PAST WORKSHOPS
Albany Institute of History and Art. Sketchbook Traveler: A Trilogy of Landscape Workshops. April 17, May 1, & May 15, 2021. Outdoor ZOOM presentations.
Crown Point State Historic Site (NY): A Campaign of Landscape Workshops. July 11, August 14, September 11, October 9, 2021.
Greenwich Art Society. Sketchbook Traveler: Landscape Composition: April 20 & 27. ZOOM presentations. Plein-Air +: May 22, June 6, July 17, August 14, 2021.
Hudson River Museum: Sketchbook Traveler: A Virtual Workshop Series with James Lancel McElhinney. May 12, May 19, June 2, July 7, & August 4, 2021. Outdoor ZOOM presentation.
Olana State Historic Site. Greenport, New York. Virtual Drawing Workshops. November 7, 14 & 21, 2020. Outdoor ZOOM presentation. Outdoor ZOOM presentations
Whallonsburg Grange. Essex, New York. Drawing and Painting the Mindful Landscape. July 24, August 28, September 18, October 23
PAST LECTURES
Hudson River Valley Institute. Handel-Kron Annual Lecture. Discovering the Hudson Anew: Exploring History and the Environment from an Artist’s Perspective. Marist College. September 29, 2021
Whallonsburg Grange. Virtual Lyceum lecture series. Disentangling Art: How the Adirondacks Changed Landscape Painting. Dual presentation with Dr. Katherine E. Manthorne of the CUNY Graduate Center, NY. February 23, 2021
Hudson River Museum. February 2, 2020. Panel Discussion: “Art and Environmental Priorities in the Hudson Valley from 1809” Panelists : Frances Dunwell, Katherine Manthorne, James McElhInney. Moderated by Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department.
Hudson River Museum. January 18, 2020. Expeditionary Journal-painting. Watercolor workshop
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library. Inventing the American Landscape: Art & Nature In the Hudson Valley. June 12, 2019. Hyde Park, New York.
College Art Association. Annual Conference. New York. Artists as Publishers. February 5, 2020
Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield CT. Painted Books, from the Age of Exploration to the Digital Era. December 9, 2018
Japan Society of Fairfield County. Asian Sword Guards and Foreign Trade in Tokugawa Japan. December 1, 2018
Greenwich Art Society. Greenwich CT Artist Legacy Advancement Projects. November 6, 2018
Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison NY. The Practice and Culture of Expeditionary Art—A Hudson Valley Tradition. October 26, 2018
Greenwich Art Society. Expeditionary Art, from Age of Exploration to the Digital Era. September 27, 2018
The Institute Library, New Haven CT. Field-books to Print Editions: An Expeditionary Art Revival September 1, 2018
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site. The Hudson Highlands: Crucible of American Landscape Art. August 23, 2018
United States Capitol Historical Society. Seth Eastman, A Contemporary Perspective. 2018. Recorded by C-Span3 History. January 17, 2018
Past public speaking venues include The Art Students League of New York, Museum of Modern Art (NY), National Academy of Design. New-York Historical Society, Thomas Cole House National Historic Site, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. Nauticus Maritime Museum, Portsmouth VA