Washington's Portrait Back on Display

By Bill Buell, The Daily Gazette - March 7, 2019

Gilbert Stuart was an extremely gifted artist, but not always a good businessman. In 1793, however, when the Irish threatened to throw him in debtor's prison, he made a sound financial decision by heading back to the U.S., where, he told a friend, "There I expect to make a fortune by Washington alone. I calculate upon making a plurality of his portraits." He ended up making more than 70, and one of those copies, the image used for the U.S. one dollar bill, is on display at the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie...

Local artist ‘surprised’ by success of his abstract photography pieces

By Eric Retzlaff, The Leader-Herald - April 9, 2018

Sometimes it pays to break the rules. “I was always used to following the rules of photography,” said Robert Buck of Fort Plain, whose photos are on display with two other artists’ work through May 9 at Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library on Erie Boulevard.

Witnessing the Solar Eclipse

By Patricia Older, The Leader-Herald - August 22, 2017

It turned out to be a spectacular day for an eclipse and for Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library, the turn out for their Experience the Eclipse event Monday almost eclipsed the eclipse itself.

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