OlanaHudson, NY - The Olana Partnership will hold its monthly FREE Third Thursday on June 20th from 12:30 pm to 7:00 pm at Olana State Historic Site. Olana Third Thursdays are monthly community days of free tours and programs for all ages. Beginning in June, each Third Thursday will feature an outdoor musical performance in addition to monthly free tours, programs, and extended evening hours.

Explore Bollywood dancing during a free class and performance with instructor, Arobi! Learn moves to trendy and iconic Bollywood songs during this fun, beginner-friendly outdoor class at Olana and stick around for a special performance on the East Lawn from 5:00 – 6:00 pm. This class is designed for participants ages 12 and up and space is limited. Email education@olana.org to learn more.

Immediately following the Bollywood performance, celebrate the beginning of summer with live music outdoors at Olana. Listen to Trio Candela perform lively traditional, folkloric Latin music from the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. This performance will take place outdoors on the East Lawn near the Main House from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

Visitors are also invited to attend free tours of the historic landscape, house, and the special exhibition, Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory. Tickets can be reserved on-site, day-of, starting at 12:30 pm on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tours and programs will be offered in both Spanish and English. Spanish tours will be given at 1:00 pm and 5:30 pm.

Generous support for Olana Third Thursdays is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. To learn more about each month and upcoming events and programs or to secure your free tickets visit, OLANA.org/ThirdThursdays or call 518­751-0344.

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About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape is open for guided touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The landscape is open daily 8 AM-sunset.

Olana State Historic Site, administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most visited sites in the state. The Olana Partnership is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative partner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site.

About Art Bridges Foundation

Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The mission of Art Bridges is to expand access to American art in all regions across the United States. Since 2017, Art Bridges has been creating and supporting programs that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations on nearly 700 projects across the nation, impacting over 4.1 million people, to provide financial and strategic support for exhibition development, loans from the Art Bridges Collection, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local audiences. The Art Bridges Collection represents an expanding vision of American

 

art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.