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On Thursday, November 30th, the Arden Craft Shop Museum lost one of its most caring supporters. James “Jamie” Jamison passed away peacefully at his home just outside of the Ardens. For many years, Jamie was the building manager of the Arden Craft Shop Museum. As a member of the Board of the Arden Craft Shop […]
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The new exhibition at the ACSM, Women Artists of the Ardens: 1900-1960, has so many photographs, pictures, parts, and papers, that it was hard to fit everything into the show! The displays range from pottery to poems and from greeting cards to stained glass and it all represents work done by the women artists who
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After a busy summer season, the ACSM is gearing up for the fall. We will be open with special hours during the Arden Fair from 11 AM until 4 PM. You will be able to see the exhibition which was done for the Afternoon With Artist event on August 13th. The first-ever celebration of poets
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
