Category: Olmsted in the Arts

The Friends of Olmsted-Beil House bring landscape architecture and Olmsted’s legacy to Staten Island classrooms.

We explore the origins of our nine-foot-tall Big Head Fred mascot with puppet-maker Randy Carfagno.

Daniela, a sophomore at Newburgh Free Academy-West, will have her artwork of Downing Park in Newburgh, NY, displayed on our 2024 annual conference materials.

Design artwork for the Olmsted Network’s 2024 conference tote bag!

When development threatened the Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY, the Land Protector Project responded.

With the assistance of the Hyde Park Historical Society and the Terra Foundation, the Washington Park Camera Club produced a memorable bicentennial video depicting South Park Then and Now.

Roger F. Pasquier has been a regular visitor to Central Park since he was a baby in a perambulator. He is an art historian and ornithologist and author of several books, including Painting Central Park (Vendome Press 2015), which discusses and illustrates the rich history of artists depicting the park.

A look at visual art exhibits in Prospect Park from 1984 to 1994.

Lungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music is a concert series of new music for flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola, and cello, commemorating the 2022 bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.

Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters are quite famous. But did you know they were also connected to Frederick Law Olmsted?

Guess this musical…. Famous visionary figure, transformational period of American history, enduring legacy. Hamilton? No. It’s The Promise of Central Park.

NAOP and Olmsted 200 are pleased to share the winners of the “Inspired by Olmsted” carillon composition competition through a press release and the winning pieces through a musical booklet.

Central Park, the first joint venture of Olmsted and Vaux, from its first years, has also inspired many artists to depict its scenery and the ways people enjoy it, giving us, as a few early examples show, another way to appreciate the park’s design and social impact.

To celebrate Olmsted’s legacy, the National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP) and Olmsted 200 are sponsoring a carillon composition competition, Inspired by Olmsted. Carillonneurs around the country are encouraged to play the winning compositions throughout the 2022 anniversary year, especially in cities with prominent Olmsted designs. Contest Eligibility and Submission Requirements: Anyone in North America (except […]

There are many faces of Frederick Law Olmsted. And now we are pleased to introduce the “Olmsted 200 Olmsted” — whose modern feel and vibe are in keeping with the spirit of this bicentennial celebration, marking Olmsted’s birth in 1822. As we like to say, Olmsted 200 is no sepia-toned celebration. We are looking to […]