In a collaborative, virtual event between the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and the PMA, Diana Greenwold, Curator of American Art, and Jonathan Labaree, Chief Community Officer at GMRI, discuss the environment and conservation in the work of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington.
Winslow Homer (United States, 1836–1910), Guide Carrying a Deer, 1891, watercolor on ivory wove paper, 14 x 20 1/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Bequest of Charles Shipman Payson, 1988.55.10. Image courtesy Meyersphoto.com
JONATHAN LABAREE oversees GMRI’s Community Department, which supports fishing communities around the Gulf of Maine as they adapt to changes in the environment, economy, and regulations. The department runs training and convening programs that bring together the fishing industry, managers, and scientists.
A lifetime of summers on Vinalhaven instilled in Jonathan a deep love of Maine's coast and a commitment to the people and communities who rely on the Gulf of Maine for their livelihoods. Jonathan holds an undergraduate degree in history from Williams College and a masters degree in environmental management from Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
DIANA GREENWOLD is the Curator of American Art at the PMA. Diana has curated exhibitions about Colonial and Federal-era portraiture, Rockwell Kent's illustrations for Moby Dick, Hans Hofmann's works on paper, and contemporary sculptor Duncan Hewitt. Diana received a B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Before coming to the PMA, Diana was the Douglass Fellow in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the De Young Museum in San Francisco.