From Meteors to Auroras: Frederic Church Looks to the Skies With Eleanor Jones Harvey November 8, 2023 In this talk, Eleanor Harvey takes us on a nocturnal voyage of discovery through some of Church’s most significant paintings. Central to this talk will be a close ...Read More

To Bring the World Home: Collecting Photography in the Nineteenth Century With Corey Keller October 17, 2023 Church’s collection of travel photography provides a new perspective on his work as a landscape painter and sheds light on the 19th-century philosophical outlook that the world was ...Read More

Walking in Wonder with The Outside Institute With Laura Chávez Silverman October 14, 2023 A walk and discussion about how human hands shape the landscape and how the land transforms us. During this program, Laura Chávez Silverman, founding naturalist of The Outside Institute, guides participants ...Read More

Turning to the Plants: A Guided Plant Walk through Olana With Antonia Estela Pérez September 15, 2023 During this workshop guided by Antonia Estela Pérez, participants will learn about several medicinal and food plants growing in Olana and how we can build mutually regenerative relationships. ...Read More

Excavating Art and Empire: An Artist Talk (AUDIO) With David Hartt September 9, 2023 Guest curator David Hartt discusses his artistic process and vision for Terraforming: Olana’s Historic Photography Collection Unearthed. Learn more about how Hartt was inspired by Olana’s collection of nearly 2,000 19th-century ...Read More

Moving and Healing with Mother Earth: A Sunset Walk and Workshop With Nkoula Badila August 26, 2023 During this nature walk and workshop, Nkoula Badila, founder of Grow Black Hudson, guides participants through Olana’s landscape, discussing the health benefits of regional species and the ways ...Read More

Perspectives on Landscape, Language, and Indigeneity With Mark Igloliorte March 23, 2023 During this virtual webinar, learn more about the work of contemporary artist Mark Igloliorte, whose work featured in Olana’s exhibition Chasing Icebergs: Art and a Disappearing Landscape. During this presentation, he will track the ...Read More

Moving Art, Moving Audiences: Nineteenth-Century Travelling Exhibitions and the Matter of Abolition With Caitlin Meehye Beach February 7, 2023 In the mid-nineteenth century, Americans faced a new way to encounter art: the traveling exhibition. Sculptures, panoramas, and paintings crisscrossed the country, appearing at venues that ...Read More

The View from Olana: Preserving America's Cultural Landscape With Harvey Flad January 12, 2023 During this webinar, Harvey Flad, Professor Emeritus of Geography at Vassar College, will share a personal perspective on how Olana’s views have been saved. Join Flad during this examination of how historic ...Read More

The Intrepid Quest for Church’s "Icebergs" With Eleanor Jones Harvey November 17, 2022 What happens when an artist and his travel companion set forth to chase icebergs? The immediate result is a suite of drawings and oil sketches created to inspire future paintings, and a ...Read More