Visual Arts
Museum Of American History: A Gem Gets Polished
Washington's National Mall will regain a star attraction Friday, when the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History reopens after a two-year renovation. It took $85 million and a horde of curators, builders, architects and advisers to reframe space for the museum's 3 million historic objects.
Annie Leibovitz: The View From Behind The Lens
Whoopi Goldberg in a milk bath? Meryl Streep in a white mime face? After training her lens on some of the most notable faces of our day, the photographer reveals the stories behind some of her famous portraits.
China Dusts Off, Restores Emperor's Hideaway
American experts are at work in Beijing's Forbidden City, helping tp preserve a long-neglected treasure: the elaborate private retreat of the 18th century Chinese emperor Qianlong.

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Adirondack Artists' Guild Gallery
52 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Phone: 518-891-2615
Winter: Mon closed, Tues-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-3;
Summer: Mon-Wed & Sat 10-5, Thurs-Fri 10-7, & Sun 12-3

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Phone: (518) 352-7715
Open: Mon-Fri 10-4

Arts Guild of Old Forge
The Arts Center, Rt. 28, Old Forge, NY
Phone: (315) 369-6411
Open: Mon-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4

The Richard F. Brush Gallery
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Phone: (315) 229-5174
Open: Mon-Thu 12-8, Fri-Sat 12-5

The Creative Spirit Art Center
6 Raymond St., Potsdam, NY
Phone: (315) 265-3949
Open: Mon-Thu 9-5, Fri-Sat 9-6

The Gibson Gallery
SUNY Potsdam , Potsdam, NY
Phone: (315) 267-3290
Open: Mon-Fi 12-5, Sat-Sun 12-4
(Closed during school recesses and between exhibitions)

The Handweaving Museum and Arts Center
314 John St., Clayton, NY 13624
Phone: 315-686-4123
Open: Mon-Fri 9 am-4:30 pm

Lake Placid Center for the Arts
17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid, NY 12946
Phone: (518) 523-2512
Open:
Tues.-Sat. 1-5pm


The Frederic Remington Art Museum
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303 Washington St., Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Phone: 315-393-2425
Open: Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 1-5


The St. Lawrence County Arts Coucil
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51 Market St., Potsdam, NY 13676
Phone: 315-265-6860
Open: Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4

Widlund Gallery, Tannery Pond Community Center,
228 Main Street, North Creek, NY
518-251-2421
Open: Mon-Sat 9 am-4 pm, Sun whenever the "Open" flag is out

The TAUNY Gallery
53 Main St., Canton, NY
Phone: 315-386-4289
Open: Tue-Sat 10-4

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New in the UpNorth Gallery

Angel Written in Paint: Jeanne Danforth

Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake
November 3-30, 2008

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barrel saunaBack to the Land: Hippie Houses and Homesteads for the 21st Century

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TAUNY Gallery, 53 Main St., Canton, NY
Through January 2009


From Akwesasne to Cape Vincent: Folklife Along the Seaway Trail

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TAUNY Gallery, 53 Main St., Canton, NY
June 7 - September 13, 2008


November 20, 2008 | NPR· Washington's National Mall will regain a star attraction Friday, when the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History reopens after a two-year renovation. It took $85 million and a horde of curators, builders, architects and advisers to reframe space for the museum's 3 million historic objects.
 
November 18, 2008 | NPR· Whoopi Goldberg in a milk bath? Meryl Streep in a white mime face? After training her lens on some of the most notable faces of our day, the photographer reveals the stories behind some of her famous portraits.
 
November 17, 2008 | NPR· American experts are at work in Beijing's Forbidden City, helping tp preserve a long-neglected treasure: the elaborate private retreat of the 18th century Chinese emperor Qianlong.
 
November 16, 2008 | NPR· Growing up during the Reagan era, Jason Eskenazi heard so much about "The Evil Empire" that when the Berlin Wall came down, he had to go visit it. He ended up spending more than a decade photographing life in the former Soviet Union.
 
November 15, 2008 | NPR· The Smithsonian's Museum of American History has long been curator of presidential memorabilia. But in a few years, the Smithsonian will be opening a new museum — of African-American History and Culture. And both museums are on the lookout for collectibles from the campaign of the first black president.