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.

Scout Programs

The museum galleries have reopened, yet to continue to meet safety precautions onsite programming will not occur until 2021. Online events such as performances, lectures, art programs, and more are occuring and details can be found at our virtual Museum at Home!

Bring your scouts to the museum!

Private scout programming is available for both Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. The museum offers personalized art and history programs for scouts to help meet requirements to fulfill specific badges, and belt loops/pins. Scout programs are typically two hours in length, and include:

Guided tours of selected artworks or artifacts
Hands-on art activities based on badge, merit badge or belt loop requirements

Program theme suggestions:

Brownie Girl Scouts: Potter, and Painting Badges
Junior Girl Scouts: Drawing, Jeweler, and Playing the Past Badges
Cadette Girl Scouts: Book Artist Badge
Cub Scouts: Art Belt Loop, and Art Academic Pin
Boy Scouts: Art, Drafting, Sculpture, and Painting merit badges

Each program is personalized to your scout group and will utilize the museum's current exhibitions.

Pricing:

Programs are at a $200 rate. The program fee includes up to 14 people including both scouts, and accompanying adults. If your group has more than 14 people the additional rate per participant is $15/scout and $5/adult. The program fee includes museum admission, personalized private programming, and material costs. Badges and pins are not included with programming. Programs typically occur on Sunday afternoons, but other times may be available as well.

Ready to book a program? Contact Sarah Clowe at 518-463-4478, ext. 435, or email clowes@albanyinstitute.org