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{{short description|Museum in Clinton, New Jersey}}
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| name                = Hunterdon Art Museum
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| caption             = Hunterdon Art Museum in historic [[Dunham's Mill|Stone Mill]]
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| established         = {{start date|1952}}
| location            = 7 Lower Center Street<br >[[Clinton, New Jersey]]
| type                = [[Art Museum]]
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| executive_director  = Marjorie Frankel Nathanson
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| president           = Timothy J. Fraser
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The '''Hunterdon Art Museum''', previously known as the '''Hunterdon Art Center''' and the '''Hunterdon Museum of Art''', is located in a historic stone mill at 7 Lower Center Street in [[Clinton, New Jersey]]. It was founded in 1952 when it purchased [[Dunham's Mill]], the Stone Mill, for use as an art museum. The museum emphasizes that it is a "center for art, craft & design" and presents exhibitions featuring both local and national artists.<ref name=ham>{{cite web |title=The Story of the Stone Mill and the Hunterdon Art Museum |url=https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/history/ |publisher=Hunterdon Art Museum}}</ref> The stone mill was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982 for its significance in commerce and industry.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82003277}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dunham's Mill |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Clarence |last1=Brash |first2=Diane Gail |last2=Lazarus |date=October 1980 }} With {{NRHP url|id=82003277|photos=y|title=accompanying 13 photos}}</ref>
==History==
In 1952, the American artists [[James Randall Marsh]] and [[Anne Steele Marsh]] of [[Pittstown, New Jersey|Pittstown]], helped raise funds to purchase Dunham's Mill.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/pdf/c%26h/notablewomenofhuntco.pdf#page=48 |title=Notable Women Throughout the History of Hunterdon County |chapter=Anne Steele Marsh |year=2000 |work=Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission |access-date=2021-03-29 |archive-date=2016-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408123013/http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/pdf/c%26h/notablewomenofhuntco.pdf#page=48 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The historic character of the mill was preserved by the architect, William M. Hunt, as it was converted into a museum. After James Marsh's death in 1966, Otto Siegmund became president of the museum. With funding from the [[New Jersey State Council on the Arts]], Ann Douglass was hired as the first executive director in 1970.<ref name=ham/> The current president of the board of trustees is Timothy J. Fraser and the current executive director is Marjorie Frankel Nathanson.<ref>{{cite web |title=Board and Staff |url=https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/board-and-staff/ |publisher=Hunterdon Art Museum}}</ref>
==Collection==
Artists represented in the collection of prints include [[Mark di Suvero]], [[Philip Guston]], [[Alex Katz]], and [[Ad Reinhardt]]. Sculptors represented at the museum include [[Tom Otterness]] and [[Toshiko Takaezu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Permanent Collection |url=https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/permanent-collection/ |publisher=Hunterdon Art Museum}}</ref>
==Exhibitions==
The exhibition "Outsider Art by Southern Folks" in 1994 focused on folk art and included two works by [[Herbert Singleton]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raynor |first1=Vivien |title=The Talents of Southern 'Outsiders' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/02/nyregion/art-the-talents-of-southern-outsiders.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 2, 1994}}</ref> In early 2002, the works of the sculptor [[Jim Toia]] were displayed in an exhibition entitled "Groundwork" and featuring mushrooms as both source and subject.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=William |title=Art Review: Finding Meaning in Mushrooms Served Up as Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/nyregion/art-review-finding-meaning-in-mushrooms-served-up-as-art.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 24, 2002}}</ref> Later in the year, the museum celebrated its anniversary with an exhibition entitled "50 Years: The History of the Hunterdon Museum of Art". In ''[[The New York Times]]'', art critic William Zimmer described it as the "most charming and picturesque" museum in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=William |title=Art Review: How Clinton's Gristmill Grew Into a Museum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/20/nyregion/art-review-how-clinton-s-gristmill-grew-into-a-museum.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 20, 2002 |quote=The Hunterdon Museum of Art may not be the largest museum in the state, but it is the most charming and picturesque.}}</ref> The 2003 exhibition "Extreme Landscape" featured paintings of volcanic eruptions by [[Diane Burko]] and lithographs of a mountain landscape by [[James Lavadour]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genocchio |first1=Benjamin |title=Art Review: Landscapes That Push The Boundaries |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/nyregion/art-review-landscapes-that-push-the-boundaries.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 14, 2003}}</ref> All three floors of the museum were used to display the works of [[Toshiko Takaezu]], who lives in nearby [[Quakertown, New Jersey|Quakertown]], in 2006. The show included over fifty of her painted abstract vessels, in either clay or porcelain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genocchio |first1=Benjamin |title=Art Review: Master Who Turns Mud Into Vessels of Beauty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/nyregion/art-review-master-who-turns-mud-into-vessels-of-beauty.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 23, 2006}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of museums in New Jersey]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web|title=Hunterdon Museum Of Art |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=16628 |publisher=[[The Historical Marker Database]]}}
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[[Category:Clinton, New Jersey]]
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