller.

Admission to the program is free, and doors will open at 6:30. For more information, please contact Jenna Peterson Riley, Curator of Education & Public Engagement at jriley@arkellmuseum.org or (518) 673-2314 x 113.

Thursday, May 18 is National Art Museum Day & International Museum Day, and we are celebrating with guided gallery walks and art activities.

11:00 - "Canada Lake Portraits: Animal Prints, Drawings, and Paintings by American Artist Paul Bransom from the Arkell Museum Collection" Gallery Walk

1:00 - "Animals in Bronze: The Michael and Mary Erlanger Collection of Animalier Bronzes from the Georgia Museum of Art" Gallery Walk

3:30 - Art After School: Meet the People in a Portrait (FREE!) - Open to students K-12, this program encourages students to examine all perspectives of portraiture, then create a portrait of their own!

Admission
Members: Free
Adults: $9.00
Students and Senior Citizens: $6.50
Children ages 11 and under are free when accompanied by an adult.

Join artist Christine Heller for a discussion of the inspiration and process behind her series of portraits in the exhibit "Truth is the only Safe Ground to Stand Upon," depicting suffragists who fought to bring the vote to New York's women one hundred years ago. Heller will examine her own work in more detail, as well as the individual women who she has portrayed in her work.

Admission to the program is free, and doors will open at 6:30. For more information, please contact Jenna Peterson Riley, Curator of Education & Public Engagement at jriley@arkellmuseum.org or (518) 673-2314 x 113.