Fruitlands displays historical collections of Shaker material, Hudson River and New England landscape painting, folk portraits, and indigenous art and artifacts. These changing exhibition programs and permanent collection displays will continue, with the goal of better achieving an optimal combination of intellectual substance and broad general appeal.
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Building Relationships
Artwork from the Fruitlands Collection
April 19 - September 12, 2022
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Unseen Hours
Unseen Hours: Space Clearing for Spirit Work
September 15, 2021 - March 13, 2022
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Speaking of the Future: Utopia Press
Reflecting with care upon the Transcendentalist roots of this site, this participatory art invites the community to walk the trails and consider what utopia means to them.
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Sue McNally: Ascutney Revisited
MoreRecruiting for Utopia
Recruiting for Utopia: Print and the Imagination.
Image Credit: After design by Charles Fitch & Apollos Hale, Detail, "A Chronological Chart of the Visions of Daniel & John", 1842.
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Polly Thayer Starr: Nearer the Essence
Polly Thayer Starr was an artist who lived beyond tidy definitions. Credit: "Weir River Farm view", c. 1970, Watercolor, Courtesy of : Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust | 1991.574
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