OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum invites the public to participate in one of this month’s “Consider This” programs.

This ongoing program offers guided exploration of a single work of art on display at the Remington Museum.

“Consider This” is for all ability levels, and no art background is required. Participants simply need an interest in joining the conversation. A different artwork is featured each month, with three program sessions to choose from.

One session will be offered only on-site at the Museum, with the other two sessions offered in an on-site/virtual hybrid format, in which participants can join the conversation remotely via Zoom or in person at the Museum.

Programs are offered at noon, so even working people can join the conversation during their lunch and bring art into their workday. Participation via Zoom is free, and on-site participation is free with admission to the Museum.

In February, there will be three opportunities to spend quality time with Frederic Remington’s 1907 untitled watercolor known as Army Figure on a Horse. Each session features 30 minutes of focused looking, consideration, conversation, and interpretation of the artwork.

For the hybrid sessions, Museum Curator & Educator Laura Desmond will broadcast from the Museum gallery, and team up with a docent to facilitate discussion among participants. Active participation is strongly encouraged.

For the hybrid sessions, Desmond will pair up with Museum docent Kathy Crowe on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at noon, and with docent Julie Degone on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at noon.

Museum docent Luanne Herzog will facilitate an on-site only conversation at the Remington Museum on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at noon.

To learn more and to register, call 315-393-2425 or email desmond@fredericremington.org. For ease of conversation, registration will be limited to eight participants.

The watercolor is included in the exhibit, “Art Teachers’ Choice,” currently on display in the Museum’s Addie P. Newell Gallery. The exhibition was guest curated by members of the North Country Art Teachers Association. Untitled (Army Figure on a Horse) was selected by Dianne Drayse-Alonso of Ogdensburg Free Academy, who said of the painting, “Having never seen this image before, I was surprised at what looks like a more Impressionistic illustrative style perhaps influenced by Remington's later oil paintings. I would like my students to see this in the context of Remington's life work, an interesting example of changing styles and development of an artist.”

“In the course of his career, Frederic Remington created many artworks highlighting the distinguished service and professionalism of the African-American cavalry troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers. This watercolor, with its vibrant, animated application of color and the alert, forceful, and noble bearing of both horse and rider, is a small but important addition to that body of work,” notes Museum Curator & Educator Laura Desmond.

The Frederic Remington Art Museum is located at 303 Washington St.