APRIL
Saturday, April 22

Traveling Talks: Church & Cut Outs, Sketches, and Studies

4PM | Member: $15, Non-Member: $20 | Ages 12+

Perhaps the process of assembling a 21st century installation art piece and a 19th century panoramic landscape painting share more than we realize. Join Caroline O’Connell from the Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design Department at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum for a close reading of Frederic Church’s trips to Maine in the 1850s as illustrative of the common ground. O’Connell will show work from storage at the Cooper Hewitt as well as share interesting facts about the Hewitt sisters’ acquisition of over 2,000 works by Church in 1917. Illustrated lecture followed by Q&A and an abridged tour of the main house. Refreshments will be served.  To learn more visit www.olana.org or call 518-828-1872.

 
MAY
Saturday, May 6

I Love My Park Day

9AM-12PM | Free | All Ages

Come volunteer at Olana for a few hours! I Love My Park Day is an exciting statewide event, organized by Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and local Friends groups, to celebrate and enhance New York’s parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire park system and its needs. Pre-registration encouraged.  To learn more visit www.olana.org or call 518-828-1872.

May 14-November 5, 2017

OVERLOOK: Teresita Fernández confronts Frederic Church at Olana

A Collaboration with the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

The Olana Partnership/Olana State Historic Site is pleased to announce the ground-breaking exhibition “OVERLOOK: Teresita Fernández Confronts Frederic Church at Olana” at Olana State Historic Site.  In this exhibition, an innovative collaboration between The Olana Partnership and the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros [CPPC], artist Teresita Fernández examines Frederic Church and his contemporaries’ response to the cultures and landscapes they experienced during their 19^th century Latin American travels.  Visitors will have the opportunity to explore Fernández’s perspective and respond to her provocative installation in Olana’s Sharp Family Gallery.  In addition, the interactive sculpture Penetrable by the late Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto – a popular iconic work on loan from the CPPC that is coming directly to Olana from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – will be installed on one of the most prominent scenic viewpoints in Olana’s designed landscape for the duration of the exhibition.  To learn more visit www.olana.org/overlook.

Saturday, May 20

OVERLOOK: Katherine Manthorne on Landscapes Across the Americas

4PM | Member: $15, Non-Member: $20 | Ages 15+

In the 19th century, European and North American traveler artists illustrated narratives of their explorations, and in this talk we look closely at travels in Latin America. Katherine Manthorne, Ph.D, professor at CUNY Graduate Center and a specialist in landscape art, will discuss Frederic Church and her book, Traveler Artists: Landscapes of Latin America from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Illustrated lecture followed by Q&A and an abridged tour of the exhibition OVERLOOK. Refreshments will be served.  To learn more visit www.olana.org or call 518-828-1872.

STUDIO CIRCLE TOWER TOUR | 6PM Studio Circle members and above are invited to

attend the lecture for free and to enjoy an exclusive tour of the Studio Tower, an area of the house not open to the public. To participate in this rare opportunity – join today!

Tuesday, May 23

Pathways to Prevention: Tips for New & Expecting Parents

5:30PM | Free | All Ages | Rain or Shine

Join Columbia Memorial Health Pediatrician Dr. Christine Lee as she gives advice on caring for a new baby and answers questions from parents. Parents are encouraged to bring children. Participants will experience a 20-minute talk, followed by a short walk with the expert on Olana’s carriage roads. Snacks will be served. Strollers are welcome.  To learn more visit www.olana.org or call 518-828-1872.

Saturday, May 27

Traveling Talks: The Science Behind the Traveler Artist

4PM | Member: $15, Non-Member: $20 | Ages 12+

Lloyd Ackert, Ph.D, Professor in History of Science at Drexel University, will present the ways in which artists were inspired and informed by travel and the developing “natural sciences” in the 19th century. Dr. Ackert will lead us to ponder how ideas in the sciences informed art-making and vice versa and specifically how French anthropologist Jean Chaffanjon employed Auguste Morisot, how Alexander von Humboldt inspired Frederic Church, and how Charles Darwin influenced Marianne North. Illustrated lecture followed by Q&A and an abridged tour of the main house. Refreshments will be served.  To learn more visit www.olana.org or call 518-828-1872.