About the event

Join us for a nature walk led by guide Dan Gardoqui, founder of Lead with Nature. Taking place at Surf Point in York, ME, this monthly event offers a unique opportunity to explore the diverse habitats on Surf Point's 42 acres of coastal land, from tidal pools to salt marshes. 

This event will take place outside, so plan to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. The terrain will include rocky beaches, dirt roads, and grass. Feel free to bring binoculars for birdwatching. This is not an opportunity to visit the Surf Point house. There are no public restrooms. Parking is available on-site.

This event is free and open to the public and current Surf Point resident artists and art workers. Space is limited; registration is required. Donations are welcome. 

Address and directions will be provided to registrants the day before the walk. If you need to cancel your reservation for any reason, please send a message to samantha@surfpoint.me.

Save the date for Community Day #10!

The day’s events will highlight Surf Point’s historic legacy and site with three alumni-led programs:

11:15 am - 12 pm: Art historian, independent curator and scholar Olga Herrera ‘22 will speak about her years-long work mining the Surf Point archives and what she has learned about Surf Point founders Beverly Hallam and Mary-Leigh Call Smart. 

12 pm - 12:30 pm: Lunch! Grab freshly made soup and bread from chef Lumine of Soupernatural - vegan and gluten-free options available, cash and Venmo accepted. Or bring your own picnic and explore the grounds.

12:30 pm - 2 pm: Artist iliana emilia García ‘22 will lead an all-ages monoprint workshop in the Beverly Hallam Studio. 

11 am - 2 pm: Carly Glovinski '21 will offer a plant sale of freshly divided perennials grown with love at Wild Knoll Foundation Garden.

Community Days are open and free to the public; please register for address and directions. For those who are able, we invite you to make a contribution to support our public programs.

About

iliana emilia García ‘22
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1970, García received her AAS from Altos de Chavon/The School of Design in the Dominican Republic in 1989, and her BFA in Communication Design from Parsons The New School of Design in 1991. She is currently finishing her MA in Biography & Memoir at the Graduate Center in NY. Garcia works in big format drawings on canvas and paper, and escalating installations depicting her most iconic symbols: the chair and the written word. Her work has been written about in numerous art publications and exhibited at the Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC; BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; Exit Art, NY; The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; El Museo del Barrio, NY; and other venues. Her work is part of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art collection, El Museo del Barrio’s collection, and several private collections. She is a founding member of the Dominican York Proyecto Grafica (DYPG), a printmaking collective. Visit iliana’s website here.

Carly Glovinski ‘21
Carly Glovinski received her BFA from Boston University in 2003 and is represented by Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York. She has been awarded residencies at the Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, Teton ArtLab, Jackson, Wyoming, and the Vermont Studio Center, and has received grants from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the Blanche Colman Trust. She has had solo exhibitions at Colby Museum of Art, Maine; Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York; Indianapolis Contemporary; and Carroll and Sons, Boston. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Boston Center for the Arts, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Her work has been published or reviewed in major publications such as New American Paintings, ArtMaze Magazine, Hyperallergic, Vice, and Maake Magazine. Carly currently lives and works in New Hampshire.

Olga Herrera ‘22
Olga U. Herrera is an art historian, independent curator, and scholar. She is currently Managing Director of the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on the intersections of globalization, networks of cultural production, and circulation of modern and contemporary art of the Americas. She is the author of American Interventions and Modern Art in South America (University Press of Florida, 2017) winner of the 2018 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication; Toward the Preservation of a Heritage: Latin American and Latino Art in the Midwestern United States (University of Notre Dame, 2008); and editor of the books Scherezade García: From This Side of the Atlantic (AMA, 2019), and iliana emilia García: The Reason/The Object/The Word (AMA, 2019). Her essays and interviews have appeared in publications of the International Center of the Art of the Americas, Archives of American Art Journal, MIT ARTMargins, Diálogo, Public Art Dialogue, Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas, and others. Herrera holds a Ph.D. in Latin American modern and contemporary art history and theories of globalization from George Mason University. She is the founder of Artista, a Latinx and Latin American women artist digital platform.

Soupernatural
Chef Lumine is on a quest to create delicious, hearty soups made from super natural ingredients.  As she developed a following of soup groupies, her customers began telling stories of the nearly magical properties her soup possessed- ‘comforting’, ‘healing’, and ‘tastes like love’.  Their extravagant claims inspired a whimsical, fairytale-themed collection of recipes that have become the heart of Soupernatural Food On The Fly. 

Drop in for a day of discussions with architect Illya Azaroff, Director of Resilient Design and Regenerative Planning at +Lab. We will be building upon our first discussion with neighbors, residents and community stakeholders on the culture of Surf Point and our collective climate future. Looking towards concrete next steps and strategies as we envision an adaptive, safer future for Surf Point that continues to center the artist experience. This event is intended to engage with community members with ties to Surf Point and/or the Seacoast region. Participants are welcome to drop in and out of the meeting as your schedule allows, though we recommend coming for the start if possible. If you have questions, please email Executive Director Yael Reinharz yael@surfpoint.me.

We also invite you to fill out our climate change survey. This information will be vital to us as we chart a path forward.

A discussion with neighbors, residents and community stakeholders on the cultural impact of Surf Point in communities near and far, our collective climate future, and the envisioning of an adaptive, safer future for Surf Point that continues to center the artist experience. Facilitated by Illya Azaroff, Director of Resilient Design and Regenerative planning with +Labs.

About the event

Join us for a nature walk led by guide Dan Gardoqui, founder of Lead with Nature. Taking place at Surf Point in York, ME, this monthly event offers a unique opportunity to explore the diverse habitats on Surf Point's 42 acres of coastal land, from tidal pools to salt marshes. 

This event will take place outside, so plan to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. The terrain will include rocky beaches, dirt roads, and grass. Feel free to bring binoculars for birdwatching. This is not an opportunity to visit the Surf Point house. There are no public restrooms. Parking is available on-site.

This event is free and open to the public and current Surf Point resident artists and art workers. Space is limited; registration is required. Donations are welcome. 

Address and directions will be provided to registrants the day before the walk. If you need to cancel your reservation for any reason, please send a message to samantha@surfpoint.me.

Listen in to “Seacoast Currents” with Kathy & Larry on WSCA 106.1 Portsmouth to hear Program Manager Samantha Butler and board member Titus Dawson Polo discuss everything Surf Point!

https://spinitron.com/WSCA/pl/19379287/Seacoast-Currents

About the event

Join us for a nature walk led by guide Dan Gardoqui, founder of Lead with Nature. Taking place at Surf Point in York, ME, this monthly event offers a unique opportunity to explore the diverse habitats on Surf Point's 42 acres of coastal land, from tidal pools to salt marshes. 

This event will take place outside, so plan to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. The terrain will include rocky beaches, dirt roads, and grass. Feel free to bring binoculars for birdwatching. This is not an opportunity to visit the Surf Point house. There are no public restrooms. Parking is available on-site.

This event is free and open to the public and current Surf Point resident artists and art workers. Space is limited; registration is required. Donations are welcome. 

Address and directions will be provided to registrants the day before the walk. If you need to cancel your reservation for any reason, please send a message to samantha@surfpoint.me.

Join us for Community Day #09

We are thrilled to invite you to our summer Community Day, featuring a temporary installation of sculptures by artist Tory Fair; a presentation reflecting on writer May Sarton and her beloved pets with Maine Women Writers Collection archivist Jefferson Navicky; tours of our live-work oceanfront residency building, and more.

The goal of our Community Day series is to raise awareness and funds for the work we do to 1) support diverse visual artists and art workers through our residency program; 2) steward our 46 acres of coastal and forested land; 3) host programs open to the public; and 4) promote and share research on our historic legacy.

We hope you can fit us into your summer plans! Read the full program of events below.

Schedule of Events

11am - 2pm
Self-guided tours of Wild Knoll Foundation Garden
A public art project by residency alum Carly Glovinski ‘21, inspired by writer May Sarton, and a short walk from the Surf Point building. The garden will serve as a stage for artist Tory Fair’s kinetic, life-sized sculptures of sunflowers in this one-day-only installation. Flower arrangements from the garden will be made throughout the day and available for a suggested donation of $15.

11am - 12pm
Tours of the building
Check out Surf Point’s artist studios and living spaces. Meticulously planned by Surf Point co-founders Mary-Leigh Smart and Beverly Hallam in the late 1960s (and constructed in the early 1970s), the house features panoramic views of the ocean and is home to our year-round residency program for artists and arts workers.

12pm - 1:30pm
Coppa Magica Truck
Summery treats including gelato will be available from the Coppa Magica truck!

12:30pm - 12:40pm
Remarks by Surf Point Executive Director Yael Reinharz

12:40pm - 1pm 
Introduction by Carly Glovinski ‘21 and Artist Talk with Tory Fair
Tory Fair will talk about her installation in Wild Knoll Foundation Garden and share about her process. Tory writes, “My sculptures are direct casts of sunflowers and are made from dirt and silicone. They serve as both memories and as messengers. The mixture of dirt and silicone provides an aggregate that is in mutiny with its form as a flower. […] I view the sculptures as living memories of each flower I am able to harvest in various growing seasons.” 

1pm - 1:20pm
“May Sarton and Her Menagerie” with Jefferson Navicky
Renowned poet and author May Sarton published over fifty books of poetry, fiction, journals, and memoirs. At the invitation of Surf Point co-founders, she spent her last decades living at Surf Point’s Wild Knoll. Sarton cared deeply for animals, and they were often her companions in both life and her writing. In this brief talk, MWWC Archivist Jefferson Navicky will share a few anecdotes about Sarton’s pets, as well as a selection of her writing about the animals she so dearly loved. We will also point out one of her beloved pets’ gravestones on the property.

Other highlights:

• Local summery treats available to those who come!

• All are welcome, including dogs on leash (outdoors only)

• Support Surf Point by buying merch and alumni editions, with new items released on August 3!

• Walk the trails on our 46-acre property

• Explore tidal pools and oceanfront

• Visit Buoy Gallery, Corey Daniels Gallery, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) and make a day of it!

Community Day is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Address and directions to our site in York, Maine will be sent to registered attendees several days before the event. Surf Point is able to host these programs thanks to small-dollar donations from the public.

About our collaborators

Tory Fair lives and works in the Boston area. Recent solo exhibitions and projects include presentations at A.D. Gallery in NY, ICA at MECA, Portland, ME; AreaCode Art Fair, Boston; Drive-By Projects, Watertown; and gallery VERY, Boston. Fair’s work has been included in several group exhibitions, including Paper Town, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA; You are Here, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA; The Intuitionists, The Drawing Center, NY; and Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City. Her work has been reviewed in publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Sculpture Magazine, and Boston Art Review, among others. She was a recent artist in residence at RAIR, (Recycled Artist In Residency, Philadelphia, PA), a featured artist in VoCA Talks (Voices in Contemporary Art), and has been the recipient of prestigious awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, LEF Foundation, and the Mass Cultural Council. She received her B.A. from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and M.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Fair is Professor of Sculpture at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

Carly Glovinski ‘21 makes work that explores the make-do, resourceful attitudes associated with domestic craft and a reverence for nature and the great outdoors. The elements of time and place are embedded in her work, measured by tides and seasonal flower blooms, and marked by labor and repetitive process. She received her BFA from Boston University and is represented by Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York. She has been awarded residencies at Surf Point Foundation in 2021, and the Canterbury Shaker Village in 2020, and grants from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the Blanche Colman Trust. Her work has been in major publications such as New American Paintings, ArtMaze Magazine, Hyperallergic, and Vice, and is held in collections including Colby Museum of Art, Fidelity Investments, and the Cleveland Clinic.

Jefferson Navicky is the Archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England. He has given talks about MWWC authors Ruth Moore, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Kate Barnes, and about the diaries of everyday Maine women. He is also a poet, and has published four books, including Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose, which won the Maine Literary Award for Poetry.

The Maine Women Writers Collection was founded in 1959 by Grace Dow and Dorothy Healy to preserve and make available the writings of Maine women who had achieved literary recognition. Today, we honor the terms of our name by carrying this spirit forward into its 21st-century form. Our holdings concern the Dawnland or traditional territory of Wabanaki people, the state of Maine, and the northern New England region. We collect the work of those who identify as female, femme, transfeminine, gender expansive, or nonbinary. And we hold both published work and unpublished material, such as letters, photographs, diaries, memorabilia, artwork, and other forms of creative work, by authors who may be world renowned, locally known, or anonymous.

About the event

Join us for a nature walk led by guide Dan Gardoqui, founder of Lead with Nature. Taking place at Surf Point in York, ME, this monthly event offers a unique opportunity to explore the diverse habitats on Surf Point's 42 acres of coastal land, from tidal pools to salt marshes. 

This event will take place outside, so plan to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. The terrain will include rocky beaches, dirt roads, and grass. Feel free to bring binoculars for birdwatching. This is not an opportunity to visit the Surf Point house. There are no public restrooms. Parking is available on-site.

This event is free and open to the public and current Surf Point resident artists and art workers. Space is limited; registration is required. Donations are welcome. 

Address and directions will be provided to registrants the day before the walk. If you need to cancel your reservation for any reason, please send a message to samantha@surfpoint.me.