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Links First, thanks and links to institutions that have provided grant funding to Wiawaka. The New York State Department of Parks is making Wakonda's Restoration possible. The New York State Council on the Arts is underwriting a facilities audit of our property with our historic preservation architect. The William Gundry Broughton Foundation is supporting work on roof repair. Poets & Writers helps us bring top tier talent for writing workshops. New York State Department of Parks  The New York State Council on the ArtsPoets & Writers There is much to do and see when you come to the Lake George Region. We have compiled a list of cultural institutions you may want to visit on your trip to Wiawaka. Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Keeseville, NY. This organization helps to raise the level of consciousness in the region about its important architecture, historic places, and special communities. There are literally scores of places in the Adirondacks that are now preserved and appreciated thanks to their work. They offer noteworthy tours, workshops, educational and special events. AARCH sponsored a lecture at Wiawaka on spiritual retreats of Lake George. Adirondack Harvest Support local Adirondack growers: Adirondack Harvest has prepared this terrific list. Wiawaka is committed to increasing the share of local sustainably grown foods we put on our table for our guests. We encourage you to support these producers. The Lake George Association Since 1885 the Lake George Association has been the leading citizens' group advocating for a reasoned approach to management of the Lake George watershed working to protect, conserve and improve the quality of the Lake George basin. It is the oldest lake association in the nation and acts as the influential voice for more than 500 caretakers of the lake. (have emailed for permission to link). The Hyde Collection The mission of the Hyde Collection as outlined in the 1952 trust agreement of Charlotte Hyde is to maintain a museum for the exhibition of the permanent collection and to promote and cultivate the improvement of the fine arts for the education and benefit of the residents of Glens Falls and vicinity and the general public. The Hyde is an art museum and historic house and one of the most ectraordinary small museums in the United States. The museum houses over 2,800 works of Western art from the 4th through the 20th century collected over a 50 year period by avid and highly informed collectors. There are works by Botticelli, El greco, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Gogh, Seurat, Cezanne, Degas, Picasso and Renoir. See our summer calendar for The exhibition on Edward Weston and related Wiawaka programming. Yaddo Yaddo is one of the nation’s most renowned artists’ retreats. Located less than half an hour from Wiawaka in Saratoga Springs, on the estate of Spencer and Katrina Trask. The gardens alone are worth the visit. There is a delightful connection between Wiawaka and Yaddo. The Lake George land on which Wiawaka is set was given to our founder, Mary Wiltsie Fuller, by her friends Katrina, Spencer and George Foster Peabody (Katrina’s second husband). They established their first experiment in an artists’ retreat when in 1905 they built Amitola (now known as Wakonda) a Swiss style Adirondack lodge to accommodate artists on scholarship from the New York Arts Students League of which GF Peabody was board chair. For a time artists and textile workers mingled on site and shared meals. The textileworkers/Wiawaka campers used to make frequent pilgrimages to Yaddo to pay homage to their patroness. The most famous of the early guests artists at Wiawaka was Georgia O’Keeffe. The arts and artists are still very much alive at Wiawaka. Yaddo poet in residence Joan Murray is a featured artist at Wiawaka too. Look for her writing workshop on our calendar. Here is an overview from the Yaddo publication: Yaddo and the Creative Process “It’s by their arts” writes the critic Helen Vendler, “that cultures are principally remembered”. That’s been true since antiquity, and America is no exception. Aaron Copland’s music, Langston Hughes’s poetry, Philip Guston’s paintings and Saul Bellow’s novels have helped Ameicans discover and define themselves while representing our nation to the rest of the world. Each of these artists, as well as Helen Vendler, was a guest at Yaddo. Spencer and Katrina Trask recognized how essential the arts are to civilization when they conceived Yaddo in 1899. The artists’ community in Saratoga Springs became a crossroads of 20th –century culture where many of America’s greatest writers,composers, painters and sculptors found inspiration and kindred spirits. Yaddo is an even more indispensible institution in its second century, when the demands of modern life, the economic pressures of the marketplace, and the distractions of celebrityhood make it especially challenging to launch and sustain a career in the arts. At a time when most government and philanthropic arts funding goes to institutions rather than people, Yaddo supports individual , artists. American Canoeing Association Camp Chingachgook Lake George Steamboat Company Darrin Fresh Water Institute Caregiver's Home Companion www.caregivershome.com is the online home of Caregiver's Home Companion, the foremost provider of useful tips, advice, informations and resources to family caregivers. We were putt together with Caregiver's by Suzy Ellis of SpaFinder. Needless to say caregivers need and deserve respite and renewal. We have been providing that at modest cost at Wiawaka since 1903. beautifulwomenproject.org Clifton Park Photographer Nancy Bruno created the beautiful women project as a fundraising tool for non-profits and received a grant from The New York State Council on the Arts to under write the work. The exhibition includes 35 black and white photographs of local women and short stories about them. A book accompanies the exhibit and sale proceeds go the Wiawaka. Ms Bruno’s exhibition will be mounted all summer at Wiawaka. For more information about this beautiful concept, please visit the website: www.beautifulwomenproject.org. And Further Afield... Univ. of Albany History Dept.: Industry in Troy & Cohoes This is a fascinating overview of the history of labor and industry in Troy and Cohoes, and includes a listing of sites which relate to the shirt collar industry. Essential reading for those interested in our labor heritage. The link will bring you to the University of Albany history department home page. Rensselaer County Historical Society The Rensselaer County Historical Society is located in two adjacent 19th century townhouses - the Hart Cluett House and Carr House on Second Street in downtown Troy. They offer a range of tours, exhibitions, educational programs and an extensive local history research library. The Wiawaka archives (and the archives of many prominent Troy based nonprofits established by women) are housed in their research library. This summer a special tour of Wiawaka is being organized for RCHS members as part of a larger program to underscore the important contributions by women of Troy to the advancement of women. Warren County Historical Society The Warren County Historical Society will be organizing a series of four lectures/programs on remarkable women of Warren County at Wiawaka in the summer of 2007. These talks are free and open to the public. You may want to consider coming for dinner at Wiawaka before the talks. To inquire about reservations, please call 668-9690 after June 20th. The cost of dinner is $12 and space is limited. Albany Institute of Art The AAI has a remarkable collection of stoves which are of special interest to us at Wiawaka. This is because Mary Wiltsie Fuller’s father made his fortune in the stove business. Fuller & Warren was based in Troy but had factories in Chicago, San Francisco and Cleveland as well. At one time the business employed over 12,000. The family maintained homes in Troy, NYC and Saratoga. The business made Mary an heiress and that permitted her to pursue her philanthropic work at Wiawaka. It is intriguing to speculate about the effect that union battles her father had in his career may have had on her – as she went on to be a champion of the workers. We hope to host a talk at Wiawaka on Troy’s stove business sometime this summer. The Arts Center of the Capital Region River Street, Troy 518-273-0552 Crandall Library Crandall is the central library for the Southern Adirondack library system. And, quite a wonderful library it is. There is a great local history room "The Center for Folklife History and Cultural Programs". The Crandall often has superior exhibits worth checking out. Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery Canajoharie 518-673-2314 Incredible collection of Winslow Homers in this beautiful Gallery. We have included a description from the Nieuw Netherland Mercurius (the newsletter of The New Netherland Society) and the inspiration for the founding of this museum and library established by the Beech Nut magnate and art connoisseur, Bartlett Arkell. In December of 1924, Bartlett Arkell undertook a trip to Europe to study various museums of art looking for models for his own museum planned for construction starting in the spring of 1925. His travels took him to England, France and Holland, where he spent a week in Amsterdam both visiting the Rijksmuseum and other artistic sites in the city. As a result of his stay in Amsterdam and his visit to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England, Mr. Arkell developed a clear idea of the look he was seeking for his own gallery. The New Netherland Society New Netherland Society is based in Albany in the New York State Library. Appointments are necessary. See the website for details. Under the director of Charles Gehring, the organization is charged with translating and interpreting 17th century documents detailing the Dutch period in American history. The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto relied heavily on records at the New Netherland Society. Wiawaka arises out of The Women's Rights Movement at the turn of the century. Mary Fuller built Wiawaka so factory workers would have an escape from the city. Visit these links to learn more about important people and moments in the movement. Young Women Re-Craft Feminism as DIY Project By Courtney E. Martin This is a story we are certain many Wiawaka visitors will find interesting and affirming. The Upton Center for Women's Studies at Russell Sage College The Upton Center at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY is named after Helen Merritt Upton (1914-1993) class of 1936 who was a single mom before the term existed. She went on to become a professor of history at Sage. She was a gifted and popular teacher and a scholar of Shaker history and was active at the college until her death. She co-taught the first women's studies course at Russell Sage in the 1970's. Each year the college awards a scholarship to a student at Sage who, like Upton herself did, struggles to balance family and school responsibilities. The Helen Upton Center was founded in 1990 . Its mission is to oversee the interdisciplinary women's studies major, to coordinate special events which highlight women's accomplishments, to speak to women's needs, and to bring together diverse women of all backgrounds who work, study and teach at Sage. In 2005 Wiawaka became the official retreat for The Upton Center. Please visit their site...many great resources on women's firsts and professional accomplishments of women who attended women's colleges. Sharon Robinson, Dean of Academics serves on Wiawaka’s board. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum The most celebrated early guest at Wiawaka was the artist, Georgia O’Keeffe.. She came on a scholarship from the Art Students League to Wakonda from June 8-29th, 1908 where a sum of$10.50 was recorded in our log as the ost of her stay. Perhaps it was because she had won the still life prize that she was invited to come by George Foster Peabody who chaired the league’s board at the time. The Trask/Peabody influence on the workers camp was especially vital in those days. See the Wakonda page for more details. Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, and grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. As a child she received art lessons at home, and her abilities were quickly recognized and encouraged by teachers throughout her school years. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O'Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. O'Keeffe pursued studies at the Art Institute of Chicago (1905–1906) and at the Art Students League, New York (1907–1908), where she was quick to master the principles of the approach to art-making that then formed the basis of the curriculum—imitative realism. In 1908, she won the League's William Merritt Chase still-life prize for her oil painting Untitled (Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot). Shortly thereafter, however, O'Keeffe quit making art, saying later that she had known then that she could never achieve distinction working within this tradition. The Kate Mullaney House Troy, New York In the summer of 2006 Rachel Bliven gave a talk on the labor pioneer, Kate Mullaney who was the first woman in America to organize a strike. Kate worked in the shirt collar industry which in her day employed 3000 workers, or half of all women working in Troy. The Kate Mullaney House is a labor landmark. Here is a link to the PEF website and a biography of Kate. Those who followed in her footsteps in the laundries, mills and shirt collar factories became Wiawaka’s first guests. Thanks to Kate Mullaney House director, Paul F. Cole for helping to organize this talk. This is a short list of the companies that find creative ways to help us. These profiles change from time to time. Lake George Steamboat Company Reduced price tickets for Wiawaka guests on their lake cruises. In the Victorian era the steamers made a stop at our dock. Breton Industries Breton Industries is a leader in the design and manufacture of custom sewn and heat sealed fabric items. Their products include all types of sewn ans inflatable items from protective covers, to tentage, and bladders/ They serve the military, emergency medical, industrial, aerospace and recreational markets. Breton Industries custom made awnings for Wiawaka's Lake House and we are renewing our commitment to serving women in the textile industry by making Wiawaka vacation scholarships available to this more than 50 year old Amsterdam-based, family run company. Roaster's Whim Roaster's Whim roasts a special brand of coffee called "Queen of the Household". This historically accurate brew uses the types of beans imported into the cusoms house circa 1900. We serve "Queen of the Household" at Wiawaka and sell the coffee in our shop. Roaster's Whim sells us coffee at a great price so we can offer you the best. Sites that may be helpful to our guests Federal Programs and Resources for Women and Families Other interesting links... Places Where Women Have Made History Sewall-Belmont House and Museum National Women's History Museum Historians Working to Place Women's Sites on the Map National Women's Museum Opens in Dallas National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. womensenews.org |
