The Olana Partnership - 2023 Annual Report

2023

ANNUAL REPORT

FROM THE PRESIDENT 2023 was a year of consistent progress for The Olana Partnership in working toward the three primary goals of our 2021-2026 Strategic Plan. Across all areas of our public facing work, from visitor services and education to development and communications, we strove to engage visitors and our communities with Frederic Church’s holistic vision for Olana and its relevance for contemporary audiences.

Our public tour attendance grew by 9%, with 20% of ticketed visitors taking a landscape tour. Growing participation in landscape tours is critical to providing a richer and deeper visitor experience, and our Visitor Engagement team had great success with the introduction of the Landscape and Historic House Combo Tour.

The frontline experimentation lays the foundation for our expanded operations once the Frederic Church Center for Art & Landscape opens. On that front, construction started in January 2023, and the building was roofed and framed in by the end of the year.

Our two-person Education and Public Programs team did remarkable work in sustaining and growing partnerships with a wide range of local and regional organizations. Our workforce development internship program with Columbia-Greene Community College had a successful second year, and we laid the groundwork for expanding the program into other areas of the college’s curriculum. We had another wonderful “Olana Movie Night” with Upstate Films and completed an ambitious new partnership with Site Specific Dances, whose original choreography embraced all of Olana and its viewshed. It was a year of dramatic grown for our Regional Library Membership program, which is just one way in which The Olana Partnership provides free access to our tours for local residents.

Our strategic plan calls for The Olana Partnership to bring Olana to the national stage. The most critical initiative in this direction is Frederic Church 200, an international program of exhibitions, publications, and events around the bicentennial of Church’s birth in 2026. In August 2023, we took a key step in welcoming Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Curator Emerita of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing and one of the most prominent scholars of American art, as our Senior Consulting Curator. Betsy is heading up our team for Frederic Church 200, alongside myself and Mark Prezorski. In 2023 we also welcomed our new Exhibitions Manager, Blakely Kralovec, whose organizational and administrative expertise is critical to the implementation of Frederic Church 200 as well as our annual cycle of special exhibitions.

Our third strategic goal to build our capacity to accelerate Olana’s impact was bolstered by the success of our annual Frederic Church Awards on April 19 honoring Kelly Williams, Sarah Coffin, and Lynn Davis. Our regional fundraiser in 2023 was “The Olana Viewshed Tour” and brought our supporters together to explore amazing private properties within sight of Olana. The autumn brought the great news that The Olana Partnership received a three-year, $240,000 grant from the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program to provide a monthly day of free public tours and programming starting in January 2024.

Our successes all stem from the extraordinary commitment of our staff and volunteers working alongside our colleagues at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and the Bureau of Historic Sites. None of this would be possible without the enthusiastic support of our members and donors at all levels.

On behalf of The Olana Partnership’s Board of Trustees, I extend our sincerest appreciation and gratitude.

Sean E. Sawyer, Ph.D. Washburn and Susan Oberwager President Cover: Beth Schneck Photography

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OLANA ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL INCREASE TO OVER $15.7 MILLION AND 240 JOBS AFTER EXPANSION KůĂŶĂ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌ Ψϭϱ͘ϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ϮϰϬ ũŽďƐ ĂĨƚĞƌ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ

The planned expansion of the visitor centerĐĞŶƚĞƌ Ăƚ at the Olana State Historic Site will significantly increase the economic dŚĞ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ƚŚĞ KůĂŶĂ ^ƚĂƚĞ ,ŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ^ŝƚĞ ǁŝůů ƐŝŐŶŝĨŝĐĂŶƚůLJ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ impact and jobs supported by Olana in the Capital Region, as compared to the estimated impacts for 2023. ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĂŶĚ ũŽďƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ KůĂŶĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů ZĞŐŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚĞĚ Impacts resultŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ from annual spending

by Olana its operations and from spending visitors that come to ƚŚĞ Olana each ĨŽƌ ϮϬϮϯ͘ /ŵƉĂĐƚƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚ on ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ďLJ the KůĂŶĂ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ byŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ year. Additional impacts result from capital spending, including the one-time impact of the planned expansion of ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ďLJ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ KůĂŶĂ ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͘ ĚĚŝƚŝŽŶĂů ŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͕ the Olana visitor center. The expansion will allow Olana to accommodate more visitors and result in increased ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞͲƚŝŵĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KůĂŶĂ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ǁŝůů spending on operations. In addition, the investment by Olana in the expanded visitor center will also have an ĂůůŽǁ KůĂŶĂ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƚŝŽŶ͕ economic impact and support jobs during the time which the project is being completed.

ƚŚĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ ďLJ KůĂŶĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞdžƉĂŶĚĞĚ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ũŽďƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŝŵĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ͘ Estimates were developed of the value added economic impact of Olana operations spending, capital spending

and spending by visitors. The jobs supported by Olana include those employed at Olana, jobs supported by the ƐƚŝŵĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽĨ KůĂŶĂ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶƐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů spending of visitors to Olana, and jobs supported at businesses that serve Olana.

ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ďLJ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ũŽďƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ KůĂŶĂ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĚ Ăƚ KůĂŶĂ͕ ũŽďƐ The above economic impact estimates were developed using the RIMS economic impact model, a widely used ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ KůĂŶĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ũŽďƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ Ăƚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞƌǀĞ KůĂŶĂ͘

and accepted methodology for estimating local economic impacts. Inputs for these calculations came from the

dŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Z/D^ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŵŽĚĞů͕ Ă ǁŝĚĞůLJ ƵƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ following: ŵĞƚŚŽĚŽůŽŐLJ ĨŽƌ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ͘ /ŶƉƵƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚŝŽŶƐ ĐĂŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ͗

• Projected number of visitors to Olana in 2025 (203,500, including house tours, groups, events, and visitors to • WƌŽũĞĐƚĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ KůĂŶĂ ŝŶ ϮϬϮϱ ;ϮϬϯ͕ϱϬϬ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŽƵƌƐ͕ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐͿ͘ grounds).

• WƌŽũĞĐƚĞĚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶƐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ dKW ĂŶĚ KWZ,W ŝŶ ϮϬϮϱ͘ • Projected operations spending, capital spending and employment for TOP and OPRHP in 2025.

• ƐƚŝŵĂƚĞĚ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ • Estimated of the visitor center expansion project.

• sŝƐŝƚŽƌ cost ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƐƵƌǀĞLJ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ,ƵĚƐŽŶ from “Results of an Online • Visitor spending estimates developed on survey information ofAudience visitorsResearch to Hudson fromJune “Results of Survey of Residents, Visitorswere and Potential Visitorsbased to the Hudson NY Area” conducted by & Analysis, ϮϬϭϳ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƉĂƚƚĞƌŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ƐŝƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ EĂƚŝŽŶĂů WĂƌŬ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ an Online Survey of Residents, Visitors and Potential Visitors to the Hudson NY Area” conducted by Audience

Research & Analysis, June 2017 and from visitor spending patterns for historic sites from the National Park ĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶƉƵƚƐ͕ Z/D^ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵƵůƚŝƉůŝĞƌ ĞĨĨĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ ďLJ KůĂŶĂ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶƐ͕ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Service.

ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ KůĂŶĂ͘ dŚĞ ŵƵůƚŝƉůŝĞƌ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚŝƚŝŽŶĂů ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ďLJ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĞƐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂŐĞƐ ůŽĐĂůůLJ͕ ůŽĐĂů ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ďLJ ǀĞŶĚŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞƌǀĞ KůĂŶĂ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ďLJ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ƚŽƵƌŝƐŵ ĚŽůůĂƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ Based on these inputs, RIMS estimates the multiplier effect of spending generated by Olana operations, capital KůĂŶĂ͘ ^ŝŵŝůĂƌůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞů ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ũŽďƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ spending and visitors that come to Olana. The multiplier impact refers to additional spending in the community ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚĞĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĞĐŽŶŽŵLJ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĂĐƚŝǀŝƚLJ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ͘ sĂůƵĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵ ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ǀĂůƵĞ ƚŽ ŐŽŽĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĂĐƚŝǀŝƚŝĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ by employees spending their wages locally, local spending by vendors that serve Olana and spending by those that ĐŽŵŵŽŶůLJ ƵƐĞĚ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĂĐƚŝǀŝƚLJ͘ receive tourism dollars from visitors to Olana. Similarly, the model calculates the number of jobs in the community

that are supported by this spending. The economic impact estimated is the value added to the local economy as a ůů ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ ŽĨ KůĂŶĂ ^ƚĂƚĞ ,ŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ^ŝƚĞ͕ ĂƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ^ƚĂƚĞ KĨĨŝĐĞ ŽĨ WĂƌŬƐ͕ resultZĞĐƌĞĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ,ŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ WůĂĐĞƐ ;KWZ,WͿ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĨŝƚ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ͕ dŚĞ KůĂŶĂ WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ;dKWͿ of the economic activity generated. Value added represents the sum total of increased value to goods and services that is generated by the local activities being evaluated and is the most commonly used measure of such

WƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ďLJ ƌŝĂŶ ǁĞŝŐ ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽŶƐƵůƚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ dŚĞ KůĂŶĂ WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ :ƵŶĞ ϮϬϮϰ͘ economic activity.

All numbers include the combined impacts of Olana State Historic Site, as managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Places (OPRHP) and its non-profit partner, The Olana Partnership (TOP) Prepared by Brian Zweig of Business Opportunities Management Consulting for The Olana Partnership, June 2024.

ABOUT THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP The Olana Partnership (TOP) is an educational nonprofit organization that is the collaborate partner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) at Olana State Historic Site. Our mission is to inspire the public by preserving and interpreting Frederic Church’s Olana.

TOP’s predecessor, Olana Preservation, Inc., was formed in 1964 to save Olana from sale and destruction and in 1966 purchased the house, its contents and land and conferred them to New York State. TOP itself was organized as a 501(c)3 organization under the name Friends of Olana in 1971. We adopted our current name in 2000 to express the central importance of partnership in the preservation and interpretation of Olana, especially with OPRHP. Over the past twenty-five years, TOP has collaborated with OPRHP to preserve and restore Olana’s historic architecture and landscape. While much has been accomplished, this is an ongoing and continuous process. In 2015 we partnered in the development of Olana’s Strategic Landscape Design Plan. This provides a road map to completing the restoration of all 250-acres of the designed landscape and surviving historic structures, including Olana’s farm complex. The linchpin of this plan is the Frederic Church Center for Art & Landscape, which is scheduled to be completed in autumn 2024.

Throughout this time, TOP has led efforts to protect Olana’s integral viewshed, and our work is a national model for such endeavors. Olana and TOP played crucial roles in preventing the construction of a nuclear power plant at Cementon in the 1970s and the St. Lawrence Cement Plant in Greenport in the 1990s.

Alongside these high profile cases, TOP has partnered with OPRHP, Scenic Hudson, Open Space Institute, and private landowners to place over 3,000 acres within view of Olana under conservation easements.

TOP is extremely proud of our record of achievement and of the exceptional educational and cultural experiences TOP provides for the tens of thousands who visit and engage each year. Through guided tours of the house and landscape, special exhibitions, educational offerings and other public programs, TOP provides unparalleled opportunities to engage the imagination; encourage creativity; and explore art, architecture and the environment.

Images: Top: Summer Solstice event Left to Right: Terraforming with curator David Hartt, visitors enjoying the view, Bee program with Fox Farm Apiary, School group at Olana.

OUR MISSION The Olana Partnership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire the public by preserving and interpreting Frederic Church’s OLANA, a New York State Historic Site and a National Historic Landmark in the Hudson River Valley Region.

OLANA NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE - as of December 31, 2023 J. Winthrop Aldrich Leslie Greene Bowman Bonnie Burnham Sarah D. Coffin Will Cotton

Linda S. Ferber Stephen Hannock Eleanor Jones Harvey Inge Heckel Morrison Heckscher

Valerie Hegarty Franklin Wood Kelly Elizabeth Kornhauser Katherine E. Manthorne George W. McDaniel

Laurie Norton Moffatt Laurie Olin, FASLA Elizabeth Barlow Rogers Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. Barbara Tober

BOARD OF TRUSTEES - as of December 31, 2023 Peter Warwick, Chair Stephen Clearman, Vice Chair Janet S. Dicke, Vice Chair Robin M. Key, FASLA, Vice Chair Susan Winokur, Vice Chair Lucy S. Rhame, Treasurer Margaret Davidson, Secretary

Joe Baker Sheila A. Bridges Elizabeth Broun Laurel Durst Meyer S. Frucher Olivia J. Fussell Elizabeth Graziolo

Phoebe Gubelmann Christine Jones Meredith J. Kane Belinda K. Kaye Ricky Lark Elizabeth A. Mason Richard N. McCarthy

Jamie Carano Nordenström Emily Sachar Jane Smith, FAIA Sedgwick A. Ward Kelly M. Williams Karen Zukowski

OUR VISION The Olana Partnership envisions Frederic Church’s OLANA, vibrant with the activity of visitors, students, scholars and artists, as the most widely recognized artist’s home and studio in the world.

THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP STAFF - as of December 31, 2023 Senior Leadership & Full Time Staff

Part Time Staff

Sean E. Sawyer, Ph.D., Washburn & Susan Oberwager President Mark Prezorski, Senior Vice President & Landscape Curator Mary Lawrie, Vice President of Visitor Engagement

Stephen Blendell, Interpreter Ida Brier, Librarian/Archivist Paul Davis, Interpreter Elle Dietemann, Customer Service Associate Nordica Holochuck, Interpreter Elizabeth Kornhauser, Consulting Senior Curator

& Business Operations Allegra Davis, Associate Curator Melanie Hasbrook, Director of Advancement & Marketing Carolyn Keogh, Director of Education & Public Programs Hiro Kitamura, Director of Finance & Human Resources Rachel Tice, Director of Retail Operations

Joyce Batterton, Executive Assistant & Office Manager Lorraine Bulson, Bookkeeper & Human Resource Assistant Blakely Kralovec, Collections Manager Nicole Madden, Development Associate Gracie Mills, Education Coordinator Lauren Miller, Membership & Volunteer Coordinator Erin Orison, Visitor Services Engagement Coordinator Hannah Scott, Director of Visitor Services & Engagement

Top: School group at Olana

& Chair of the Church 200 Committee Ellen Kulisek, Interpreter Rebekah Leatherman, Customer Service Associate Betsy Mattice, Interpreter Interpreter G Muñoz, Inventory Assistant Donald Pedersen, Interpreter Diana Perretti, Interpreter Bailey Reed, Staff Accountant Jennifer Scheitinger, Customer Service Associate Celine Smith, Assistant Manager Donna Strietz, Interpreter Florence Umezaki, Interpreter

VISITOR OPERATIONS & ENGAGEMENT In 2023, TOP’s Visitor Services & Engagement team made steady progress toward our strategic goals of whole-site interpretation and expanding access to diverse audiences. Ticketed tour participation increased by 9% overall, and 20% of tickets were for landscape tours, and increase of 15% over 2022.

Responding to guest feedback, TOP introduced a 2-hour Combo tour, which bundles tours of the house and landscape. We continue to encourage visitors to explore the landscape on their own, via map or audio-guide download. To this end, TOP beta-tested a new, user-friendly walking map, with the goal of rolling out the finished product in spring 2024.

A key strategic goal for TOP is increasing access for diverse audiences across all our programming. For Visitor Services, our principal tactics are to lower the financial threshold for public tours and to build Spanish language access for public tours and at the frontline greeting and ticketing processes. In 2023, TOP introduced free tours for SNAP/EBT cardholders and increased the age for free children’s tours from Top: Walking Landscape Tour Left: Continuous Touring in the Histroric House

12 to 16. We also built on existing discounts for NYS residents, members, veterans, and our regional Library Pass program. Notably, the free Library Pass program continued to grow, and use on Main Floor tours was up 30% over the previous year, representing $19,000 in visitor savings. Overall, TOP provided visitors with over $77,000 in discounts for adult tours and over $100,000 with children included. At the end of the year, TOP was awarded a $240,000, three-year grant from the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program to introduce one day per month of free public tours and programs. We will launch “Third Thursdays/Tercer Jueves” in 2024.

TOP successfully launched a limited run of Spanish language tours, and we continue to work on targeted promotion and outreach. Visitor Services’ main hiring goal in 2024 will be to bring on more bilingual and multilingual Visitor Services staff, and Spanish language offerings are a key component of the free “Third Thursday/Tercer Jeuves” programming planned for 2024.

WHAT VISITORS ARE SAYING We continue to receive overwhelming positive feedback from guests responding to their posttour surveys. We loved our electric tour guide, and we are so inspired by the passion of everyone at Olana.

My guide was great, informative, knowledgeable, friendly, witty and was able to answer any question that was asked of him.

The “Terraforming” exhibition was something completely new to me, but the staff was excellent at explaining what it was. I loved that by doing the electric car tour, we got to see the exhibition in action in the landscape!

It was a pleasure to participate in this knowledgeable guided tour. I’ve already recommended to some friends and family to have a tour of the site not only for the magnificent views but also for the history of this New York State Park. Thank you!

EDUCATION & PUBLIC PROGRAMS TOP continued building partnerships with key regional organizations to expand the reach of Olana’s programs to new audiences. TOP built upon our work with other nonprofits and community organizations like the Sylvia Center, Upstate Films, Columbia Land Conservancy and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties. We continued our partnership with the Hudson Area Library on our first Spanish-language program for families at Olana, Arte y Lugares Especiales, and hosted an open house at the Library to support literacy efforts and promote new Spanish-language tours at Olana. Additionally, we explored new partnerships, working with the

choreography non-profit, Site-Specific Dances, to host a month-long residency at Olana State Historic Site culminating in a “Day of Dance.”

2023 saw continued growth in youth programs and school field trip attendance. TOP worked with the Hudson City School District to provide 11 scholarships for our Panorama Summer Youth Program. We continued offering field trips at no cost for Columbia and Greene County school districts, leading to a continued increase in demand. In 2023, we served over 1700 students through onsite field trips, a 112.5% increase from 2022. We also increased the number of schools visiting from Columbia and Greene counties by 73%.

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Left to Right: Winter Solstice Event, Unfolding Olana with Site Spectific Dances, Sail and Sketch with Hudson Ferry Co., Panorama with the Sylvia Center, Artmaking in the Afternoon, a free drop-in series

LANDSCAPE, VIEWSHED, & CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT The mingled flower garden is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year and blooms consistently from April through November. The maintenance of this garden continues to be generously funded by TOP supporters, Serra and Glenn Butash.

Two undeveloped land parcels (approx. 25 acres total) across Route 9G went on the market in late 2023. This land was also close to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and the Hudson River Skywalk route. Even though it would be challenging to develop this property due to topography and wetland constraints, this sale was a concern. TOP evaluated options with our conservation partners at Scenic Hudson, and,

ultimately, a conversation-minded buyer purchased the parcels, so any immediate threat of development has passed.

TOP has been working to minimize the impact of communications towers on Blue Hill, to the immediate southeast of Olana. Following the erection of a new tripod tower, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required the old towers to be removed. In late 2023, we learned from Scenic Hudson that the National Park Service Historic Landmark program had brought this to the FCC’s attention and been assured that they would be removed in Spring 2024.

Two major capital development projects were underway simultaneously in 2023. In January, the clearance of the site for the Frederic Church Center for Art & Landscape (FCC) began. Construction proceeded on schedule through the year, and by December the building was roofed and framed in. Meanwhile, the first phase of the farm complex restoration was completed in early autumn. The most visible element of this project was the removal of the temporary parking lot built on top of the historic Kitchen Garden location adjacent to the Wagon House and the construction of a new lot surrounded by native plantings with safer, code compliant pedestrian access to Olana’s farm buildings and Lake Road. The view from Crown Hill over Olana’s historic farm zone

no longer includes a parking lot and cars, and TOP and OPRHP can now turn attention to restoring the Kitchen Garden and Main Barn. Activating the farm complex has always been a core idea within the Olana Strategic Design Plan and the siting of the Frederic Church Center. This project also included major drainage improvements to prevent erosion and flooding of the Wagon House, which had become more frequent with more intense rains.

Left to Right: Visitors enjoying the View, Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape construction, Farm parking construction

COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS This was a year of growth for TOP’s curatorial department, as we welcomed a new exhibitions manager, Blakely Kralovec and brought on Dr. Elizabeth Kornhauser, Curator Emerita of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as Senior Consulting Curator. Dr. Kornhauser will be activating museums and scholars nationwide to participate in Church 200, our 2026 initiative marking the bicentennial of Church’s birth. Blakely Kralovec, who brings more than 15 years of experience in collections and exhibitions management to her role, has implemented new organizational and budgeting processes and expanded our capacity to take on ambitious exhibitions.

From May-October Olana presented Terraforming: Olana’s Historic Photography Collection Unearthed, an indoor-outdoor exhibition curated by artist David Hartt. Featuring 50 original 19th-century photographic prints collected by Frederic Church, plus six large-scale reproductions of Church-owned photographs placed in the historic landscape and two new site-specific artworks by Hartt, Terraforming excavated Olana’s remarkable collection of historic photography to explore questions of human relationships with the land. The accompanying catalogue featured 136 historic images selected by Hartt, along with essays by Hartt and photography historian Corey Keller.

In November, we opened our second winter exhibition, Spectacle: Frederic Church and the Business of Art, which responded to two of our visitors’ most frequently asked questions: how were Church’s paintings experienced in the 19th century, and how did an artist make enough money to create Olana? Spectacle features a 2.5D digital exploration of Church’s 1859 masterpiece Heart of the Andes, originally produced by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Alongside this immersion into Church’s “great picture,” artifacts from Olana’s archives that illuminate Church’s business practices were on view in the gallery.

TOP and Bureau of Historic Sites’ staff assisted numerous researchers through the year. Mary Roberts, a scholar of Orientalist art at the University Left to Right: Terraforming with curator David Haart, SPECTACLE: Frederic Church and the Business of Art

of Sydney (Australia), investigated Church’s architectural influences with research in his library at Olana. Victoria Johnson, who is writing a comprehensive biography of Frederic Church, received ongoing research support. Shannon Vittoria, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Assistant Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, did extensive research on Church’s years in Mexico for a future exhibition. The painting A Solitary Lake in New Hampshire by Thomas Cole left Olana to receive conservation treatment in anticipation of a loan to a traveling exhibition organized by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site focusing on indigeneity and landscape painting. These projects are among many ongoing that will continue to raise Olana’s profile and foster new scholarly perspectives on Church’s life and work, more than ever as we build towards 2026.

DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS The Olana Partnership’s Development and Communications team builds and sustains relationships with a wide range of constituencies, from the general public to major donors, private foundations, government, and the press, in order to advance TOP’s mission. In addition to having primary responsibility for all marketing and public relations, TOP’s Development team’s responsibilities include: membership and volunteers, special events, restricted initiative and program fundraising, and TOP’s capital campaign for the Frederic Church Center for Art & Landscape. In 2023, TOPs membership program grew to 796 households and continued to cultivate affiliation and support.

Popular member events included “Hard Hats and Mimosas” series, a behind the scenes tour for members that shares upcoming capital plans and projects, and “Prosecco on the Piazza” and “Pastries on the Piazza,” special opportunities to enjoy refreshment and conversation with senior staff and other members on the Piazza before and after public 13

tour hours. In addition, a new Curator Talk series was launched, giving members an opportunity to tour current exhibitions with TOP’s curatorial team.

TOP’s 23rd Annual Frederic Church Awards were presented on April 19 and honored Kelly M. Williams, Sarah D. Coffin, and Lynn Davis. The event exceeded revenue goals by 156%. The Critical Initiative / in-room fundraising element of the event raised over $250,000 for The Church 200 Fund, which will support TOP’s national initiative of exhibitions and programs marking the bicentennial of Frederic Church’s birth in 2026.

The Olana Viewshed Tour returned in June as our primary regional fundraising event. 2023’s event was held in honor of Glenda Berman, one of TOP’s first historic landscape interpreters, who went on to lead our Visitor Engagement team during COVID. TOP greatly appreciates her extraordinary contributions to raise awareness and understanding of Olana’s as a holistic work of American landscape art.

2023 was the sixth year of TOP’s capital campaign to fund the design and construction of The Frederic Church Center for Art & Landscape, a new visitor entry and orientation facility that is the linchpin of Olana’s Strategic Landscape Design Plan. As of the end of 2023, TOP had raised $10.8 million.

This includes matching $1M of an extraordinary $2 million matching challenge. The campaign and match continues in 2024. In October, We TOP trustees and staff and OPRHP colleagues were joined by Assemblymember Didi Barrett to raise a glass in celebration within the frame of the new structure.

On the marketing and communications front, the 2023 exhibitions Terraforming: Olana’s Historic Photography Collection Unearthed and SPECTACLE: Frederic Church and the Business of Art received coverage in WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Berkshire Eagle, American Art Review, Maine Antiques Digest, and several local publications, as did public programs such as Olana’s Movie Night and the Winter Solstice Celebration.

Left to Right: Frederic Church Awards honoring Lynn Davis, Kelly Williams, and Sarah Coffin, Donor toast at the Frederic Church Center, Prosecco on the Piazza for members, Tour of the Metropolitan American Wing with Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Olana Viewshed Tour, Olana Viewshed Tour donor event

2023 OPERATING REVENUE

2023 MEMBERS & DONORS Combined Operating and Capital Contributions

$100,000 and up Art Bridges Foundation Steve and Renee Iacone Clearman Jim and Janet Dicke Henry and Susan Livingston Lucy S. Rhame The Thompson Family Foundation Susan Winokur and Paul Leach

*Note: In FY23 TOP received $206,901 in Covid relief funds.

These have been designated as operating reserve funds.

OPERATING REVENUE: $2,544,207

2023 OPERATING EXPENSE

OPERATING EXPENSES: $2,444,498

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$50,000 - $99,999 Joseph Baker Christopher E. Buck and Hara Schwartz David Diamond and Karen Zukowski The Henry Luce Foundation Inc. Meredith J. Kane Peter and Helen Warwick Kelly Williams and Andrew Forsyth $20,000 - $49,999 Jamie Carano and Philip Nordenström Laurel Durst and Edward Strong Phoebe Gubelmann Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation Bindy and Stephen Kaye Steven Kern Robin and David Key Beth and Ricky Mason Nick and Lynn Nicholas Robert Ouimette Lucy Rockefeller Waletzky and James Hamilton Sedgwick Ward $10,000 - $19,999 Nicholas and Jamie Botta Glenn and Serra Butash Margaret Davidson and John Stein The Educational

Foundation of America Christopher J. and Kim Elliman Fred and Shelby Gans Barbara Huseby and Sven Huseby Ricky Lark and Rickey Shaum Nina Lesavoy Macklowe Gallery Rick McCarthy and Jean Hamilton Pauline Metcalf Eric and Constance Silverman Jane Smith Dianne Young $5,000 - $9,999 Regina Aldisert Susan Austin Warner, Ph.D. Betsy Broun Eric Brown and Nguyet Chau Sarah D. Coffin and Thomas O’Connor Community Bank Joan K. Davidson Craig S. Fitt and Bruce Shostak Mr. and Mrs. Meyer S. Frucher Kristin Gamble James Gold Suk Han and Andrea Vittorelli Karen Howat Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kindler Kanna Kitamura James LaForce and Stephen Henderson John McDermott and Victoria McManus The New World Foundation

New York Council for the Humanities Joshua Schulteis and Jimmy Asci Colin and Katrina Stair Barbara Tober Kay Toll and Maynard Toll John Wilmerding $2,500 - $4,999 Phebe E. Banta Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Greg Quinn Chip and Babs Bohl Terence Boylan and Illiana Van Meeteren Paul Cassidy and Vernon Evenson Amy and Matthew Davidson Claire Donohue Michael and Carlee Drummer Durst Organization John Frishkopf and Brett Mattingly Carlos Gonzalez and Kathy Stewart Elizabeth Graziolo Lester and Jan Greenberg G. William Haas and George Moeschiln Erin Hawker and Jonathan Furay John and Hélène Heath Drew Hodges and Peter Kukielski Gary Holder and Todd Whitley Christine Jones and Bert Goldfinger Annie Leibovitz Doris Lindbergh Jennifer Lynn Isidore Mayrock

Martha McMaster and Sheldon Evans Jerry and Katie Peters Thomas and Jean Phifer The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Emily Sachar and Joel Gordin Sam and Susan Schwartz Elizabeth Jacks Scott Allan and Julie Shope Silda Wall Spitzer and Erik Stangvik Michael Tavano and Lloyd Marks Peter and Anna Tcherepnine David Theobald and Giovanna Bernardini UHY LLP van Beuren Charitable Foundation Thomas L. Woltz Adam Yarinsky and Amy Weisser $1,000 - $2,499 Anthony and Patricia Alofsin Christian Anthony Michael Ayers Kelly Bakshi The Bank of Greene County Charles and Kathryn Berry Luca Borghese and Michael Pierson Cara Boyle and Craig Mende Stuart Breslow and Anne Miller Charles L. and Mary Jane Brock Teresa Carbone and Robert Goldsmith Ronald and Eleanor Carleton

Eliza Childs and Will Melton James and Catherine Conner Randy Correll and Paul Occhipinti Julia D. Cox Beth Rudin DeWoody Pat Doudna Eagle Capital Management Linda Ferber and Joel Berson Iona Fromboluti and Douglas Wirls Timur and Linda Galen Jeffrey and Karen Gerstel Patti Gillette Elizabeth Gilmore Sara and Tom Griffen James Guidera and Edward Parran George Hamilton Stephen Hannock Stephen Harrison Gurnee and Marjorie Hart Amy and Matt Hausmann Susan Hendrickson Jack and Mary Ellen Higbee Edward and Lisa Hoe Michael Hofemann and Andrew Arrick Carolyn Hsu-Balcer and René Balcer Eugene Keilin and Joanne Witty Peter and Cynthia Kellogg Martin Kenner and Camilla Smith Paul and Karin Kingsley Kitty’s Restaurant LLC Frederick and Valerie Knecht Ragnar and Laureen Knutsen Faaiza Lalji and Ameel Somani

Alison Lankenau Richard and Elizabeth Livingston Joseph Loonan Peter and Paula Lunder Marjorie Mayrock Gertjan Meijer and Pim Zeegers Vincent and Brenda Miller Mina Pacheco Nazemi David and Janet Offensend Norman Olson Linda Payne Debra Pollard Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation Sean Sawyer and Michael Susi Frederick Schaffer and Barbara Schatz Lynda Shenkman Sidney Kohl Family Foundation David Sprouls and Kate Wood Sarah Hoe Sterling Stewart’s Shops Corporation Dorothea Swope Edwina Thorn Bobby and Phoebe Tudor Ulster County Library Association Leslie Vosshall and Kevin Lee Sullivan Walsh Arete Swartz Warren C.L. King & Associates Abigail Westlake Ronald Wilcox and Susan Sullivan $500 - $999 Ellen Albert and David Grigg Marilyn Ammerman Bradley Martha Beard Boscobel House and Gardens

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2023 DONORS CONTINUED

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Sheila Bridges Adrian Bryan-Brown and Joan Marcus Bonnie Burnham Philippe Cao and Alessandra Bautista Patricia and Thomas Carano Carrie Haddad Gallery Alex Chapple CNY Arts Columbia County Libraries Association Columbia County Tourism Linda Cooper Kenneth Daniel and Domanie Guerrera Andrew Dolkart Equitable Value Philip and Paula Forman Gerhard M. Divney Tung Schwalbe Carrie Goodman Heather and Michael Greenbaum Mac Griswold Barbara Hancock and Eugene Zuckoff Hollis Heimbouch Prudence Heisler and John Colquhoun Elissa and Hartwell Hylton Ivan Ivanoff and Thorn Thenebe Welden Thomas S. Johnson Keith and Katherine Kanaga Briggs and Maureen Keiffer Elisabeth Kent Kenneth and Joyce Ketay Victor A. Kovner Donna Kramer-Cohen and Ronald Cohen Jennifer Krieger Leslie Lassiter Kenneth and Ronnie Lowenstein Anna Lundblad

Susan Mathisen Louise Matthews Michael McGraw Norman and Melanie Mintz Martha Moran and George Meyer Scott Neild Timothy Neiman Jörgen Nordenström and Marianne Kaplan Erik Piecuch and Alex Wright Judi Powers Roberta Lee Roberts and Robert Percy Mark Rockefeller Tom Romich and Max Friedman Stewart Rosenblum Scott Safier Melissa Scott Andrew Sforzini Catherine and Bill Sisson Andrew Sorota Katarina Spitzer Theodore and Susan Stebbins, Jr. Robin Stevens Eytan Tigay Leland Torrence Richard and Jan Trachtman Florence Umezaki Wheelock Whitney, III and Sandro Cagnin The Wick Hotel Williams Lumber and Home Centers $200 - $499

Claire Ackerman Joseph Ahern and Leland Midgette Kate Ascher Neil Bakalar Helena and Peter Bienstock Annette and Stanley Blaugrund

Matthew Brown Erin and Ty Buckelew Micaela and Jimmy Bulich River Bunkley Mary Calvert Conger Beth Carver Wees Elizabeth Colhoun Lucy Commoner and Richard Berry Peter Coombe and Betty Chen Jane Daye Georgia and Michael de Havenon Lawrence Delson Lois E. Dickson Whitney and Peter Donhauser A.C. Dorrance, III Amy Dubin Jacqueline and Stephen Dunn Kianga Ellis Maia Farish Deanna Felicetta Ralph Gardner and Debbie Gardner Nickolas Garin and Liz Dee Di-Anne and Thomas Gibson Irene Gibson Lew Haber and Carmen Dubroc Bryanne and Thomas Hamill Hosanna Houser Courtney Iglehart Alice Iglehart Schwarz Tom Jayne Daphne Jordan Nicholas Kafi Jon Katz and Amy Davidsen David Kermani Robin Kornstein

Roberta and Lawrence Krakoff Stephen Kronovet and Dawn Shapiro George and Shelly Lazarus Lyle Lentz Carolyn Libretti Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum Jeffrey and Pamela Lovinger Susan and Glenn Lowry David Marden John Neumayr Florence and Victor M. Meyers Chas A. Miller, III and Birch Coffey Mountain Top Library Linda Moye Onteora Runners Club Questroyal Fine Art Jenny and Jim Quirk Mervin Richard Debra and Chip Roberts Jason Rosenfeld John Schobel and Daniel Schmeder Florie Seery and Marc BryanBrown Elizabeth Silver-Schack Stephanie Smart Priscilla and Matthew Snyder John Stein Rosemary and Robert Steinbaum Sutter Antiques Vincent Teahan and Johanna Triegel Judith Thurman Jane Trombley Dorsey Waxter and Richard Armstrong Vera and Myles Weintraub Kimberly Yao

OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF (as of December 31, 2023) Amy Hausmann, Director Tim Dodge, Park Manager, Olana/Clermont Ray Bender, Landscape, Olana/Clermont Daniel Bigler, Olana State Historic Site Assistant Anthony Cidras, Security Kevin Gavigan, Security Bryan Gerard, Landscape, Olana/Clermont Donna Grein, Administrative Assistant Jon Harrington, Trades Generalist Maddie Hermance, Collections Robert Hills, Restoration & Landscape, Olana/Clermont Jules Lamanec, Landscape, Olana/Clermont Frank Munz, Landscape, Olana/Clermont David Poole, Security Pat Philipbar, Landscape, Olana/Clermont Gordon Riggs, Security Patrick Tompkins, Landscape, Olana/Clermont Matt Turner, Landscape, Olana/Clermont Karl Weidel, Security

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

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