NEW YORK STATE CANAL CORPORATION AND THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM LAUNCH ERIE CANAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

New Instagram Channel @all524miles Now Live, Video of Artist here The New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canal Museum today announced that Matthew López-Jensen, a Bronx-based, interdisciplinary environmental artist, has been named the 2023 Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence (AIR), the first in the history of both organizations. The AIR program will focus on a year-long Read More »

New Article Published in Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability

Renée Barry, the 2021-2023 Erie Canal Research Fellow, in collaboration with Lemir Teron, an assistant professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, had their paper "Visualising Heritage: a critical discourse analysis of place, race, and nationhood along the Erie Canal" published in by Local Environment: The International Read More »

From the Research Desk

In October 2022, the Erie Canal Museum brought new meaning to the words “Reimagine the Canals” at the New York State Canal Conference in Rochester, NY. As the 2021-2023 Erie Canal Research Fellow, I had the distinct privilege to collaborate with local scholars on a panel called “Expanding the Erie Canal Read More »