Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's seventh commencement celebration, June 2, 1979. It has an abstract green design and hand lettering.
Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's sixth commencement celebration, held at St. Saviour's Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor in 1978. It has an illustration in blue depicting a perching bird.
Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's fifth commencement celebration, June 4, 1977. It has a print in red ink depicting budding twigs.
Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's fifth commencement celebration in 1977. It is illustrated with a green line drawing of a flowering sprig.
Description: This is the invitation for the tenth commencement celebration of the College of the Atlantic, 1982. It has an illustration of two human figures in the style of a medieval illuminated manuscript, with lettering by Esther Ruth Kerkmann, '82.
Description: This 1989 brochure from Acadia National Park includes a checklist of species of birds seen within the Acadia National Park area, with abundance and habitat designations and a visual representation of the species' presence throughout the year.
Description: A reception followed by a lecture and slide presentation, "Collecting Art in America," by John Wilmerding, Collector, Curator, and Scholar, Thursday, August 5, 2004. Reception at the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History. John Wilmerding is a professor of art at Princeton University and longtime summer resident of Northeast Harbor. He is the Visiting Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is an emeritus trustee of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and on the Board of Trustees of the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the College of the Atlantic. He was formerly Senior Curator of American Art and Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where he organized the landmark exhibition "American Light: The Luminist Movement" in 1980. Professor Wilmerding is the author of many books and catalogs on American art, including American Marine Painting (Harry N. Abrams, 1987), American Views (Princeton, 1991), monographic studies of Robert Salmon, Fitz Hugh Lane, John F. Peto, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins, and The Artist's Mount Desert: American Painters on the Maine Coast (Princeton University Press, 1994). His most recent book, Compass and Clock, illuminates major continuing themes in the national character. Professor Wilmerding recently bequeathed his private collection, which includes works by Church, Marin, Homer, and Lane, to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where they are on view in the East Building through October 10, 2004. [show more]
Description: The streets are commonplace to all of us. They are a playground to some and a time limit to others. Many of us would love to see the street as a safe place for communities to gather and for people to play and recreate. As long as it does not limit us to work in time. Growing up in the Netherlands I have never seen these two as a conflict, and with the help of some maps, I will show you how road infrastructure in the Netherlands can accommodate both these groups. [show more]
Description: Open House You are invited to a pre-lecture gathering at the Dorr Museum in honor of the museum's Summer of Rachel Carson. MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina talks about his use of science, art and literature to inspire a closer relationship with the sea and its conservation needs. An exhibit on Rachel Carson, created by COA students, will be on view. 5:30 p.m. in the George B. Dorr Museum Front text: Tosia australis Uniophora granifera PDF description: A brochure describing a 2007 Dorr Museum Champlain Society lecture by Carl Safina of the Blue Ocean Institute on "History and Destiny in World Fisheries," held in honor of the centennial of Rachel Carson. [show more]
Description: Beauty and the Beast: Nature Images August 18 - October 12, 2003 This exhibit features nineteen color and photogravure prints of New York-based photographer Barbara Yoshida, whose work has been shown throughout the world. Since 1996, six artist's residencies in National Parks, including Acadia National Park, have provided an opportunity for Ms. Yoshida to reexamine her relationship with nature. Her large-format images capture the diversity of landscape on the planet and the various forms of life that it supports, and reflect her conviction that the preservation of nature with a camera is inextricably linked to the preservation of various species and their habitats. In other words, the medium fits the message. Front: Jawbone, Lilies, and Maple. 14" x 11" Silver Gelatin Print. Courtesy of Barbara Yoshida [show more]