August Programs
Saturday, August 6, 10am-12pm
Preserving herbs from the late summer garden
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
Adults
$5 suggested donation
*Vehicle use fee applies
Learn the techniques and process of preserving the summer garden herbs all winter long with local nutritionist
Betsy Cashen. Learn about herbs that can be preserved in oils, dehydrated and used in foods and drinks. Recipes
will be offered at the workshop and a tasting of a variety of herbs in foods will be offered. Register by preceding
Thursday: (518) 828-1872 x 109 or by email
shasbrook@olana.org
Saturday, August 6, 11:30am
Friendship Day Family Tour at Olana
Visitor Center
Families
*Vehicle use fee applies
Explore the house, its paintings and treasures from a child's perspective. Take the family tour and then stop by the Wagon House
Education Center for Saturday Spotlight, or borrow a backpack full of activities to do on the grounds - a family day at Olana couldn't be more perfect!
Tours are geared for families with 6-12 year-olds, but all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are required by
4pm the preceding Friday. Call (518) 828-0135 for information.
Saturday, August 6, 12-4pm
Saturday Spotlight:
Dyes from Flowers
Wagon House Education Center
Ages 6-14
Pre-registered participants and members of
The Olana Partnership $3/child, Walk-in $5/child
*Vehicle use fee applies
Learn about the botany of dyeing fabrics. Most plant parts have a mixture of pigments. Learn what plants can be
used to dye, including garden flowers and weeds. Learn about the plant colors that have been used throughout
history and the significant roles of those natural colors as cultural symbols.
Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information or to register.
Saturday, August 6, 5-7pm
Third Rail Dance Company Performance:
Looking Glass
East Lawn
All ages
Free
THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER.
PLEASE JOIN US AT THE HUDSON OPERA HOUSE ON SUNDAY 8/7 AT 11AM FOR AN EXTENSIVE WORKSHOP.
*Vehicle use fee applies
Looking Glass is a site-specific performance utilizing and highlighting the architecture of Frederic Church's home.
Drawing its inspiration from Lewis Carroll's "Alice" texts, the work invites audiences to see their surroundings
anew and encourages them to explore the environment and follow performers as they move throughout the Olana
landscape in a durational re-imagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass.
Co-sponsored by the Hudson Opera House, Operation Unite/Kuumba Dance and Drum and
The Olana Partnership. Additional support provided by The Country Squire B & B. Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information.
Sunday, August 7, 11:30am
Third Rail Dance Company Workshop:
Creating Site-specific Work & Working with Soft Bodies on Hard Surfaces
Hudson Opera House
All ages
Free
In this workshop, Third Rail projects' artists lead participants through their process of creating site-specific
movement works. A grab-bag of choreographic tactics focus on working with the architecture of a site to pull
images and meaning from its components. Together, participants will explore techniques for generating movement
through improvisation and collaboration, for working with soft bodies on hard surfaces, and for considering the
geometry of a playing area to access focal points and capitalize on emphatic spacial elements. Issues of developing
work for the public sphere are included: techniques for researching a site and exploring its possibilities in
movement; finding hidden meaning in a space and developing methods to amplify it; and experimenting with the most
effective methods of capturing and holding an audience's attention in a public setting. Please call
(518) 822-1438 for more information.
Monday, August 8- Friday, August 12, 9am-2pm
River School: Olana's Summer Dramatic Arts Program
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
Children ages 7-14
$165/child for non-members and $125/child for members of The Olana Partnership
This "full" process non-competitive experience will include creating original scripts, sets and props.
Students learn about character development, lighting, direction, and other departments in live theatrical
production. Feel comfortable in public speaking and expressing yourself. Registration forms can be found by
clicking here. To find out more information contact Sarah Hasbrook, Education Coordinator, at (518) 828-1872
or shasbrook@olana.org
Saturday, August 13, 10am-12pm
The Civil War: A History in 3D
Wagon House Education Center
Adults
$5/non-member, free to members of The
Olana Partnership
*Vehicle use fee applies
Richard Loren Copley has been experimenting with 3D photography for over 25 years and has created his own
stereographic film and digital cameras to capture the realism that only the third dimension of depth provides.
Learn about authentic Civil War stereographs from 1861-1865 during a lecture by Mr. Copley. Learn about the
process of making the 3D photographs as well as viewing the many historic photographs Mr. Copley has recreated
from the Library of Congress. Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information
or to register.
Saturday, August 13, 12-4pm
Saturday Spotlight:
Photo Tinting
Wagon House Education Center
Ages 5-12
Pre-registered participants and members of
The Olana Partnership $3/child, Walk-in $5/child
*Vehicle use fee applies
Learn the art of photo tinting without a computer. Traveling photographers in the late 1800s used the photo
tinting technique before color film was available. Choose your own black and white photo and learn about
different techniques, processes and ideas surrounding photography and photo tinting. Bring your photo home and
display. Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information or to register.
Saturday, August 13, 2-4pm
The 77th New York Regimental Balladeers
East Lawn
All ages
Free
*Vehicle use fee applies
Join the 77th New York Regimental Balladeers as they play patriotic and classical songs of the Civil War.
Call (518) 828-0135 for more information.
Sunday, August 14, 1-3pm
19th Century Beekeeping
Wagon House Education Center
Adults and Families
$5 suggested donation
*Vehicle use fee applies
Richard Ronconi, Master Beekeeper of the Catskill Mountain Beekeeper's Club will lead a power point presentation
on the process of beekeeping in the 19th Century and how that process differs today. Learn how the working farm
at Olana was affected and benefited from the bees. Participants will be able to see the bees "at work" with the
teaching hive. Registration is requested but not required. Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information or to register.
Wednesday, August 17- Friday, August 19, 10am-2pm
Mixed Media Painting with the Impressionists
Wagon House Education Center
Adults
Members: $15/class, all 3/$40,
Non-members: $20/class, all 3/$50
*Vehicle use fee applies
Learn the basics of watercolor, oil pastels and acrylic paint with artist Patty Tyrol. Discover how to layer
and build up surfaces through mixed media, and paint in the landscape.
Please call (518) 828-1872 or e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information or to register.
Thursday, August 18, 5:30-7pm
Sunset Tour Series:
Creating a Composition
Olana's East Lawn
Adults
$40 for members of The Olana Partnership,
$50 for non-members
Frederic Church applied his artistic talent to so much more than his monumental paintings. Olana can
be seen as a three-dimensional artistic composition; a living landscape painting he spent decades perfecting.
Olana's curators will lead visitors through the property sharing the many artistic compositions created by
Church, from the careful artistic arrangement of objects in the home's interiors, to the painterly scenes
he created outdoors through his own landscaping efforts. Reservations are required by 4pm the preceding Tuesday.
Call (518) 828-1872 x 103 to reserve or for more information.
Saturday, August 20, 11:30am
Friendship Day Family Tour at Olana
Visitor Center
Families
*Vehicle use fee applies
Explore the house, its paintings and treasures from a child's perspective. Take the family tour and then stop by the Wagon House
Education Center for Saturday Spotlight, or borrow a backpack full of activities to do on the grounds - a family day at Olana couldn't be more perfect!
Tours are geared for families with 6-12 year-olds, but all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are required by
4pm the preceding Friday. Call (518) 828-0135 for information.
Saturday, August 20, 12-2pm
Saturday Spotlight:
Natural Forms in Architecture
Wagon House Education Center
Ages 8-14
Pre-registered participants and members of
The Olana Partnership $3/child, Walk-in $5/child
*Vehicle use fee applies
Frederic Church was inspired by the beauty of the Hudson Valley and designed his home to frame the Hudson
Valley vistas. His love for Persian art is reflected in the decorative elements and colorful motifs of his
home. Discover other ways Frederic Church was inspired by his designs. Students will work with clay to create
architectural sculpture of their own design inspired by geometry and organic shapes found in nature!
Call(518) 828-1872 x 109 for more information or to register.
Tuesday, August 23, 1-3pm
Teachers Workshop:
River Wild
Wagon House Education Center
Educators
$10/person
Author Nancy Castaldo will give a multi-media, hands-on demonstration on her book River Wild: An Activity Guide
to North American Rivers. Learn how to incorporate geology and ecology into your everyday lessons. Contact Sarah
Hasbrook, Education Coordinator, at (518) 828-1872 x 109 for more information or to register.
Saturday, August 27, 12-4pm
Saturday Spotlight:
Persian Inspired Calligraphy and Decoration
Wagon House Education Center
Ages 6-14
Pre-registered participants and members of
The Olana Partnership $5/child, Walk-in $8/child
*Vehicle use fee applies
Learn a new style of writing. Join teaching artist Patty Tyrol, who received her MA in Printmaking from
SUNY New Paltz and has exhibited her prints nationally and taught widely for the past twenty five years. Use
brushes and India ink to practice Persian style calligraphy. Work with watercolors and colored pencils to
create "illuminated letters." Complete your piece of artwork on rice paper and come back next week to make a
kite from your piece of artwork! Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or
e-mail
shasbrook@olana.org for more information or to register.
Saturday, August 27, dusk
Cinema Olana: Mid-Summer Screenings
The Thief of Bagdad
East Lawn
All ages
$5/person suggested donation
Bring your family, friends and blankets to enjoy this classical film in a classical setting. Be sure to bring
your flashlight. Rain date is Sunday. Call (518) 828-1872 for more information or
visit www.olana.org.
*Vehicle use fee: On weekends and holiday Mondays, April through October 31, there is a $5 entry fee per vehicle from 10AM-4PM; (Vehicle entry fee is waived for
current members of The Olana Partnership and holders of the Empire State Passport.