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Behind “Uninvited: the Spread of Invasive Species”

With Steve Powers and Rob Cole
January 11, 2022

Learn more about the introduction, spread, and management of invasive species during this virtual webinar. Department of Environmental Conservation Invasive Species Forester Rob Cole and filmmaker Steve Powers will discuss Westfield Production Company’s recent documentary, Uninvited, that introduces the concept of invasive species. Their presentation will highlight some of the species threatening New York’s environment and economy, while also showing some innovative ways that New York State is combating these threats.

Deck the Halls: Female Abolitionist Societies and the Evolution of Christmas

With Ken Turino
December 21, 2021

In this virtual lecture, Historic New England’s Ken Turino narrates the history of female abolitionists in America and their contributions to the development of modern American Christmas traditions. These abolitionists, including Maria Chapman and Lydia Marie Child, hosted Christmas fairs to raise money for the abolitionist cause. These fairs had a wide-ranging influence on a number of Christmas traditions, including the adoption of greenery and the Christmas tree in America.

The Land of Beautiful Flowers and Birds: The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through New Granada

With Verónica Uribe
December 9, 2021

Frederic Edwin Church arrived in New Granada on April 28th,1853 seeking inspiration from the tropical landscape that was previously recorded by Alexander von Humboldt in Cosmos (1845). This talk will follow the trail left by Church while crossing the territory of current-day Colombia, characterized by his fascination with what he encountered and the great discomforts of navigating the complex geography and culture.

Photo credit: Peter Aaron/OTTO

Behind the Butler’s Pantry: OLANA and the Lives of Irish Servants in the Hudson Valley

With Elizabeth Stack and Daniel W. Bigler
November 18, 2021

Join Dr. Elizabeth Stack, Executive Director of the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany, and Daniel W. Bigler, Historic Site Assistant at Olana State Historic Site, for a virtual presentation and conversation about the lives of Irish American servants hired at Frederic Church’s Olana. This conversation will use the Church’s history of employing Irish immigrants as a framework to consider the network of Irish domestic servants that existed in the region during the 19th century.

Photo credit: Peter Aaron/OTTO

Animated Interiors: Frederic Church’s Experiments with Space and Light

With Julia B. Rosenbaum
November 4, 2021

During this webinar, Julia B. Rosenbaum considers the first-floor interiors of his home at Olana not only as a deliberate composition—of a piece with his two-dimensional oeuvre—but as an aesthetic culmination of Frederic Church’s enduring engagement with issues of visual perception and bodily proprioception.

Martin Johnson Heade: A Strange Art Life Brought Up To Date

With Theodore E. Stebbins
October 19, 2021

Presented in conjunction with Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment, this virtual lecture will focus on what Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins calls Martin Johnson Heade’s “topsy-turvy career.” During the presentation, Dr. Stebbins will provide a glimpse at some of his own changing thoughts on the painter, the circumstances of Heade’s rediscovery in 1943, and the way Heade’s reputation has continued to grow.

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