PROGRAMS + EVENTS
Programs + Events
September 2025
The Art of Outdoor Painting: Plein Air Workshops at Olana
Take in OLANA’s breathtaking views and learn more about approaching landscape painting en plein air or “outside." Participants can sign up for one day of painting or all three workshop days. Advanced registration required; $100 per workshop/$75 for members ($300 for all three sessions/$225 for members). Click "Read More" for more information.
The Art of Outdoor Painting: Plein Air Workshops at Olana
Take in OLANA’s breathtaking views and learn more about approaching landscape painting en plein air or “outside." Participants can sign up for one day of painting or all three workshop days. Advanced registration required; $100 per workshop/$75 for members ($300 for all three sessions/$225 for members). Click "Read More" for more information.
The Art of Outdoor Painting: Plein Air Workshops at Olana
Take in OLANA’s breathtaking views and learn more about approaching landscape painting en plein air or “outside." Participants can sign up for one day of painting or all three workshop days. Advanced registration required; $100 per workshop/$75 for members ($300 for all three sessions/$225 for members). Click "Read More" for more information.
OLANA (End of) Summer Party
Top chefs, cool summer drinks, and the best view in the Hudson River Valley. Click "Read More" for more information.
THIRD THURSDAY – Fall Fishing with the Hudson Sloop Club
Join The Olana Partnership and Hudson Sloop Club to learn more about fishing, water ecology, and the plants and animals that call Olana’s lake home! FREE; this program meets at the Farm Complex at the Wagon House Education Center. FREE shuttle to and from OLANA. Click "Read More" for more information.
THIRD THURSDAY – Tunes with a View: Andes Manta
Enjoy live music on traditional instruments like panpipes and Andean flutes against the backdrop of Olana’s breathtaking views. FREE; the performance takes place outside the Historic House. FREE shuttle to and from OLANA. Click "Read More" for more information.
THIRD THURSDAY – Camphill Hudson Players Performance
Join this special free evening performance with The Camphill Hudson Players, Hudson’s own inclusive theater company that creates original productions. This performance will take place at the recently opened Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape. FREE shuttle to and from OLANA. Click "Read More" for more information.
Artmaking in the Afternoon
Participate in free, drop-in artmaking in the Wagon House Education Center from 1-4 PM and learn more about Frederic Church’s artist-designed home and studio on the Hudson. This drop-in artmaking program is open to all ages and skill levels; all materials provided. FREE. No advanced registration required. Click "Read More" for more information.
What’s Missing? Ice and Industry History Walk with Jonathan Palmer
Join Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer for a walk through Olana’s landscape to explore the unseen industrial history of the Hudson River Valley. $10 per person/$5 for members. Click "Read More" for more information.
FREE Family Tour
Experience learning, looking closely, and conversation as a family during this series of special museum gallery program at Olana State Historic Site. Designed for families with children ages 3 and up. $15 adults; children under 12 are free. Advanced registration required. Click "Read More" for more information.
Gardens, Galleries & Goldenrod: Botanical Drawing with Wendy Hollender
Explore Olana’s landscape in bloom and join famed botanical artist Wendy Hollender for an afternoon drawing workshop. $30 per person/$15 for members. Click "Read More" for more information.
October 2025
The Travelers and Excavations of Ancient Petra
Join Professor Pearce Paul Creasman for a discussion of the ancient travelers who helped bring the archaeological site of Petra to the contemporary world’s attention. $20 per person/$15 for members. Advanced registration required. Click "Read More" for more information.
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The Olana Partnership programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
