Chestertown and Baltimore
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Sponsored by the Center for Environment and Society, the Office of the Dean, and Massoni Art of Chestertown, Washington College hosted the opening of ‘The Art of the Waterman—The Simison Collection” in conjunction with the Washington College’s premier program, the Chesapeake Semester. Created by the late Dr. Diane Simison as an educational exhibit that would inform its viewers of the culture and life of the Chesapeake Bay Waterman, Washington College’s Kohl Gallery was honored to be the first host of such a wonderful collection. Using the deep and rich oral history that the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has collected over the years, curator Pete Lesher opened the evening with compelling stories of the challenges and issues surrounding the working watermen of the Chesapeake, their livelihoods, and their culture throughout history and today. Invited guests were then asked to join the students of the Chesapeake Semester as they shared insights into the artist’s inspiration and the collector’s intent, with additional elements of their own personal experience over the Semester meeting with waterman, farmers, and policy makers.
The next day, Chesapeake Semester students would visit with Eliza Smith Steinmeier, the Baltimore Harbor Keeper in her northern Baltimore City office to contrast the issues that she faces in a hyper-urban watershed to the issues that River Keepers of the rural Eastern Shore face. In the afternoon they would travel to Steinweg Port Facility to learn more about Baltimore’s port as an economic engine for the State. The students would finish the day at Baltimore’s National Aquarium
The next day, Chesapeake Semester students would visit with Eliza Smith Steinmeier, the Baltimore Harbor Keeper in her northern Baltimore City office to contrast the issues that she faces in a hyper-urban watershed to the issues that River Keepers of the rural Eastern Shore face. In the afternoon they would travel to Steinweg Port Facility to learn more about Baltimore’s port as an economic engine for the State. The students would finish the day at Baltimore’s National Aquarium
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Chesapeake Semester students hit the road for Journey 1, “Discovering a Sense of Place,” which included a ten-day 842 mile trip circumnavigating the Bay. Students departed from Chestertown and traveled down the Delmarva and up the Western Shore of Maryland stopping at historic landmarks like Jamestowne, Colonial Williamsburg, Shirley Plantation, Historic St. Mary’s City, our state capital Annapolis, Havre de Grace, and Port Deposit. Nearing the end of the journey Chesapeake Semester students, Washington College faculty and SEA members enjoyed a sunset sail on the skipjack Martha Lewis out on the Susquehanna Flats.
First stop: Jamestowne and the James Fort. -
Chesapeake Semester students hit the road for Journey 1, “Discovering a Sense of Place,” which included a ten-day 842 mile trip circumnavigating the Bay. Students departed from Chestertown and traveled down the Delmarva and up the Western Shore of Maryland stopping at historic landmarks like Jamestowne, Colonial Williamsburg, Shirley Plantation, Historic St. Mary’s City, our state capital Annapolis, Havre de Grace, and Port Deposit. -
Traversing Peru from West to East: The Chesapeake Semester team has gone from the desert coast at Punta San Juan by bus to the Upper Andes in Cusco by plane, to the Cloud Forests of Machu Picchu by train and foot. Now they arrive by plane and boat to the Amazonian jungles of Tambopata National Reserve for a three night stay.
