last year's exhibit
2011
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Sixteen artists will display their work inspired by the historic artifacts and natural history displays at the Akin Library and Museum, ranging from traditional watercolors to digital photography, plus installations of honey jars, pink rocks, flower path, woven, bronze and fiber sculptures, artist books and ceramic forms in this remarkable exhibit entitled Meeting Past. Meeting Past will open on Friday September 9th and run every Friday, Saturday, Sunday through October 23rd. Visitors will be encouraged to discover the artists' creations interspersed throughout the permanent museum collection. The artists are dedicating the show to the memory of Olive Mason Gunnison who donated to the Akin her life work and a comprehensive collection covering all phases of natural history. It is housed in the lower floor of the library. The second floor houses the Historical Society Museum featuring Quaker Hill memorabilia, farm and kitchen implements, period costume displays, among others. Participating artists are: Amy R. Farrell - monotype / mixed media Mimi Czajka Graminski - sculpture George-Ann Gowan - drawing / mixed media Victoria S. Hayes - collage / pastel Susan Hennelly - watercolor painting Anne Huibregtse - bronze sculpture Tanya Kukucka - painting / sculpture Joan Blazis Levitt - etching / painting Eric Lima - sculpture Jenna Lynch - sculpture / drawing Amy Manso - relief collage Bibiana Huang Matheis - photograph / sculpture Randy Orzano- installation / mixed media Leslie Pelino- fiber sculpture / bricolage Johanne Renbeck- artist books / installation Karen Roff- mixed media The Akin Free Library, located at 378 Old Quaker Hill Road in Pawling, is an architectural treasure designed by renowned architect J. A. Wood in 1898. The Library was a gift from Albert J. Akin in his 95th year. It has been in use as a free library since it opened in 1908, especially useful as a reference library for the period around 1900. It also contains rare and fine collection of historical and literary books. One historian has said of Albert J. Akin, “He did not endow a church, library, or educational centre--he endowed a community.” The artists in this show celebrate Mr. Akin’s vision by honoring the past as it relates to our present world.
Selections from the Akin Collection
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A face from the past in the men's reading room at the Akin Library
Main floor library collection and meeting room
Second floor exhibit of local historical artifacts
  A Selection of Artist Responses to the Akin Collection 
Amy R Farrell
feather drawings
 postcards  stones with crocheted covers  crocheted cbject Joan Blazis Levitt etchings  botanical drawings  library card overcoat  babies  paintings  jars  etchings lamp with etchings Mimi Czajka Graminski embroidered spool of thread  figure Randy Ozano framed pieces Joan Blazis Levitt assemblage with ladder Johanne Renbeck wearable book Bibiana Huang Matheis photo  Karen Roff wire bust  honey jars Leslie Pelino assemblages Anne Huibregtse cow bronzes Bibiana Huang Matheis red door  boxes  assemblage  ceramics  hanging piece Randy Orzano honey jars  wearable book  wire busts Joan Blazis Levitt painting  pastel 
watercolor
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