Farnsworth Magazine: Winter 2016/17

FARNSWORTH WINTER 2016/17

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NEW ACQUISITIONS

2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Susan M. Deutsch President Charles Altschul Vice President Ron Stern Secretary

Ed Waller Treasurer Richard Costello Sylvia de Leon Victoria Clark Dibner Victoria Goldstein Connie Hayes Jean Kislak Elizabeth Kunkle Lawrence J. Lasser Ann M. Rothschild Susan Schreiber James P. Smith, Jr. Louise Turan Presidents Emeriti Richard Aroneau H. Allen Fernald Anne W. Jenkins Wick­ha­­m Skinner Honorary Trustee Gail Catharine Bertuzzi Ex Officio Christopher J. Brownawell Director Creative Director Anneli Skaar Photography Michael O'Neil Volume 15, Winter 2017 Farnsworth is a publication and member benefit of—Farnsworth Art Museum

It’s all about connection.

The Farnsworth is in the midst of our most ambitious and exciting strategic visioning process in our sixty-eight year history. Our vision is long-term and forward thinking. We take our role as one of Maine’s cultural and economic leaders seriously and we have spent many sessions discussing strategies to enhance and strengthen our community connections. Throughout the process, we have learned so much. Although our work is not complete, we are moving ahead with several initiatives. One such strategy is our use of technology as a tool to better communicate and interact with you, our members.

To that end, we are building a new website which will provide a more user friendly and interactive communications tool. Use of video as well as the opportunity to purchase museum tickets and store merchandise while providing greater access to the collection are just a few of the improvements you will notice next spring when the site goes live. Staying connected to the FAM will be as easy as using your phone!

We have also looked at opportunities to best communicate with the public. It’s no surprise that many people today prefer to use digital media as their primary source for information. In response, we are excited to launch our first virtual magazine. We are pleased to provide this new opportunity to bring the museum’s exciting events and programs to you, wherever your travels take you. This interactive format will allow us to share more content in various ways including video links, in depth interviews and the opportunity to purchase tickets for your favorite programs. But for those who enjoy receiving the print version, look for our expanded summer magazine to hit mailboxes in early spring.

Staying connected with our members is critical to our success. I hope you enjoy this first edition of our virtual magazine. We would love to hear your feedback.

As always, thank you for your generous support and commitment to FAM’s success.

Sincerely,

(cover detail) Waldo Peirce (American, 1884–1970) Portrait of a Spanish Woman The Farnsworth Art Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by generous donations from the public

Christopher J. Brownawell, Director

Above: Farnsworth Museum Director Chris Brownawell at the Olson House.

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Share the Wonder 2016!

From the mailbag The 50 Top Educational Attractions in the Northeast

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Individual Giving Manager Ann Holton rides a tidal wave of pumpkins during our October First Friday event, spotlighting the show Art of Disaster, open through April 2017.

I thought of Copland’s film scores when I went to see “N.C. Wyeth: Painter,” an exhibition on display through Dec. 31 at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. READ MORE >

From vacationsmadeeasy.com > “The arts are something that everyone should learn to enjoy, and the Farnsworth Art Museum is a great choice to introduce children to a variety of works from famous American artists. READ MORE >

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VISITOR REVIEWS: Very much worth a half day visit The Wyeth collection and the farnsworth family history fully captivated us during our recent visit to the Camden area. Spend some time here and you can really immerse yourself in the essence of Maine thru genius eyes and talent. It wouldn’t have to be a rainy day for us to go again in the future!

Sherrie L, Scituate, Massachusetts

N.C. Wyeth’s Deeper Aspirations From wallstreetjournal.com > “I can’t remember the last time I heard a screenwriter, a mystery novelist or a show-tune composer express regret for having embraced so “lowly” a calling.

Nowadays, popular artists know that what they do is valuable in its own right. It hardly seems possible that when Aaron Copland went to Hollywood in 1939 to score Lewis Milestone’s film version of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” many of his fellow highbrows were sure that he was finished as a classical composer. Today, they’d ask him for a letter of recommendation.

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MUSEUM STORE at the farnsworth Come shop at 16 Museum Street, Rockland, Maine 04861 • 207–596–5789

WINTER BLOOMS The bold floral design on this ceramic tea set by Celadon Studio fits perfectly with custom teas by the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in Maine. Teas in Rosehip or Ginger Lemon.

2017 IS UPON US! Get organized for the upcoming year with a beautiful calendar or planner. From Kahn to O’Keefe, we have many styles and artists to choose from.

UNIQUE CHILDRENS GIFTS! Furniture, stuffed toys, and wonderful books make up our offerings to younger Farnsworth visitors. Whether you prefer the cool appeal of Keith Haring or playfulness of Dahlov Ipcar, there’s something fun and colorful for everyone.

VINTAGE STYLE A truly unique design, these American-made museum reproductions of Lucy Farnsworth’s classic, early 20th century earrings combine history and style!

TAKE A LOOK INSIDE!

Can’t come to Rockland? Shop online at shop.farnsworthmuseum or follow us at facebook/farnsworthmuseumstore

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SAVE THE DATE

EXHIBITIONS January

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7

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Bank of America: Museums on Us

Music @ Noon: DaPonte String Quartet

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8,

Bank of America: Museums on Us

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1 P.M.

Farnsworth Library

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Rockport Opera House

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 1 P.M.

Artists’ Talk with Krisanne Baker, Michelle Hauser &

FILM - Teatro alla Scala: The Temple of Wonders

Barbara Sullivan Farnsworth Auditorium

Strand Theater

February SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Public Opening Maine Women

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4,

Bank of America: Museums on Us

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Rothschild Gallery

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5,

Bank of America: Museums on Us

Sofonisba by Callie Kimball

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

Public Opening Andrew Wyeth: Maine Drawings

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Public Opening Andrew Wyeth: Dr. Syn

Bank of America: Museums on Us

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1 P.M.

Women

Rothschild Gallery

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1 P.M.

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“Puttin’ on the Ritz:” The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York Lecture by Virginia Tuttle Farnsworth Auditorium

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 6 P.M.

Sumo Stew Fog Bar and Café

Farnsworth Auditorium

Hadlock Gallery

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, , 1 P.M.

Farnsworth Auditorium

SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1 P.M.

Animals Out of Paper

by Rajiv Joseph

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FILM – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Millay Birthday Gala Reading

Art on Stage: Everyman Rep at the Farnsworth

Hadlock Gallery

SATURDAY, MARCH 25

SATURDAY, MARCH 4,

SUNDAY, MARCH 5,

Bank of America: Museums on Us

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1 P.M.

Strand Theater

Farnsworth Auditorium

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Farnsworth Library

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1 P.M.

Art on Stage: Everyman Rep at the Farnsworth

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, NOON

Music @ Noon: Virtuoso Soloists

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1 P.M.

The Monhegan Artists’ Residency

Farnsworth Auditorium

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 7 P.M.

Pecha Kucha Night Midcoast

Art on Stage: Everyman Rep at the Farnsworth

Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, NOON

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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1 P.M.

FILM – Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan Strand Theater

FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 8 P.M.

The [Collective] Annual Bash Origami Bicknell Building

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NEW ACQUISITIONS

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Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Farnsworth Collection, a number of important works by artists with strong connections to Maine have been acquired.

From the compellingly beautiful photographs in its recent exhibition, From the Smallest Leaf: Photographs by Koichiro Kurita, the Friends acquired two works by the Japanese-born photographer for the museum: Dark Cloud (1987), a scene of wind-blown grasses against a clouded sky taken in Nagano, Japan; and Cloud in the Small Lake II (2012), a four-panel photograph depicting reflections from the clouds on the surface of a lake in Montville, Maine. Both of these are platinum palladium prints, a technique first developed in the late nineteenth century. In gratitude for the museum’s purchase of these two photographs, the artist donated another Montville scene, Snow Slope II (2013), a small-scale Talbotype, a technique first employed by one of Kurita’s acknowledged mentors, the British photographer Henry Fox Talbot. Together the three works give the museum a strong overview of the breadth of Kurita’s accomplishments.

The Kurita exhibition, organized by Associate Curator Jane Bianco, explored his interest in presenting nature in terms of Chi Sui Ki, a Japanese term for terrasphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, and the borders that each of these realms share with one another and all forms of life. Kurita’s current project, Beyond Spheres, is about his visual journey to understand Henry David Thoreau’s perceptions as he traces the writer’s footsteps through New England. It is a logical extension of Kurita’s continuing search for an answer to the question, “what if Thoreau had been a photographer?” In Kurita’s words, the aim of his project is to “give pictorial form to Thoreau’s ideas and writings by employing photographic techniques used by his contemporaries.” He further explains: “I have two mentors. One is Thoreau, who urged a re-experience of the relationship between nature and humans. The other is Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), who taught what photography is. Beyond Spheres is a project which, in its conclusion, will be an address of gratitude to my two mentors whom I have never met.”

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It is a logical extension of Kurita’s continuing search for an answer to the question, “what if Thoreau had been a photographer?”

In Kurita’s words, the aim of his project is to “give pictorial form to Thoreau’s ideas and writings by employing photographic techniques used by his contemporaries.”

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Koichiro Kurita, Dark Cloud, 1987 (Nagano, Japan) platinum palladium print, 23 x 34 inches. © Koichiro Kurita

Liv Kristin Robinson (American, b. 1949) Winter Street, Rockland, Maine, 2010 Color photograph dye-infused metal print, 20 x 24 inches © Liv Kristin Robinson

Koichiro Kurita graduated from Kanseigakuin University in Kobe, Japan, where he studied perceptual psychology, using a camera extensively to simulate the function of the eye. His research examined how people view moving objects under changing circumstances.

Later he worked for a Tokyo advertising agency before becoming a successful independent photographer and director of commercials.

But at the age of forty, moved by his reading of Walden by the American philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Kurita moved away from his lucrative career in the city in order to fully direct his photography toward meditative expressions of his connection to the rural natural world. In order to concentrate on large-format landscape photography, Kurita retreated to a studio in the Yatugatake Mountains a hundred miles northwest of Tokyo, where, he writes, “the feeling was Walden.”

The Friends also acquired a photograph by contemporary artist Liv Kristin Robinson. Robinson studied art and art history at Hunter College, and then did graduate work in art history at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. Since moving to Belfast, Maine in 1986, Robinson’s photographs have appeared in Down East, Popular Photography and the Swedish publication Fotografisk, and have been shown in numerous galleries, museums and juried exhibitions nationwide. Her Winter Street, Rockland (2010) is of special relevance to the Farnsworth, as it shows a view of the street directly across from the Museum Store entrance, looking south toward the harbor.

On the left, shown at a slightly oblique angle, is the weathered wooden façade, covered in asphalt shingles, of a long abandoned downtown building. Since the photograph was taken in 2010, however, the building has been renovated, the shingles removed and the wood clapboards repainted. Across the street from it, out of view of the camera, is the new Center for Maine Contemporary Art designed by architect Toshiko Mori, first opened in 2016. The dynamic composition and the character of the late afternoon light make the work especially compelling, at the same time documenting ongoing change in Rockland’s downtown arts district.

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It shows what is presumed to be a fanciful view of Camden Harbor from a viewpoint near the library, with nautical instruments in the band below the main image. It is loosely painted, befitting a work intended to be both functional and decorative, not to be looked at close up.

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Carroll Thayer Berry, Untitled (midcoast harbor scene)

While members of the Friends of the Farnsworth Collection group typically meet in the summer to decide on possible acquisitions presented by the museum’s curatorial staff, they also take advantage of opportunities that come along unexpectedly during the course of the year. When the catalogue for the August 27-29 auction at the nearby Thomaston Place Auction arrived, two works immediately attracted our attention: one by Carroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978), long active in Rockport; and one by Bangorborn Waldo Peirce (1884-1970).

Auctions are often exciting events, especially for those interested in acquiring a work up for sale. It is almost impossible to know beforehand what a given work will sell for – sometimes there’s little interest, and a work can be bought for below its low estimate, and other times it can go for far more – all it takes is two eager bidders with plentiful resources to bid up the hammer price. The museum’s Chief Curator, Michael K. Komanecky, made multiple trips to see the works before the auction to assure the quality and condition of the works warranted the museum’s interest, and consulted with experts on Peirce’s works. As part of the process, the museum had to establish what it would be willing to bid, a price beyond which the museum would not go. Fortunately, this preparation paid off, and the museum acquired both works with the Friends’ funds.

The first is a three-panel folding screen by Carrol Thayer Berry, who was best known as a talented and prolific wood engraver whose images of the midcoast define his reputation. Born in New Gloucester, Maine (where the Shaker village Sabbathday

Lake is located), Berry came to Maine in 1934 to live in Rockport, and made his living there as a printmaker and illustrator. The screen, however, is almost certainly unique in Berry’s work, and it was subsequently learned that it was a commission from a Camden, Maine, family whose descendants placed the screen up for auction.

The screen itself, done in oil on canvas, is unusually well constructed, with great care taken in how the canvas is attached to the frame and wrapped around the frame’s hinges on each of the panels. Folding screens were highly fashionable in both Europe and America in the 1920s and 1930s, with American artists and designers such as Charles Prendergast, Jay Van Everen, Donald Deskey, Howard Chandler Christy, and Thomas Hart Benton having done them, among many others. Chief Curator Michael K. Komanecky organized a 1984 exhibition for the National Gallery and Yale University Art Gallery, The Folding Image, on screens

by European and American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, and thus was deeply familiar with screenmaking history. Berry was no doubt responding to the broader interest in screens in this period, and may well have known screens by some of his contemporaries.

Waldo Peirce’s Portrait of a Spanish Woman was the other work acquired, and it shows a striking and elegantly attired woman standing, and is another example of an artist from Maine responding to broader influences in the art of his time. Peirce was a colorful figure, born in Bangor, the son of a wealthy lumber baron. He attended Harvard before deciding to become an artist,

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This is a rare and striking example of Peirce’s work, considered to be one of the most impressive examples of the artist’s paintings from any time in his career. Thus, thanks to the Friends of the Farnsworth Collection, the museum has been able to add this and other significant works to its holdings, building on the museum’s nationally renowned collection of American art.

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Waldo Peirce (1884-1970), Life-Size Portrait of a Spanish Woman, c. 1925, Oil on canvas

May’s library was brought to the museum this past November, and will undergo preliminary cataloguing during the course of the year.

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and in 1910 he went to Europe, studying in Paris, and traveled to Italy, Spain, and Ireland. In 1913 he rented a house in Segovia, and became friends with and student of the prominent Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945), returning to the U.S. in 1914. It was in this period that Peirce probably did the painting, which strongly resembles Zuloaga’s own portraits of the period, which in turn recall similarly life-sized, full-length portraits by the great Spanish late eighteenth- and early nineteenthcentury painter Francisco de Goya. It is freely and richly painted throughout in the treatment of the figure, costume, and landscape. The woman’s

dress contains Chinese- or Japanese-inspired figures and scenes, giving an exotic quality to her already elegant and elaborate attire. These are precisely the features found in Zuloaga’s portraits on which Peirce likely relied. This is a rare and striking example of Peirce’s work, considered to be one of the most impressive examples of the artist’s paintings from any time in his career. Thus, thanks to the Friends of the Farnsworth Collection, the museum has been able to add this and other significant works to its holdings, building on the museum’s nationally renowned collection of American art.

THE FRIENDS OF THE FARNSWORTH COLLECTION is a museum group that provides financial support to acquire works of art for the collection. Established in 2002, each member of the Friends make annual contributions of $5,000 to help the museum enhance its nationally recognized collection of American art, with an emphasis on works by artists who have lived or worked in Maine.

Each summer, members of the Friends of the Farnsworth Collection get together to select a work or works from those chosen by the museum’s curatorial staff. The works are brought to the museum, and Friends gather to hear the curatorial staff’s presentations on the works’ potential importance for the collection. What ensues is always a lively and engaging discussion and the Friends then vote on how best to use the funds they have provided. This opportunity for learning and enjoyment is what makes membership in the Friends so meaningful.

Members have the satisfaction of knowing they have a part to play in one of the museum’s most important activities.

The Friends are also invited to a range of exclusive events during the course of the year, another opportunity to participate in the museum’s exciting collection programs, and to meet the people who help make them a success.

The Farnsworth Library

If you are inte rested in joining the Fr iends, please contact Chief Curator Michael K. K omanecky at 207.596.6457, ext. 107; or mkomanecky @ farnsworthm useum.org.

NEWS

Thanks to a bequest this year from long-time Farnsworth supporter and art critic Stephen May, the museum is the recipient of May’s extensive art library. Consisting of more than 4,000 volumes focusing on American art and secondarily on European, it was assembled over a period of thirty years in May’s Washington, DC home. The library’s breadth is extensive, covering painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, art criticism, museum collection catalogues, and various art encyclopedias and other reference books. There are specializations within the library, including the art of Maine, New England, the American West, the South, African American art, folk art, and the art of the Civil War. May’s bequest will double the size of our current non-circulating library, created originally through the bequest of museum founder Lucy Copeland Farnsworth.

The future of the Farnsworth library is under discussion as part of the museum’s ongoing strategic planning process, designed to create a vision for the museum ten to twenty years into the future. The library is an essential research tool for the museum’s curatorial department, and is used as well by the education department, docents, and historic site guides.

Enhancing its public accessibility is one of the goals for the library, which will entail listing its holdings online, and substantially expanding its space.

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If you would like more information about wills and how to include charitable gifts in your plans, contact your advisors or you may contact the Gift Planning Office, 207-596-6457 extension 117 or email plannedgiving@farnsworthmuseum.org.

Tax time is the time to review your will.

As tax time approaches, you may find yourself meeting your financial advisor or attorney to make your tax preparations. It also may be a good time to review your will and estate plans.

Some people think that once they have made their will and estate plans with their attorney, they rarely need to revise them. However, even the best will can become obsolete over time.

Some of the many events that can prompt a review of your will:

- Moving to another state - Changes in the value of your estate - A change in marital status - Birth of a grandchild - A change in your real estate or accounts - New tax laws

SAMPLE BEQUEST LANGUAGE

These and other life-changing events may mean that your will needs updating.

profit, tax ID #01-0368070, to be used for its

Your will and estate plans allow you to put family first and provide for those closest to your heart. The great news is that with careful estate planning, you can make gifts to the Farnsworth Art Museum and other charities without sacrificing the security of your loved ones.

FOR YOUR ATTORNEY:

“I give, devise and bequeath ____ percent of my estate/the remainder [or $____ ] of my estate to the Farnsworth Art Museum, a 501(c)(3) non-

general unrestricted support (or you can specify for conservation, acquisitions, exhibitions, education or endowment).�

The Lucy Farnsworth Circle honors friends of the Farnsworth Art Museum who make a gift to the museum through a bequest, charitable gift annuity, trust or other estate plan provisions. Make your planned gift to the Farnsworth today and become a member of the Lucy Farnsworth Circle.

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I NV ES T I N T H E FARN S WO RTH

the returns are extraordinary!

The Farnsworth Art Museum’s mission “Celebrating Maine’s Role in American Art” continues to flourish due to your loyal gifts to the Annual Fund, renewed Memberships, and Giving Circles.

Renew your Memberships, buy Gift Memberships, and give generously to the Annual Fund. It is because of you that the Farnsworth can:

• showcase its exquisite collection • provide community outreach

• engage in collaborative partnerships

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• create meaningful educational experiences

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• maintain a beautiful seven building campus

THANK YOU! Your individual Annual Gifts and Memberships make a difference to so many! We look forward to hearing from you!

For more information please contact Ann Holton, Individual Giving Manager, at 207.596.6457 ext. 145 or aholton@FarnsworthMuseum.org.

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Sylvia de Leon, chair Sponsorships currently available, tickets available June 1st.

The Summer Gala is the Farnsworth’s biggest annual fundraiser, which supports our free and low cost public programming. The gala is a spectacular evening of delicious dinner, cocktails and dancing, this year honoring Andrew Wyeth’s 100th birthday.

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Join us in 2017 to celebrate the centennial birthday of Andrew Wyeth through special exhibitions, educational programs, and events.

March

Origami

SUMO Stew March 16, 2017 Fog Bar

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Featuring 2017 Grammy Award Nominee

Sumo wrestling. Bento boxes.

Japanese whiskey.

SUMO STEW (#SUMOSTEW) $50 per person includes chankonabe, a bento box and a drink token... and round after round of Sumo!

Seating is limited.

Tickets on sale February 1 at www.sumostewrockland. splashthat.com

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Our Annual Bash March 25, 2017 Bicknell | Rockland

The [Collective] brings another once-in-a-lifetime pop-up event to the heart of Rockland. Our network of makers will create a colorful world of pattern and paper and surprise. Featuring 2017 Grammy Award nominated Sofi Tukker, we will mark the end of winter with a down-n-dirty dance party. Come in costume or as you are. The [BASH] is a 21+ event.

Tickets available February 1, 2017 only at www.2017collectivebash. splashthat.com $35 to the public, free for [Collective] members.

The Bicknell Building is at 7 Lime Street, Rockland

Sumo Wrestling Bento Boxes Japanese Whiskey

Be there!

Listen!

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KANPAI! Watch!

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EDUCATION

S T U D IO C LA S S ES for adults

For more Sculptural Paper Vessels Relief Printing: Linocuts and information with Trelawney O’Brien Collagraphs with Holly Berry Saturday, January 14, 9 a.m. to noon about any of Fridays, January 20 to February 10, This class will offer simple and easy artistic 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (February 17: snow the museum’s techniques to create one-of-a-kind pieces day make-up class) programs and provide various paper products to use, Explore the relief potential of collagraphs handmade paper and various please call including in combination with linocuts during this recycled materials. Learn the steps on how 4-day workshop. We will start with a the Education to make a sculptural vessel that you can focus on creating a dynamic design using use in the home or give as a gift.

Department at paper, cardboard, string, and other maCost: $46 | $40 members terials to make a collagraph block. Using 207-596-0949. (includes $10 materials fee) SIGN UP! The Gamble Making Matchbox Crankies Education Saturday, January 28, 1 to 3 p.m.

Center is In this afternoon workshop, all ages located on are invited to come make a small, Grace Street in match-box crankies. A crankie is an old storytelling art form, which includes Rockland, next a long illustrated scroll that is wound to the Wyeth between two spools and loaded into a box with a viewing screen. The scroll is Center. hand-cranked while the story is told or

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January 28: Matchbook Crankies

sung. Participants will have the chance to view a crankie created by local artist Annie Bailey, which is currently on view in the Art of Disaster exhibition, and will be encouraged to create their own story to share in this unique visual form.

Cost: $36 | $30 members (includes $10 materials fee) SIGN UP!

January 14: Paper Vessels

January 20: Linocuts and Collagraphs

a press, you will have the opportunity to make embossings and try out various inking options with your collagraph block.

You will further develop your image by designing and cutting a linoleum block in response to your collagraph. See what surprises are in store when combining the two blocks by layering and overprinting the designs.

Cost: $250 | $210 members (includes a $10 materials fee)

SIGN UP!

Vintage Valentines with Margaret Rizzio Saturday, February 11, 9 a.m. to noon Come join artist Margaret Rizzio to make unique valentines just in time for the 14th!

In this one-day workshop, you will learn various card-making techniques and the

February 11: Vintage Valentines

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creative freedom the medium of collage provides. Using a wide variety of ephemera and various vintage print materials, we will make one-of-a-kind greetings.

Please feel free to bring collage materials, but know there will be plenty of vintage print materials to use and share.

Cost: $46 | $40 members (includes $10 materials fee)

SIGN UP!

Drawing and Painting for Ages 6 to 86 with Sam Cady Saturdays, March 4 to May 13, 1 to 4 p.m. (no class April 15) This class is about appreciating the world around us, and as an ongoing workshop, each session varies according to the dynamics of the group. The focus of the work is still-life set-ups in the Gamble Education Center and land/seascapes from area excursions depending on the season and weather. In-class discussions include the historical and contemporary treatment of these various subjects. Many approaches are taught from different drawing-media to water-based painting.

Working out of a personal, natural inclination is stressed more than a specific style or approach to making art. The class includes participants of all varieties and skill levels. We learn from each other.

Cost: $360 | $300 members SIGN UP!

March 4-13 (Saturdays): Drawing and Painting For Ages 6-86 with Sam Cady

Inquiry into Collage with Margaret Rizzio Sundays, March 19 to April 9, 1-4 p.m.

In this four-week workshop, join artist Margaret Rizzio, with her wealth of vintage ephemera and paper supplies, and learn various collage techniques. Breathe new life into once-forgotten materials in these collage filled afternoons. Through different prompts, we will explore what it means to use pattern vs. image, cutting vs. tearing, bold vs. muted colors, and textured vs. flat surfaces. Please feel free to bring collage materials you would like to incorporate, but know there will be plenty of materials to share. There will also be time to discuss and share our work with the group.

Cost: $169 | $145 members (includes a $25 materials fee)

SIGN UP!

Triggering New Poems: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis Monday through Friday, March 13 to 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In this week-long workshop with poet Kathleen Ellis, you will expand your range of poetry writing styles, and explore new

March 13-17: Poetry Writing Workshop

strategies for re-energizing your work by creating and stretching tension and surprise. Using models of contemporary poets, as well as current exhibits at the Farnsworth, we will jump-start new poems based on what we see, read, imagine, and re-vision. Poets and visual artists of all levels welcome.

Cost: $180 | $150 members

SIGN UP!

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March 19-April 9 (Sundays): Inquiry into Collage

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The Monhegan Artists’ Residency: Artists’ Talk with Krisanne Baker, Michelle Hauser & Barbara Sullivan Saturday, January 28, 1 p.m. in the Farnsworth auditorium In this collaborative lecture program, three artists who participated in this past summer’s Monhegan Artists’ Residency will each present a slideshow presentation of their work, including highlights from their experience creating work on island. Susan Danly, President of the Board of Directors of the Monhegan Artists’ Residency, will also share some of the Residency’s history and its mission in supporting the creative growth of dedicated Maine artists by providing them time and space in which to work in the inspiring environment of Monhegan Island. The three artists include Barbara Sullivan of Solon who makes fresco reliefs of everyday objects; Krisanne Baker of Waldoboro who creates multimedia environmental arts on behalf of water quality, availability, and rights; and Michelle Hauser of Rockland who creates abstract painting and photography. Following the presentations there will be an opportunity for Q&A. (Snow date: Sunday, January 29, 1 p.m.)

Cost: $8; $5 members

January 21: Monhegan Residency: Artist’s Talk

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Millay Birthday Gala Poetry Reading Saturday, February 25, 1 p.m. in the Farnsworth auditorium A gala poetry reading will take place in honor of the life and work of Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. The event will mark the poet’s 125th birthday and will feature poets Kathleen Ellis, Gary Lawless, Carl Little, Dave Morrison, Jennifer Moxley, and Elizabeth Tibbets, including Rockland’s current and former poet laureates, Joanna Hynd, Carol Bachofner, and Kendall Merriam, in addition to Maine’s poet laurate, Stuart Kestenbaum. Each will share a work of Millay’s aside their own work. A celebratory reception with refreshments will take place directly following.

“Puttin’ on the Ritz:” The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York Lecture by Virginia Tuttle Friday, March 10, 1 p.m. in the Farnsworth auditorium

Restaurants were still a fairly new, decidedly French “invention” when they first opened in New York City around 1830.

In the decades immediately prior the Civil War, the city’s restaurants began to thrive as diners relished their first taste of exquisite French cuisine served in graciously appointed dining rooms. Then, between 1870 and the onset of World War I, while industrialism was rapidly increasing and vastly enriching America’s urban population, they became palatial—and Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in sometimes truly bizarre—establishments Rockland, Maine, on February 22, 1892, and that served as a stage for New York’s her birthplace on Broadway has recently most extravagant social entertainments. been purchased by the Rockland Historical Society. The program will include a brief This lecture will examine a selection of presentation about the progress of the these restaurants, paying particular atrenovation project. This gala poetry read- tention not only to their role in the develing is a collaboration between the Millay opment of New York’s Gilded Age society, House Committee of the Rockland Histori- but to their meticulously choreographed cal Society, the UMaine Humanities Center, internal operations. We will meet the and the Farnsworth Art Museum. (Snow great—and invariably French—celebrity date: February 26, 1 pm.) chefs who ruled like despots over their enormous, lavishly equipped kitchens and Cost: $8; $5 Farnsworth extensive, expertly trained cook staffs. members & Rockland We will see contemporary images of the Historical Society members SIGN UP!

Feb. 25: Millay Birthday Gala Poetry Reading

March 10: Puttin’ on the Ritz

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FAR NS WO R TH C O LLA B O R ATIO NS restaurants’ kitchens and their opulent dining rooms and scrutinize their menus, which offered a stunning abundance of dishes. Finally, we will discover how chefs were able to use far-reaching supply lines to acquire the finest wines and freshest produce (even in the dead of winter) for the fortunate few of New York who dined in their restaurants.

Cost: $8; $5 members

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PechaKucha Night Midcoast Maine Friday, January 27, 7 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House Celebrate the creativity of the midcoast community at this unique event where 8 creatives share 20 images of their work for 20 seconds apiece. The word PechaKucha means “chit-chat” in Japanese and the presentation format was devised by Tokyo-based architects in 2003. When these events first started in the midcoast in 2009, there were 300 locations worldwide participating. Over the past 8 years, the global PechaKucha Night network has grown to include over 900 locations worldwide. Locally, these events celebrate the creative diversity of our community and are a wonderful form of visual storytelling.

The Farnsworth is a proud partner organization.

MUSIC@NOON Wednesday, January 18 and Wednesday, February 15, Noon in the Farnsworth Library The Farnsworth Art Museum in partnership with Bay Chamber Concerts, presents Music@Noon lunchtime concerts on Wednesdays in January and February. Take a midday break with light lunch and great music in the relaxed, intimate atmosphere of the Farnsworth’s library in downtown Rockland. The hour-long performances begin at 12PM. Ticket includes a freshly-prepared lunch provided by Atlantic Baking Company plus access to the museum following the performance.

Adults $30; Under age 25 $10

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Reception to follow. Admission: $5 at the door.

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January 21: Monhegan Residency: Artist’s Talk

January 27: Pecha Kucha Night

January 27: Music @ Noon

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S TU DIO CL ASSE S for Children

I N S TR U C TO R B IO S

School Vacation Week Art Camp Tuesday through Thursday, February 21 to 23, 9 a.m. to noon In this 3-day art camp during the February vacation week, kids ages 6 to 8 years are invited to join teaching artist Avis Turner for an exploration of art, music, poetry, and stories. Together, we’ll do a fabric weaving inspired by the book The Spider Weaver: The Story of Kenti Cloth, and create a crayon-resist watercolor landscape with African animals inspired by book Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain—as well as explore other stories, art techniques, and ideas.

Cost: $95 | $77 members (includes $5 materials fee)

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St. Patrick’s Day Puppet Play Friday, March 17, 10:30 a.m. in the Farnsworth library Children ages 2 to 6 years old and their caregivers are invited to join Beth Lunt, early-childhood educator at the Ashwood Waldorf School, for a St. Patrick’s Day themed puppet-play.

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Feb. 21-23: Winter Vacation Art Camp

HOLLY BERRY Instructor Holly Berry of Waldoboro illustrates children’s books and makes linoleum block prints. She was awarded an Individual Artists Fellowship for Printmaking from the Maine Arts Commission and designed large scale block prints of native flora and fauna for a Percent for Art project at the Medomak Middle School. Berry is a member of The Boston Printmakers and received a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. To see examples of her work, go to www.hollyberrydesign.com

SAM CADY Instructor Sam Cady has exhibited widely around the country, but especially in NYC, Boston, and Maine, and taught in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He invites the group to his studio once a session to share his experience with the class. www.caldbeck.com/artist/sam-cady

KATHLEEN ELLIS Kathleen Ellis is the awardwinning author of five collections of poetry, most recently Narrow River to the North.

She is the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maine Arts Commission, and Nimrod’s Pablo Neruda poetry prize. Her manuscript of poems, Dear Darwin, was set to music by composer Scott Brickman and released as a Parma Recordings CD, which was nominated for a 2015 Grammy award. Ellis teaches English and in the Honors College at the University of Maine, Orono.

TRELAWNEY O’BRIEN Trelawney O’Brien is a textile based artist and educator living in Rockport. When she is not teaching, she is working in her studio in Hope, creating textiles, art installations for exhibitions, and working on creative commissions.

To see examples of her work, go to www.treyummy.com

MARGARET RIZZIO Artist Margaret Rizzio graduated from Bennington College in Vermont with a BA in visual arts followed by an MFA from Purchase College in New York. She creates diverse pieces through colorful, multi-layered collages filled with coincidences and synchronistic repeating elements. She is represented by Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland and Turtle Gallery in Deer Isle. She currently practices and lives in Camden, Maine. To see examples of her work, go to www.margaretrizzio.com

AVIS TURNER Avis Turner, who lives in Rockland, is an artist and educator with a specialty in early childhood development.

VIRGINIA TUTTLE Virginia Tuttle is a retired curator from the National Gallery of Art, now living in Camden and working on a book about New York’s Gilded Age restaurants.

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ED UCAT OR CO H O R T W O R K S H O P S

NEW EM PL OY E E S

Local educators and are invited to explore how arts-learning can connect to curricular goals and create dynamic experiences for students. To learn more about educator cohort benefits and to receive information about these monthly professional development sessions, please contact Andrea Curtis at acurtis@farnsworthmuseum.org and visit www.farnsworthartsineducation.org.

We are pleased to welcome Morgan Starr as the new Development Assistant at the Farnsworth Art Museum. Morgan was born and raised in New York City where he attended Fiorello H. Laguardia High School for the Performing Arts and later Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. After moving to Maine in 2001, he continued his studies at Maine college of Art in Portland. An artist and painter, Morgan spent the last five years working as an Artists Assistant specializing in the construction and preparation of traditional Fine Arts Supports and Materials. He is excited to be joining the Development Team at the Farnsworth and is looking forward to the year ahead at the museum.

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Introduction to Color Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

In this hands-on workshop, learn color theory and color mixing. Work with acrylic paint and color swatches to explore making and seeing color relationships in a whole new light. Studying color helps us look at the world differently and encourage students’ sense of playful observations of their world.

Facilitator: Greta Van Campen, artist

The Art of Creating Children’s Books March 15th, 2017 | 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Join illustrator Kelly Paul Briggs to learn about the art of creating children’s books. Kelly will introduce her process for developing ideas and the “a-ha” moments that inspire her, and share thumbnail sketches from her book Lighthouse Lullaby. Let your ideas blossom as you develop your own drawings, use of color, and stories.

Facilitator: Kelly Paul Briggs, artist

FEBRUARY Introduction to Sculpture Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Focusing on Maine modernists Bernard Langlais and Louise Nevelson, we will learn about technique and perspective before creating sculpture pieces ourselves. By becoming familiar with these important artists, educators will be able to facilitate three-dimensional artmaking in their own classrooms.

Facilitator: Susan Beebe, artist

APRIL Altering Maps April 26th, 2017 | 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Educators will create their own maps as a way to consider how and what purposes maps serve.

This workshop will present how and why we look at and read maps; and analyze what is editorialized when one creates or alters a map.

Facilitator: Alexis Iammarino, artist

Kelsey Gibbs is a Thomaston transplant, coming to the area via Portland.

She attended Colby College in Waterville, graduating in 2010 with a BA in Anthropology and Art. In her free time, Kelsey enjoys watercolor painting, photography, and exploring the coastline. She’s thrilled to be joining the Arts in Education Program as the project assistant.

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Farnsworth Art Museum Donor Listing As the list below illustrates, many individuals, businesses and foundations contribute to the Farnsworth Art Museum, helping us further our mission to “Celebrate Maine’s Role in American Art”. The Farnsworth gratefully acknowledges those donors who made gifts or pledges totaling $1,000 or more during the fiscal year 2016 (10/1/2015 – 9/30/2016). A more detailed listing will be printed in the next issue of the Farnsworth Art Museum magazine. Gifts-in-kind will be acknowledged at that time.

$100,000 - $249,999 Anonymous Estate of Peter McSpadden $50,000 - $99,999 Anonymous Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon Edwin F. Gamble Charitable Lead Trust Peter McSpadden Arthur K. Watson Charitable Trust $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous Kathy and Paul Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bertuzzi Camden National Bank Cascade Foundation Ms. Susan M. Deutsch and Mr. F. Carlisle Towery Mr. Jeremy B. Fletcher and Dr. Charlotte W. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Alan Goldstein Mrs. Ellen C.L. Simmons The Wyeth Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Beebe Charles Butt Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation Ann and Dick Costello Mazie Livingston Cox and Brinkley Thorne Richard Gilder and Lois Chiles Mrs. Elizabeth S. Kunkle Libra Foundation Maine Arts Commission Estate of Stephen May

Ed and Carol Miller Anonymous The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pyne Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rothschild Holly and Nick Ruffin Mr. and Mrs. George A. Schreiber, Jr. Mr. Kenneth N. Shure and Ms. Liv M. Rockefeller Prof. Wickham Skinner ** J.P. and Kaki Smith The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Mr. Ronald A. Stern and Ms. Elisse B. Walter Ms. Gwendolyn Van Paasschen Laura and Ed Waller The Walton Family Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Kenneth and Roberta Axelson Fund** Maine Community Foundation Bank of America Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Will Barnet Foundation, Inc. Stephanie L. Brown Sylvia A. de Leon and Lynn R. Coleman Dr. S. Keith Collins and Mary Baldwin Collins Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dingman Dowling Walsh Gallery Mr. Ray Egan Johanna Favrot Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation First National Bank Fisher Charitable Foundation Hemenway Trust Company

Mr. and Mrs. Jay I. Kislak Machias Savings Bank Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Naughton Mr. Michael J. Roach Mrs. Elizabeth S. Saltonstall/Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable Foundation Dan and Sheryl Tishman Mrs. Louise Turan and Mr. William George $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aroneau Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bird Mr. and Mrs. William A. Buckley Ms. Mary N. Carlson Julie P. Cawley CedarWorks Randall Chanler and Andrew Stancioff Mr. Daniel Emery fourTWELVE Mr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Garren Ms. Barbara M. Goodbody Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hamill JoAnne and Gary Haynes, Haynes Galleries Joan Alfond Revocable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Kellogg Mr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Maine Humanities Council Mr. and Mrs. John J. Moore Toshiko Mori and James Carpenter David and Gayle Noble The Penobscot Company Inc. Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Pullum Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rockefeller, Jr. Thomas A. Russo and Georgina T. Russo Ms. Leezy Sculley Mr. and Mrs. T. Douglas Stenberg

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Mrs. Letitia H. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. George Twigg III Anonymous Barbara and Kenneth Wexler $1,000 - $2,499 Arthur Adelberg and Linda H. Crawford Allen Insurance and Financial Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Allen Mrs. Douglas Auchincloss Mr. Jeffrey Becton Bessemer Trust The Birchrock Foundation John and Pamela Blackford Anonymous Karen and Rob Brace Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bresnahan Mr. and Mrs. Barrett W. Brown Ruth L. Brown and Carlie Ruth L. Brown Mr. Steve J. Caminis Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Campbell Chatfield Design Cordjia Capital Projects Group Mr. and Mrs. John K. Cowperthwaite, Jr. Mrs. Susan G. Crane Edward Page Crane Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. Cross Insurance DC Moore Gallery DeLong Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Ms. Jenny Dow and Mr. Jonathan Carlson Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Ertman Ted Ewing

Dr. and Mrs. R. Kent Farris Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen Fernald Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fillnow Mrs. Joan P. Foxwell Mr. and Mrs. Brett Fromson Dorsey R. Gardner and Ni Rong John and Paula Hansen Mr. Joseph R. Higdon and Ms. Ellen L. Sudow ** Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton Anne and James Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. S. Tucker S. Johnson Dick and Lydia Kaeyer Suzanne and Doug Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Kenney Mr. and Mrs. James T. Kinsella Mr. Leonard Kizner and Mr. Jeffrey W. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Corad J. Kozak Ms. Lisa Kranc Mrs. Cathy Landau-Painter and Mr. Charles Mamane Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Lerner The David & Catherine Loevner Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Oivind Lorentzen, Jr. Macpage, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Lance D. Mahaney Maritime Energy Mr. Jack McKenney and Mr. Paul Cavalli Mr. and Mrs. William C. Millar Mr. Frederick Moon Caroline and Wayne Morong Ms. Molly Mulhern and Mr. James G. Bennett III Mr. and Mrs. John H. Newcomb Ms. Susan C. Petersmeyer Pierce Atwood, LLP Mr. Charles W. Pingree

Ms. Isabel Shattuck and Mr. Samuel Plimpton Mr. Christopher M. Harte and Dr. Katherine S. Pope ** Rockland Plaza Realty Corp Mr. Bruce Russell and Mr. Andrew Oakley Ms. Mary R. Saltonstall and Mr. John K. Hanson, Jr. Martie and Ed Samek Tracy and Evan Segal Sellers Publishing, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein Ms. Cary W. Slocum Mr. and Mrs. Stuart G. Smith Mrs. Kit Stone Mr. Edward Earle and Ms. Anna Strickland Mr. and Mrs. John H. Surovek The Free Press Thendara Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Norman M. Thomas III Alix T. Thorne Dr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Varricchio The Gray Fox Gallery Sedgwick Ward and Barbara Ward The Warren Foundation, Inc. Mr. Ted Bell and Ms. Lucinda B. Watson Mrs. Kathy Weber Sabina A Wood Art & Antiques Wyeth Foundation for American Art Mr. and Mrs. Allen W. Zern ** Gifts made through the Maine Community Foundation

Every effort is made to ensure that the information included is accurate. If any inadvertent errors or omissions have occurred, kindly notify Jean Joransen Ellis, Director of Development, so that we may correct our records.