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A Good Time Coming: Exploring the Sporting World of The Adirondacks through the Adirondack Experience’s Art Collection

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This is a virtual program. In 1862, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait painted A Good Time Coming, a composition of the painter’s own fishing and shooting shanty on Constable Point in Raquette Lake. The now iconic painting was reproduced as a colored chromolithograph by the printmaker Currier & Ives and has since captured the imagination of generations […]

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Adirondack Architecture

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This is a virtual program. In the words of the late Harvey Kaiser, author of Great Camps of the Adirondacks: “There is a place for a claim that the architecture of the Adirondacks, especially as formulated in the evolution of the great camps, is a distinct style—the Adirondack Rustic Style.” In a panel discussion moderated by Jim […]

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Henry Fair: Nature as the Inspiration for Art and Life

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This program will be a hybrid event (in-person AND virtual). Those interested in attending the program in-person can register here. An evening conversation with photographer J Henry Fair and naturalist Ed Kanze, moderated by NCPR’s Mitch Teich. ADKX’s 2022 seasonal exhibition Scarred Landscape features Fair’s monumental aerial photographs documenting human impact upon the Adirondack landscape; […]

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Rustic Furniture Fair

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This is a two day event - Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11, 2022 10am - 5pm  | Included with admission Interpretations of classic and contemporary rustic art presented in handcrafted furniture, furnishings, and Adirondack paintings. Explore over 40 rustic makers set up around the ADKX campus.   Participating Rustic Makers: Gary Chudzinski - Fauna on Flora […]

Included with Admission
Recurring

Rustic Furniture Fair

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This is a two day event - Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11, 2022 10am - 5pm  | Included with admission Interpretations of classic and contemporary rustic art presented in handcrafted furniture, furnishings, and Adirondack paintings. Explore over 40 rustic makers set up around the ADKX campus.   Participating Rustic Makers: Gary Chudzinski - Fauna on Flora […]

Included with Admission

Mohawk & Abenaki Art Market

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Explore our Annual Mohawk and Abenaki Art Market showcasing Indigenous artists from New York State and Canada, you can see the rich cultural heritage of the Mohawk and Abenaki people through traditional and modern adaptations of artwork. This event celebrates award-winning works judged by a prestigious panel and showcases pre-eminent artists working in such mediums […]

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The Work of Adirondack Photographer Carl Heilman

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This program will be in person. Renowned Adirondack photographer Carl Heilman’s goal has always been to recreate the feelings of place... to portray how special and unique a place is, and to evoke the sensations of being there at the time the photograph was created. In this highly visual program, Carl will share his inspiration […]

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Adirondack Artisan Festival

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Bring the Adirondacks home with you after a visit to the Adirondack Artisan Festival. Featuring artisans and makers from throughout the region, you can find paintings, furniture, specialty foods, sculptures, clothing, stained glass, and more. From the traditional to the contemporary, the local products for sale at the festival are inspired by the natural majesty […]

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Plein Air Festival

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Our beautiful campus will serve as inspiration to artists on a day dedicated to plein air painting. Stop and look at the processes artists go through as they leave the studio behind to paint and draw in outdoor spaces. The work of today’s plein air artists connects to the journey hundreds of Adirondack artists have […]

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Winslow Homer’s Adirondack Discovery

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

This program will be in person. Bill Cross’ book Winslow Homer: American Passage is the definitive biography of an American Everyman who was the visual counterpart to Mark Twain in prose and Walt Whitman in poetry. In his presentation Bill will discuss the ways in which the Adirondacks became a place of salvation for Homer – […]

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Opening Day 2022

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

The Adirondack Experience is excited to welcome you back for the 2022 season on Friday, May 27, 2022! Come visit us in the heart of the Adirondacks for a truly unique experience. With more than 20 buildings nestled across 120 acres overlooking Blue Mountain Lake, our open-air campus offers everyone something to do. Step into […]

The 2022 ADKX Job Fair

Adirondack Experience 9097 State Route 30, P.O. Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Get your resume together and join us for our annual Seasonal Staff Job Fair on Saturday, May 7, 10am - 2pm for our at the ADKX Visitor Center here on campus! Pre-screen interviews will be conducted. Open positions include: Year Round Advancement and Executive Assistant Finance/HR Associate Library Director Seasonal Interpretation Assistant Retail Associate Café […]

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