The walls of this Mansion come to life with ambient sounds. Visitors also have the opportunity to use the Billiard Room as a resource area with its Victorian toys, scrapbooks and reference materials about the era. All Stars explores the theme of sports in America during the past 100 years with prints by artists ranging from Winslow Homer, George Bellows, and Childe Hassam to Alex Katz and Robert Rauschenberg. All Stars features 66 prints by 52 artists and includes images of more than 30 different sports. Some artists concentrate on the graceful motion of the athletes, while others focus on historic moments in sports or great sports heroes.
Unexpected sports depicted include badminton, ice-skating, bowling, rodeos, and polo.
Barsamian's evocative, kinetic sculptures, consisting of strobe lights and motors, create arresting visual landscapes. The exhibition also includes an interpretive video by the artist and a section devoted to the creative process of Barsamian's work. Upper Main Gallery Explore a marsh with a muskrat lodge, a sandy bank tidal area or a gorge in the Adirondacks. Encounter the flowing waters of the River demonstrating the effects of tides. Meet the fish and other animals that inhabit the Hudson River.