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

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

Frederic Church as Design Visionary: A Discussion With Sheila Bridges and Young Huh March 27, 2024 Join top interior designers Sheila Bridges and Young Huh for a very special virtual opportunity as they reflect on Frederic Church’s interior design aesthetic, sharing thoughts on the carefully ...Read More

Re-Presenting Landscape: The Paintings of Lydia Rubio With Lydia Rubio March 6, 2024 How can landscape painting serve as a source of refuge and self-reflection in today’s challenging world? During this virtual webinar, Cuban American artist Lydia Rubio will discuss how her work reinterprets the ...Read More

Coffee Extravaganza: 19th Century Displays of Abundance and the Art of Coffee Drinking With Caroline Gillaspie February 21, 2024 During Church’s lifetime, the United States became the largest importer of coffee in the world, sourcing most of their product from Brazil. During this virtual webinar, ...Read More