Historic American Art Colonies
Additional Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Art Colonies
Ogunquit Art Colony
(above: Unknown artist, Art Colony, Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine (post card), c.1930-45, linen texture, color, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
An Eye for Maine: Paintings from a Private Collection; essay by Donelson Hoopes (11/30/04)
From other websites:
Ogunquit Art Colony from Maine Art Galleries. Includes essay from Charles H. Woodbury and His Students from exhibit brochure by Michael Culver, OMAA Curator. Accessed July, 2015
Ogunquit History from Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce. See section titled "The Arts in Ogunquit - Beauty by the Sea." Accessed July, 2015
Provincetown Art Colony
(above: Bradley Wharf's Motif Number 1, Rockport, MA, 2013. Photo by John Hazeltine)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Bringing the Colony to Light; Introduction essay by Alexander J. Noelle (8/17/11)
Charles Webster Hawthorne Founds the Cape Cod School of Art; essay by James R. Bakker (8/17/11)
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum; essay by Christine McCarthy (8/17/11)
Blanche Lazzell and the Advancement of Modernism; essay by Robert Bridges (8/17/11)
Ross Moffett and the Modernist Tradition; essay by Josephine C. Del Deo (8/17/11)
Hans Hofmann in Provincetown; essay by Deborah Forman (8/17/11)
Academic and Impressionist Traditions in Provincetown; essay by Elizabeth Ives Hunter (8/17/11)
Restoring the Art Colony to Its Former Glory; essay by Deborah Forman (8/17/11)
The Gravity of Provincetown; essay by Alexander J. Noelle (8/17/11)
From other websites:
Provincetown Art Colony from Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Accessed July, 2015
Provincetown Artist Registry, a list Provincetown artists. Accessed July, 2015
From Google Book Search choose all books, then search for The Provincetown Book by Nancy W. Paine-Smith and go to the chapter titled "The Art Colony", pp 145-147
Rehoboth Beach Colony
From other websites:
Rehoboth Beach Colony from AskArt.com. Accessed July, 2015
Ridgefield Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Ridgefield Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
"Artists and Art Colonies of Ridgefield, New Jersey" by Gail Stavitsky
From other websites:
Creativity in the Palisades: the Art Colony of Ridgefield, an article dated August 22, 2013 from Hidden New Jersey. Accessed July, 2015
Rockport Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Rockport Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
A. T. Hibbard, N.A.; essay by Thomas Davies (8/13/04)
From other websites:
Rockport Art Association from Wikipedia
"In Rockport, artists kept the Depression at bay." August 24, 2010 article by Cate McQuaid from The Boston Globe. Accessed July, 2015
Rocky Neck Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Rocky Neck Art Colony
From other websites:
Rocky Neck Art Colony history from Rocky Neck Art Colony. Accessed July, 2015
Rocky Neck Historic Art Trail from rockyneckarttrail.org. PDF files can be accessed that provide detailed information on artist studios and related places. Accessed July, 2015
Roycroft Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
A Harmonious Life: The Design and Book Art of Dard Hunter (6/20/03)
From other websites:
Roycroft colony from roycrofter.com. Accessed July, 2015
Roycroft from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
Scalp Level Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Scalp Level Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Scenic Views: Painters of the Scalp Level School Revisited; text by Judith Hansen O'Toole (11/17/08)
Scenic Views: Painters of the Scalp Level School Revisited (11/17/08)
From other websites:
About the Scalp Level Artists, from Stonycreek Quemahoning Initiative. Accessed July, 2015
George Hetzel from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
"Profile rises for landscapes from Scalp Level School," an article dated November 2, 2008 by Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Accessed July, 2015
Seguinland Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Seguinland Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900-1940 (8/25/11)
From other websites:
"Seguinland artists exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, summer 2011," article by Hilary Nangle on February 27, 2011 from Maine Travel Maven. Accessed July, 2015
Shinnecock Art Colony
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(above: Unidentified photographer, Students at Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art in Southampton, N.Y., c. 1895, William Merritt Chase papers, circa 1890-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art
From other websites:
"Shinnecock Summer School of Art: The Art Village," by Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin, from Art & Architecture Quarterly. Accessed July, 2015
Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art from The Parrish Art Museum. Accessed July, 2015
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
From other websites:
Skowhegan at Seventy was a 2016 exhibit at Portland Museum of Art - Maine, which says: "In 2016, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture celebrates 70 years as one of the world's premier artist residencies. The school does not grant degrees, yet for just over two months each summer its participants and faculty work and learn in an intense period of residence, intense days punctuated by evening lectures by artists and writers from all over the world. " See the press release. Accessed 8/18
"Review of Portland Museum of Art Skowhegan at Seventy Exhibit" by Brenda Bonneville, editor, August 15, 2016, in Maine Art Scene. Accessed 5/22
White Mountains Art Colony
(above: Samuel Lancaster Gerry, Old
Man of the Mountains near Profile House, White Mts., 1886, oil on canvas,
61 x 48 inches, The Sullivan Museum and History Center. Public domain, via
Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
God's Country: The White Mountains in Art (10/31/06)
White Mountain Painters 1834-1926 (1/17/99)
From other websites:
The North Conway Art Colony is a 2025 article by Gemini 2.5 Pro which says: "The legacy of the North Conway art colony is profound and multifaceted. It was arguably the first organic art colony in the United States, providing a model of community and creative exchange that would be replicated across the country. The hundreds of artists who painted there, including luminaries like Champney, Kensett, Durand, and Homer, created a body of work that helped establish landscape painting as the preeminent American art form of the 19th century. Their canvases shaped the national perception of wilderness, presenting it not as a hostile frontier to be conquered, but as a source of beauty, identity, and spiritual renewal." Accessed October, 2025
A Place for the Arts: The Making of MacDowell is a 2025 article by Gemini 2.5 Pro which says: "This was not just a romantic notion of offering artists a quiet room. The "Peterborough Idea" was a structured hypothesis about how creativity functions. The founders recognized the central conflict of the creative mind: the need for intense, private focus is often at war with the need for external intellectual stimulation. Total isolation can lead to stagnation, yet constant community leads to distraction. The MacDowell solution was an engineered environment designed to resolve this conflict. The model was simple and brilliant: solitude by day, with artists working in 32 individual studios scattered throughout the forest, and community by night, with all "Colonists" gathering in a common dining area to share meals and ideas. This curated rhythm was the experiment, and its staggering success would change the course of American art." Accessed October, 20255
White Mountain Art & Artists has content and research by John J. Henderson and Roger E. Belson. It includes a section on the history of White Mountain art and numerous biographies. Accessed July, 2015
Woodstock Art Colony
Please click here to see artworks by artists affiliated with the Woodstock Art Colony
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
The Woodstock Art Colony (6/15/99)
From other websites:
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony, Arthur A. Anderson Collection website covers the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony and the Maverick Arts Colony. Accessed 4/22
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony: The Arthur A. Anderson Collection is a 2023 exhibit at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz which says: "Long before the music festival in 1969 made Woodstock, New York, famous, it was home to what is considered America's first intentionally created, year-round arts colony -- founded in 1902 and still thriving more than 100 years later. Collecting the remarkable range of work produced there was Anderson's focus for three decades, resulting in the largest comprehensive assemblage of its type. The artists represented in it reflect the diversity of those who came to Woodstock, including Birge Harrison, Konrad Cramer, George Bellows, Eugene Speicher, Peggy Bacon, Rolph Scarlett and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, among many others." Accessed 3/23
A New Deal for Youth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Val-Kill Industries and the Woodstock Resident Work Center from Woodstock School of Art. Accessed October, 2015
New York Art History: Artistic Evolution, 1840-1940, is a 2025 article by Grok AI, whick says: "In the century spanning 1840 to 1940, New York emerged as a vibrant hub of artistic expression, where painters wove beauty and the classic virtues of charity and kindness into their works. The state's landscapes, from the Hudson River Valley's rolling hills to the bustling streets of Manhattan, inspired artists across movements -- Romanticism, Tonalism Impressionism / Post-Impressionism, and Modernism. Each movement brought distinct approaches to capturing the world, yet many artists shared a commitment to evoking emotional depth, moral resonance, and a celebration of human connection, often reflecting virtues like compassion and generosity. Drawing from sources such as Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) and other nonprofit, educational, and governmental archives, this narrative explores how these movements unfolded in New York, spotlighting six acclaimed artists who shaped this era and left lasting impacts on society." Accessed 7/25
New York Art History, A Century of American Vision (1840-1940) is a 2025 article by Gemeni 2.5 Pro AI, whick says: "The century of artistic expression in New York from 1840 to 1940 reveals a nation in constant dialogue with itself. The journey began with an outward gaze, as the artists of the Hudson River School looked to the vast, external wilderness to find evidence of God's favor and a unique national identity. Their canvases established a foundational myth of America as a pristine Eden, a moral landscape that stood as both a promise and a warning. As the century wore on and the nation urbanized, the artistic gaze turned inward. The locus of virtue shifted from the sublime landscape to the human heart, explored through the intimate domestic scenes of the Impressionists, the communal warmth of the Ashcan realists, and the profound dignity of individuals striving for freedom. By the early 20th century, the artists of Modernism found a new kind of sublime not in the wilderness, but in the steel and glass canyons of New York City itself. Through all these transformations, New York remained the stage, the subject, and the crucible. The art produced there did not merely document the changing face of America; it actively constructed its vision of itself -- a complex, often contradictory, but endlessly compelling portrait of a nation in search of its soul." Accessed 7/25
Seldom Seen, Works from the collection of The Historical Society of Woodstock, an exhibit held September 13 to November 1, 2014 at the Woodstock School of Art, is discussed in a page from the website of the The Historical Society of Woodstock. Accessed May, 2016
The Woodstock Story Told in Paintings, Photography and Ceramics, essay and biographies from D. Wigmore Fine Art. Accessed July, 2015
Woodstock Artists Association history from the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum. Accessed July, 2015
Woodstock Prints Past and Present from Woodstock School of Art. Accessed October, 2015
May, 2023 screenshot via Google video search:
Yaddo Art Colony
From other websites:
Yaddo was started in 1926 in Saratoga Springs, NY, from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
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