2025 Events & Classes
“The views alone are reason enough to visit, but touring here provides answers to almost any question you have about the town and the island”
– U.S. News & World Report
Bar Harbor – More than Acadia. Come be a part of the stories that shaped us.
Join us for our 2025 events!
Rob Finn
Plein-Air Watercolor Painting
Monday, July 21 through Wednesday, July 23
This course offers participants of all skill levels a unique opportunity for Plein-Air watercolor painting from nature at exclusive sites on MDI.
Sign up for a day or the series, this class offers an opportunity to render flora, architecture, and even figures. Instructor Rob Finn will tailor subjects and styles students would like to investigate. Each day, Rob will lead a morning session of a demonstration from 9 am – Noon, (time for lunch) followed by a participant’s painting session with advice and instruction through 4 pm.
During the week, we’ll explore the La Rochelle and Land & Garden Preserve’s Asticou Azalea Garden and Little Long Pond properties to find areas with exciting landscapes.
Deena Ball
Beyond the Literal – Painting the Spirit of the Land
Artist Retreat
Saturday, August 2 through Monday, August 4
Whether it is the light dancing across the trunks of trees, the colors of a sun kissed dahlia or just the wind moving the clouds across the sky these are the inspirations of a landscape painter. Deena Ball will teach you to paint the essence of the landscape and express your personal vision.
Course Includes:
- Admission to the gardens, 15 hours of personalized instruction
- Tickets to the exclusive Hudson to Harbor Opening Reception at Bar Harbor Historical Society
- Admission to and a Tour of La Rochelle- a Gilded Age Cottage and home of the Bar Harbor Historical Society
- Sunday picnic and conversation on the history of the various gardens with personnel from the Land & Garden Preserve at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden