Sunday, November 8, 2009

Panorama of the Hudson River: Greg Miller
Monroe-N.Y. artist Greg Miller exhibits a complete photographic panorama of the Hudson River, including both banks and stretching from Manhattan to Albany. The panorama will be paired with a 1912 photographic panorama developed for the Hudson River Day Line Steamer Company.

Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th Century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society
To commemorate Hudson 400 celebrations, the museum has organized "The Hudson River to Niagara Falls" - an extraordinary exhibition of 45 landscape paintings from the New-York Historical Society. These beautiful paintings highlight 19th century views of specific sites along the Hudson River from Manhattan through the Hudson Valley and on to Niagara Falls by way of the Erie Canal. Artists represented in the exhibition include Samuel F. Morse, George Inness, Jasper F. Cropsy, Asher B. Durand, John F. Weir, Thomas Cole Albert Bierstadt, and others.

The Hudson River: A Great American Treasure
Opening reception for Greg Miller's "The Hudson River: A Great American Treasure" - large color photographs of mid-Hudson Valley landscapes.

Riverbank: Philippine Hoegen and Carolien Stikker
During their residency at New Paltz, Amsterdam-based artists Philippine Hoegen and Carolien Stikker have created a film projection based on film, videotape, and audio recordings made in the evocative wetlands and tidal areas along the Hudson River.
Stikker and Hoegen explored the Hudson River and environs, especially the flow of water that constitutes the archetype or the idea of the word "river" and our attraction and need for it.

Gallery Tour: The Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th-century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society
Join in on a tour of the current blockbuster exhibition, "The Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th-century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society," and discover why Hudson River School artists Durand, Cole, Weir, Bierstadt and others were so captivated by the beauty of the Hudson River.