Sunday Salon Lecture: "What Dreams May Come: Thomas Cole and the Promise of America" with Graham C. Boettcher, Ph.D.
All ages • Sun, Nov 1 • Free with admission
What to Expect
Join Graham C. Boettcher, Ph.D., Director & CEO at the Norman Rockwell Museum, for a lecture, What Dreams May Come: Thomas Cole and the Promise of America, on Thomas Cole's impact on American identity and art.
Graham C. Boettcher is the new Director & CEO at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. He was previously the R. Hugh Daniel Director and CEO of the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA). A native of Bellingham, Washington, Boettcher received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University, and an M.A. from the University of Washington.
Boettcher has a long relationship with Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School: his 1999 master’s thesis focused on the common philosophical underpinnings and visual language of the German Romantics and the Hudson River School and he was a research assistant and catalogue contributor for American Sublime: Landscape Painting in the United States, 1820–1880 (Tate Britain, 2002). Boettcher curated Into the Woods: American Art and the Natural Sublime (BMA, 2008); Sublime Beauty: The American Landscape (Bascom Art Center, 2015); and Promise and Peril: Images of Westward Expansion from the Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art (BMA, 2007), the last time Cole’s 1826 masterpiece Falls of the Kaaterskill was exhibited publicly.
In 2020, Boettcher was honored by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site at its Scholars’ Dinner (written remarks were offered due to the pandemic) and later that year delivered the Annual Beecher Lecture on Cole’s Hunters in a Landscape via Zoom. Boettcher is honored and delighted to finally have the chance to speak in person at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
About the Sunday Salons: The Sunday Salon series presents monthly tours or lectures with leading thinkers on American art.
Includes
Access to the 1839 Storehouse for the Sunday Salon with Graham C. Boettcher, Ph.D.
General Admission to the historic buildings and special exhibitions, open 11 am—4 pm
Restrictions
Accessibility: The first floor of the Main House is wheelchair accessible by an elevator lift to bypass the 11 steps leading up to the first-floor porch. The second floor of the Main House is only accessed by two flights of stairs. The Cole Center, Storehouse, and 1846 New Studio are all wheelchair accessible. The parking lot is asphalt and includes a number of accessible spaces. The walking paths are loose gravel.
Animal Policy: Pets are welcome on the grounds, though they must be leashed during our open hours and may not be left unattended at any time. Pets may not enter the buildings or go onto the porch of the Main House. Service animals are welcome.
If you need to discuss accessibility concerns or have any questions about our animal policy, please email us at [email protected].
Duration
2–3:30 pm
Address
218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY, 12414
Pricing
| Adult | $20 |
| Senior | $18 |
| Military/Veteran | $18 |
| Student | $5 |
| Educator | $5 |
| Youth | $5 |
| Thomas Cole Site Members | Free |
| Child 0–12 | Free |
| Child 0-17 | Free |
| Food Stamps (SNAP/EBT) Cardholder | Free |
| Museum Employee | Free |
Cancellation Policy
Tickets are non-refundable
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