Guide to looking When viewing art, allow a few minutes just to observe. Careful observation allows time to use all the senses, become engaged, and notice things missed at first glance. Make a list of everything observed: objects, colors, shapes, patterns, as well as the feelings that the work conveys to you. Guiding Questions: What […]
Born in New Hampshire in 1955; raised on the campus of Phillips Academy, Andover; the second of five children, Abbie Owen Read grew up with access to the natural world as well as superior facilities on campus where her father was an instructor in English and theater. The coast of Maine became an integral part […]
Cynthia Motian McGuirl has been working in the arts her whole life. As a teenager growing up in Rhode Island, she studied traditional drawing and painting. She studied sculpture and fiber at the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Mass., and the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. Cynthia had a handweaving business in […]
with Jude Valentine, Farnsworth Coordinator of Public Programs A little background: Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) was first developed at Harvard University through the work of cognitive psychologist Abigail Housen. It was adapted as a museum education program at MoMA more than 30 years ago and widely used since then in educational environments including classrooms, museums, […]
“ I find that portraits of children from previous time periods are fascinating. Their clothing, pose and details indicate what it was like to be a child, and how adults viewed children. Lucy Farnsworth helped to create Farnsworth Art Museum to honor her father William A. Farnsworth and give a gift to the midcoast residents. […]
On April 22, 2020, the Farnsworth is featuring poems by Maine writers exploring praise of nature, the psychological and emotional connections with nature and the environment, and poems of warning in the light of the climate crisis. These images are also being offered throughout the day on our Facebook and Instagram feed. Each poem is […]
Guide to Looking When viewing art, allow a few minutes just to observe. Careful observation allows time to use all the senses, become engaged, and notice things missed at first glance. Make a list of everything observed: objects, colors, shapes, patterns, as well as the feelings that the work conveys to you. Guiding Questions: What […]
“One of the things I enjoy most about modern art is the inventiveness, sense of place, and combination of materials that are not usually used together to make art. Artist Celeste Roberge has created a couch (in French it is a Chaise Gabion, or sofa cage) where river rocks (so familiar to us who live […]
Bar Harbor, Maine artist Robert Pollien earned his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Pollien is represented by Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland, Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor, and The Littlefield Gallery in Winter Harbor, Maine. He has been a Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellow and […]
For many years, artist Lesia Sochor has led an egg-decorating workshop at the Farnsworth. Sochor is an artist of direct Ukrainian descent and lives in Brooks, Maine. She studied fine art at the Philadelphia College of Art, has been teaching for more than 25 years, and has exhibited extensively in the state of Maine and […]
