"A Morning In Maine" The Maine Windjammer Project

"A Morning In Maine" by Doug Mills

A morning in Maine at the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine.

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Iconic Maine Artist Barbara Ernst Prey to Serve on Museums Board of The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

Port Clyde, Maine - Barbara Ernst Prey is invited to serve on the Museums board of The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. The Museums, which include the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, offer one of the best collections of American and British antiques and decorative art from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries as well as significant holdings of bold and imaginative pieces of colonial and contemporary folk art.   Prey comments “I am very honored to be invited to serve on the board of The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.  As an American painter who has always engaged various aspects of American culture, I look forward to working on a close level with these august museums, which showcase American visual history and culture in such a unique and important way.”

One of our country’s most acclaimed contemporary landscape artists, Barbara Ernst Prey was appointed by the President of the United States to serve on the National Council  on the Arts, the
 
14 member advisory board of the National Endowment for the Arts.  Members are elected for their established record of distinguished service or achievement in the arts.  She was invited by The President and First Lady of the United States to paint the official White House Christmas card and two of her paintings are in the new Bush Presidential Library.  Barbara’s paintings are in many of the nation’s most esteemed museums and collections including The White House, The Brooklyn Museum, The Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Kennedy Space Center, New York Historical Society, Dartmouth College and are owned by private collectors and celebrities including: Nobel Laureate Dr. and Mrs. James Watson, Ambassador and Mrs. Craig Stapleton, President and Mrs. George W. Bush, Prince and Princess Johannes Lobkowicz, Orlando Bloom and Tom Hanks. As an artistic Ambassador, her artwork is displayed in more than 100 Embassies and Consulates worldwide through the U.S. Art in Embassies program including Paris, Madrid, Oslo, Prague and Hong Kong. As a NASA artist she joins an elite group of American artists who have documented space history.  She was recently featured on the CBS Evening News for her NASA artwork, part of a Smithsonian traveling exhibit. Barbara is the recipient of many honors and awards including the New York State Senate Women of Distinction Award joining Eleanor Roosevelt and Susan B. Anthony. The New York Times writes, “Prey is going where icons Rauschenberg and Warhol have gone before”. A graduate of Williams College with a master’s degree from Harvard, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a grant from The Henry Luce Foundation. She is Adjunct Faulty at Williams College and lectures on American Art both here and abroad.  Barbara Prey’s authentic vision, distinct style and keen understanding of the reflection of identity within a larger context, proves Prey’s place as a significant American artist furthering the genre of the American driven landscape.

The board will convene for the first time on April 24 in Colonial Williamsburg. Prey has served on the advisory board of The Heckscher Museum and was awarded the Heckscher Museum Celebrate Achievement Award for her accomplishments and artistic contributions on a national level. As a Presidential Appointee to the National Council on the Arts she oversees the nation’s grants to the Arts and nominates the National Medal of Arts Awardees.

About The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg include the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum is home to the nation’s premier collection of American folk art, with more than 5,000 folk art objects made during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum exhibits the best in British and American decorative arts from 1670–1830. The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are located at the intersection of Francis and South Henry Streets in Williamsburg, Va., and are entered through the Public Hospital of 1773. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. For museum program information, telephone (757) 220-7724. www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums

"Dawn Of A New Day" The Maine Windjammer Project

"Dawn Of A New Day" by Doug Mills

The dawn of a new day at marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde Maine.[09302008]

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Contemporary Landscape Photography Talk with Artist in Residence

Photo Credit: Barbara Bosworth

 Photographer Bosworth’s parents in Rocky Mountain National Park.

"We must look for a long time before we can see. " – Henry David Thoreau

Port Clyde, Maine – Talking with Barbara Bosworth about her vision of contemporary landscape photography opens up your eyes to looking at the world with a fresh perspective. Join the Georges River Land Trust and K2 Family Foundation for a “guided conversation” with Bosworth, a nationally exhibited landscape and nature photographer and professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, on Wednesday, July 23 at 5 pm at the home of Rob and Margot Kelley in Port Clyde.

Photographers often push themselves to look at the world in new and different ways which leads them to interesting expressions of what they see. Contemporary landscape photography has evolved from the earliest pristine photographs from the likes of Ansel Adams that reflected a world untouched by humans, to current artists interpreting urban landscapes, and everything in between.

Space is limited to 15 people. Interested parties should call the Land Trust office, (207) 594-5166, to reserve a spot and receive directions.

Bosworth is the Land Trust’s 2014 artist in residence and is focusing her residency on photographing the smaller streams and tributaries of the St. George River with her large, 8x10 format camera. In her work, she is particularly interested in the interrelatedness of man and the natural environment. Subdued and nuanced, her work often reveals the sacredness of the land and the effects of human encroachment. Her keen observation has also captured many quiet moments in nature, through images of Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls, and the National Champion trees of Ohio, among others.

Georges River Land Trust is committed to encouraging citizens to discover the river and care for the land throughout the 14 communities in the St. George River watershed. For further information on the Georges River Land Trust, its programs and upcoming events visit www.GeorgesRiver.org or contact them at info@grlt.org or (207) 594-5166.

BARBARA ERNST PREY: East Meets West Extended through Labor Day

Port Clyde, Maine - Due to popular demand Barbara Ernst Prey: East Meets West which has been extended through Labor Day. Prey, an internationally acclaimed artist, is considered one of the most significant painters of our time. In this new series, which showcases a compelling collection of 40 never before seen watercolors, dry-brush and oil paintings, Prey continues her exploration of the Eastern and Western landscape and our complex relationship with the environment. Also included are the artist's paintings from her year as a Luce Scholar in Asia and the American West. The exhibit fills the 100-year-old former Village Inn and is dedicated to the memory of S. Lane Faison, Prey's mentor at Williams College and dean of the Williams Art Mafia. East Meets West takes to a new level Prey's virtuosic ability to observe, study, and capture her environment. This July  Prey's iconic painting The Collection was selected by the U.S. State Department for the cover for all invitations sent out by every U.S. Embassy and U.S. Ambassador worldwide for their Independence Day celebrations.  A study for the painting is included in the exhibit. Prey is currently featured in The Artist's Role in the Community: Six Perspectives, a film by the National Endowment for the Arts.

As one of the key figures of 21st century landscape painting, Prey was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board of the National Endowment for the Arts. Members are chosen for their established record of distinguished service and achievement in the arts. Previous members include noted artists Leonard Bernstein, John Steinbeck, Richard Diebenkorn and Isaac Stern. Her painting Lineleader, is currently on exhibit at the National Endowment for the Arts in the office of the Chairman. Her painting Hydrangeas is in the new Bush Presidential Library and Center. With work in the White House's permanent collection, her appointment to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body

BARBARA ERNST PREY: THE PRINT SHOW July 3-20

Port Clyde, Maine - Blue Water Fine Arts is pleased to present Barbara Ernst Prey: The Print Show featuring a series of twenty newly released prints from July 3 to July 20.  New print releases of Hydrangeas and Family Portrait (collection The Brooklyn Museum) produced in collaboration with U.L.A.E., which produces prints of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, are included in the exhibit as are prints of her iconic painting Patriot and her NASA commissioned work. Prey’s prints are in U.S. Embassies worldwide as well as many prominent collections including those of the White House, Orlando Bloom and Tom Hanks. Also included in the exhibit is a selection of small originals offering a preview of her upcoming annual exhibit, showcasing her virtuosic technique, authentic vision and distinctly American style.

 As one of the key figures of 21st century landscape painting, Prey was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board of the National Endowment for the Arts. Members are chosen for their established record of distinguished service and achievement in the arts. Previous members include noted artists Leonard Bernstein, Marian Anderson, John Steinbeck, Richard Diebenkorn and Isaac Stern.  She is the only visual artist appointed to the National Council on the Arts.

Heckscher Museum Director Michael Schantz said of Prey, “Barbara’s flawless technique ranks her among the most important artists who ever painted in the medium.” Sarah Cash, curator of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, writes, “Among the foremost artists at work in the United States today, Barbara Ernst Prey has painted powerful, vibrant views of her surroundings for nearly forty years. There is a powerful sense of human presence-despite the absence of the figure-infused with a compelling aura of place and history that characterizes this group of Prey’s exquisitely rendered, light-filled watercolors. The artist continues to take the watercolor medium, which has an august role in the history of American art, to innovative places.  The New York Times writes, “Prey is going where icons Rauschenberg and Warhol have gone before.”

Prey graduated from Williams College where she studied with Lane Faison and has a masters from Harvard University where she was able to continue her art history studies.  She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a Henry Luce Foundation grant for her art which enabled her to travel, study and exhibit extensively in Europe and Asia. She is an art blogger for The Huffington Post, a frequent lecturer and an arts advocate as well as adjunct faculty at Williams College. With work in the White House’s permanent collection, her appointment to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body to the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as a long list of important private, public, national and international collections, her place as a significant American artist is secure.  A portion of the proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity.

 Prey’s much anticipated annual exhibit “Barbara Ernst Prey: East Meets West” is at Blue Water Fine Arts July-August 2013.

See Seabird Successes at Sea!

Port Clyde, ME
July 15th, 2012 4-7pm

Join us to hear success stories about bringing back many species of seabirds back from the brink of extinction. On Sunday, July 15th from 4-7pm the Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands will host a cruise aboard the Monhegan boat line’s Elizabeth Ann, to showcase the natural history and the seabird nesting islands along Maine’s midcoast.

Staff members of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge and the Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands will speak about island habitat conservation and restoration projects which have resulted in the re-establishment of long-absent seabird breeding colonies.

Space on the Elizabeth Ann is limited and advance reservations are required.  The boat will depart from the Monheagan Boat Landing in Port Clyde.  Call 594-0600 x.5 to reserve a space.  Rain date is set for Sunday July 22nd.

The mission of the Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands is to encourage the appreciation and conservation of Maine’s rich diversity of coastal habitats, seabirds, and other wildlife. The Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands works closely with the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge and supports a variety of seabird conservation and restoration projects.  For more information about the activities of Friends of Maine Seabird Islands and its partner organizations, please visit www.maineseabirds.org.