Celebrate our community with books!
This summer the Bar Harbor Garden Club (BHGC) and the Bass Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) launched the Westside Summer Garden Club, a first-time program designed to foster a life-long interest in gardening and horticulture among youth between ages 8 and 14. The program, which began in June and ended this fall, was co-led by BHGC members Douglas Heden and Linda Wooley with support from BHML librarian Lisa Murray. Read the full article here.
Support local artists this season!
This December, the Bass Harbor Memorial Library will host a holiday marketplace featuring artwork and handmade items from local artists, priced for holiday gift giving. All pieces will be priced under $250 and a portion of all sales will be donated to library programming.
The Marketplace will be open during Library hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 10-5, Thursday 10-8, and Saturday 10-2 with a special shopping evening with refreshments on Thursday December 8, from 6-8pm.
More details to follow!
The Bass Harbor Memorial Library is a tax-exempt organization under the Town of Tremont, EIN # 01-6000399
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CHECKS
If you would like to make a donation by mail, please make your check out to the Town of Tremont, with Bass Harbor Memorial Library on the memo line, and send to:
Library Director
Bass Harbor Memorial Library
PO Box 99
Bernard, ME 04612
STOCKS
If you would like to donate stocks, please contact the Library Director, at librarian@bassharborlibrary.com or 207-244-3798 with the name and number of stocks to be donated.
Your broker can contact Ron Hamilton at Bar Harbor Trust Services at rhamilton@infinexgroup.com or 207-667-9963. Our DTC # (0443) and Brokerage Account number NFL066760 Account Name: Town of Tremont/Bass Harbor Memorial Library.
The Bass Harbor Memorial Library, the municipal library for the Town of Tremont, seeks a dynamic and personable Library Director with a passion for literacy and community engagement. The Director will manage the operation, programming, and administration of the library. This is a great opportunity for an individual with library or nonprofit experience to grow into a bigger role in our newly expanded facility in Bernard. The new Director will continue to bring the Library’s mission to life with the support of the Town of Tremont and the Board.
The Bass Harbor Memorial Library is an equal opportunity employer, celebrates diversity, and strives to enrich the lives of the Tremont community by providing access to information, promoting a love of reading, and offering programs that celebrate the resources of our community.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Posted: 10/12/22
Position Title: Library Director
Reports to: Chair of the Library Board of Trustees
Supervises: Library Staff
Hours: Part-time, year-round 21-28 hours/weekly (with the possibility of expanded hours); some evenings, and occasional weekend hours
Pay Rate: $18-$22/hour, depending on experience
Benefits: $4,800 health insurance stipend; $1,000 retirement match; paid sick and vacation time; paid holidays
Start Date: November 2022
To Apply: Email resume and cover letter to Rachel Kohrman Ramos at leapingliteracy@gmail.com, or mail to: Rachel Kohrman Ramos Bass Harbor Memorial Library PO Box 99 Bernard, Maine 04612 Call (207) 244-3798 with questions or for more information
Role and Responsibilities:
The Library Director manages the operation and administration of the Library within policies and guidelines established by the Library Board of Trustees in order to fulfill the mission of the Library and its strategic plan. The Library Director is the advisor on library practices to the Board and is their representative to the staff. The Bass Harbor Memorial Library is a department of the Town of Tremont.
Qualifications:
An Ideal Candidate will also have:
Registration is required to attend this event.
Update: This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled
Imagine What If….
…there was still a cannery in Southwest Harbor or Bass Harbor?
…there was a giant tea house and horse center on Eagle Lake?
…we don’t take action on climate change?
The Mount Desert Island Historical Society has been exploring these topics and more, connecting history to the island’s physical and cultural landscape today. Join Raney Bench, Executive Director for the Society, to imagine what life might be like on the island if different decisions were made in the past.
The Library will also display “We Change With Them,” a six-image series by Jennifer Steen Booher, exploring shifting ecosystem dynamics resulting from climate change in the Gulf of Maine. It is part of the Landscape of Change project, MDIHS’ joint initiative with Acadia National Park, Schoodic Institute, the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, College of the Atlantic, and A Climate to Thrive, and was published in Chebacco XXIII: Imagining What If… in spring 2022. The images layer cyanotype, drawings, and data to tell the story of climate-related phenomena on Mount Desert Island, Maine. The project title refers to a sixteenth-century English proverb, “Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis” (All things change and we change with them).
Raney Bench is a resident of Southwest Harbor and has worked as a curator for the Abbe Museum, as Executive Director for the Seal Cove Auto Museum, and is the current Executive Director for the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Native American History, a Master’s in Museum Studies, and has spent her career working in small museums focused on making local history interesting and relevant.
Get your literary treats at the Library in Bernard from picture books to YA novels, for all who stop in at the Library on Halloween October 31, 2022 from 3-7pm.
During the month of October, the Bass Harbor Memorial Library welcomes artworks created by Liz Cutler. Meet and celebrate October artist Liz Cutler at a brunch reception on Saturday, October 29 from 11am-1pm. Enjoy a coffee or a juice and brunch hors d’oeuvres
Liz is a founder of ArtWaves, a community arts center in Bar Harbor, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques, and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building. Her artwork is expressed in a variety of media primarily oil painting, including glass, fiber, and printmaking. Recently she has been exploring transcribing a painting through a variety of media: using dyed wool to create tapestries, stained glass for mosaics, and adding in some monochromatic printing. She finds moving an image through a variety of media informs her painting practice, encouraging exploration and re-presenting her spaces, both inner and physical.
Liz graduated with a BA in Painting from Swain School of Design including a year at Worcester Art Museum School and Boston Museum of Fine Arts and recently a Masters from Heartwood College of Art. Liz is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Fiber Arts Network and Maine Crafts Association. Liz is currently the Executive Director of ArtWaves and enjoys her studio time with students.
The Bass Harbor Memorial Library in Bernard will celebrate the Day of the Dead in October with several events for children, adults, and families. Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and some Central and South American countries, as well as in the United States. It coincides with several religious holidays, but these have melded with indigenous beliefs and practices and the result is a beautiful and meaningful celebration.
Beginning on October 25, the library welcomes the community to contribute to their ofrenda (or display) in their front reading room to honor and celebrate friends, family, and pets who are no longer with us. Traditional ofrendas incorporate loved ones’ pictures, favorite foods and drinks, trinkets or small objects. Stories, poems and other small notes are welcome. The ofrenda will be on display until November 5.
On Wednesday, October 26 from 3-4:30 the library will host a craft workshop where participants will learn more about the traditions and meanings of Day of the Dead and create some of their own crafts to celebrate: decorate sugarskulls and make paper marigolds.
On Thursday, October 27 at 6pm, the library will have a free animated Day of the Dead movie with traditional snacks.
Masks will be required at both events.
More Information about Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead:
Day of the Dead is a celebration and honoring of deceased ancestors, family, friends, and pets. By creating displays, called ofrendas (which means offerings) people believe the loved ones return in spirit to join in the festivities that are prepared for them in celebration. These displays are usually created at home and can be large and ornate, or small and simple, but all are beautiful! They are often decorated with candles, flowers, cut paper banners, fruits and nuts, plates of food, and loaves of bread. The weary spirits need lots of food, bottles of soda, hot cocoa and water. Often toys, candies and favorite items are left and handmade skeletons and sugar skulls provide a final touch. Many believe that happy spirits will provide protection, good luck and wisdom to their families.
After the festivities, families or even an entire town will parade to the cemetery to listen to music, eat, play cards and reminisce about their loved ones. This tradition keeps a community close. Day of the Dead is becoming very popular in the U.S. as more people bring their cultural heritage to their communities.
Local artist Ellie Pancoe has created posters of her gorgeous quilt commemorating Bass Harbor and the iconic Thurston’s Lobster Pound. These unique posters are $20 each (unframed) and all proceeds go to support the library. Ellie’s original quilt will be on display in October. We thank Ellie for her very generous donation!