The 2017 Venice Biennale is open! About 50% of you are saying, “OMG I know, right?!” and the other 50% are saying “the Venice what, now?” And what does it have to do with Jess?
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The Busy Season
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It’s officially summer! While things slow down in many other parts of the country, in Maine everything is speeding up. That’s especially true for Maine museums, whose big summer shows are opening this month, and for the writers who cover them.
The Maine Photo Project: A Snapshot
Hot Off the Presses, Museum love, SoapboxThe Maine Photo Project officially drew to a close on December 31, 2015. This report is not only about recording this major statewide cultural collaboration, it’s also about celebrating it.
Arts Advocacy Starts at Home
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“The Common Good” in Maine Policy Review
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This year is only half over, and it has already been an amazing one for Maine cultural institutions working together. Collaboration among cultural institutions in Maine is the subject of my article in the current issue of Maine Policy Review.
“The Painters’ Panorama” In Print!
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It is my very great pleasure to formally announce the publication The Painters’ Panorama: Narrative, Art, and Faith in the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress by the University Press of New England!Advance Copies of “The Painters’ Panorama” Are Here!
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The first advance copies of The Painters’ Panorama: Narrative, Art, and Faith in the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress arrived in the mail yesterday! Thank you to the University Press of New England for sending it and creating such an elegant book.
Panorama Book Online and at the College Art Association!
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The annual conference of the College Art Association is going on right now, and the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress book is there!
The Maine Photo Project debuts! UPDATED September 30, 2014.
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One of the many things that will be keeping me busy through 2015 is the Maine Photo Project, a year-long statewide collaboration among some 26 museums, galleries, and historical societies.
Talkin’ About Panoramas
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Just in case you have ever thought to yourself, “Gosh, I wish I could hear Jessica Skwire Routhier talk about the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress for forty-five solid minutes” . . . now you can!
The Arts in Nineteenth-century Portland
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PANORAMA BOOK COMING SPRING 2015!
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Just like The Pilgrim’s Progress itself, it’s been a long journey, full of pitfalls, and we’re not there yet–but I’m so pleased to announce that I’ve passed a major gatepost on my quest to publish a book on The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress!
Bon Mots, Indeed
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This article, by Kate Irish Collins, originally appeared in the Saco-Biddeford-Old Orchard Beach Courier on Thursday, September 27, 2012. Such nice words–thanks, Kate, Linsey, and Leslie. 
Jessica Skwire Routhier 