Ongoing Programs

Thursdays-Sundays
12-4PM
Olana on the Move Backpacks
Museum Shop (also at the Wagon House Education Center on Weekends)
Free
Backpacks not offered Thursday, November 25.
Explore the Olana landscape with self-guided activities to enrich family visits. Take your sketches home, or donate them to our ongoing public exhibit. Must leave a photo ID until backpack is returned.

Saturdays, 12-4PM
Art in the Barn
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
Ages 3-8 (caregivers)
Free *Vehicle use fee applies
Join our open art studio every Saturday with teaching artist Jill Ann Schwartz. Begin with the expressive art of dance and story-telling, then "get messy" with hands-on projects such as mural painting, print-making, collage, and sculpture. Monthly themes include: Art & Nature, The Farm, Architecture, The River. Come meet friends and have fun.

Sundays, 1-4pm
ARTlandish!
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
All ages
Free
Create art in the landscape-not such an outlandish idea! Frederic Church sketched outside noting details in nature and went back to the studio to paint. Drop-in for sketch paper, pencils and clipboards. Head out into Olana's picturesque landscape to sketch your very own view. Come back to the "studio" to use colored pencils, oil pastels and watercolors to finish your artwork.


November Programs

Saturday, November 6, 10am-12pm
Fern Terrariums: Hands-On Workshop
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
All Ages
Free
Visit Olana's 2nd floor exhibition in the Evelyn and Maurice Sharp Gallery from June 6-October 31, 2010: Fern Hunting among These Picturesque Mountains: Frederic Edwin Church in Jamaica. Following this inspiring exhibition, local environmental artist and biologist Elizabeth Schaefer will teach you how to connect with nature by creating your own mini eco-system/ beautiful one-of-a kind fern terrarium. Class size limit: 15; register by preceding Saturday: (518) 828-1872 x 109.

Sunday, November 14, 1-3pm
From Garden to Table Series: What are we feeding our kids? From Modern Times to the Good Old Days
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
All Ages
Free
 Times have changed since Frederic Church raised real food for his family on the land at Olana. What is in the food we are serving our kids each day? Local nutritionist Betsy Cashen will teach you how to navigate the grocery aisles and the farmers markets and make informed choices about what your family eats. This workshop will educate about the wonders and the pitfalls in the modern food supply. We will also have a hands-on demonstration of making traditional, fermented sauerkraut. Register by preceding Saturday: (518) 828-1872 x 109.

Sunday, November 21, 1-4pm
Locavore On a Budget: Talk, Workshop and Book Signing
Wagon House Education Center/Farm Complex
Adults
Free
 Most of us want to eat green and local (just as the Church's farm bounty was presented on the dinner table). Tight schedules and even tighter budgets can make it seem like an unattainable goal. Leda Meredith will cover budgeting; sourcing, growing, and preserving food; shopping efficiently; and supporting local merchants and planet Earth. Meredith will also demonstrate ways to preserve the herb harvest. Her book: The Locavore's Handbook: A Busy Person's Guide to Eating Local on a Budget will be available for purchase/signing. Register by preceding Saturday: (518) 828-1872 x 109.