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Erie Canal Museum receives $5,000 grant from the Winifred & De Villo Sloan, Jr., Charitable Fund to support artists-in-residence

The Winifred & De Villo Sloan, Jr., Charitable Fund has awarded a grant of $5,000 to the Erie Canal Museum of Syracuse, New York, to provide support for the artist-in-residence program. “The Erie Canal is a defining part of New York’s history,” said De Villo Sloan III, Read More »

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 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 Read More »

Exploring Abolition Along the Empire State Trail

New York State, much like the rest of the country, has a long, complex, and challenging history with the institution of slavery and the movement to abolish it. Evidence of this history can still be seen throughout the state; including along the historic route of the Erie Canal and Read More »

Top Ten Erie Canal Books

200 years ago the construction of the Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo radically transformed New York State. Cities like Syracuse, Rochester, and Utica sprang up along its banks; the Great Lakes and New York City boomed thanks to their new linkage; and New York itself Read More »