OGDENSBURG — The Remington Museum of Art will present The Remington Symposium from Sunday, Oct. 4 through Tuesday, Oct. 6, bringing nationally recognized scholars, regional historians, museum professionals, and community members together for three days of lectures, panel discussions, tours, archival encounters, and family activities.

The Remington Symposium is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required at fredericremington.org/symposium .

The Symposium opens on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. with a community celebration of Frederic Remington’s birthday at the Museum, 303 Washington St. Visitors are invited to enjoy guided tours, children’s activities, face painting, a food truck (Sweet Creations by Lindsey and Aleigha) and Fred’s birthday cake provided by Price Chopper in Ogdensburg. Two guided group tours will take place on Sunday, starting at 12:30 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m.—we ask that tour-goers arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time.

Academic programming will be held on Monday and Tuesday mornings at the Remington Museum of Art in the Addie P. Newell gallery. Monday afternoon will include a trip to Canton to visit Remington’s birthplace and resting place and a visit to St Lawrence University.

 Monday’s schedule begins at 9 a.m. with welcome remarks by Maggie McKenna, Executive Director of the Remington Museum of Art

At 9:30 a.m. - “Another Frontier: Frederic Remington’s East” – Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, Professor Emeritus of Art History, Texas Christian University; former Kay and Velma Kimbell

Chair of Art History. This lecture showcases the Remington Museum of Art’s collection by highlighting a fascinating, less familiar dimension of the artist’s work.

At 10:30 a.m. - “Grayscale Vision: Frederic Remington, the Buffalo Soldiers, and Achromatic

Media” – Dr. Colin Young, Texas Christian University Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Art History. This discussion focuses on Remington’s understudied depictions of the all-Black 10th Cavalry (one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments) while they were stationed in Arizona Territory during the "Indian Wars" of the late 1880s.

At 11:30 a.m. - “A Storehouse of Information”: Frederic Remington’s Collection of Native American Belongings. – Dr. Emily Burns, Director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West and Associate Professor of Art History, University of Oklahoma. This analysis explores Remington’s studio collection, drawings of Indigenous material culture and art that he produced for an 1891 edition of Henry Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha.

At 12:30 p.m. - Break for lunch (suggested donation $10-20)

At 1:30 p.m. - Trip to Canton to visit Remington’s birthplace and his final resting place at Evergreen Cemetery. Guests are invited to drive themselves and join us as we speak a little about Remington’s life at these sites.

At 3 p.m. - Visit Richard F. Brush Gallery at St Lawrence University Meet at St Lawrence University to view their Remington holdings and meet the faculty and students. Participants will view the University’s museum and archives, including a viewing of archival materials arranged with University Archivist Paul Doty.

At 4 p.m. - Remington Scholars Panel at St Lawrence University – featuring all visiting scholars.

Tuesday’s agenda kicks off at 9 a.m. with “Frederic Remington’s A Misdeal and the Movies”  Scott Winterrowd, Director, Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. This discussion explores the intersection of Western art and early filmmaking through the history of Frederic Remington's painting, A Misdeal.

At 10 a.m. - “Remington’s Hiawatha: Realism, Photogravure, and Native Americans in Settler Mythology” – Kiki Barnes , Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. This lecture explores Remington’s focus on human characters depicted in his artwork created for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha.

At 11 a.m. - Local History Panel – moderated by Dr. Melissane Schrems, Associate Professor of History at St Lawrence University. This discussion on Remington’s enduring legacy on the North Country. The panel will include Casey Denis, Canton Village and Town Historian; Justin Cree, Director of the Akwesasne Cultural Center; Julie Breen Madlin, Ogdensburg City Historian.

The program reflects the Museum’s mission to deepen appreciation and understanding of Frederic Remington while interpreting his work and legacy through a modern lens. It also highlights the North Country places, institutions, collections, and communities that shaped his life and continue to inform the study of his work.

Support for this program was generously provided by Price Chopper, Ogdensburg Airport, Gran-View Restaurant, Tel. Inc., RSI Roofing, Stewart’s Shops, and Corrothers & Clough PLLC.

Funding for this program was provided by the Dr. D. Susan Badenhausen Legacy Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation. NCPR is a media sponsor for the Remington Symposium.

If you or your business would like to sponsor the Remington Symposium or other educational programming at the Remington, please reach out to the Museum at jamie@fredericremington.org.