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Rockwell Kent's Illustrations for Moby Dick - Lecture by Elizabeth Spear, Colby College Museum of Art
In honor of the exhibition Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, and Monhegan on view in the Wyeth Center, May 12 to January 6, scholar Elizabeth Spear will discuss Rockwell Kent's illustrations for Moby Dick and his work on Monhegan Island. Kent was generally considered the most important American book illustrator of the 1920s and 30s, gracing such works as Candide, Moby Dick, and The Canterbury Tales.
 
Realism and Resonance: George Bellows Paints the Urban Landscape and the Sea - Lecture by Marianne Doezema
In light of the exhibition Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, and Monhegan, this lecture will look at one of Kent’s contemporaries, George Bellows. Both Kent and Bellows were students of Robert Henri, who introduced them to Monhegan Island. Unlike Kent, who rarely painted urban scenes, Bellow’s early paintings of New York celebrated the city’s bigness and boldness. This lecture will look at a number of Bellows’ urban themes, why his paintings were acclaimed by conservatives, progressives, and radicals alike, and will also explore his engagement with the sea following his visit to Monhegan Island with Robert Henri.
Impressionist Summers: Frank W. Benson's North Haven — Lecture by guest curator Faith Andrews Bedford
Join us the opening weekend of the exhibition Impressionist Summers, for an illustrated lecture about Frank W. Benson's life and work given by scholar and curator, Faith Andrews Bedford. This illustrated lecture will focus on Benson's life and work at his summer home, just a short ferry ride from Rockland and the Farnsworth Art Museum. It was at Wooster Farm on Maine's North Haven Island that Benson painted almost all of his brilliant, sun-drenched Impressionist paintings, launched his prolific etching career, and began his highly successful watercolor period.
 
Fertile Ground: Rockwell Kent on Monhegan Island - Lecture by Scott R. Ferris
To mark the opening of the exhibition Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, and Monhegan, the Farnsworth is pleased to have Scott R. Ferris—a lecturer, author, curator, and former director of The Rockwell Kent Legacies––share his thoughts on how Kent utilized the fertile ground of Monhegan Island to cultivate his burgeoning persona and artistic styles.
 
The Homestead Architects

Join us for a panel discussion involving architects and architectural designers participating in The Homestead Project exhibition. The architects and architectural designers will present and discuss their re-envisions of a modern day homestead located in downtown Rockland.

The Homestead Project Gallery Tour with Assistant Curator Jane Bianco - August
The Homestead Project exhibition, on view March 24 through September 23, features the designs of ten architectural firms who have been charged with creating a home for a growing family in 2012, loosely modeled on the Farnsworths of 1849: a successful businessman, his wife and three young children. Balancing elements of privacy with public exposure for a home situated in 2012 on what is now the Farnsworth Museum campus, architects and their teams have designed a new “Farnsworth Homestead” on the current site, taking into consideration the surrounding museum block and current zoning codes. Assistant Curator, Jane Biano, will lead visitors through this dynamic and multi-faceted exhibition during a 30-minute gallery tour.
 
The Homestead Project Gallery Tour with Assistant Curator Jane Bianco and Architect Harry Cobb
The Homestead Project exhibition, on view March 24 through September 23, features the designs of ten architectural firms who have been charged with creating a home for a growing family in 2012, loosely modeled on the Farnsworths of 1849: a successful businessman, his wife and three young children. Balancing elements of privacy with public exposure for a home situated in 2012 on what is now the Farnsworth Museum campus, architects and their teams have designed a new “Farnsworth Homestead” on the current site, taking into consideration the surrounding museum block and current zoning codes. Assistant Curator, Jane Biano, will lead visitors through this dynamic and multi-faceted exhibition during a 30-minute gallery tour.
 
The Homestead Project Gallery Tour with Assistant Curator Jane Bianco - June
The Homestead Project exhibition, on view March 24 through September 23, features the designs of ten architectural firms who have been charged with creating a home for a growing family in 2012, loosely modeled on the Farnsworths of 1849: a successful businessman, his wife and three young children. Balancing elements of privacy with public exposure for a home situated in 2012 on what is now the Farnsworth Museum campus, architects and their teams have designed a new “Farnsworth Homestead” on the current site, taking into consideration the surrounding museum block and current zoning codes. Assistant Curator, Jane Biano, will lead visitors through this dynamic and multi-faceted exhibition during a 30-minute gallery tour.
 
The Homestead Project Gallery Tour with Assistant Curator Jane Bianco - April
The Homestead Project exhibition, on view March 24 through September 23,features the designs of principals of ten architectural firms who have been charged with creating a home for a growing family in 2012, loosely modeled on the Farnsworths of 1849: a successful businessman, his wife and three young children. Balancing elements of privacy with public exposure for a home situated in 2012 on what is now the Farnsworth Museum campus, architects and their teams have designed a new “Farnsworth Homestead” on the current site, taking into consideration the surrounding museum block and current zoning codes. Assistant Curator, Jane Biano, will lead visitors through this dynamic and multi-faceted exhibition during a 30-minute gallery tour.
 
Art of the Book Gallery Talks with Angela Waldron
The Art of the Book, organized by Farnsworth Registrar Angela Waldron, is the first ever exploration of the museum’s diverse collection of nineteenth- and twentieth- century rare, first edition, and out-of-print illustrated books ranging from the earliest museum purchases in the 1940’s to important donations made throughout the museum’s history. With a few exceptions, the show is drawn entirely from the collection and features a selection of first-edition classics such as Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bullfinch, Drawings by C. D. Gibson, Poems of Childhood by Maxfield Parrish, and The Wonder Clock by Howard Pyle.