Written by A. Hufnagel, Director of Education The Olana Partnership’s Education Department spent January and February in research, planning, partner building, fundraising, reading, and training mode. We also use the winter months to review and evaluate last year’s programs, our systems that support the public events, and resources and staff ...Read More

Holly Kelly, Membership and Volunteer Coordinator, The Olana Partnership Imagine Olana without volunteers. If you tried to book a tour, you would find far fewer options- over 4,000 people would be disappointed this year and unable to view the inside of the main house and collections. Imagine Olana in the ...Read More

Photo: © bSchneck By Sean Sawyer, Washburn and Susan Oberwager President, The Olana Partnership As you ponder the impact that your charitable giving can have this season, I hope you will consider making an end-of-year gift to The Olana Partnership. Individual donations, including Annual Fund and membership, make ...Read More

Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros & Olana in dialogue in the exhibition OVERLOOK By Dr. Katherine Manthorne, Professor of Art History, Graduate Center, City University of New York Click here to read the full article.

By Sean E. Sawyer, Ph.D., Washburn and Susan Oberwager President From May through October this year Olana will witness a confrontation between two of our country's most prominent artists; one, Frederic Church, who achieved fame 150 years ago, and another, Teresita Fernández, who is reaching it today. This has come ...Read More

By Amy Hufnagel, Director of Education The complex challenges facing cultural organizations today require an ability (and willingness) to be contemporary in intention and action (even when historic) and mindful of every opportunity to delight visitors. I aspire to SuperMuseum qualities (as defined by Aimee Chang, Director of Engagement at ...Read More

Olana’s original guides and hosts Mary Ann Bikes, Alice Gold, Kay Sterns, Ruby Funk, Ruth Karmer and Mary Mazzacano in the Court Hall, c. 1960s, Olana Collection By Daphne Mayer, Membership and Volunteer Coordinator In this 50th anniversary year of Olana opening to the public as a NY ...Read More

Mark Prezorski, Senior Vice President & Creative Director “I am building a house and am principally my own Architect. I give directions all day and draw plans and working drawings all night.” — Frederic Church, 1871 “I am busy landscape architecturing!” — Frederic Church, 1887 The words of Frederic ...Read More

Valerie Balint, Interim Director of Collections and Research Last year we celebrated the saving of Olana in 1966, and its long-term successful stewardship and restoration through the collaborative efforts of New York State and The Olana Partnership. As we know, in 1953, over a decade before Olana Preservation Inc., ...Read More