Island Journal

His Common Touch

Peter Ralston is a brilliant photographer who is also one of the most engaging conversationalists you’d ever want to meet. It is almost impossible to dislike the man, and he has never met a person he did not instantly consider a friend, with the possible exception of a few pompous… SEE MORE

Island Journal

Island 360

As a filmmaker, I’ve always loved to discover new ways of seeing the world. A new shot with a new camera. A new perspective. A new format. I love matching a new capacity with experience. How do other people look at what they experience? How could we? How do animals?… SEE MORE
A workshop class paints on Islesford.

Island Journal

Islesford’s Creative Economy

The Cranberry Isles consist of five islands that, in the words of the historian Ted Spurling, “fit into the Great Harbor of Mount Desert Island, nestling nicely under its shorter arm.” They are, from largest to smallest, Great Cranberry, Little Cranberry (also called Islesford), Sutton, Baker and Bear. The islands… SEE MORE