Identifier	Type	Subject	Title	Web Resource
2151	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	A Salute to Wingspread: Aurelia Brown, Marian Olin, and Adele Seronde		A Salute to Wingspread: Aurelia Brown, Marian Olin, and Adele Seronde Identifier: 2151    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: A Salute to Wingspread: Aurelia Brown, Marian Olin, and Adele Seronde Opening reception: Sunday, July 11, 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 31 Blum Gallery hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tues - Sat. Front: Adele Seronde, Iris, oil, four feet in diameter
2152	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	East/West: Yoga, Calligraphy, and Stones		East/West: Yoga, Calligraphy, and Stones Identifier: 2152    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: East/West: Yoga, Calligraphy, and Stones Silk scroll, ink drawings, and photographs by Leon Chang, Walter Compton (1941-1995), Philip Heckscher, Steve Katona and Christopher Lyman Opening reception: Thursday, October 15, 4 to 6:30 p.m., with calligraphy demonstration at 5:30 Exhibition runs through November 14 Front: To Write, Chinese character, ink calligraphy by Philip Heckscher
2153	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	The Tallit Katan: Does God Care if I Make Them Out Of...?		The Tallit Katan: Does God Care if I Make Them Out Of...? Identifier: 2153    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: The Tallit Katan: Does God Care If I Make Them Out Of...? Jewish ritual garments created from ordinary and extraordinary materials, by Bob Gottlieb. Opening reception: Sunday, December 6, 4 to 6 p.m. Exhibition runs through Saturday, January 9 Gallery hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon. - Sat. Front: Tallit Katan based on Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. flags, 1997, by Bob Gottlieb
2154	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Ancient Traditions, Contemporary Visions		Ancient Traditions, Contemporary Visions Identifier: 2154    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Ancient Traditions, Contemporary Visions August 14-September 21 Art has the capacity to convey timeless values of truth and beauty even as it confronts violence and change. Five American artists from Asian, Middle Eastern and Western traditions express complex multi-cultural realities in painting and sculpture. Eyal Danieli~Bob Gottlieb~Philip Heckscher~Nina Kuo~Wasma'a Chorbachi Opening reception on Sunday, August 17, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Front: "Mount Desert," Philip Heckscher, 1999, 24" x 36" [show more]
2155	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Photographs by Bill McDowell		Photographs by Bill McDowell Identifier: 2155    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Collection: Blum Gallery Collection Description: Photographs by Bill McDowell May 23 - June 5 The Gallery College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, Maine Opening reception: Friday, May 23, 4:00-6:00 Gallery hours: 9 to 5, Mon.-Fri.
2168	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Beauty and the Beast: Nature Images		Beauty and the Beast: Nature Images Identifier: 2168    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2003-08 Collection: Dorr Museum Collection 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]
2169	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	History and Destiny in World Fisheries		History and Destiny in World Fisheries Identifier: 2169    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2007-07 Collection: Dorr Museum Collection 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]
2182	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Collecting Art in America		Collecting Art in America Identifier: 2182    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-08-05 Collection: Dorr Museum Collection 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]
2185	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	Birds of Acadia National Park		Birds of Acadia National Park Identifier: 2185    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1989 Collection: Dorr Museum Collection 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.
2188	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2188    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1982-05-29 Collection: Commencement Collection 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.
2189	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2189    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1977-06-04 Collection: Commencement Collection 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.
2190	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2190    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1977-06-04 Collection: Commencement Collection 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.
2191	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1978 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1978 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2191    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1978-06-03 Collection: Commencement Collection 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.
2192	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1979 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1979 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2192    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1979-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection 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.
2193	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1980 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1980 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2193    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1980-05-31 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's eighth commencement celebration, May 31, 1980. It has a botanical illustration of a flower and the inside of a fruit.
2194	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1981 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1981 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2194    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1981-05-30 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the front of the College of the Atlantic's 1981 commencement invitation. It is illustrated with a print depicting a fruit tree in front of an island.
2195	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Celebration		1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Celebration Identifier: 2195    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1984-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the front of the program pamphlet for the College of the Atlantic's twelfth commencement celebration, June 2, 1984. It is illustrated with a black line drawing depicting natural forms.
2196	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1985 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1985 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2196    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1985-06-01 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: The first image is from the invitation the College of the Atlantic's thirteenth commencement celebration, June 1, 1985. It has an illustration depicting Aguilegia canadensis, or wild columbine. The second image is from the program leaflet for the commencement. It has an abstract illustration in black and white.
2217	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1986 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1986 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2217    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1986-05-31 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials for the fourteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, May 31, 1986. The first image is from the commencement program. It has a black and white illustration depicting birds, by Trisha Braden. The second image is from the invitation to the commencement. It has a black and white image depicting the patterns left from waves in the sand.
2218	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1987 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1987 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2218    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1987-05-30 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the fifteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, held on May 30, 1987. The first image is from the commencement program and has a black and white stylized illustration depicting plants. The second image is from the commencement invitation, and has a teal and white abstract design. The third image is a graduation pledge of environmental and social responsibility, originally from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. The text of the pledge reads: "I, [name], pledge to thoroughly investigate and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job opportunity I consider." The accompanying text describing the pledge says: "This Pledge is one of a burgeoning number of similar oaths and pledges being created by scientists, mathematicians, physicians, and others to foster greater awareness of the impact of work and study choices on global problems. Such public declarations of personal intent can reach far beyond the individual in their impact. Said one HSU Pledge signer, "When I get my first teaching job ... I'll have it on the wall of my classroom." The Graduation Pledge Alliance is promoting the Pledge to other universities." [show more]
2237	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1988 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1988 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2237    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1988-05-28 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the College of the Atlantic's sixteenth commencement ceremony, held on May 28, 1988, in Bar Harbor. The first image is from the commencement invitation. It has a blue and white illustration depicting abstract human figures in a circle, locking arms. The second image is from the commencement program brochure. It has a stylized black and white illustration depicting a crane in mid-flight. According to a May 20, 1988 COA News release, the 1988 commencement ceremony included a large mobile constructed of one thousand origami cranes, made by members of the graduating class and community. The cranes symbolized world peace and were inspired by the memory of Sadako Sasaki, a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb whose project to make one thousand paper cranes became an international symbol of a wish for peace. [show more]
2238	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1989 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1989 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2238    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1989-06-03 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the seventeenth commencement celebration at the College of the Atlantic, held on June 3, 1989. The first image is from the commencement invitation card. It has a detailed black and white line illustration by Katrina Hodgins. The second image is from the commencement program. It has a black and white photograph of a group of five young children, printed on a gray background. The photograph was taken by Jared Crawford. [show more]
2239	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1990 College of the Atlantic Commencement Program		1990 College of the Atlantic Commencement Program Identifier: 2239    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1990-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the front cover of the program for the eighteenth commencement ceremony of the College of the Atlantic, held on June 2, 1990. It has a black and white print depicting a group of human figures climbing a set of stairs to look out at a view of water and evergreen trees. Some of the figures are helping other figures up, and one is raising their arms in wonder or celebration. The text reads: "Here comes the turn of the tide." Emily Bracale, '90 created the cover illustration, and it was printed on recycled paper. [show more]
2240	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1991 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1991 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2240    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1991-06-08 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the nineteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, held on June 8th, 1991. The first image is from the commencement invitation. It features a grayscale photograph of a collection of rocks, taken by Noreen E. Hogan. The second image is from the commencement program. It is also in grayscale, and depicts waves in water. The art is credited to Ned Ormsby, and was printed on recycled paper. It also features a quote attributed toAmerican Transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. The quote by Emerson reads: "What is Success? To laugh often and love much, to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a lot better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived -- this is to have succeeded." [show more]
2261	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	College of the Atlantic 1992 Commencement Materials		College of the Atlantic 1992 Commencement Materials Identifier: 2261    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1992-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the twentieth commencement celebration of College of the Atlantic, which was held on June 6, 1992. The first two images are the commencement invitation. The invitation has a detailed and whimsical blue ink illustration of a winged human figure blowing a trumpet, surrounded by abstract shapes, on white paper. On the back there is hand lettering inviting attendees to the commencement ceremony. The second two images are the front and back of the commencement program. The front has a print in blue ink depicting a stylized sun with a face, with the text "college of the atlantic 1992" surrounding the sun. On the back, there is printed text that reads: "Founded by residents of Mount Desert Island in 1969, College of the Atlantic is a small private college located on the shores of Frenchman's Bay in Bar Harbor, Maine. COA grants two degrees in human ecology, a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy. Human Ecology emphasizes the interrelationships of humans and their natural, social, and technological environments. Core areas of study at the college include environmental science, arts and design, and human studies." At the bottom of this page, there is a quote by Margaret Mead in calligraphy, reading: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does." [show more]

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