"My name is Charles Harris, I am a Youth Center Assistant at The Connection Center, an after school programme run by Planned Parenthood. Being a Youth Center Assistant I work in the kitchen, I fund different type of activities and I’m the Director of Project Green Space. Project Green Space is basically what you see … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Charles Harris, Project Green Space
Voices of Niagara: Lou Paonessa, Robert Moses Niagara Power Project
We interviewed Lou Paonessa about the history of hydro-electric power at Niagara Falls and the Robert Moses Niagara Power Project, New York State's biggest energy producer. "My name is Lou Paonessa, I work in community relations at the New York Power Authority. We like to say that this is the birthplace of hydro-electricity here at … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Lou Paonessa, Robert Moses Niagara Power Project
Niagara as a Focus for the Future
Niagara gripped the imagination of not only travellers and writers, but also of engineers and entrepreneurs. Many of these “envisioned the fall’s industrial and economic potential as limitless” and “they imagined a colossal, utopian future that would inevitably result from the relentless human drive to subdue and transform nature.” (McGreevy) In his book Imagining Niagara … Continue reading Niagara as a Focus for the Future
Niagara, The Table Rock – Winter, 1847
As determined as any of the artists of his day to paint the definitive representation of Niagara, Regis painted many views of the falls. According to Adamson, the artist's Niagara, The Table Rock – Winter from 1847 was one of the earliest ambitious winter portrayals. The composition is a conventional view, which Regis individualises by presenting the … Continue reading Niagara, The Table Rock – Winter, 1847
Niagara Falls, Ontario, April 6th
6.30am - Jetlag has got the better of me and I slip out the back door of the Lion's Head Inn. The inn is on the riverside road and I jog along the sidewalk, ignoring a sign saying "Sidewalk closed for winter season, November - April." It's 0 degrees and the river is covered in … Continue reading Niagara Falls, Ontario, April 6th
Nature’s Grandest Scene in Art
From 1760-1900 Niagara Falls was the most frequently described and depicted natural wonder in North America, appearing not only in paintings and engravings, but also in more unusual contexts, such as on dinnerware, wallpaper, sheet music and lamp shades. Although they were a spectacular sight, the falls' overwhelming popularity can be explained by the way … Continue reading Nature’s Grandest Scene in Art
Imagining Niagara
There are three entities that go by the name "Niagara Falls":- the falls themselves and the two towns of Niagara Falls - one in New York State and one in Ontario. The falls themselves are comprised of three waterfalls: the American Falls and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls are on the American side, separated by … Continue reading Imagining Niagara
Niagara Falls, 1855
This painting by Regis of Niagara Falls, now in the High Museum in Atlanta, provided the inspiration for our visit to the falls and will be the starting point for Alan's creative response to this location. It is a delicately coloured summertime view of the falls with little sign of human intervention aside from the … Continue reading Niagara Falls, 1855
Sacred Places
Of the five places that we have decided to visit for Human Accumulations, four are to some extent protected by conservation laws. The immediate area around Niagara Falls on the American side is a State Park, founded in 1885, deemed to be the oldest in the USA. Part of the White Mountain region was designated … Continue reading Sacred Places
The Hudson River School
The Hudson River School was an American school of landscape painting that achieved its peak period of popularity in the years from 1830-1870. The name of the movement refers to the artists’ preferred subject: the Hudson River Valley in New York State and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack and White Mountains. The second … Continue reading The Hudson River School
Human Accumulations 