inHale Inaugural Weekend Hale House Matunuck June 7 - 10, 2012 401-783-1328 www.inhalematunuck.com

Directions Be part of the inaugural season of inHale! inHale - June 2012 Instructors and Presenters Hale House From points south 2625 Comm. Perry Hwy. (Rt. 1 So. ) I 95 N to CT Exit 92. Right onto Hale House Rte 2 E, to Rte 78 E toward Westerly. Matunuck, RI 02879 Left onto Rte 1 N. Continue 15 miles. Matunuck, Rhode Island Ana Flores is a Cuban-American sculptor, ecological designer, A unique setting for transdisciplinary learning in the Arts and Ecology U-turn after Matunuck Beach Rd. to and activist. Her designs include award-winning outdoor instal- Rte. 1 S. Hale House on right. Weekend Master Classes offered in June & October lations, parks, and programming that engage people with the cul- tural and natural history of their local landscapes. Her sculptural From points north work focusing on cultural and ecological narratives is shown inter- I 95 S to RI Exit 9 to Rte 4 S. Merge onto Rte 1 S. Continue 14 miles to nationally, and included in private and corporate collections. Matunuck. Hale House on right. Betty J. Cotter is the author of the novel Roberta’s Woods, Parking is available on site, and released in 2008 by Five Star. She holds an MFA in writing from on the lower service road. Vermont College of Fine Arts. She was named the 2006 Fiction Fellow by the RI State Council on the Arts. She teaches writing at Area lodging URI, the North Kingstown Arts Council, and leads the Authors Lodging is available throughout Circle lecture series at the Courthouse Center for the Arts. South Kingstown and vicinity, including Wakefield, Matunuck, Maida Goodwin is an archivist at the Sophia Smith Collection Kingston, Narragansett, and of Women’s History Manuscripts at Smith College, whose work Charlestown. Visit our website Matunuck’s “Red House” was the beloved summer retreat of American author, includes the arrangement and description of Hale Family Papers. for additional information. social reformer, and Unitarian minister Hale and his family. Maida also has a degree in Plant and Soil Science from UMass, www.inhalematunuck.com. It was the anchor for a Matunuck summer art colony of the late 19th and and is a Plant Conservation Volunteer for the Nat- early 20th centuries. Warmed by the Hale family’s creativity, playfulness, and ural Heritage and Endangered Species Program. spirited conversation, the home was a favorite destination of visiting writers, Joan & Richard Youngken are consultants for historic preser- inHale Registration artists, and thinkers of the day. “Matunuck for me is a temple consecrated to vation, community planning, and cultural institutions. As princi- Nature” wrote Hale, whose passion for the natural world, and inquiries into the pals of Youngken Associates they played a major role in the Hale ** Space is limited - to the first 35 registrants ** sciences, led to Hale House becoming an artistic and scientific magnet inspired House restoration. Joan is Curator of the Center for the Study of Early registration - before April 20, 2012 $ 275.00 per person Hale Family Art. Their current initiatives focus on the preserva- by the surrounding land and sea. Hale’s children were similarly influenced by tion of the environment and cultural heritage of Matunuck. Registration after April 20, 2012 $ 325.00 per person these experiences, leading to their lifelong passions, and professions, in the arts and literature. Meg Kerr & Q Kellogg coordinate the development of water- Name ______shed indices for the Watershed Counts coalition. Meg is Water- Address______A century later, inHale offers a unique experience in the restored and revital- shed Program Manager for Narragansett Bay Estuary Program. ized Hale House, in a setting that captures the light, soft sea-bearing breeze, She holds an MS in Envornmental Biology from UNC. Q Kellogg City______State______and solitude that once drew artists to the landscape. An idyllic setting where is Assistant Director of URI’s Coastal institute. She received her artists and scientists will convene and engage in experiential, interactive, and PhD in Natural Resources Science from URI. Zip______-______Phone ______participatory learning, inHale offers master classes that explore the language Lindsay Leard-Coolidge is a Lecturer in Art History at North- Email______of art as a catalyst for change, and address ecology’s influence on society. Art eastern University, and serves on the Board of Governors of the exhibits, music and dance, readings and lectures open to the public complete Colby College Museum of Art, the Advisory Committee of the Pay by check payable to Hale House, and mail to: the experience and enrich the community. Be part of our inaugural 2012 season MIT List Visual Arts Center, and the Board of Directors of the Hale House, c/o 2636 Kingstown Road, Kingston, RI 02881-1624 Willow Dell Historical Association. She received her PhD in art – be inspired, to inquire, to inHale . . . history from Columbia University. OR Pay by credit card: (circle one) Visa MC Amex Discover Lori Urso & Marty Richards have performed and recorded Card number: ______together as “Ursula George” for ten years. Each began perform- ing before the age of ten. Since then, drummer Marty, a Berklee Exp date: ____ /____ Name on card: ______graduate, has played with some of the most successful national Signature: Jazz, Blues, and Rock acts, while guitarist/singer Lori has pursued ______an avocation to promote American Blues music. MORNING & AFTERNOON MASTER CLASSES JUNE 2012 DAY SCHEDULES Preparing the Ground / Growing Our Ecological Selves (Ana Flores) June 7-10, 2012 • Tuning into Earth’s Voice How do we go beyond our human-made constructs of identity and discover our The spring session aims to tune the most important instrument, eco-selves within the vast world of nature? How do we each define what nature is? ourselves. Using elemental exercises in observation, listening, What compost of places do we carry within us, and how can we share them with writing and examining the places we come from, we begin to each other? What can that exploration teach us about how we respond to the world? retune the strings that connect us to the earth. This experiential workshop will probe into who we are and where we come from, to better illuminate how we may grow more fully. The tools used within the work- Thursday, June 7 shop will address factors that it takes to attract and ignite audience engagement. New and Old Ways of Seeing / A Literature of Place (Betty J. Cotter) 6:30 – 8:30 PM Welcome wine & cheese reception; exhibit preview How can we adapt the intellectual habits of 19th century writers like , Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau to the problems of the 21st? Is Friday, June 8 there a way of seeing, an observational skill and patience, lost in our age of social media that hampers our ability to understand the social and environmental challenges that 8:00 - 9:30 AM Continental breakfast* / Matunuck beach walk threaten to destroy the sense of place from which these men drew inspiration? In this 9:30 - 10:00 AM Introduction to Hale House and inHale class we will examine the writings and philosophies of Hale, Emerson, and Thoreau and try to establish a standard of intellectual and artistic inquiry that can be applied to prob- 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM First morning Master Class lems such as global warming, sea level rise, and deforestation. We will complete several writing exercises and engage in field observation on the bucolic grounds of Hale House. 11:30 - 11:50 AM Coffee break* The Botanical Identity of the Matunuck Hills / 1:00 - 2:30 PM Lunch* on the Hale House lawn From Natural History to Ecological Thinking (Maida Goodwin) The historic Anna Richards Brewster Camp was built on land purchased by ma- 3:00 - 5:00 PM The Botanical Identity of the Matunuck Hills / rine painter William Trost Richards for his daughter in 1906. The campsite and its From Natural History to Ecological Thinking surrounding landscape, recently preserved by The Nature Conservancy, presents an example of Whole Place Preservation in the region. Here participants will enjoy a 5:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner on your own botanical exploration, observing native species, and understanding how this land- scape influenced Matunuck’s plein air artists. Following the walk, archivist and avid 7:30 PM A Sense of Place, The Painters of Matunuck, 1873-1941 botanizer Maida Goodwin will present an illustrated talk that connects this activity to the Hale family’s interest in botanizing, based on their letters, writings, and drawings. Saturday, June 9 Data by Design: Creative Ways to Convey Eco-indices (Meg Kerr & Q Kellogg) Watershed Counts (WC) is a coalition initiative formed in 2011 to report on the 8:00 - 9:30 AM Continental breakfast* / health of Narragansett Bay’s watershed to decision makers and the public. Natural Conversation on the East Piazza at Hale House systems are complex. Data describing land and water can be confusing due to their technical formats and figures. Participants will engage in a discussion of the effective- 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Second morning Master Class ness of indicators of climate change, impervious cover, beach closures, fresh water 11:30 - 11:50 AM Coffee break* flow, and invasive species in their ability to inform the general public. Participants will brainstorm creative methods of conveying newly-developed indices related to the 1:00 - 2:30 PM Lunch on your own Bay, that may be immediately incorporated into what WC offers for public data distri- bution. This session will educate participants on how to read and interpret data, while 3:00 - 4:30 PM Data by Design: Creative Ways to Convey Eco-indices participants contribute ideas on creative ways to convey those data to stakeholders. 5:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner* at Hale House with guest artists MORNING ACTIVITIES 7:30 PM The Rhythms of the Plantation Matunuck Beach Walk and Observation Breathe in RI’s ocean mist along a stretch of beach that includes South Kingstown, Willow Dell, Roy Carpenter’s, and Sunday, June 10 Moonstone Beaches and the historic cottages of Browning’s Beach. Once enjoyed by the Hales, this south-facing shore is a living example of the destructive impacts of 9:30 -11:00 AM Continental breakfast* / Guided Gallery Tour climate change and sea-level rise, and current methods to preserve the seawall. Private collection of Hale and Matunuck Art

Matunuck Art, Up Close: a Private Gallery Tour (Joan & Rich Youngken) 11:30 AM Wrap-up session Special to inHale, an exclusive curator’s tour of a private collection of Hale and Ma- tunuck art, in the collector’s modern gallery. Includes masterworks by American im- *provided by inHale pressionists , , and , and works by other celebrated artists of the Matunuck art colony. OCTOBER PREVIEW October 11-14, 2012 • Sustained Observations EVENING PROGRAMS Understanding environmental phenomena requires sus- Lecture: A Sense of Place, The Painters of Matunuck, 1873-1941 tained observation of Earth’s systems. Finding our own Lindsay Leard-Coolidge reconstructs the seventy-year history of the Matunuck art natural world connections requires a similar depth. The fall colony, and the transformation of the picturesque farming village following the resi- sessions aim to help us gain this observational perspective. dency by E. E. Hale in 1873. She reveals how the varied scenery and freedom to ex- periment that these artists found in Matunuck combined to create a unique summer The Drawing Environment (Jeffrey Marshall) colony, one based more on the sense of place than on a prevailing style of painting. This workshop will focus on the power of place, and how it can guide the practical Performance: The Rhythms of the Plantation and aesthetic decisions of a drawing. We will use on-site sketching as a foundation American Blues music was born on the 19th century plantation, with deep African toward the development of fully-realized drawings using a variety of materials. roots. In Rhode Island, King Philip’s War and the Triangle Trade led to the enslave- ment of Africans and Native Americans on this region’s Pettaquamscutt Plantations. Time: Searching for the 4th Dimension in the Land (Gabriel Warren) Through the music listeners can appreciate the emotion and hardship of the op- What does the geology of local sites tell us about the ancient stories embedded pressed. We will also consider how the Blues was transformed by the Great Migration there? Learn to look for the the 4th dimension – time – in the landscape with of black and white southerns to Chicago and other northern areas. sculptor Gabriel Warren, whose artistic explorations at the poles have revealed how the glaciers and geological formations are the land’s critical storytellers.

EXHIBITION (June 7 through August 20) Understanding the Landscape: Experimenting with Long Exposures in the Field (Jonathan Sharlin) Jonathan is an analog photographer developing his own prints. He has the same Seeing the Sea exacting and poetic patience for the darkroom process as he has for his sustained An exhibition of selected Visual Art Sea Grant Recipients observation of certain landscapes. Jonathan will share both his own work and those of other picture makers, discussing technical and aesthetic choices. The Role of Arts in Social Change (Louisa McCall) Louisa is Director of Artists in Context, a flexible organizational framework de- signed to assemble artists and other creative thinkers across disciplines to concep- Susan Schultz • Olivia McCullogh • Kim Salerno • Kathie Florsheim • Jeffrey Marshall tualize new ways of representing and acting upon the critical issues of our time. When , Ellen Day Hale, Phillip Leslie Hale, and their fellow Matunuck paint- How the Natural World Inspires Our Mythologies (Mystic Paper Beasts) ers addressed the sea around southern Rhode Island in the 1880s, the coastal landscape Mystic Paper Beasts have gained local and international renown for their creation appeared untouched by human development. Their aesthetic concern was focused on of an extraordinary collection of ingenious masks, and for the whimsy and exuber- simulating light by using the most current theories of color. One hundred years later ance of their performances. The Beasts revel in roving, interactive entertainment. The Visual Arts Sea Grant Program of Rhode Island, established by the University of Connecting Earth, Body, and Soul through Sound (Royal Hartigan) Rhode Island, encourages New England professional visual artists to address the issue Experience the essence of world culture via drumming traditions. Through sound of the environment of the ocean and its coastal communities. Artists chosen for these Royal reaches beyond the veil of time, space, and thought to express life in a di- grants over the past twenty-five years are seeing the sea in a very different light from mension that connects us to ourselves, each other, the natural environment, and their plein air colleagues. They too are using scientific data to inform their vision, but beyond. now these tools allow us to go beneath the surface of the ocean. The connecting theme Exhibition: Gaia’s Garden / Process and Praxis (Ana Flores) of many of the contemporary art works is of seas dangerously altered by human impact. Selected studio works of Ana Flores that have evolved into projects of community engagement and ecological design. It will include both an indoor gallery exhibit as inHale Partners well as an outdoor poetry box installation on the Hale House grounds. RI Early October registrations accepted - contact us to reserve your seat!