New Hampshire

Destination: Sugar Hill, New Hampshire

Believe it or not, I didn’t always know what Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, was. I had heard folks talk about it but I had never been there. I was traveling up New Hampshire’s route 93 on a rainy, overcast day a few short years ago and, upon pulling off in Lincoln, NH, I stopped to […]

New England

2011 Summer Photo Contest Finalists

Yankee‘s judges have reached a decision on the five finalists for the 2011 summer photo contest. Read on to find out why they chose these photos, and then let us know which one is your favorite in the comment section below. Sunflower Fields: Rather than the expected straight on shot of giant yellow blooms, the […]

Maine

Edward Hopper in Maine

   The Bowdoin College Museum of Art has been setting attendance records this summer with Edward Hopper’s Maine, an exhibition (through October 16) of some 90 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints of Maine landscapes and cityscapes created during nine trips to Vacationland between the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and the stock market […]

Yankee

Strangely Beautiful Maine @ CMCA

My sense of fair play tells me it is way too soon to return to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art for a review even though the July 20 post about Steve Mumford’s drawings and paintings of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been the most popular and controversial Just Looking post ever. But, […]

Massachusetts

SLIDE SHOW: Myopia Fox Hunt

Join photographer Kindra Clineff as she documents the Myopia Hunt Club’s horses, riders and hounds throughout the fall hunt season. The landscape of the North Shore towns where Myopia holds its events proves well suited to the hunt. And, although they no longer pursue live foxes, the thrill of the chase remains. See more of […]

New England

The Hunt for the Perfect Foliage Shot

What does it take to capture the essence of fall foliage in a photograph? For photographer Sara Gray, it’s nine days in October spent searching for the perfect blend of subject, light, and color.

Design

Artisans: Furniture, Pottery and Rugs in Northwest Connecticut

Northwestern Connecticut’s quiet beauty has long drawn some of the region’s most creative artisans. There we found a concentration of contemporary furniture makers and potters (and one rug visionary) crafting simple-yet-sophisticated pieces for the home. 1. Get Back, Inc. When Tim Byrne, a native of Dublin, Ireland, and the designer and owner of Get Back […]

Travel

Myopia Hunt Club: Thrill of the Chase

At the venerable Myopia Hunt Club, horses, riders, and hounds no longer pursue live foxes, but the thrill of the chase remains.

Connecticut

Connecticut Art Museums

Connecticut is the New England state least defined by its geography — a gentle green landscape of low, rolling hills, highways, and suburbs, a commuter haven more determined by culture than nature. As such, the Nutmeg State is also a splendid destination for art lovers. The established Connecticut Art Trail features 14 distinctive museums, each […]

Homes

SLIDE SHOW: Brian Vanden Brink’s Ruin

Over the years, Brian Vanden Brink has stolen time from photographing the highly designed works of architects to focus on deserted homes, architectural ruins and their relationships to the surrounding landscape. In RUIN, Vanden Brink captures and illuminates in stunning color and black & white images churches, mills, bridges, grain elevators, storefronts, the 300-foot-tall chimney […]

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