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Frederic Church and American Art of Mourning and Remembrance

Frederic Church and American Art of Mourning and Remembrance

While the mid-19th century is characterized by Frederic Church’s creation of his artist-designed landscape and studio, Olana, it was also a fraught period in American life. The Civil War, high infant mortality, the dangers of childbirth, and numerous infectious diseases all kept death in the forefront of American consciousness during the 1800s. Mourning jewelry, post-mortem photography, memorial portraits, and landscape paintings sought to give solace to the living.

Presented in conjunction with the 2024 exhibition Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory, this talk focuses on memorial paintings and objects …Read More

By |2024-11-12T09:50:02-05:00November 12, 2024|Webinars|Comments Off on Frederic Church and American Art of Mourning and Remembrance
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Expert’s Eye: Church as Forest Ecologist with Marc Wolf

Join experts for a series of dialogues on paintings from OLANA’s collection that are worth a closer look. During each gallery conversation, experts working in fields of science, art education, ecology, and indigenous history will share what they discover within a picture’s frame. Investigate Church’s intimate forest paintings with Marc Wolf, Director of Horticulture and Environmental Stewardship at Mountain Top Arboretum in the Catskills. During this conversation, Marc will explore Church’s ecological eye in three different forest scenes, illuminating the artist’s observations of humanity’s environmental impact.

Marc Wolf is Director of Horticulture and Environmental Stewardship at Mountain Top Arboretum in Tannersville, NY. …Read More

By |2024-11-18T13:41:44-05:00November 10, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off on Expert’s Eye: Church as Forest Ecologist with Marc Wolf
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A Closer Look Family Tours

Experience learning, looking closely, and conversation as a family during this series of special museum gallery tours at Olana State Historic Site. Each month, The Olana Partnership educators will lead an exploration of two to three works of art on the second floor galleries through family-friendly dialogue and other hands-on activities. After your tour, extend your day at OLANA and head down to the Wagon House Education Center for a free drop-in program, Art Making in the Afternoon from 1-4pm.

Designed for families with children ages 3 and up. $15 adults; children under 12 are free. Register

By |2024-11-18T13:38:35-05:00November 10, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off on A Closer Look Family Tours
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“The Women of Olana” with Allegra Davis

“The Women of Olana” with Allegra Davis

Allegra Davis is the former Associate Curator for The Olana Partnership at Olana State Historic Site. Most recently, she curated the exhibition Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory at Olana and edited the accompanying catalogue from Hirmer Publishers. Allegra joined The Olana Partnership in 2019 after graduating from Smith College and completing a curatorial fellowship at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park. She is now continuing her education at Boston University. Watch

By |2024-11-12T09:48:58-05:00October 28, 2024|Webinars|Comments Off on “The Women of Olana” with Allegra Davis
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Restoring a Landscape Masterpiece: The Rediscovery of Frederic Church’s Olana

Restoring a Landscape Masterpiece: The Rediscovery of Frederic Church’s Olana

Over the past decade, Thomas Woltz and his firm have led the renewal and restoration of Frederic Church’s 250-acre designed landscape at Olana, a NY State Historic Site and National Historic Landmark. Woltz will focus on the vision within the award-winning Olana Strategic Landscape Design Plan, which includes the siting of the soon-to-be-completed Frederic Church Center for Art & Landscape.

Thomas Woltz and the work of his firm, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), envisions design as a deeply collaborative, cross-disciplinary, research-based process essential to forging a resilient and vital future …Read More

By |2024-10-28T15:45:38-04:00October 28, 2024|Webinars|Comments Off on Restoring a Landscape Masterpiece: The Rediscovery of Frederic Church’s Olana
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Resurrected Landscapes: Frederic Church and the Public Park Movement

Resurrected Landscapes: Frederic Church and the Public Park Movement

What do Frederic Church’s landscapes, New York’s Central Park, and Niagara Falls Reservation have in common? In this virtual discussion, Rebecca Bedell argues that, beyond their shared aesthetics and Church’s involvement with all three, they all are, in a sense, memorial landscapes. Watch today to learn more about how they are also therapeutic landscapes, offering solace and healing to those abraded by modern life. This webinar is offered in anticipation of Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory, which opens May 12.

Rebecca Bedell is the Professor of American Art at …Read More

By |2024-10-28T15:42:38-04:00October 28, 2024|Webinars|Comments Off on Resurrected Landscapes: Frederic Church and the Public Park Movement
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A Closer Look

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Olana State Historic Site
November 24, 2024 – March 30, 2025
Exhibition organized by The Olana Partnership

The Olana Partnership invites you to discover a work of art through close looking, observation, and conversation.  During this series of four themes, visitors will be encouraged to slow down, open their minds to discover Frederic Church’s art in new ways, and spend an hour focusing in on the detail of one work of art.

To learn more, click here.

By |2024-10-28T13:41:35-04:00October 28, 2024|Upcoming Exhibitions|Comments Off on A Closer Look
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A Closer Look Family Tours

Experience learning, looking closely, and conversation as a family during this series of special museum gallery tours at Olana State Historic Site. Each month, The Olana Partnership educators will lead an exploration of two to three works of art on the second floor galleries through family-friendly dialogue and other hands-on activities. After your tour, extend your day at OLANA and head down to the Wagon House Education Center for a free drop-in program, Art Making in the Afternoon from 1-4pm.

Designed for families with children ages 3 and up. $15 adults; children under 12 are free. Register

By |2024-11-18T13:38:47-05:00March 18, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off on A Closer Look Family Tours
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First Day Hike in the Afternoon

Celebrate the New Year by exploring expansive views at Olana State Historic Site! Channel 19th century artist Frederic Church’s taste for exploration during this special hike of the winter landscape and explore Olana’s 250-acres.  Hot beverages (coffee, tea, and hot chocolate) and sketching materials will be provided in the Wagon House Education Center as part of our First Day Hike celebration.

Begins at the Wagon House Education Center at the historic farm complex at the bottom of the site and covers about 1 mile with an uphill portion; please wear weather-appropriate apparel and comfortable footwear. FREE, registration required. For more information, …Read More

By |2024-11-18T13:25:07-05:00March 15, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off on First Day Hike in the Afternoon
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First Day Hike with the “Dogs of Olana”

Celebrate the New Year with expansive views and your best friend! Channel 19th century artist Frederic Church’s taste for exploration during a special pup-friendly hike of the winter landscape at Olana State Historic Site. Explore Olana’s 250-acres with your furry friend in tow. Please note, all dogs must be kept on a leash during their time at Olana and the site is a carry in carry out facility.

The walk begins at the Wagon House Education Center at the historic farm complex at the bottom of the site and covers about 1 mile with an uphill portion; please wear weather-appropriate apparel …Read More

By |2024-11-18T13:24:53-05:00March 15, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off on First Day Hike with the “Dogs of Olana”
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