Raymond Beecher Memorial Lectures
In the Shadow of the Mountains: Catskill at the Dawn of the Hudson River School
Jonathan Palmer, November 30, 2025
Part of the 200th anniversary of Thomas Cole’s first trip to Catskill (1825–2025)
Funded in part by the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Round Table Conversation: Unsettled Landscapes
Christian Ayne Crouch, Alan Michelson (Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River), and Dr. Scott Manning Stevens, PhD / Karoniaktatsie (Akwesasne Mohawk), September 15, 2024
Sponsored by Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies
Expanding History’s Warp and Weft: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Rethinking Place
Christian Ayne Crouch, November 12, 2023
Sponsored by a Humanities New York Vision/Action Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Martin Johnson Heade: A Strange Art Life Brought up to Date
Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins, October 19, 2021
This virtual lecture is presented by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and The Olana Partnership at Olana State Historic Site in conjunction with Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment, a joint exhibition created by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, The Olana Partnership at Olana State Historic Site, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
The Third New York School: Cole, Church and Contemporary Art
Dr. Timothy Barringer, October 2015
Support for programs at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.