Join contemporary artist Ellen Harvey for a walk and conversation around her current installation in Olana’s artist-designed landscape and learn how she was inspired by the site’s mysterious “summer house”. This one hour walk will take place outdoors near Harvey’s project, Winter in the Summer House, which places Frederic Church’s lost summer house with a radical reimagining of what was once there. During this walk, participants will learn more about the artist’s motivation and will walk around 1 mile. $10/$5 members. Meet at the Museum Shop.
During this series of walking tours with outside experts, visitors will explore unseen aspects of Olana’s landscape such as the geologic history of Olana’s landscape, 19th century land use histories, and the connections between indigenous knowledge and Church’s beloved scenic views. Each walking tour will take place outside in Olana’s landscape for around 45 minutes to one hour and connect to What’s Missing?, an exhibition of site-specific outdoor artworks by Ellen Harvey and Gabriela Salazar that respond to missing pieces of Olana’s landscape history. You can learn more about the exhibition here.
