What You Don’t See: Examining Olana’s Landscape through Indigenous Eyes
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 12:00-1:00PM
While the home and designed landscape of 19th-century artist Frederic Church sits upon a hill and overlooks the mighty Hudson River, there is a history that you don’t see. Before Church, before Olana, before the farmers who worked the land, there is a past that you don’t hear about or maybe even know about. Learn more about Indigenous histories, responses to extractive colonialism, and its climactic effects in Canada and the United States during this program led by Candice Hopkins, Executive Director of Forge Project. This program will also delve into Indigenous conceptions of wealth and reciprocity as forms of colonial resistance. Forge Project is a Native-led initiative centered on decolonial education, Indigenous art, and supporting leaders in culture, food security, and land justice.
$15 person, $10 members. Advanced registration required. For more information or to learn more about program discounts, please contact education@olana.org.
This program is part of our 2022 program series, Environmentalists on Olana. During this series, regional environmentalists, activists, agriculturalists, and ecological stewards will lead walking tours of Olana, engaging participants in the work of their organizations and providing new insights into Olana’s 250-acres. To learn more, visit olana.org/environmentalists.
