Inspired by Nature: En Plein Air Painting at Great Camp Sagamore

On exhibition at the Kelly Adirondack Center

November 6, 2024 – April 4, 2025

photo of artists painting on the lawn of Great Camp Sagamore

Opening November 6 from

3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

with talks at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

by Great Camp Sagamore Staff Historian Connor Williams

Greetings from the Great Camps:
Painting the History of the Adirondack Vacation

As Staff Historian at Great Camp Sagamore, Connor Williams welcomes thousands of visitors each year to the National Historic Landmark these Plein Air artists have captured so well. Connor Williams is a life-long student of history and visitor to the Adirondacks, earning degrees from Middlebury College (B.A.), Dartmouth College (M.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D, soon forthcoming).