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TAUNY, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, invites the community to see its latest exhibit, Personal Collection Series: Cookie Cutters from the Miller Family Collection, and join the Millers for a Drop-in Sugar Cookie Making afternoon on Thursday, December 14 from 3:00-5:00pm at The TAUNY Center. Cookie-making participants can drop in for as little or as long as you like to join in baking and decorating sugar cookies with John and Lynn Miller. This fun, informal event will give visitors a chance to use cookie cutters from the Miller Family collection, as featured in this month’s Personal Collections Series exhibit. Dazzle, drizzle, and design to your heart’s content, and make sure to leave some room for sampling your creations! Guests will be able to design and taste or take home a few cookies each, with fresh batches continuing to come out as the afternoon goes on. All supplies will be provided. All ages are welcome. (Children must be supervised.) There is a $5 suggested donation for this program.

Personal Collection Series: Cookie Cutters from the Miller Family Collection, on view through December 30th, features a variety of cookie cutters for all occasions that were collected over decades by the Miller Family of DeKalb Junction, NY. Over a few big days each season, the Miller family has always baked, frosted, and decorated dozens and dozens of sugar cookies, among other varieties, both to enjoy at home and to share with others as gifts. In this display, John Miller shares his mother Tyke’s cookie cutter collection, which includes many and varied pieces from her collection of over 500 cookie cutters. Many cookie cutters came down to Tyke through her family, and over the years she also collected and was given many more as gifts. The collection includes plenty of the usual holiday shapes, but there are also all kinds of other shapes and themes— from animals to musical instruments to patriotic sets for presidents’ birthdays. John himself made several, starting with the shape of the family Volkswagen Beetle in junior high metal shop, and later an artist’s palette, made from a soup can. The collection ranges from late 19th century pieces to the present day, including ones made out of aluminum, tin, copper, and plastic. Visitors are invited to come by the TAUNY Center to see selections from this incredible collection along with family cookbooks, photos, and more.

The Sugar Cookie Making Drop-in program is supported by underwriting from Save-A-Lot.

The TAUNY Center is located at 53 Main Street, Downtown Canton, NY. TAUNY is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people understand and appreciate the folk traditions and local culture of everyday life—present and past—in the North Country. To do so, TAUNY seeks to research and preserve a record of diverse groups, customs and traditions; to recognize and empower traditional arts and artists; to identify and promote regional identity; and to provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn about folklore and culture. More information is available at tauny.org.

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Photo caption - Stop by The TAUNY Center on December 14th from 3:00-5:00pm to bake and decorate sugar cookies and see the latest exhibit, Personal Collection Series: Cookie Cutters from the Miller Family Collection (on view through December 30th).

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