‘SYNAGOGUE TO THE CAROUSEL’ TO OPEN AT FENIMORE MAY 24

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Fenimore Art Museum will present “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel,” on view May 24–September 1.

From gilded lions to high-stepping horses, the sacred to the secular, and the Old World to the New, this exhibition traces, for the first time, the journey of Jewish woodcarvers and paper cut artists from Eastern and Central Europe to America.

Organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York City, the exhibition highlights the unsung role these artisans played in establishing a distinct Jewish culture in communities throughout the United States and provides a surprising revelation of the link that was forged between the immigrant Jewish woodcarvers and the American carousel industry.

Featuring 100 rarely exhibited artworks, drawn from private and public collections in the United States, Eastern Europe and Israel, the exhibition tells the story of this aspect of Jewish and American visual culture.

Organized by guest curator Murray Zimiles and coordinated by the American Folk Art Museum’s Senior Curator Stacy C. Hollander, the exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated 192-page book.

The Fenimore Art Museum is at 5798 State Highway 80, Lake Road. For information, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org, www.gildedlions.org or 888-547-1450.