The adirondack experience will produce a new exhibition, artists & inspiration in the wild, featuring its collections of fine and decorative art from the early 1800S through the present exemplifying…

The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York will produce a new exhibition titled "Artists & Inspiration in the Wild" under a $1,992,806 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301). The exhibition will showcase the Museum's collection of fine and decorative artworks from 1800 to present day exemplifying the "Adirondack style" and its connections to the natural landscape. Activities will include media production, exhibit production and installation, maker space program development, and summative evaluation to inform future interpretation. The Adirondack Historical Association, doing business as the Adirondack Museum, will deliver the project and its new insights about applying interdisciplinary, non-traditional, culturally diverse, and equitable interpretive strategies to future exhibitions under the September 1, 2022 award, set to be completed by December 31, 2023.

The adirondack experience will produce a new exhibition, artists & inspiration in the wild, featuring its collections of fine and decorative art from the early 1800S through the present exemplifying the "adirondack style." the exhibition will offer visitors a non-traditional, engaging, and sometimes whimsical experience, inviting them to connect the visual arts with the natural features of the surrounding landscape. The project will present works through an equitable lens by prioritizing women artists and people of color and showcasing both traditional art and functional objects inspired by the same landscape. Project activities will include media production and user testing, production and installation of the exhibit, and makerspace program development and testing. A summative evaluation process will inform interpretation and programmatic revisions and the project will provide new insights about applying interdisciplinary, non-traditional, culturally diverse, and equitable interpretive strategies to future exhibitions.