Member Event | “Your Friend, Frederic E. Church” Exhibition Tour at the Albany Institute

Join us on Sunday, July 12 at 11am for this exclusive curator-led tour for OLANA members of Your Friend, Frederic E. Church at the Albany Institute of History and Art. “About an hour this side of Albany is the center of the World – I own it,” wrote Frederic E. Church to “My dear Palmer” in an 1869 letter, now housed in the Albany Institute of History & Art’s collection. Part of this year’s Frederic Church 200 celebration, Your Friend, Frederic E. Church explores the artist’s 50-year friendship with Albany sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer through their correspondence, artworks, and shared creative lives. Featuring letters, sculptures, paintings, drawings, and significant loans—including materials from Olana and rarely seen private collections—this exhibition highlights the artists’ mutual influence and personal bond. This tour will meet at the Albany Institute of History and Art at 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210. Following the curator tour, OLANA members are welcome to self-guide through the Institute. This is an exclusive OLANA members event. Space is very limited; members can reserve a spot for themselves and one guest. Please RSVP by Wednesday, July 8 to Hannah Diamond at hdiamond@olana.org or call 518-751-6857. Not yet a member? Visit OLANA.org/membership to join The Olana Partnership, receive invites to member-only programs, and support our work to restore, interpret, and protect Frederic Church’s Olana. IMAGE CREDIT: Twilight (Sunset) . Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) . Oil on canvas, 1856. Albany Institute of History & Art, gift of Beatrice Palmer, 1942.34.44 FUNDER CREDIT: Leadership support for Albany Institute annual exhibitions and programs provided by Phoebe Powell Bender, and Christine and George R. Hearst III. Albany Institute programs and exhibitions are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.