Praise from Victoria’s book tour:

“Victoria Johnson was the featured speaker this year for the Beatrix Farrand annual lecture…Victoria just published a most wonderful book about the extraordinary American painter, Frederic Church. Her talk, accompanied by a beautiful slide presentation of the artist’s work, taught us all so much about this incredibly talented artist. Thank you Victoria.”

—MARTHA STEWART, August 2026

UPCOMING EVENTS

More events and info to come. Unless otherwise noted, events are open to the public.

2026

August 6 Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport, ME. No registration needed for this free talk at the Central Meeting House, 26 Middle Street, at 7pm.

September 3 The Mount, Lenox, MA, 5pm. Tickets here.

September 11 American Ancestors, virtual talk

September 13  Albany Institute of History & Art, 2pm. Free with admission to the museum. Info here.

September 16 The New York Botanical Garden, 11am-12:30pm. Free with registration here.

September 26  History Book Festival, Lewes, DE. More information here.

September 27  Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

September 28 Park Avenue Armory, New York City, 6:30pm. Tickets on sale here.

October 3 New Britain Museum of American Art

October 22 Larsen Salon for LongHouse Reserve—special location: Robert A. M. Stern Architects, New York City. 6pm reception; 6:30 presentation. Tickets here.

November 16 New York Society Library

November 21 Annual Samuel Thorne Memorial Lecture for the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT. Event takes place at The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 500 Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT. 1-3pm. Free but registrations are required here.

November 23 Boston Athenaeum

PAST EVENTS

March 25  New Hampshire Historical Society (virtual talk)

April 29 National Society of Colonial Dames of New York, New York City (private event)

May 2 Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York

May 4 WAMC’s The Roundtable, broadcast live from Olana and hosted by Joe Donahue for Church’s 200th birthday, Hudson, New York

May 13 National Academy of Design, 519 West 26th Street, Second Floor, New York City

May 14 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia

May 16 Gaithersburg Book Festival (MD)

May 19 University Club, New York City (private event)

May 21  St. Botolph Club, Boston (private event)

June 4 Premiere of “Language in Landscape,” a documentary about Frederic Church from WMHT (Albany), Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY, followed by panel and book-signing.

June 18 Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT, reception & book-signing

June 26 Bascom Arts Center, Highlands, NC

June 27 Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC

August 1 Beatrix Farrand Society, Mount Desert Island, ME