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
November 7 New Britain (CT) Museum of American Art, 2-3pm. Tickets here.
November 12 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City, 6:30-8pm. Tickets here.
November 16 New York Society Library, 6pm. In-person and virtual. Tickets here.
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 registration is required here.
November 23 Boston Athenaeum. Tickets here.
November 29 Gilder Lehrman Institute Book Breaks, virtual event, 2pm.
2027
January 26 Friends of Historic Germantown (NY)
April 1 Mather Homestead, Darien, CT
April 5 Hudson (OH) Library and Historical Society
PAST EVENTS
2026
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
August 6 Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport, ME
September 3 The Mount, Lenox, MA
September 11 American Ancestors
September 13 Albany Institute of History & Art
September 16 The New York Botanical Garden
September 26 History Book Festival, Lewes, DE
September 27 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
September 28 Park Avenue Armory, New York City
October 13-November 10 92Y virtual course: “Frederic Church: American Art on the World Stage.”
October 22 Larsen Salon for LongHouse Reserve—special location: Robert A. M. Stern Architects, New York City. 6pm reception; 6:30 presentation. Tickets here.