Expert’s Eye: Church as Forest Ecologist With Marc Wolf March 29, 2025 Join experts for a series of dialogues on paintings from OLANA’s collection that are worth a closer look. Investigate Church’s intimate forest paintings with Marc Wolf, Director of Horticulture and Environmental Stewardship at ...Read More

The Self-Curated Victorian Gallery: Marianne North at Kew Gardens With Dr. Lynne Howarth-Gladston March 27, 2025 Learn more about Marianne North, the groundbreaking female botanical painter who travelled extensively across the globe in the late 1800s and even made her way to Olana. During this ...Read More

The Annual Ida Brier Archival Webinar: A Biographer's Journey Through the Olana Archives With Ida Brier, Clare Flemming, and Victoria Johnson March 13, 2025 Uncover the ins and outs of an artist’s archive through this dynamic conversation with Olana archivists and famed biographer Victoria Johnson. ...Read More

An Artist’s Perspective: The Process of Plein Air With Shawn Dell Joyce February 26, 2025 Ever wondered how Frederic Church brought his vision of the natural world to life in his art? During this virtual presentation, artist and educator Shawn Dell Joyce will lead viewers ...Read More

A Hudson Valley Reckoning: A Conversation About the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in New York With Debra Bruno and Lisa Flood-Smith February 11, 2025 During this virtual program, author Debra Bruno will detail her experience unearthing her own family’s connection to an often overlooked and ...Read More

Expert’s Eye: Landscapes of Power With Rosanna Flouty January 25, 2025 Join experts for a series of dialogues on paintings from OLANA’s collection that are worth a closer look. During this program, Dr. Rosanna Flouty will lead a discussion centered on two of Church’s Catskill ...Read More

Expert's Eye: The Sky and Beyond With Avis Lang January 5, 2025 Join experts for a series of dialogues on paintings from OLANA’s collection that are worth a closer look. This first talk will feature Avis Lang, former senior editor at Natural History magazine and coauthor ...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