One of the artworks, "Views" by Matts Leiderstam, is an installation of sculptural binoculars fitted with colored lenses. The binoculars have been installed at Boscobel's belvedere at the edge of the front lawn where visitors use them to view the grand vistas of the Hudson River and the Hudson Highlands in different shades of light simulating the various times of day.

Matts Leiderstam's binoculars were inspired by the works of the Hudson River School painters such as Thomas Cole, Frederick E. Church, Asher B. Durand and Jasper F. Cropsey. In the early 19th century, tourists traveled on a steamboat called the "Northern Tour," that departed from New York City for America's most scenic spots. The Hudson River Highlands was the first stop.

Some of the tourists and artists that traveled up the Valley used a viewing instrument called "Claude Lorraine Glasses" to search for the picturesque. These glasses were a set of colored glass filters, mounted as magnifying glasses. By using them, people felt they could transform the landscape into something similar to Claude Lorraine's landscape paintings. Now, at Boscobel, a visitor can share the same experience of viewing the landscape in varying lights.

Mr. Leiderstam's paintings and sculptural works have been exhibited widely at Modern Museet, Stockholm, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson.

Information about the Hudson Art Project may be obtained by calling Minetta Brook, producer of Watershed, at (845) 831-4129, or visiting www.minettabrook.org.

Admission to Boscobel, which includes a tour of the 19th century Federal-style mansion, is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, and $7 for children ages 6 - 14. Grounds only admission is $7. Boscobel is located on Route 9D, eight miles north of the Bear Mountain Bridge and one mile south of Cold Spring.