At First Light

Anne Collins Goodyear is codirector of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Frank H. Goodyear is codirector of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Michael K. Komanecky is chief curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland, Maine. Stuart Kestenbaum is the Poet Laureate of Maine. Walter Smalling is a photographer based in Washington, D.C.

"Bowdoin College Museum of Art co-directors Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank Goodyear III, along with Farnsworth Art Museum chief curator Michael Komanecky, undertook the unenviable task of picking just 26 artists to represent the sweep of Maine art history...pairing brief biographies with present day photos of artists' homes and workplaces, as well as of places that inspired them." —DOWN EAST: THE MAGAZINE OF MAINE "...not only a primer for the history of art in Maine, but also a glorious companion for the armchair traveler.  No mere coffee table book here, the nearly 250-page volume is lavishly illustrated and chronicles 26 artist of the last 200 years who have lived and worked in Maine." —ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS WEEKLY"If you’re looking for a book to pretty up your coffee table, and weigh it down, there are two new art-themed hardcovers being released this week on the occasion of Maine’s bicentennial." —CAMDEN HERALD