Stephen Burt displays artwork in 'The Gift of the Glacier' exhibition at L.C. Bates Museum

Stephen Burt, associate professor and chair of the Department of Arts and Communications, is one of 23 contemporary Maine artists who have been invited to display their works in the exhibition “The Gift of the Glacier:  The Maine Landscape,” which will be held at the L.C. Bates Museum in Hinckley, Maine, May 15-October 15, 2013.

The exhibit portrays aspects and evidence of the science of Maine’s landscape and geology.  The artists’ work includes observations of the landscape that illustrate signs of glacial movement and remains, such as eskers, rounded hills, rocky slopes, erratics, and glacial scratch marks. The work depicts varied landscapes from blueberry barrens to farms’ stonewall marked fields, and from mountains shaped by the glacier to lakes and waterfalls.

Burt stated, “Maine is without a doubt, one of the more beautiful places on earth, its landscape molded by long winters and fleeting summers. Its weather shifts abruptly and demands ones full attention and respect to be enjoyed properly.”

On Sunday June 30th from 2 to 4 PM there will be a free public reception for the artists at the L.C. Bates Museum.

The Gift of the Glacier exhibition was made possible by grant support from the Maine Community Foundation Expansion Arts Fund.

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