The Annual Ida Brier Archival Webinar - Composing Olana With Writer Annik LaFarge and Archivist Clare Flemming March 13, 2026 Learn more about Composing Olana, a new book devoted to illustrating why Frederic Church’s designed masterwork matters so profoundly in the history of American art ...Read More

The Geography of Color: Frederic Church's Autumn   With Nicholas Robbins Lecturer in British Art at University College London February 24, 2026 Learn more about Frederic Church’s dynamic use of color during this presentation of new research on Autumn, a painting in Olana State Historic ...Read More

Frederic Church 200: See the World in 2026 With Sean E. Sawyer, President of The Olana Partnership Elizabeth Kornhauser, Chair of The Church 200 Committee Moderated by Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. January 14, ...Read More

Behind the Collection’s Curtain: Conservation Ethics and Logistics of Thomas Cole’s “Solitary Lake in New Hampshire” With Elizabeth Robson, Paintings Conservator for New York State’s Bureau of Historic Sites and Lauren Ross, Conservator of Frames and Gilded Objects for New York State’s Bureau of Historic Sites November 7, ...Read More

Botanical Exchanges: The Art of Emily Cole and Isabel Charlotte “Downie” Church With Allegra Davis and Amanda Malmstrom October 28, 2025 Emily Cole and Downie Church were both prolific painters of flora, finding inspiration in the meadows, orchards, and gardens of their Hudson Valley homes. As ...Read More

Frederic Church and American Art of Mourning and Remembrance With Susan L. Aberth October 23, 2024 Presented in conjunction with the 2024 exhibition Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory, this talk focuses on memorial paintings and objects associated with Frederic Church’s family. During ...Read More

The Women of Olana With Allegra K. Davis July 9, 2024 From the creation of Olana by the Church family starting in 1860 to its preservation as a historic site a century later, women have played a central and vital role in the story of ...Read More

Restoring a Landscape Masterpiece: The Rediscovery of Frederic Church's Olana With Thomas Woltz May 7, 2024 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 ...Read More

Resurrected Landscapes: Frederic Church and the Public Park Movement With Rebecca Bedell April 24, 2024 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 ...Read More