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A Taste of the Sublime
August 8, 2009
10:00am-4:00pm
Fenimore Art Museum

Join the Fenimore Art Museum in our second annual celebration of the relationship between artists and landscape. Offering one of the most spectacular views of Otsego Lake in town, the museum’s back lawn is truly the perfect spot to experience landscape art in the context in which it was created.

The event will offer entertainment, exhibits by local artists and samplings of the best of New York State foods and beverages - as well as educational programming including tours and children’s activities.

A Taste of the Sublime is a juried art competition, featuring 15 artists that frequent this region to produce inspirational landscape works. There will be spectator voting for the “Audience Favorite” until 3:00 p.m. and other awards.

A Taste of the Sublime is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.  The event is sponsored in part by Wilber Bank Trust & Investment Center, McCadam Cheese and Golden Artist Colors.

All activities at the event are free with museum admission and for NYSHA members.  Activities include...

Judging, Tours, Talks and ‘On Exhibit’

Voting for “Audience Favorite” all day until 3:00pm
Highlight Tours of the Museum Collection
11:00am, and again at 1:00pm
Tours of the Mohawk Bark House and Interpretive Trail
11:30am, and again at 3:30pm
Jazz on the Terrace
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Exhibition Lecture: Three Places in Rome, William L. Vance
2:00pm in the Fenimore Auditorium
Announcement of Art Awards and Sandwich Stack-Off Winner
3:00pm

Taste Treats / 11:00am – 4:00pm

SUNY Cobleskill offers tastes of the region:
Beef Satay with Korean Bulgoki Sauce, Gnocchi with Fresh Basil Pesto and Crisp Pancetta, Fresh Edamame Summer Salad, Marinated Shrimp on Grilled Flat Bread, and Red Velvet Cake
Sampling from McCadam Cheese and SAVOR New York

Beers and Wines / 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Brewery Ommegang, Brotherhood Winery, Fox Run Vineyards, Goose Watch Winery, Penguin Bay Winery, Swedish Hill Winery

For Children and Families All Day
• Play Lawn Games: Croquet, Bocce, Badminton, Lawn Bowling, Quoits
• Make a Postcard
• Help Create a Mural of Otsego Lake
• Follow the stars in the museum to learn more about our own collection of Hudson River School landscape paintings.  Pick up a guide at the admissions kiosk.

Afternoon Tea
12:00pm and 2:00pm

  Download A Taste of the Sublime flyer here (pdf 2.2mb).

2009 Featured Artists:

Jessica Dalrymple
Evelyn Dankovich 
Denise Dolge
Grant Dolge
Deborah Geurtze (Cooperstown)
Lois Holz (Cooperstown)
Tom Hussey
Sabine Krummel
Bill Mowson
Lorraine Mulligan
Mary Nolan (Cooperstown)
Marilyn A. Roveland (Morris)
Marian Simpson
Kate Stamps
Elaine Wentworth (Oneonta)

2009 Participating Wineries and Breweries:
Brewery Ommegang
Brotherhood Winery
Fox Run Vineyards
Goose Watch Winery
Penguin Bay Winery
Swedish Hill Winery

Many thanks to our sponsors and collaborators:

Golden Artist Colors
McCadam Cheese
SAVOR New York

SUNY Cobleskill

West Kortright Centre
Wilber Bank Trust and Investment Center