LYCEUM: Adirondack Wilderness: Artists’ Muse

“Regarding Wilderness” six-part series
Tuesdays at 7:00
September 22 through October 27

$5 suggested donation per lecture

Co-sponsored by the Grange, Adirondack Council, Boquet River Association (BRASS), and Champlain Area Trails (CATS)

Artists of national and regional renown painted Adirondack wilderness scenery and tramped its trails and mountains to capture dramatic vistas and rare moments in Nature. In so doing artists helped define a national landscape vision and, in the process, provoked awareness of nature’s vulnerability and the need to preserve the natural world. The art of the Adirondacks is part of the American landscape canon illuminating the centrality of nature to the American experience. This presentation will explore how artists from the 1800s to the 21st century perceived, valued and represented Adirondack wilderness.