Empty Hand, Empty Brush
Chewonki Welcomes Guest Artist Kichung Lee Lizee for an Exploration of Eastern Calligraphy Last Friday we were fortunate to welcome ...
Cullen McGough
We’re Counting Sheep!
It was a perfect day to stroll over to the farm and see what Megan Phillips and Lisa Beneman are ...
The Art and Science of the Field Journal
You can hold your phone in front of a fern and get an immediate plant i.d. Take your device into ...
Cetacean Curves
Maine Coast Semester math teachers Katie Curtis and Liz Burroughs had their precalculus students doing something fishy last week: calculating ...
A Few Maps of Home
Most of us, consciously or unconsciously, carry in our heads annotated maps of the places we love. Maine Coast Semester ...
Erosion: Essays of Undoing – Learning from Terry Tempest Williams
Six Maine Coast Semester 63 students got “the golden ticket”–a chance to hear renowned writer and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams ...
Sue West, Scott Andrews Honored in Dedication Ceremony
Saturday morning brought a dazzling blue sky to Chewonki Neck and set the stage for a much-anticipated event: the formal ...
Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair
Join us in Chapin Hall on December 10 for the 12th annual Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair! Dozens of local artists, ...
Chewonki On the Road: Fall & Winter Travel Schedule
Over the next few months, many Chewonki staff will be hitting the road to visit families, connect with alumni, and ...
An Open Letter to the Chewonki Community
This weekend the Portland Press Herald published an article featuring an open letter by former Chewonki staff sharing concerns about ...
Meetup at the Common Ground Fair
Join Chewonki alumni, participants, families, staff and faculty for a meetup at the Common Ground Fair in Unity Maine on ...
Precisely Pemaquid
Maine Coast Semester students visited Pemaquid Point for science field lab earlier this week. They explored Maine’s rocky intertidal zone, ...
Diggin’ My Potato
Semester 63 jumped into their first week at Chewonki with both feet (and hands). Their arrived on campus coincided with ...
Chewonki Announces Campus Expansion
We are excited to announce a significant round of additions and improvements for Chewonki, including new cabins and facilities for ...
Chewonki Announces Incoming and Outgoing Trustees and Advisors
Our 2019 Annual Meeting took place at Chewonki on May 17 and 18, and among the items on the agenda ...
The Bairn of the Barn
Frisking, frolicking, snoozing, testing the limits of their mother’s patience, entertaining us each day as they grow before our eyes–spring ...
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Chewonki
When Chewonki became a non-profit in 1962, a charitable purpose became an essential piece of our organizational DNA. Since that ...
Join us for Margaret Ellis Day – May 29
Help us shake out the dust, clean out the cabins, and get ready for another summer of fun at our ...
Chewonki’s Newest Maine Guide
After grueling written and oral examinations proving her knowledge of Maine rules governing fishing, trapping, hunting, watercraft, ATVs, and snowmobiles, ...
Finding Fulfillment in Physical Work
Back at home, our friends are lifting their hands only to swipe a metro card or drive to school. How ...
Winter Adventures on the Trail – Semester 62
Last week our students from Maine Coast Semester 62 took to the woods & wilds of Maine for a mid-winter ...
Digging in to Semester 62
It’s 5 degrees under a blue sky and the 41 new students of Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki are digging ...
Beyond Borders: Experiential Education Through the Lens of Equity and Justice.
Many enthusiastic educators, says Chewonki Team Development Coordinator Shelly Gibson, “tend to think of experiential education as synonymous with outdoor ...