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Art by the Lake
August 7, 2010
10:00am-4:00pm
Fenimore Art Museum

Join the Fenimore Art Museum as we celebrate artists and the landscape! See the work of landscape artists, play games on the lawn, listen to curators talk about our exhibitions, and try local food and beverages.

2010 Artists:
• Meg Anderson Argo (soft pastels)
• Jessica Dalrymple (oil) website
• Evelyn S. Dankovich (oil, acrylic, watercolor) website
• Denise Dolge (pastel)
• Grant Dolge (pastel)
• Lois M. Holz (oil, acrylic, watercolor)
• Andrea House (oil)
• Tom Hussey (oil, acrylic) website
• Susan Jones Kenyon (oil)  website
• Bill Mowson (watercolor) website
• Marilyn A. Roveland (watercolor)
• Elaine Wentworth (oil, acrylic, watercolor)

Judges:
• Felicia Blum, Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Paul D’Ambrosio, Fenimore Art Museum & The Farmers’ Museum
• Michelle Murdock, Fenimore Art Museum & The Farmers’ Museum

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

• Best Interpretation of New York Landscape
• Most Outstanding Use of Color
• Most Original Style
• Audience Favorite

Food & Beverages:
We will be providing samples from the Cooperstown Brewing Company and Four Chimneys Organic Winery to members of the public free of charge from 11:30am-3:30pm.

Our food service staff will be cooking and selling foods made from local sources, which will be available for purchase in the tent. The Fenimore Art Museum Café will also be open throughout the day.  Cabot/McCadam Cheese, a sponsor, will be present with samples.

Additional Activities:
Marian Mullet will be signing copies of her book, Richard Andrew: Called to Paint, throughout the day.

Event Schedule:

All Day:

Beverage Tasting (Cooperstown Brewing Company and Four Chimneys Organic Winery), 11:30am-3:30pm
Lunch served 11:30am-3:30pm
Audience Favorite Voting (until 2:30pm)
Lawn Games, including croquet and bocce
For Kids: Make Your Own Postcard and Afternoon tea (pm only)
Marian Mullet, author of Richard Andrew: Called to Paint, book signing
Bark House open (pm only)

Scheduled Events:

Gallery Talk - Empire Waists, Bustles & Lace: A Century of New York Fashion, Chris Rossi, 11:00am
Gallery Talk - Watermark, Michele Harvey, 12:00pm
Gallery Talk - In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers, Michelle Murdock, 1:00pm
Gallery Talk - John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women, Paul D’Ambrosio, 2:00pm
Award Ceremony: 3:00pm

Admission to the event is free with paid admission to the Fenimore Art Museum.  Adults (13-64): $12.00 and seniors (65+): $10.50. Members of NYSHA, children 12 and under, as well as active and retired career military (must present card at admissions) are free.

Sponsors:
• Cabot/McCadam Cheese
• Cooperstown Brewing Company
• Golden Artist Colors
• Katz Graphics
• WAMC