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SPECIAL EVENT Saratoga Sings of Art & Inspiration Tuesday, May 1, 5:30PM | Free admission

Join Opera Saratoga for a special performance in the museum galleries. RSVPs appreciated (link available on online calendar event listing).

1st Friday Friday, May 4, 5–8PM | Free admission

The galleries, shop, and café will be open for extended hours.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION The City School District of Albany 2018 Elementary School Art Show Friday, May 4, 5PM–8PM | Free admission Saturday, May 5, 10AM–5PM | Included with admission Sunday, May 6, Noon–5PM | Included with admission We are delighted to partner with the City School District of Albany to present this wonderful showcase of student talent featuring visual art works by students from each of the twelve Albany elementary schools. This exhibition grew out of our service with the Superintendent’s Arts Advisory Committee that was formed in order to build creative relationships and share resources with stakeholders, community organizations, and arts professionals. Join us as we celebrate another year of art making!

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FAMILY PROGRAM Art for All: Drop–in Art Making Saturday, May 5 from 10AM–4:30PM Saturday, May 12 from 10AM–4:30PM Included with admission

Bring your family to the museum and spend the day being creative! Origami Tulips Join us as we make simple folded paper tulips. Create a field full of tulips in a collage or make them part of a Mother’s Day card. Thank you for making art with us! May 12 will be the last Art for All of this season. The program will return in mid-October.

Museum Shop

Looking for gifts? Be sure to visit the Museum Shop for a delightful selection of specialty items such as handmade jewelry, autographed books, quirky collectibles, and fun toys.

(detail) Lake George, John Casilear (1811-1893), 1862, oil on canvas, ht. 10" x w. 18", Albany Institute of History & Art, gift of the Honorable John E. Holt-Harris, Jr., 1966.110

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MEMBER EVENT Member Appreciation Day in the Museum Shop and Cafe Saturday, May 12, 10AM–5PM Exclusive to Albany Institute Members! All day, take 15% off on regular merchandise in the shop and enjoy $1 coffee in the cafe.

MEMBER EVENT Member Morning Friday, May 18, 8AM–10AM | Free for members Enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries, and tour the popular Well-Dressed exhibition before the museum opens to the public. Well-Dressed in Victorian Albany closes Sunday, May 20, so if you are a Member and have not seen the exhibition, this is a great opportunity to get exclusive access! RSVP to Nicki Brown at 518.463.4478 ext. 437 or membership@albanyinstitute.org .

ADULT PROGRAM Art Connects Tuesday, May 8, 2PM–3PM | June 12, 2PM–3PM Free, but registration required This program is designed for people affected with early to mid-stage Alzheimer’s and other cognitive deficits with their care givers. Visiting the museum and looking at paintings, sculptures, and artifacts may rekindle memories and emotions, and are special social, lively outings for men and women who live with this disease. We will use our collections to renew and build social connections in which all can participate and enjoy. It does not require a background in art, nor does it rely on memory. There is no fee for this tour program, but pre -registration is required. To register, call Patrick at (518) 463 -4478 ext. 405 or email stenshornp@albanyinstitute.org.

SPECIAL EVENT Hudson Valley Hops Saturday, May 19, 4PM–7PM Advance: $35 non-members; $30 members At Door: $40 non-members; $35 members This fun, regional craft beer tasting is a fundraiser for the Albany Institute of History & Art and it’s an opportunity for the community to see brewing artifacts from the museum’s collection, hear from industry experts, and receive a commemorative glass. This year’s event will feature a short lecture, Brewing Beer in a Melting Pot: Ethnic Beer in Troy’s South End by David Mulholland, a special tasting of session beers provided by local breweries, and more. Full schedule and tickets online. Questions? Contact Nicki Brown at membership@albanyinstitute.org or 518.463.4478 ext. 437 for more information.

FAMILY GALLERY TOURS Junior Interpreters Program May 5, 12, 19, 26 from 10AM–12PM Included with admission Enjoy a family-friendly gallery tour of the exhibition Paintings of Addy®: Dahl Taylor’s Original Illustration for American Girl led by our teen volunteers, the Junior Interpreters. These tours are a fun, engaging experience for visitors of all ages.This program is sponsored by a Humanities NY Action Grant.

Workers at George I. Amsdell Brewery, Albany, c.1910, toned gelatin silver print, Albany Institute of History & Art Library, P2657.84

Junior Interpreter Amaya Davis

FAMILY PROGRAM Family Paint Workshop Sunday, May 20, 1PM–3PM | Ages 6 and above Per Painter: $25 non-members; $20 members This special paint workshop is a great opportunity for parents and children to make art together! (It makes the perfect Mother’s Day gift too!) Start by exploring painting with things like feathers and bubble wrap and then make your own masterwork as you learn how to paint a beautiful birch tree landscape on canvas board. All painters must register. Register online. Questions? Call Sarah at (518) 463-4478 ext. 435.

Discounted Family Gift Membership Deal for participants of this workshop! Normally $85, for this workshop only, we can offer a Family Gift Membership for just $60. A Family Membership means free admission for two adults and two

children or grandchildren under age 18, and comes with other benefits like 10% off in our Museum Shop, discounted program fees, and special Members-Only Programs. A membership is valid for one year. To purchase this discounted gift membership, contact Nicki Brown at 518.463.4478, ext. 437 or membership@albanyinstitute.org.

PUBLIC PROGRAM Gallery Talks Most Saturdays and Sundays at 1PM Led by volunteer docents | Included with admission May 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27

1st Friday Friday, June 1, 5–8PM | Free admission The galleries, shop, and café will be open for extended hours.

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SPECIAL EVENT 2018 Museum Gala Saturday, June 16, 6PM–10PM Tickets start at $225 This year’s gala will be held on Saturday, June 16, with dinner in the museum galleries for the first time in a long time. We will celebrate the museum’s award-winning exhibitions and programs. This year’s gala is At the Museum, For the Museum . Phoebe Powell Bender is our 2018 Museum Gala honoree. Recognized as an immensely accomplished and devoted volunteer within the non-profit community, Phoebe has worked tirelessly with countless boards and organizations to support the arts, public policy, and reproductive health for over fifty years. She has a long relationship with the Albany Institute, and served as president from 1986 to 1991, making her the first woman president of the museum since its founding in 1791. You probably see her around the Albany Institute often, lending her expertise and dedication in our library and throughout the museum. The annual gala is the Albany Institute’s largest fundraiser in support of our exhibitions and educational programs. This year’s gala will celebrate the museum. There is no better way to experience this celebration than to have dinner in our beautiful galleries, surrounded by artwork. It promises to be a night to remember. Visit albanyinstitute.org for more information on ways to support the Gala, or call Nicki Brown at 518.463.4478 ext. 437. Tickets start at $225 and RSVP’s are requested by Wednesday, May 30.

Museum Cafe Whether you are visiting the museum or just looking for a spot to eat in downtown Albany, the Museum Café offers fabulous coffees and teas, breakfast and lunch items, and delicious snacks and desserts.

Remember, there is no admission charge to visit the café and there is a parking lot at the corner of Dove and Elk Streets.

Photo: Stacy Livingston

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Our summer programs welcome children ages three to twelve in classes designed to engage and build skills in the visual arts.

Tuition includes museum admission and materials. Registration is required and space is limited. Class registration is available on the museum’s website at www.albanyinstitute.org.

For more information, contact Sarah at (518) 463-4478, ext. 435, or clowes@albanyinstitute.org.

Artful Mornings Ages 6–12 Tuesday–Thursday, 9AM–12PM Per Week: $65 non-members, $50 members

Join us as we explore landscapes, portraits, illustration, and more as we make beautiful pieces of art! In these weekly, three-day morning programs, children will create vibrant works of art inspired by our summer exhibitions and permanent collections. Summer class techniques will include drawing, painting, scratchboard, sculpture, and textile art.

Lovely Landscapes July 10, 11, 12 Wonderful Watercolor July 17, 18, 19 Animal Art July 24, 25, 26 Fantastic Fairy Tales July 31, August 1, 2 Ancient Egypt: Wearable Art August 7, 8, 9 Fabulous Faces August 14, 15, 16 Sculpture Investigation August 21, 22, 23 Pretty Patterned Plates August 28, 29, 30

‘Tute for Tots Theme: Animals Ages 3–5 with an adult Fridays, 10AM–11:30AM Per Class: $12 non-members, $10 members 'Tute for Tots classes give children and adult companions a chance to discover the world of art together. Come explore the galleries, read stories, have fun with sensory play exploration, and create exciting art projects. In the studio we’ll create our artwork by painting, printing, creating collages, and more! Each week will build upon the last, however individual class registration is available. Birds July 13 No session on August 10 Fish July 20 Dogs August 17 Lambs & Rams July 27 Monkeys August 24 Mice August 3 Crazy Creatures August 31

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Traveling this summer? Get access to hundreds of museums by upgrading your Albany Institute Family Member-ship to a Supporter Membership and becoming part of the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) program. Call Nicki at (518) 463-4478 ext. 437 to learn more.

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It’s time again for tulips...and galas, new exhibitions, and the summer tourism season. But first, thank you to our members and all of our guests for making our winter and early spring full of fun. It’s been wonderful to welcome new visitors, see record attendance at lectures, and plan for a full summer! I am delighted that we will honor Phoebe Powell Bender at our 2018 Museum Gala. The gala, which will be hosted at the museum, is poised to be a spectacular night of celebration and anticipation for the future. Phoebe is a remarkable person and I have had the pleasure of working with her in her various roles at the Albany Institute – including her years at the helm of the Board of Trustees as the museum’s first female president. I hope that you will join us as we thank Phoebe for her support and celebrate her accomplishments on June 16. Curatorial staff will be busy with exhibition changes in May and June as we prepare for the on-site gala and the summer tourists. Hudson River School enthusiasts will be glad to hear that we will open the exhibit Thomas Cole’s Paper Trail during this anniversary of Cole’s immigration to the United States. Drawn mostly from our collection, the exhibition will also feature loans from private collections. (On the road this summer? Keep an eye out for some of our Thomas Cole paintings in exhibitions throughout New York State and even in London!) This summer, we will explore animals in art with two exhibitions Birds & Beasts: The Scary, Magical, and Adorable Animals of the Albany Institute and A Menagerie of Whimsy: The Animals of William B. Schade. We’re looking forward to a fun slate of programs and activities with these exhibitions.

Have you come to the museum for your usual coffee lately? You may have noticed a new name for the café– Museum Café. We want to wish Crisan Bakery, who helped us launch the Crisan Café in 2016, the best of luck as they start on new adventures and thank them for support through these years. The Museum Café is still a delicious spot for coffee or lunch while you are at the museum or visiting downtown Albany. I look forward to seeing you there! I would like to take some time to welcome Deborah Onslow to the Albany Institute as our new Major Gifts Officer. She brings a great deal of non-profit leadership experience to the organization. Most of her career was spent in public broadcasting. She spent several years as president and general manager of WMHT where she led the effort to build a digital facility for the organization. While at WMHT, she served on the PBS national Board of Directors for six years. After retiring from WMHT, she was appointed as the interim president of the Arts Center of the Capital Region for a year. That was followed by a period as interim CEO of the Children’s Museum of Science and Technology. Most recently she was project executive of the local public art project, Breathing Lights, which was funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropy. Deborah is on the Board of Trustees for several local organizations including the Albany Symphony, the Sage Colleges and Albany Pro Musica. She can be reached at onslowd@albanyinstitute.org or (518) 463-4478 ext. 406. Stay curious and creative...and I’ll see you at the museum!

Tammis K. Groft Executive Director

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ABOVE: (detail) Bug Map, William Benard Schade, 1996, handmade paper, gouache, pen and ink, gold leaf, ht. 4 1/4" x w. 46 1/2", Albany Institute of History & Art, 1997 Mohawk Hudson Regional Purchase Prize, 1997.20.1

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Thomas Cole’s Paper Trail June 16, 2018 – October 28, 2018

In 1818, the youthful Thomas Cole emigrated from his native England to begin a new life in the United States. After several years struggling as an engraver and designer for his parents’ short-lived floor cloth and wallpaper manufactories, he finally embarked on a career as painter of landscapes and settled in the thriving port city of New York. There he found patrons and a welcoming audience for his works that were exhibited at the National Academy of Design and other venues. Now, during the bicentennial year of Cole’s arrival in the United States, this naturalized American artist is being publicly recognized once again at museums and historic sites on both sides of the Atlantic. The Albany Institute is participating in this international celebration by presenting the exhibition, Thomas Cole’s Paper Trail, which looks at this renowned landscape artist mainly through the paper materials he left behind. Selections of Cole’s drawings, prints, letters, hand -written poems, and published works, now part of the collections of the Albany Institute, trace the artist’s career from his first tree studies drawn near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1823 to letters of condolence sent to his family following his sudden and premature death in 1848. The exhibition includes the seldom seen painting, View of Featherstonhaugh Estate near Duanesburg (1826), along with two letters written by Cole to his early patron and fellow English immigrant, George William Featherstonhaugh, who invited Cole to spend the winter of 1825/26 at his home in Duanesburg, New York. The painting and letters are on loan for this exhibition from the Featherstonhaugh Family Trust and offer a rare look at Cole’s early commissions. Other paintings by Thomas Cole and works from fellow landscape artists such as Frederic Church, Asher Durand, and Jasper Cropsey can be seen in the adjoining Hudson River School exhibition.

Well-Dressed in Victorian Albany: 19th Century Fashion from the Albany Institute Collection Through May 20, 2018

Along the Eastern Road: Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Organized by the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania Through June 10, 2018

Paintings of Addy®: Dahl Taylor’s Original Illustrations for American Girl Through June 10, 2018

The Hudson River School: Landscape Paintings from the Albany Institute Ongoing Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture: Erastus Dow Palmer and His Protégés Launt Thompson, Charles Calverley, and Richard Park Ongoing

Ancient Egypt Ongoing Traders and Culture: Colonial Albany and the Formation of American Identity Ongoing

LIBRARY CASES Spotlight: Albany & Anti-Suffrage Ongoing

A Menagerie of Whimsy: The Animals of William B. Schade July 14–December 30, 2018 From the creative output of artist William B. Schade (1943 –2008), a whimsical cast of furred and feathered creatures appears before us as if from the enchanted dream of a child. We encounter grinning crocodiles, roosters with attitudes, and a host of plump and prancing rhinos, tigers, and hippos. In the upcoming exhibition, A Menagerie of Whimsy: The Animals of William B. Schade, the artist’s full range of work will be represented in the Albany Institute’s galleries, from prints and sculptures, to paintings and ceramics. Schade was born and raised in Albany and spent most of his working career in the Capital Region. He received Master’s Degrees from both the University at Albany and the distinguished Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In addition to receiving awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulbright Commission, Schade also held residencies at the McDowell Colony for the Arts and at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs. His work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, and elsewhere. For more than thirty years, Schade taught at Sage Colleges where he was always a popular professor.

Birds & Beasts: The Scary, Magical, and Adorable Animals of the Albany Institute July 14–December 30, 2018 Drawn from the collection of the Albany Institute, this animal-inspired exhibition will explore animals as iconic elements of art and as cherished household members. Hudson River School artists frequently painted cows into their landscapes while Dutch artisans painted real and mythical creatures on Delft tiles in the seventeenth century. The Institute’s collection is rich in two and three dimensional representations of animals. Albany born sisters Dorothy and Gertrude Lathrop built their artistic careers around animals. Gertrude (1896-1986) is remembered as a sculptor of animals while Dorothy’s (1891 -1980) drawings for Animals of the Bible rewarded her with a Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1938. A circa 1940 handmade toy circus train will recall childhood memories while jewel encrusted, late seventeenth-century gilt brass Chinese-Tibetan lions will dazzle the eye. One section of the exhibition will focus on pets as documented in nineteenth century photographs. From the farmyard to the forest to fantasy, this exhibition will remind visitors that animals have been part of the human experience since the beginning.

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Photo captions: Page 1: (detail) Lake George, John Casilear (1811-1893), 1862, oil on canvas, ht. 10" x w. 18", Albany Institute of History & Art, gift of the Honorable John E. Holt-Harris, Jr., 1966.110; Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), The end of the Tokaido: arriving at Kyoto , circa 1831-1834, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, wood block print, courtesy of Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania; Highlands of Hudson near New Windsor, Thomas Cole (1801-1848), c. 1835, pencil on off-white paper, 10 1/8 H x 15 5/8 W, Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase, 1940.21.2; Rhinoceros Wagon , Charles C. Knapp (1894-1963), painted wood, metal, 1937-45, gift of Helen Knapp, 1989.30.13, photo by Michael Fredericks; Blue Lemon Bantum Egg Layer Machine, William Benard Schade (1948-2008), 1978, lithograph, 17 H x 22 1/3 W, Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase, 1992.39

Are you interested in sponsoring an exhibition at the museum? Contact Nick DeMarco at (518) 463-4478 ext. 402 or demarcon@albanyinstitute.org.

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Cover Image: (detail) Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), The end of the Tokaido: arriving at Kyoto, circa 1831-1834, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, wood block print, courtesy of Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania