Amy Hufnagel, Director of Education What does that title mean? If you are unsure, like me, then here is an insider view of how I learned more about Frederic Church’s 1866 moon sketches, paintings, old moons, and Crepuscular Rays with the help of my colleagues and the general public! Few ...Read More

Kimberly Flook, Historic Site Manager, Olana State Historic Site When I joined as the new director, I had no questions about the artistry of Olana, but my major interests were focused on the less obvious aspects and objects of the site. Trained as a Mesoamerican archaeologist, it was the Aztec ...Read More

Valerie Balint, Associate Curator Napoleon Sarony, Jervis McEntee ((1828-1891), c. 1867, albumen silver print, The Century Association, New York This year Hudson River School devotees have the pleasure of attending two retrospective exhibitions about Rondout/Kingston native Jervis McEntee (1828-1891)—Jervis McEntee: Kingston’s Hudson River School Artist (Friends of ...Read More

Mark Prezorski, Landscape Curator There are many reasons why Groundswell happens at Olana, but these reasons may not be obvious to those who don’t know the full story of America’s great landscape artist, Frederic Church. For example, some people mistakenly think that Olana is “just a house museum”, but ...Read More

Sean E. Sawyer, Washburn & Susan Oberwager President I want to thank the over 300 guests at Olana’s Summer Party: “Icebergs in August” this past Saturday, who joined us for a mid-summer’s evening of sociability in the Hudson Valley focused on celebrating Frederic Church’s quest for aesthetic innovation in contact ...Read More

Valerie A. Balint, Associate Curator “The Great Book of Nature is always open and there are no blank leaves for the artist.” – Frederic Church, 1898 To be at Olana on any given day is to sense Church’s own celebratory voice for all he created here, and to feel ...Read More

Amy Hufnagel, Director of Education “It feels like the artists, both the teachers and the students, are at Olana again.” — Laurie Anderson Moserman, attendee, Deep Air Lecture Series in March As a new addition to The Olana Partnership team last spring, I was charged to extend Olana’s relationships ...Read More

Evelyn Trebilcock, Curator Chuck Close tapestry One of the photographs that Lynn Davis lent to the exhibition was in her home. We literally took Horseshoe Falls, Ontario, Canada off her living room wall. Her photograph traveled from one artist’s home to another, from one artist arranged interior to ...Read More

Melanie Hasbrook, Development and Marketing Communications Manager How does a historic house in the Hudson Valley share all that it has to offer while keeping its friends interested in what is going on and attracting new visitors? Social media of course. Social media has become such a popular way for ...Read More