Discover the enduring appeal of Maine's magnificent coastline, an inspiration for evocative seascape paintings by renowned American artists, during this popular cruise.
Art Along the Coast of Maine
A Round-trip Cruise from Portland
9 days from $6,645
Discover the enduring appeal of Maine's magnificent coastline, an inspiration for evocative seascape paintings by renowned American artists, during this popular cruise.
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WHAT OUR TRAVELERS SAY
- Previous Journeys TravelerI like the combination of a small cruise ship with the educational aspect of the Smithsonian. The group was small enough to allow everyone to mingle. The emphasis was on art, and it allowed me the opportunity to explore art collections I wouldn't normally have access to.
- Previous Journeys TravelerFascinating experience, good company, enriched by educational component.
- Ken H.Breathtaking natural beauty coupled with excellent education regarding American artists who painted in Maine.
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Janice Simon
Janice Simon is Professor of Art History at the University of Georgia, Lamar School of Art, where her teaching focus is on the art of the United States from colonial times through World War II. She received her M.A and Ph.D.with distinction in Art History from the University of Michigan. Professor Simon has taught a wide variety of subjects related to American art on both the undergraduate and graduate levels including American landscape painting. She has been honored with numerous teaching awards including the University of Georgia’s most prestigious distinction, the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship. She has contributed to many art publications and periodicals including the recent exhibition catalog for the National Gallery of Art, American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists; as guest curator for the Mattatuck Museum, Images of Contentment: John Frederick Kensett and the Connecticut Shore; and as essay contributor for the Georgia Museum of Art's Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge 1883-1950; Crossroads in American Impressionism at the Turn of the Century; Classical Ground: Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painters and the Italian Encounter; and One Hundred American Paintings.