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Inside This Issue the Bullfrom johnny cake hill | etinspring 2020 Inside this issue: High School Apprenticeship Program’s 10th Anniversary | Upcoming Exhibition on Albert Pinkham Ryder Lighting the Way Celebrates the Centennial of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment HelmFROM THE A Tribute to Llewellyn Howland, III Members and Friends: By Lloyd Macdonald You will likely be reading this Bulletin while we are still in the midst of the coronavirus public health emergency and it is my greatest hope that this edition finds you safe and healthy. With that in mind, there Llewelyn Howland, III (“Louie” to all who knew him), a four-term Trustee of the Museum, former Chair of the may be dates published in these pages that may shift as a result of the situation. While I certainly hope that Scholarship and Publications Committee, long-serving member of the Collections Committee and member during this crisis comes to a speedy conclusion, I am more mindful now than ever of the value of togetherness. his tenure on the Executive and Governance Committees, died on June 21, 2019. He was 81. As a Museum, we are a place of gathering on many levels. We collect and steward the objects, literature, and stories of our region’s history. We protect and share some of the most vital data and research in the Louie’s and my service on the Board coin- to Louie himself. He also co-edited the world of marine mammal bioacoustics. We unearth hidden stories of some of the most impactful women cided almost exactly. Early in our tenure, Museum’s 2007 publication of On the to have walked our streets. We curate our Collection in ways that share not only our spectacular art and on the occasion of a Board retreat, the Wind, the authoritative collection of the objects, but the unique stories that connect us to them. facilitator requested that each of us give a work of maritime photographer, Norman Most importantly, however, we are a place for you to see yourselves reflected in the stories we tell. The shift short description of our background and Fortier, Louie’s close personal friend. the origin of our interest in the Museum. we have had to make during these times away from being a place where we can all physically gather has felt According to his wife, Jay, Louie remained Those who spoke before Louie, includ- tectonic in size. The Museum team moved swiftly to share our stories and Collection digitally to give you “tremendously impressed by, and proud ing myself, longwindedly recounted our an opportunity to remain connected from the comfort of your own home. From our compelling regional of” the “emergency management duo” subject matter interests, but when it was history, our inspiring fine and decorative art, the contemporary scientific data that serves to help protect of fellow trustees, Cal Siegel and John Louie’s turn, he simply announced in a and preserve marine life, and to our new tools for educators to teach in this digital classroom moment, Garfield, who in 2007-2008 navigated loud, dispositive voice: “I am here because you can find it all at www.whalingmuseum.org/MuseumFromHome. the Museum through the difficult inter- my name is HOWLAND!” I look forward to our return to togetherness and this still remains a celebratory year for the Museum. Our regnum between Museum Presidents in award-winning High School Apprenticeship Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary! This program The place broke up, but all acknowledged treacherous financial times. “The Muse- has been a truly awe-inspiring effort to support our community’s youth and we are seeing the results today the authenticity of Louie’s declaration. um community pulled together,” Jay not- ed. “It was an inspiring time for Louie.” as we have followed students through their educational and professional careers. Indeed, a year later pursuant to an initia- The centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment (some women’s right to vote) is tive that flowed from that same retreat, I Probably the event that most deeply inspiring everyone to get involved with Lighting the Way as we launch new aspects of the project and was doing some research on the origin of moved Louie was the realization of his continue to discover histories of remarkable women. the Museum and came across the paper dream, as a trustee of both our Museum written in 1903 by Louie’s distant rela- Llewelyn Howland, III and of Mystic Seaport, that the Charles Coming this summer is a landmark art exhibition and publication, A Wild Note of Longing: Albert tive, Ellis Howland. In it he urged that a W. Morgan whaleship be refurbished Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art. The show will bring together major masterworks across the museum be established to collect and pro- and return under sail to its home port of career of New Bedford native, Albert Pinkham Ryder, who achieved legendary status among artists during tect the legacy of New Bedford’s nineteenth-century whaling New Bedford. That happened in June 2014 with a fabulous his lifetime. This is the first exhibition of Ryder’s work since 1990 when an exhibition was hosted by the prominence. Ellis Howland went further, however, and mem- celebration organized by the Museum. Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Brooklyn Museum. orably submitted that the nascent museum have a wider focus Louie’s Coda to the Museum was actually written in 2007, And finally, in the spirit of togetherness, I am tremendously excited to launch our initiative called to “embrace all of ‘Old Dartmouth.’ That wide stretch of forest a time when there was considerable pressure to redefine the Common Ground: A Community Mosaic. New Bedford is an extraordinary place of infinite possibilities, and shore including New Bedford, Dartmouth, Westport, part Museum’s mission to focus exclusively on the whaling story where different paths from around the world have intersected and defined the city’s character. For the of Little Compton, Fairhaven, and Acushnet, which old King and to separate it programmatically from that of the region’s next three years, the Museum will be collecting and sharing the stories of the community – in their own Massasoit sold to the settlers.” words. The initiative will culminate in an exhibition that shares the lived experiences of the enduring and history. Louie passionately objected and concluded in a com- evolving communities of the area. Louie enthusiastically remained faithful to this dual vision of munication to me: the Museum to the end. I still consider myself to be fairly new at the helm of the New Bedford Whaling Museum and I would Let our museum grow to its proper height and width like to share how deeply inspired I am to be part of this community. These first months of the year have Louie promoted the Museum’s sponsorship of several exquisite and breadth. Prune it. Shape it. Nurture it. But never been challenging at times, and scary at others, but the passion and commitment of the staff, board, and publications, among them the biography of Raymond Hunt, cut away its roots. For its roots lie deep in the soil of Old volunteers will be something I will never forget. the legendary yacht designer, and A Man for All Oceans, the Dartmouth, and it has prospered mightily thereby. biography of Captain Joshua Slocum. Louie himself in 2015 Bless Louie’s memory and our opportunity to have been able I hope to see you soon and be well! authored the definitive biography of the America’s Cup yacht to serve the Museum together with him. (and airplane and machine gun!) designer, Starling Burgess, entitled, “No Ordinary Being”—an appellation appropriate Amanda D. McMullen President and CEO EDUCATION High School Apprenticeship Program Celebrating 10 Years! Until the celebration, the program and the apprentices will keep conservation and environmental protection and develop their own In 2010, the Museum’s Board of Trustees, championed by Gurdon B. Wattles, launched the High moving forward. community service project. Students also hope to have an opportu- nity to visit the UN and learn how their local issue is being addressed This year, apprentices will embrace the education department’s civic School Apprenticeship Program. The program, which provides New Bedford students with access to on a global scale. Senior apprentices will continue making plans for engagement theme by learning about a United Nations Sustainable their next steps, finalizing college and scholarship applications and resources and experiences that deepen community engagement, promote personal and professional Development goal – life under water - and reflecting on how it can like the Apprenticeship Program, look ahead to the future. development, and cultivate college and career success, quickly became a pillar of the Museum’s be addressed on a local scale. Students will conduct research, meet mission and education vision. Today, the program serves as a model of creative youth development with community leaders who are already doing work around ocean programs, which are programs that use the humanities, arts, and sciences to help young people build skills and access resources needed to excel in adolescence and adult life. Throughout the past 10 years, the program has earned two national awards, completed numerous dynamic student-led PILOT PROGRAM 2010 CLASS OF 2010–11 projects, and all apprentices, 100%, have graduated from high school. There are many indicators of the program’s success. Counted among them are the growing number of alumni who find their way back to the Museum for work, internships, or just the friendly check-in visit. High School Graduation Rates To date, more than half of the program’s alumni have reconnected with the museum in some capacity.
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