# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 03 Jul, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The sweeping landscape paintings of the Hudson River School artists are part of a complex legacy that helped define how Americans see nature and continues to shape how we view our place within it. Photographer, philosopher, and theologian steve núñez and Erin Monroe, Krieble Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, discuss the impact of artists and patrons on the idea of Manifest Destiny and consider the stories both told and erased by these powerful artworks. Free with admission, registration encouraged.

Presented as part of The Wadsworth’s American Art Week in conjunction with Long Weekend Hartford.

Image: Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848), View in the White Mountains, 1827. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Daniel Wadsworth, 1848.17
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hartford/colonial-mythmaking-patronage-propaganda-and-the-settler-gaze-of-the-hudson-river-school/200030271594013
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Hartford
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103
- **lat**: 41.76338
- **long**: -72.67356
- **full address**: 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School being held?
  - **A:** Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School takes place on Fri, 03 Jul, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Fri, 03 Jul, 2026 at 01:00 pm at 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School?
  - **A:** Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School is organized by Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Hartford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Colonial Mythmaking: Patronage, Propaganda, and the Settler Gaze of the Hudson River School sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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