Nice little art gallery. Showing the oil works of Gary Glinski when we visited. Good choice for…read moreopening exhibit. Lots of potential.

Small gallery on Russell Sage campus doing some amazing work with screen printing…read more We left our donation& a valuable new experience:)!

I can't believe that there aren't any other reviews of this cool little gallery on Yelp yet! With…read moremost other arts and culture in the area on hold right now, we were craving something interesting to do, and decided to brave the snow to check out a brand new exhibition at the Opalka Gallery. First, I want to get this out of the way: the space is teeny-tiny, so you're not going to make a day of it. You might not even make a half-hour of it. For someone who really loves wandering around galleries and museums it feels a little like being served exactly five potato chips. However, the art on display is legitimately really interesting and worth seeing. Right now the exhibition includes prints, sculptures, and a motorized sound installation that was really cool to look at, even though we didn't get to see it in action (the artist wasn't there when we were). I'm really looking forward to coming back here post-covid to attend some of the musical performances and other events that the Opalka gallery runs -- in the summer of 2019 they were hosting an outdoor beer garden with art and music that I really regret never having checked out when I had the chance! Post script: COVID procedures are scrupulously followed here, so be prepared to fill out a contact-tracing form and have your temperature taken before you can check out the art.

What a beautiful gallery! From the moment I walked in my eyes just travelled from paintings, to…read morejewelry, to sculptures, oh my! I just love everything about this place. So many pretty things. Apparently they have classes in the back area (pottery & painting) maybe more I'm not sure. I will have to take a class next time I am up in this area. Cynthia the owner is one of the sweetest people you will meet, and Natalia is a gem. Both ladies are friendly knowledgeable, helpful and boy oh boy they know their art. Definitely stop by you won't be sorry.

Despite being a small town upstater, I've been to some incredible museums this year from the…read moreGuggenheim to MOMA to the Met to the "more intimate" Seattle and Portland art museums. Still, I liked this little museum a great deal. Let me put it this way. What's more boring than a drive along the New York State Thruway? How about a fun, educational break from the cross-state driving? Just 3 or 4 blocks from the Canajoharie toll booth and you're at the museum. Stretch your legs, see a lovely little collection of interesting art, and barely interrupt your drive. I was most impressed by the beautiful bronze in the garden and the American Art Collection. I could care less about the high quality reproduction of the Night Watch; I've seen the real thing and I've even seen it done in tiles in the Delft factory - oddly interesting. My only regret - I missed the recent Homer and Wyeth shows. The current specials (infrared shots of American ruins and a room of paintings arranged by seasons) didn't ring my bell although my wife was agog over some of the winter scenes. If you have time, head south just a block or two to the Church & Main Restaurant. Or, along the way there is an old fashioned small town cafe/diner. Regardless, take a tiny detour, get out of the car, and have fun!

It is very hard to find an exact analog to the Arkell to compare it to. It's an artifact of the…read moreold-fashioned paternalist industrialist, a gift to the company town that has outlasted the company's presence in the town. The library is a full public library branch, to your right, and to your left are two gleaming new modern galleries and a large atrium space. The old memorial garden Arkell erected for his first wife is strangely isolated and inaccessible, its fountains dry, and straight on in from the door is a small exhibit on the Beech-Nut company and its relationship to the Arkell and the Arkell family. Then to the rear is the collection of the Arkells, which contains a couple of minor masterpieces but is mostly fourth-rate, and includes a copy of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" at full scale, before its cleaning, so it looks as dank and dreary as the original painting (in the Netherlands) used to. I'll start by noting the curation is top-notch. For the permanent collection, which the museum is sort of stuck with, they have done their best and had excellent interpretive labels. The Beech-Nut exhibit is a little biased towards a rosy view of the company's complex relationship with the town, and ignores the horrors of recent years of real estate fraud, toxic waste, and lost opportunities at re-use of the site, which still stands partially intact across the street. But the two temporary exhibits we saw, while small, were extremely well done. One was on paintings of the Mohawk Valley, particularly the canal, on the occasion of the canal's 200th anniversary, and had a terrific array of works spanning nearly two centuries. The other was a single-artist exhibit of contemporary portraits of (historical) New York Suffragists, obviously not taken from life, that was quite stunning. There wasn't nearly as much interpretation overall as I would have liked but for the space and scope limitations I've seen few such exhibits done better. There's a small array of gifts at the combined museum and library lobby, including snack bars and drinks, and a small group of tables in the museum atrium to sit at, but no real café. There's a teaching/meeting facility in the basement that looks like it has an active program. So what can I tell you as a potential visitor? If you're going along the thruway, there are a lot worse ways to kill an hour (admission is $9, so there are also cheaper ways) than to see a small, "doable" regional museum. But the collection has *no* "destination" masterworks and little coherence, and the Beech-Nut exhibit, while it has some interesting artifacts, isn't exactly can't miss either. I think the museum itself is saddled a bit by the requirements of the donation from the benefactor; with a terrific facility and the evidence of strong leadership, it could be so much more with a different focus (the serving three- or four-masters in such a small space doesn't work well), either serving more centrally as a community center and local history museum (one way to go) or as a New York regional museum (another possible direction). So while I can't exactly gush that this is a can't miss museum, I can say that it's good for what it is. Which is sui generis.

Second time holiday shopping here this month. Great shop for gifts at all price points that will…read morebe enjoyed. Brought my daughter and grandson this time. The store has incredible items that are unique and exciting. Will selected wonderful stained glass window decals for himself and his sister. He picked out a Muzak radio with flashlight for himself and helped me select one his sister would like. I bought a wood toned Muzak radio as a gift to myself! It is a small portable blue tooth speaker. I will listen to FM radio on it. Cool items: Pizza glass cleaning cloth Adorable gingerbread stuffed animals Saw shaped plastic knife for cake ( great for lettuce too) Stickers Etc. This Jay Street store was bustling was customers today! So happy it is a success. Amanda is not only smart, she is a hard worker with a good eye for merchandise, affordable art, and gifts for most people on your list.

the best store there! all the cute kawaii things, home decor, toys, stationary, stickers, tees,…read moreetc. the store was very hot and the ac should be on!! but other than that i spent money here and i loved wut i got. staff is very friendly too!

This is an incredible gallery. I was amazed at the talent of the 50 or so local artists. Their…read moreworks on display ranged from photography to sculpture to oils, abstract to classical. Definitely will visit again.

Very professional gallery with a great variety of work!…read moreUnique photography on metal and glass and amazing paintings on copper drape the walls. Creative small oil paintings also available.

Such a beautiful setting for this museum. The permanent collection was brilliant and the Calvin &…read moreHobbs the icing on the cake!

Beautiful museum with a nice selection of art. Enjoyed the calvin & hobbes exhibit. Would like to…read morevisit farm museum next time.