Hudson Sloop Club hosting special fishing workshop at Olana

HUDSON―The Olana Partnership will offer its final free Third Thursday Evenings series for 2026 on October 15 from 3-7 p.m. at Olana State Historic Site.  Celebrate this special Frederic Church 200 anniversary year, Church’s global travels, and the beauty of the Hudson Valley with free house access and a special line up of programs!

Join The Olana Partnership as they celebrate fall with a special fishing workshop led by the Hudson Sloop Club. Learn more about fishing, water ecology, and the plants and animals that call Olana’s lake home.

There will be drop-in hands-on activities including: fishing from shore, wading in the lake, netting, digging, all while learning more about river ecosystems at the mobile Everett Nack Estuary Education Center. Meet at the Farm Complex from 3-6 p.m. This program is free.

From 6-7 p.m., enjoy a special evening film screening of Language in Landscape: The Art of Frederic Church in the Frederic Church Center.  This new documentary by WMHT in celebration of the Frederic Church 200 year gives an overview of Frederic Church’s life, artwork, and inspiration. The film will include Spanish subtitles. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with the film’s director, Catherine Rafferty. Space is limited.

Additionally, visitors are invited to enjoy free historic house access from 5-7 p.m. Advanced reservations are not available; guided landscape and explore at your own pace house access are available on-site, day-of, on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited.

A free shuttle from the Hudson Area Library to Olana will be from 4-7 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase from Via Ravioli from 4-7 p.m.  For further information and inquiries, visit OLANA.org/ThirdThursdays.

Generous support for Olana Third Thursdays is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

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 and house are open for guided touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The park is open daily, 8 a.m. to 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.

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