Thursday, July 22nd
Floating pieces will be launched on Echo Lake, Babson Creek and other locations.
Information about creating a piece that floats is available at www.mdi-landescapes.com. The pieces will be up for 2 weeks.
Contact Sam Shaw for where to bring sculptures for launching:
207-276-5000.
Participating artists include: Avy Claire, Sydie Lansing, Jerry Mischek, Nancy Manter, Jane Sangerman, Sam Shaw, SFOA (Summer Festival of the Arts, the Wavelady Project team: artists Anna Shapiro and Jessica Poser with consulting engineer, Andrew Anselmo. In addition, Jo Anna Isaak, Professor of Art History at Williams and Hobart, and independent curator, has invited 2 more NYC artists for water installations for LandEscapes: Kathy Grove and Sam Kunce.
Public Events
Tuesday, July 27 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Artistic Cartography, day-long adult workshop with Tora Johnson
GIS Lab (Geographic Information Systems Lab) at College of the Atlantic
Fee: $100, bring a bag lunch
sign up required with Tora Johnson via email at tjohnson@coa.edu or by phone at (207) 288-5015 ext. 374.
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In this all-day hands-on workshop participants will learn the basics of digital map-making and cartographic design. We will explore the ways in which maps and cartographic images are used in a variety of visual media and try our hands at using maps as the basis for design. Basic familiarity with computers is required. Some experience in digital design is helpful, but not necessary.
Wednesday, July 28 9 a.m. - noon
Writing Workshop with Christina Baker Kline
College of the Atlantic, Turrets Building
Fee: $50
Sign up required, call Nancy Manter, 917-216-8102
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Christina Baker Kline, writer and author of the book, “Desire Lines”, a novel set in Bangor, is Lecturer of English at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.
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On teaching: "When people argue about whether writing can be taught, I think they're missing the point. Everybody has something to say. My goal as a teacher is to provide students with structure, guidance, inspiration, and encouragement. I want them to amaze themselves with their own insight and abilities. I know I'm on the right track when a student says, 'Wow—I didn't know I could do that!'" —CBK
Wednesday, July 28
Film night at COA
Films and time to be announced.
Thursday July 29 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Swan's Island
Day-long excursion to meet artist Barbara Andrus on Swan’s Island
Cost: ferry (RT adult is $12, RT child is $5.75, bicycles additional), bring snacks and lunch
Reservations required for the event (not the ferry, you can walk on): Nancy Manter 917-216-8102. Note: If you end up taking a different ferry, contact Nancy Manter for directions
Barbara Andrus is from Swan’s Island and New York City. She is creating a desire line installation on Swan’s Island and there will be a special walk organized on the island. 9am departure on Swans Island Ferry located in Bass Harbor, arrives at Swan’s around 9:35. The last boat back is at 4:30. One car is available to shuttle those to the event that don’t want to walk.
Thursday evening, July 29 7:30 – 9 p.m. Southwest Harbor Library
An evening presentation with panelists: Christina Baker Kline, Dennis Bracale, Wendy Edwards, andCarl Little
Christina Baker Kline, writer and author of Desire Lines, from West Tremont and New Jersey
The author of two novels, Desire Lines (William Morrow, 1999) and Sweet Water (HarperCollins, 1993); co-author of a nonfiction book, The Conversation Begins: Mothers and Daughters Talk About Living Feminism (Bantam, 1996); and editor of two collections, Child of Mine: Original Essays on Becoming a Mother (Hyperion, 1997), and Room to Grow: 22 Writers Encounter the Pleasure and Paradoxes of Raising Young Children (St. Martin's Press, 1999).
Dennis Bracale, landscape architect from Mount Desert Island
Interested in Chinese culture and garden history. His study has involved human ecology, environmental design, ecology, and garden history. Awarded a Thomas J. Watson fellowship for his proposal, "In search of the garden, beliefs about nature." Writing the proposal involved travel to 18 countries over 18 months documenting gardens and landscapes, including three months in China. As a designer, he is interested in a garden's spatial complexity and in how a philosophical stance towards nature is manifested in the form of the garden.
Wendy Edwards, Professor of Art and painter from Brown University Art Department, Providence, Rhode Island
Highly successful painter, has taught two generations of artists and been a role model for both men and women. Solo exhibitions include the Sermas Gallery in New York City and the Palazzo Cenzi Gallery in Rome. Her abstract images deal with netlike patterns found in architectural decorative elements, ceramic tiles, textiles and leaves.
According to group exhibit sponsor, Kent Rush, who included Wendy Edwards in a show at the University of Texas, San Antonio, “whether or not these women artists consider themselves individually part of the Women's Movement, their actions then and now speak loudly in favor of women as equals, professionals, participants and successes.
Carl Little, writer, poet and Director, Marketing and Communications for the Maine Community Foundation, from Mount Desert Island
Author of Edward Hopper's New England (1993), Winslow Homer and the sea (1995), Paintings of New England (1996), Art of the Maine Islands (1997), Winslow Homer: His art, his light, his landscapes (1997).
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