Thursdays, 10:15 am–12:15 pm | April 10–April 24
Location: Baker Free Library, Bow
Instructor: Inez McDermott

In the latter years of the 19th century, New Hampshire became a summer haven and an escape from urban centers for artists, writers, composers, and other creative people. We will learn about what cultural, economic, and social factors contributed to the rise of art “colonies” in Peterborough, Dublin, Cornish, and Appledore Island in this era, and learn something about the charismatic figures (Edward MacDowell, Abbott Thayer, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Celia Thaxter) whose presence contributed to establishing these creative communities.

Inez McDermott is Professor Emeritus of Art History at New England College. She curates art and history exhibitions at various museums and galleries throughout New England, including most recently, “An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain” at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University (2023). In 2016, she was co-curator of Mount Washington, The Crown of New England, at the Currier Museum of Art.