Catalyst Visuals

Aaron Hamburger was a long time supporter and founder of the Arden Craft Shop Museum with his wife Sally who was a founding Mother of the Museum.  The Hamburgers moved to Arden in 1968 and raised 3 daughters here Marjorie, Amy, and Julianne, and welcomed an exchange student from New Zeeland, Jenny Carr, who was […]

The ACSM is delighted to welcome the Shakespeare Gild back to our building.  After two years of Gallery renovations, the Gild can once again use the Bernie Schwab Community Room for costumes and make-up.  And we are re-introducing our spot-light Shakespeare exhibition, as well as special open hours before each performance. The Museum will be

The Arden Craft Shop Museum honors the life of long time Arden resident and museum friend, Connee McKinney, with a spot light exhibit, opening Sunday, March 19th. Connee long supported the museum through the gift of many different artifacts, including her design for the first t-shirt for the Arden Fair, as well as being an

The ACSM is very pleased to announce the return of our popular program Afternoon with the Artist on Sunday, March 26th.  We are delighted that Janet Williams will be the first artist in this new series of programs.  Janet grew up in the Ardens and has returned to live in the community.  She has studied

The exhibition celebrating the Ardentown Centennial is now open.  We are delighted to announce that that some new objects have been added to both the exhibition and the main display space at the Museum.  A wonderful handcrafted sign which once invited guests to that famous, or infamous, spot on the ground level of the Candlelight

The original Purchase of the Harvey and Hanby farms – the 107 acres which became Ardentown, was made by a group called the Committee of Eight.  All were residents of Arden and were led by Frank Stephens.  The purchase was made in June of 1922 then announced at a Town Meeting of Arden.  The purchase

We are excited to announce the Grand Re-Opening of the Arden Craft Shop Museum!  Please join us, October 16th from 1-3 pm as we reopen our main gallery space with a new exhibition: Ardentown Celebrates One Hundred!  We are so excited to share our renovated gallery with our friends and guests!  Please join us for light refreshments

After being partially open for an extended period the museum is closed to complete repairs to the gallery space and install our new exhibition.  Look for our Grand Reopening in later October 2022 with our new exhibition celebrating the Ardentown Centennial! During this period of closure, please enjoy the pop up art museum on the

The Village of Ardentown is getting ready to celebrate its Centennial and the ACSM is working on an exhibition to mark the occasion.  Several years ago, the Trustees of Ardentown loaned the Museum the book of original Ardentown leasehold records.  The book was part of the exhibition Finding A Homes in the Ardens. The plan was