Project VIEW partnered with the Albany Institute of History and Art to create this exciting interactive point-to-point video conference program.   The project was designed to interface with work done by team members at a summer institute at the National Gallery of Art.  The Hudson River project builds upon the materials created for the National Gallery, and uses related Albany Institute collections to provide extensive materials for classrooms to have an opportunity to explore the Hudson River School, a group of mid-nineteenth century landscape painters who painted romantic images of the Hudson River Valley, the Catskills, Berkshire and White Mountains and the open west.  Resources include teacher-guided student activities as well as teacher created lessons.

The Albany Institute of History and Art houses a collection of over sixty paintings and oil sketches by Hudson River School artists.    The museum also has an array of the artists' materials including sketches, sketchbooks, letters, photographs and more.

A team of teachers from Albany School 19 and  the Curie School, Amsterdam, NY collaborated with the experts from the Albany Institute of History and Art to develop a rich multi-disciplinary video conference program including pre and post video conference activities and lessons along with an extensive line of resources and Web links.  The program also provides classrooms access to the artwork and interactivity with the curators and experts of the Hudson River School.

In this program, students will study and learn about the Hudson River School, the artists' backgrounds, and the significance of their paintings.  The students will respond to paintings and the techniques used in various paintings.  The program includes a number of multi-disciplinary activities which include studying the artists, history and American culture, sketching and painting activities, designing a portfolio, extensive writing, comparing, contrasting and interpreting artwork, and presentation and exhibition.  The complete program addresses the visual arts, language arts, social studies (U.S. History), science (Environmentalism) and technology standards.