Education

OBJECT OF THE WEEK

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1856

Description:

By the mid 1800s, Frederic Church had become a prominent American landscape painter, and was the youngest artist ever elected to the prestigious National Academy of Design. Here we see Church moving away from the mostly calm, pastoral mood of many early … Learn More

Things to think about: Who painted this? How can you learn more about the artist? Why do you think it is in the museum's collection?

Comments:

Comment by Brenell mayfield | 03/21/2014

Love this place

Comment by Teddi McCarthy | 05/24/2017

Interested in a summer programfor 8yr old girl

Reply by Sarah Clowe

Hello Teddi,

Thank you for your interest in summer programming here at the Albany Institute. Here is a link to the Artful Mornings summer program offerings: http://www.albanyinstitute.org/educationproduct/product/Artful-Mornings-2017.html We hope to see you and your young artists this summer!

Comment by Jennifer Santspree | 02/09/2019

Will you be holding Artful mornings this summer

Reply by Sarah Clowe

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for your interest in our summer Artful Mornings program! The summer programs will be published March 1st and are expected to run from the weeks of July 9th to August 27th 2019. We hope to see you and your young artists at the museum this summer.

Art Kits: An Art Workshop in a Bag!

Art Kits contain a special project that can be done on your own schedule. Each featured project relates to the museum's collections or exhibitions and contains materials, and instructions to complete at home on your own time line. Kits may be purchased online and picked up at the museum during regular admission hours.

If you are planning a larger registration for a group it is advised that you first contact our Director of Art Programs, Sarah Clowe at clowes@albanyinstitute.org so that we may appropriately prepare and accomodate your order.

Quilling Art Kit

Quilling Art Kit

$12 members, $15 non-members

REGISTER HERE: Quilling Art Kit

Please Note: The museum is on a temporary pause starting January 7, and all art kit purchase pick-ups will need to be arranged with our Director of Art Programs, Sarah Clowe during this time frame by emailing clowes@albanyinstitute.org

About the Kit: The Albany Institute's first Art Kit is a fun quilling project inspired by a lovely quilled tea caddy in the museum’s collection. Quilling involves using paper strips to create decorative designs. The Quilling Art Kit includes detailed instructions, a craft box to decorate, paper quilling strips, simple quilling tools, and glue. A link to a short video introducing the quilled tea caddy in the museum’s collection is also included and will be found in your confirmation message.

Museum Inspiration: To see a closer view of the museum's quillwork tea caddy where you can zoom in on details please visit: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/details/items/quillwork-tea-caddy.html

Price: Cost per kit is $12 for members and $15 for non-members and are available for purchase online: Quilling Art Kit

Pick Up: Kits can be picked up at the museum during open admission hours. Museum hours are Wednesday- Saturday from 10:00-5:00, and Sundays from 12:00-5:00.