Nova Scotia: Trip Facts

 

The Group

Group of art students from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana

(photo l to r: Bryant, Burnes, Luker, and Killen)


DAY 1: (days 1-12: Map1)
Natchitoches, Louisiana to Atlanta, Georgia
Overnight: College - Oglethorpe University
 
DAY 2:
Museum: High Museum in Atlanta, GA
Overnight: College - Oglethorpe University
 
DAY 3:
Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia
Other Highlights: Tour downtown Savannah
Overnight: Hotel in Florence, South Carolina
 
DAY 4:
South Carolina to Richmond, Virginia
Museum: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Other Highlights: Greek Festival
Overnight: Virginia Commonwealth University
 
DAY 5-8:
Richmond, Virginia to Washington DC
Museums:
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden- Morris Louis Exhibition
National Gallery of Art -Andrew Wyeth, The Helga Pictures Exhibit
National Portrait Gallery
Renwick Gallery
National Museum of American Art,
National Museum of Natural History
Phillips Collection
Other Highlights: Georgetown, Mount Vernon
Overnights: Howard University
 
DAY 9:
Washington DC to Baltimore, Maryland
Museums:
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore Museum of Art
Other Highlights: Little Italy, Aquarium
Overnight: Peabody Conservatory
 
DAY 10-11:
Baltimore, Maryland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Other Highlights: Liberty Bell, Independence Hall
Overnight: Temple University
 
DAY 12: (days 1-12: Map1)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Worcester, Mass
Other Highlights: Drive through/past New York City
Overnight: Worcester State College
 
DAY 13: (days 13-40: Map2 &3)
Worcester, Mass to Bangor, Maine
Other Highlights: Stop for outlet shopping in Portland, ME
Overnight: Husson College
DAY 14:
Bangor Maine to Bay of Fundy in Canada
Other Highlights: Walked to see the tide changes at Bay of Fundy
Overnight: Outdoor camping area
 
DAY 15-31:
Bay of Fundy to Sydney, Nova Scotia
Three week of water color painting around Nova Scotia
Other Highlights: Drive around Cape Breton Island
(right:painting from coast of Nova Scotia)
Overnight: University College of Cape Breton
 
DAY 32-35:
Nova Scotia to Bangor Maine
Other Highlights: Fourth of July in Bar Habor, ME
Overnight: Husson College
 
DAY 36 & 37:
Bangor Maine to Boston Mass
Museum: Boston Museum of Art- The Universe of Jean Arp Exhibit
Other Highlights: Two Boston Pops Fourth of July outdoor concerts, Faneuil Hall
Overnight: Emerson College
 
DAY 38-40: (days 13-40: Map2 &3)
Boston Mass to New York, NY
Museums:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guggenheim Museum-Joan Miro Retrospective
Modern Museum of Art
Whitney Museum
Other Highlights: Empire State Building, Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Overnight: University of Brooklyn
 
DAY 41 & 42: (days 41-45: Map4)
New York, NY to Moorehead Kentucky
Other Highlights: Drove 17 hours from NY to KY
Overnight: Moorehead University
 
DAY 43 & 44:
Moorehead Kentucky to Nashville TN
Overnight: Belmont College
 
DAY 45:
Nashville TN to Natchitoches, Louisiana
Home- Alexandria Louisiana
 
TO COME:
Links to all Museums and Universities
Photos and Paintings
More highlights from trip
Correspondence notes
Paintings viewed at major museums