Moose & Wolves is a wood carving and painted wood sculpture by Benjamin N. Raino of Whitehall, where Washington County touches Lake Champlain on the edge of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. The carving was added to the Folk Art Collection of The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library in 2005. Ben Raino was an Adirondack outdoorsman, known for his expertise in trapping, hunting and fishing. He was also an award-winning Master Carver and Arts Educator. His art

"A fearful boiler explosion" occurred in Schuylerville some 158 years ago, according to an 1864 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper found in the permanent Serials Collection of The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library. The newspaper article reports - and illustrates - the tragedy: "We give a sketch of the ruins of a paper mill at Schuylerville, destroyed by a fearful boiler explosion, on the 15th. A bleach boiler, 7 feet in diameter and 30 feet long, exploded

John Warford Davis (1903-1989) was born in North Granville, Washington County, NY on 17 March 1903 to John Boyd Davis (1862-1926) and Ann nee Hall Davis (1874-1960). In the 1915 census he and his parents were living in Kingsbury, Washington County, NY with his sister Mary Hall Davis aged 13, and brother William H. Davis aged 4. Warford, as he was referred to in all of the Post-Star newspaper articles about him, graduated from Hudson Falls High School in 1921 and attended Uni

This 4 x 4 foot wood-framed metal work is custom designed and handcrafted by James Gonzalez of Farmhouse Forge in Potsdam, NY. It was acquired in 2021 and added to our permanent Folk Art Collection in the Folklife Center. James Gonzalez was one of 8 artists who produced a 4 x 4 foot barn-quilt-inspired new work for the 2020 exhibition, St Lawrence County Barn Quilts, curated by TAUNY (Traditional Arts in upstate New York), Canton, NY, February to October 2020. James is a blac

Henry's Star is a Barn Quilt, 4 x 4 feet in size, designed and hand-painted on a wooden board by Ruth McWilliams. It was commissioned by the Folklife Center in 2021 to honor Henry Crandall, benefactor of Crandall Library, whose log mark (the 5 pointed star) is used in the Folklife Center's logo. It is now a part of our permanent Folk Art Collection. A Barn Quilt is a large piece of wood painted to look like a quilt block and hung on the exterior of a barn, house, garage or ot

We're very excited to announce our most recent acquisition for our permanent Folk Art Collection – Riverbowl III by Serena Kovalosky of Whitehall, Washington County, NY. We have placed it on display in the Folklife Center's Research Room, available for view during regular hours, MTWTh 9 to noon, 1 to 7; FSa 9 to noon, 1 to 5. Serena Kovalosky was one of the local artists who shared her work in our 2015 Folklife Gallery exhibition, Battenkill Inspired, and then was later featu