Identifier	Type	Subject	Title	Web Resource
2270	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	2002 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		2002 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2270    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2002-06-08 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the thirtieth commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 8, 2002. The first image is the front of the commencement program. It has an illustration depicting a woman sitting with her back to the viewer looking at a small pond, which has the COA logo in it. The illustration was done by Kerrie C. Sands, '02. The program is printed on dark gray, acid-free, post-consumer waste fiber. The second image is the front of the invitation to graduating seniors to a garden tea party at Beatrix Farrand Gardens. It has an illustration depicting three plates. On the plates, the COA logo is in various states of being eaten. The cover design is credited to Blakeney Virginia Sanford, '02. [show more]
2271	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	2003 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		2003 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2271    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2003-06-07 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the thirty-first commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 7, 2003. The first image is the invitation card sent to graduating seniors, faculty, and advisors, inviting them to a garden tea party at Beatrix Farrand Gardens to celebrate senior project completion. The invitation card is decorated with an illustrated border depicting pink and purple lilacs, credited to Ellen Blonder. The second image is the invitation card to the commencement ceremony. It has a watercolor painting in blue and earth tones that resembles the view of the ocean and land from one of Mount Desert Island's mountains. The art is credited to Alana Beard, '03, and the invitation was printed on recycled paper. [show more]
2272	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	2004 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		2004 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2272    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-06-05 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation to the thirty-second commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 5, 2004. The invitation card has a pastel drawing depicting two trees with mountains in the background. The illustration is credited to Andrew Moulton, '04.
2097	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	The Grierson Exhibit		The Grierson Exhibit Identifier: 2097    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2009-06 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: The Grierson Exhibit: Celebrating the work and vision of Ruth G. and Stanley O. Grierson Running through the summer at the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History at College of the Atlantic. Opening Reception Sunday, June 28, 2009 from 5:30 - 7 P.M. Front: "Snowy Owl," 2009 by Sarah Drummond '05
2099	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Food for Thought, Time for Action		Food for Thought, Time for Action Identifier: 2099    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2009-10 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Curated by Maine Farmland Trust On view through October 23, 2009 Opening reception October 2, 4-6 p.m. In collaboration with Maine Farmland Trust, COA is pleased to present this exhibit highlighting agriculture and food systems in Maine and beyond. Participating artists: Laurie Lofman Bellmore, Bridget Besaw, Judy Caden, Susan Camp, Avy Claire, Kenny Cole, Jared Cowan, Roger Doiron, Kathleen Florance, Kate & Ben Gatski, Sheep Jones, Richard Keen, Holly Meade, Elizabeth Otstrander, Kathleen Perelka, Robert Shetterly, Jessica Stammen, and others... [show more]
2100	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Reflections of Maine		Reflections of Maine Identifier: 2100    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2000-09 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Reflections of Maine Eleanor K. Levin Watercolors September 2 -- October 7, 2000 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7, 2000 4-6:30 pm Front: "Yellow Sky," watercolor, 1998, 12 ½" x 19"
2101	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Travels: Near & Far		Travels: Near & Far Identifier: 2101    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2000-11 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Travels: Near & Far Photographs by Noreen Hogan November 27 - January 8, 2001 Closing Reception: January 8, 5-7 p.m. Front: Ranchero, 1999, b&w photograph
2102	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Folk Art and Fine Crafts: Gifted Eyes, Gifted Hands		Folk Art and Fine Crafts: Gifted Eyes, Gifted Hands Identifier: 2102    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2002-06 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Folk Art and Fine Crafts: Gifted Eyes, Gifted Hands From the collections of Ashley Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Hodder, Lee Judd and Eleanor and Sam Rosenfeld. June 13 - July 6, 2002 Opening reception: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Front: Unknown artist, wooden steamship weathervane, from the collection of Lee Judd
2104	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Ducktrap: A River of Vision		Ducktrap: A River of Vision Identifier: 2104    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2002-08 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Ducktrap: A River of Vision August 15 - September 14, 2002 The small, beautiful Ducktrap River is the only river in Maine where Atlantic Salmon spawn exclusively in autumn. In the 75 large-format platinum prints shown in this exhibit, photographer Dennis Schultz documents the river's aspects and moods throughout the seasons. Slide show and talk in the Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center, Sunday, August, 18, 6:00-6:30 p.m., followed by an opening reception, 6:30-8:00 p.m. in both the Museum of Natural History and the Ethel H. Blum Gallery Front: The Ducktrap River, platinum print, Dennis Schultz. [show more]
2105	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Garden into Art: Beatrix Farrand and Mildred Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks		Garden into Art: Beatrix Farrand and Mildred Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks Identifier: 2105    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2003-06 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Garden into Art: Beatrix Farrand and Mildred Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks The cultivated gardens of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. were developed between 1920 and 1965 by Mildred Bliss and are considered among the most spectacular gardens in America. Bliss worked with several designers, the most significant of whom was the eminent landscape designer Beatrix Farrand. The exhibition reflects the rich design history of the gardens, containing archival photographs and drawings and contemporary photographs by Ping Amrarand. Guest curator is Susan Tamulevich. June 10 - July 5, 2003 Opening reception on Sunday, June 15, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Front: Topographical View of Dumbarton Oaks, 1993, painting by Ernest Clegg [show more]
2106	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Water Marks/Inside		Water Marks/Inside Identifier: 2106    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2003-07 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Water Marks/Inside July 12 - August 9, 2003 Artists have had a timeless attraction to water's evocative properties. Water's expansiveness and formlessness - its capacity to change, modify, and circulate - have inspired a surprising range of aesthetic responses in different media. Water Marks/Inside features the work of six contemporary artists who investigate and navigate water's prosaic and poetic dimensions, causing us to reconsider our own experiences and associations with this ubiquitous, mysterious constituent of all living matter. Heide Fasnacht - Karen Shaw - Arlene Shechet - Hope Sandrow - Allan Wexler - Frances Whitehead - Patricia Phillips, Curator Sunday, July 27, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Artist's reception and beginning of the week-long LandEscapes Symposium Front: Selat Flores, Indonesia, Panel II, 2001. Color pigment print, each 40" x 64 3/4". One of five panels, from the series Time(space) courtesy of Hope Sandrow and The Nature Conservancy [show more]
2109	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Images of Tibet		Images of Tibet Identifier: 2109    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-10-12 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Images of Tibet Please join us for an opening reception and gallery talk by photographer Daniel Taylor from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery, Tuesday, October 12, 2004. Following the opening reception, you are invited to hear Daniel Taylor discuss "A Community-based Approach to Act Locally and Think Globally," in the McCormick Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
2110	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Edge: Where Land and Water Meet		Edge: Where Land and Water Meet Identifier: 2110    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-11 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: An exhibit of Maine and Prince Edward Island artists co-curated by Janelle Delicata and Roy Dyment and sponsored by Union of Maine Visual Artists West Prince Arts Council College of the Atlantic November 1 - 30, 2004 Opening Reception Thursday - November 4, 2004 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
2103	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Beatrix Jones Farrand: The Reef Point Legacy		Beatrix Jones Farrand: The Reef Point Legacy Identifier: 2103    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2002-07 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: American landscape architect Beatrix Farrand's family home, Reef Point, is the subject of this exhibit, curated especially for the Blum Gallery by Farrand expert, Eleanor McPeck. The exhibit includes rare unpublished drawings, photographs, specimens and memorabilia of the Reef Point Garden project. Also included are archival and contemporary photographs of her carriage path designs of Acadia National Park and other public and private gardens on MDI. July 11 - August 10, 2002 Opening reception: Sunday, July 14, 2002 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Front: Lynch Gate, Seal Harbor, sketch and watercolor by Beatrix Farrand, circa 1914-1950; courtesy of Environmental Design Archives; University of California, Berkeley. [show more]
2115	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Classic Stillness: Recent Paintings and Watercolors		Classic Stillness: Recent Paintings and Watercolors Identifier: 2115    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2006-08 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: JoAnne Carpenter Classic Stillness: Recent Paintings and Watercolors Essay by Carl Little
2116	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Wildness within Wildness without: Exploring Maine's Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail		Wildness within Wildness without: Exploring Maine's Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Identifier: 2116    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2007-08 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Wildness within Wildness without Exploring Maine's Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail An exhibition of photography by Bridget Besaw August 5 to September 29, 2007
2098	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Selections from the Collection of Clare and Allan Stone		Selections from the Collection of Clare and Allan Stone Identifier: 2098    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2009-07 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Monday, July 20--Friday, August 14, 2009 Opening reception Monday, July 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. A brief glimpse into a world of art without bounds: an aesthetic free-for-all where an African fetish figure sits beside an art deco polar bear and a folk art eyeglass sign hangs over both. It's the art of a passionate collector, and it's all part of the mix.
2117	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Maine Inspiration: Paintings, Prints, & Drawings, 1963-2009		Maine Inspiration: Paintings, Prints, & Drawings, 1963-2009 Identifier: 2117    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2009-08 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Robert S. Neuman Maine Inspiration: Paintings, Prints, & Drawings, 1963-2009 August 16-September 25, 2009
2119	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Farm to Art		Farm to Art Identifier: 2119    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-12 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Farm to Art December 2, 2004 - January 3, 2005 Opening reception: Wednesday, December 8, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Demonstration by "The Wednesday Spinners" 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Image: Sweater hand spun, dyed and knit by Geri Valentine A winter celebration of fertility and creativity inspired by the farm. Featuring indigo dyed fleece, handspun yarns, sweaters, totemic masks, eggs, handmade paper, fertility goddesses, recycled barnboard and farm equipment in new guises, photography, felted books and baskets Artists Susan Barrett Merrill - Noreen Blaiklock - Jani Estelle - James Fangbone - Joli Greene - Susanne Grosjean - Richard Lee - Susan Lerner - Allison Martin - Dina Petrillo - Geri Valentine - Wally Warren - Melita Westerlund [show more]
2120	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Marcie Jan Bronstein Photography		Marcie Jan Bronstein Photography Identifier: 2120    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2005-01 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Portrait/Self Portrait, Blum Gallery, 2005 Front: "Nyia, Thanksgiving Lunch," copyright Marcie Jan Bronstein, 2003
2121	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Threatened and Endangered: Artist's Books Created by Rebecca Goodale		Threatened and Endangered: Artist's Books Created by Rebecca Goodale Identifier: 2121    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2005-01 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: January 5 - February 3, 2005 Ethel H. Blum Gallery Monday, January 10 at 4:30 pm - McCormick Lecture Hall Dr. John Anderson, the William H. Drury, Jr. Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Natural History at College of the Atlantic will give a lecture entitled, "A Fine Line: The Science and Aesthetics of Conserving the Endangered Species," Thursday, February 3 at 4:30 p.m. - Ethel H. Blum Gallery Rebecca will speak informally about her project. A closing reception will follow. Image: "Freshwater Mussels" [show more]
2122	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Portraits/Self Portraits		Portraits/Self Portraits Identifier: 2122    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2005-02 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Members of the Union of Maine Visual Artists at the opening reception of Portraits/Self Portraits, Blum Gallery, Thursday, February 17, 2005. Image: Brinna Davis, by Chris Baker.
2123	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Touchstones: Sculpture Participating with Place		Touchstones: Sculpture Participating with Place Identifier: 2123    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2005-06 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: "We are touched by what we touch. We are shaped by what we shape. We are enhanced by what we enhance." The Great Work -- Thomas Berry Sculpture invites us to more fully engage with our environment. It helps focus our attention on nature's materials and forms. Sculpture has presence and enlivens a setting. As we interact with sculpture, our senses are heightened and we become more acutely aware of the intricate beauty of our places. -- JL Image: Thin Green Line in granite and moss by Gary Haven Smith Opening Reception Sunday June 12, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Ethel H. Blum Gallery: How does nature nurture us? Sculpture made from granite, marble, moss, mica, and wood brings nature into our lives and explores the numinous quality of matter. June 8--September 30 The Farrand Gardens: Where we nurture nature, sculpture acts as a focal point for a contemplative setting. Sculpture sets up a dialogue with place and heightens our awareness of natural forces, cycles, and seasons. Sculpture Show and Sale Curated by Susan Lerner and June LaCombe--2005 [show more]
2111	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Form, Light, and Spirit		Form, Light, and Spirit Identifier: 2111    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-08 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Form, Light, and Spirit Recent Paintings of Mount Desert Island by Ernest McMullen On Exhibit From August 11 to September 22, 2005 Catalog essay by art historian John Wilmerding College of the Atlantic art professor Ernest McMullen has been painting year-round on Mount Desert Island for over thirty years. Following in a long tradition of artists painting the region before him, Ernest McMullen magnificently captures the luminous nuances of the natural world of Maine's Mount Desert Island. Front: Somes Landing, 2004, oil on panel, collection of Margot and Boykin Rose [show more]
2118	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	A Rare View: Everyday Life on Mount Desert Island, 1860 - 1940		A Rare View: Everyday Life on Mount Desert Island, 1860 - 1940 Identifier: 2118    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2000-07 Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: A Rare View: Everyday Life on Mount Desert Island, 1860 - 1940 The Raymond Strout Collection Early maps, posters, broadsides, ledgers, letters, wooden signs, handblown glass, bottles, oyster crocks and Soderholtz pots tell a special story of the everyday life of villagers of Mount Desert Island of the nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Local historian Raymond Strout, who as a Bar Harbor schoolboy became fascinated with collecting "ordinary" objects from the past, reveals how eloquent simple objects and papers become over time. On exhibit from July 8 - August 6 Opening reception July 10 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. [show more]

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