January 8 – June 4, 2023 at the Kelly Adirondack Center at Union College The Kelly Adirondack Center and Union College Department of Visual Arts are pleased to present Layers of Autumn, an exhibition of paintings by Shriya Balaji ’23, Natalie Berg-Pappert ’23, Talia Coker ’23, Saliha Nazir ’23, Isabel Pacchiana ’24 and Emily […]
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Adirondack Portraits: The Photography of Osmond D. Putnam The Adirondacks in the 19th Century
Introduction The communities in which Putnam took photographs were not the great camps and high peaks of the seasonal tourist. Rather, they were the remote valleys where settlers labored as lumberjacks and farmers. The pioneering families understood that managing the harsh weather and thin soil would be a hard life, and the starkness of these […]
A Letter to Walter Hatke
From Prof. Jordan Smith Forgot my morning wishes, hastily Took a few herbs and apples… -RW Emerson I want to start this one from scratch, the slight Drag of my pen across the notebook’s length Before I even know the words I’ll write In that taut balance of texture and intent, And as […]
Fall 2022 Kelly Adirondack Newsletter
Catch up with some of the events and activities of Fall 2022 at the Kelly Adirondack Center!
Adirondack Portraits: The Photography of Osmond D. Putnam About the Collection
About the images The Osmond D. Putnam photographs (ARL-081) contains 132 images taken between 1885 and 1887 near Johnsburg, New York. Glass plate negatives are composite objects, consisting of a glass support, a binder, and an image-forming substance. During the 1870s, gelatin dry plate negatives became commercially available in pre-cut packs. This is what Putnam […]
2022 Summer Research Fellows’ Presentations
Zoom Webinar Thursday, November 3, 2022 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. There is no need to register. Each year the Kelly Adirondack Center sponsors the work of Summer Research Fellows as they examine diverse topics that make the Adirondacks unique. The students interview experts in their fields and […]
Contemporary Iroquois Art
Contemporary Iroquois Art with Colette Lemmon September 22, 2022 Reamer Campus Center 5:30 p.m. program, refreshments from 5:00 p.m. From the elegant beauty of baskets and antler carving to the thoughtful, occasionally provocative imagery of sculpture and painting, Iroquois art offers a window into the culture itself. Join us as we explore a […]
Kelly Adirondack Center Spring 2022 Newsletter
The Spring 2022 Kelly Adirondack Center Newsletter shares information on our spring birding programs and recent advances in digital preservation at the Adirondack Research Library. We also remember Anne Weld and Patty Prindle, two original ARL volunteers who passed away in February.
Searching for Timbuctoo Filmmaker Discussion
with filmmaker Paul Miller May 10, 2022 7:00 p.m. Zoom Webinar In 1846, in an effort to level a blow against racism, wealthy New York landowner and well-known abolitionist leader, Gerrit Smith, gave away 120,000 acres of wild land to nearly 3000 African-American men so that they could have the right to vote in the […]
Climate Change and the Future of Montane Birds in the Northeast
With Jason Hill Presented by UCALL and the Kelly Adirondack Center April 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium Reamer Campus Center on the Union College Campus This event is free and open to the public. Stuck between a rock and a hard place– climate change is rapidly altering our montane forests across the […]