VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Charles Ingham, Trap Dyke, at Avalanche Lake Paul Champagne, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK This image of the Trap Dyke on Avalanche Pass was one of fifteen sketches created by Charles C. Ingham in the mid-nineteenth century. J.H. Bufford, stamped in the bottom right, was the name…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Sue Ellen HerneOur Spirits Don’t Belong Here Abigail Smith, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Sue Ellen Herne is a contemporary Mohawk artist from the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory in upstate New York. Herne works with paintings and mixed media such as quilts and traditional Mohawk compositions. Many of…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Tehanetorens (Aren Akweks/Ray Fadden), Ka-hon-hes (Kahionhes/John Fadden) The Vicious Cycle of Indian-White Relationships on the Frontier Berit Brecke, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Ray Fadden and John Fadden were a father-son duo whose work represented Haudenosaunee history and culture. Their work in the mid-twentieth century sought to…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Rockwell Kent, Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty Colin Wanat, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was one of the most popular and influential artists to live in the Adirondacks; however, some of his political ideas conflicted with the artwork he created. Apart from…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Harold Weston, Haystack– Winter Emerson M. Brott, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Harold Weston was a prominent twentieth-century modernist painter whose work experimented with realism, expressionism, and abstractionism. Weston lived most of his life in the Adirondacks and is known to have craved a more raw, intimate…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Harold Weston, Frost before Night Adeline Riesenberger, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Renowned American painter Harold Weston (1894-1972) grew up visiting his grandfather’s camp in the Adirondacks and hiking near Lower Ausable Lake. This wilderness region inspired many of his artworks within his lifetime. He climbed the…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Sheila Kanieson Ransom, Waves Basket Sabella Cromie, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Artist Sheila Kanieson Ransom is a well-known basketmaker native to Akwesasne in northern New York. She has represented her Mohawk heritage through her artwork for over twenty years. She learned the craft from her Godmother…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Iakonikonriiosta, Tsi Kiontahsawen / In the Beginning Meara McClusky, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Iakonikonriiosta moved to Akwesasne as a young woman to support the Mohawk nation’s struggle to maintain an Indigenous presence in northern New York and now works to protect and publicize Mohawk culture through…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Sandra Hildreth, Adirondack Mandala Shelby Oken, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE ARTWORK Contemporary Adirondack painter Sandra Hildreth is known for her oil and watercolor paintings of “what is wild” in the Adirondacks. She writes that her paintings do not have to qualify as being “true wilderness,” they just…
VISUALIZING THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY Seneca Ray Stoddard, Map of the Adirondack Wilderness Noah korman, Spring 2023 ABOUT THE MAP Seneca Ray Stoddard was a significant nineteenth-century artist, photographer, and writer known for his work focused on the Adirondack mountains, lakes, and landscapes, and for his contribution to the creation of the…