Discovering Marsden Hartley in Stoneham, Maine

An Interview with Dan Barker

Houses like the ones he painted can still be seen in this area. He liked to walk and spent a lot of time on the road. He collected thoughts and memories and then used them later on somewhere else. The waterfall Hartley painted is on Great Brook and today you can’t see it because it’s all grown back up with forest growth.

A Year of Transitions

Reflecting on Mentorship

“But this year, Beth has gently reminded me that all aspects of my experience, including that of being a woman, can enrich my work as a curator.”

A Danish Sojourn

On the Road

“Judging from the good use that visitors made of Louisiana’s picturesque campus—reading, picnicking, napping, and the aforementioned swimming, not to mention listening and looking—the weekend had occasioned a renewable feast of exquisite memories.”