Fort Ticonderoga Receives Grants to Support Exhibit Activities
Jun 23, 2011
Fort Ticonderoga has received two grants to support new family activities in conjunction with the new Art of War: Ticonderoga as Experienced through the Eyes of America’s Great Artists exhibit. The self-guided programs will connect visitors with the artwork featured in the exhibit with the beautiful 2000 acre landscape that has inspired artists for centuries. A grant from International Paper for $1000 will support Discovering Historic Ticonderoga through Artists' Eyes: A Self-Guided Walking Tour and a grant from Stewart’s Shops for $1,250 provides funding for a special Art of War exhibit family guide. Visitors will be able to explore the artwork and its connection with the landscape through these activities from July 5 through October 20.
Discovering Historic Ticonderoga through Artists' Eyes: A Self-Guided Walking Tour takes visitors to nine locations in and around the Fort and surrounding areas where they will be able to compare and contrast the landscape views that were captured in the artwork featured in the exhibit. The self-guided tour encourages visitors to view the exhibit and then explore the landscape as it relates to the works of art. They will learn about how and why the works of art were created and the role the landscape played in their creation, as well as gain an appreciation of the areas role in American history.
For families with children in lower elementary school grades, a four-page family guide will offer a series of interdisciplinary activities and will encourage families to explore together the works of art in the exhibit as well as near-by locales in the Fort. History, art, English language arts, and geography are just a few examples of the disciplines that will be covered. While most of the activities are designed to be done during the family’s visit, some can be done in the car or at home, encouraging families to take the guide with them at the end of their visit.
The Art of War: Ticonderoga as Experienced through the eyes of America's Great Artistsexhibit brings together for the first time in one highlighted exhibition fifty of the museum’s most important artworks. Fort Ticonderoga helped give birth to the Hudson River School of American Art with Thomas Cole’s pivotal 1826 work, Gelyna, or a View Near Ticonderoga, the museum’s most important 19th-century masterpiece to be featured in the exhibit. The Art of War exhibit is on view May 20 through October 20 in the Deborah Clarke Mars Education Center exhibition gallery.
FORT TICONDEROGA
America’s Fort
Located on Lake Champlain in the beautiful 6 million acre Adirondack Park, Fort Ticonderoga is a private not-for-profit historic site and museum that ensures that present and future generations learn from the struggles, sacrifices, and victories that shaped the nations North America and changed world history. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, Fort Ticonderoga offers programs, historic interpretation and tours, garden tours, demonstrations and exhibits each day from 9:30 am - 5 pm, May 20 - October 20. A full schedule and information on events can be found at www.Fort-Ticonderoga.org or phone (518) 585-2821. Fort Ticonderoga is located at 100 Fort Ti Road Ticonderoga, New York.
