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

Before Olana, The Original New Yorkers (AUDIO) With Heather Bruegl November 9, 2022 Ever wondered who lived in the Hudson Valley long before Frederic Church and his family? During this on-site talk, join historian Heather Bruegl to learn more about the Native Nations that called ...Read More

Impressions of Niagara through the Vantage Point of Black Escape Artists, Black Activists, and Landscape Artist Frederic Church With dann j. Broyld November 3, 2022 Against the backdrop of the picturesque Falls, Blacks cultivated a global and green outlook, developing the Niagara Movement which birthed the ...Read More

Art, Ecology, and Olana's Native Forest With Sean Sawyer October 19, 2022 During this virtual webinar, Sean Sawyer, President of The Olana Partnership will discuss how Frederic Church engaged with the emerging field of ecology in the 19th century. By following in Alexander von Humboldt’s ...Read More

Amelia Edwards at Olana and the Birth of Egyptian Archaeology With Peter Lacovara April 5, 2022 Amelia Edwards’ lifelong efforts to preserve Egyptian monuments not only firmly planted her legacy in Egyptian studies but brought Edwards to Olana to stay with Frederic Church. During this ...Read More