Olana: the 250-acre integrated environment of famed Hudson River School Painter Frederic Edwin Church: Art, Architecture, Landscape, Farm and Views
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Olana in the News


Olana in the News» "This view and this painting changed history."

» Gala For Historical Preservation Invokes A Famed American Artist

» FEC Award Gala featured in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Examiner, Bloomberg and Martha Stewart's Blog.  To view photos click here.

» Special "Letters of Olana" photography exhibition proceeds to benefit Olana.

» The Olana Partnership awarded $274k EDC grant towards landscape restoration.

» The Olana Partnership announces new board member Joseph A. Pierson.

» The Open Space Institute (OSI) and Scenic Hudson have partnered to protect a 95-acre farm adjacent to the Olana State Historic Site. Click here to read more.

» Kinderhook Bank presents Cinema Olana

» Olana featured in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine.

» Olana Viewshed featured in The New York Times.

» Read Charles Birnbaum's article in The Huffington Post The Value of View.

» Click here to read Patricia R. Everett's article on Olana's 2011 exhibition in the Newtown Bee.

» The Olana Partnership announces new board chair Richard T. Sharp.

» The Olana Partnership announces new board member David de Weese.

» Olana is one of the top 25 destinations in the Hudson Valley.

» Frederic Church and Walt Whitman intersect in the summer of 1860, an amazing story. 
    
» A wonderful story on Olana By Ann Gibbons of The Daily Freeman "Quite the Farm".
  
» Read about "Frederic Edwin Church in Jamaica" in Antiques and Fine Art Magazine.

» Listen to Sara Griffen and Evelyn Trebilcock on WAMC Roundtable.

» Olana opening is featured on the front page of the Times Union.

» Fine Art Connoisseur features Frederic Church in Jamaica.
 

» Great Romantic Landscapes-Central Park and Frederic Church's Olana at The Morgan Library

» The Daily Mail features Olana and The Morgan Library lecture.

» WAMC broadcasts live from Olana - listen to the podcast discussion.

» Proposed State budget cuts threaten State parks and historic sites like Olana. Maintenance staff for the 300-plus acre property, and 12 buildings have been reduced to one fulltime and one part time employee. Please download the attached information which includes a sample letter and send to Governor Patterson as well as other elected officials.

» Olana is recognized by the Cultural Landscape Foundation as a 2009 Landslide Selection, Shaping the American Landscape.

» The Olana Partnership announces transportation grants for schools.

» Read about Olana's viewshed tour in the New York Times.

» Read Jock Howat's article in Antiques and Fine Arts, "Hudson River Celebrations".

» Olana contributes over 7.9 million dollars to the local economy.

 

WEEKLY EVENTS


Saturday, May 5,
1-5pm

The Cultured Canvas Symposium

Sunday, May 13,
1-3pm

The Art of Farming Series: Sheep and Wool in Columbia County- Part III

Monday, May 14,
7:30-10am

Migratory Bird Walk

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