Friends recall Waterville’s first woman mayor, Ann ‘Nancy’ Hill
Hill, who died earlier in April, was the city s first female mayor, having been elected in 1981 after having previously served two terms as a city councilor.
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WATERVILLE It is hard to capture all that Ann Hill accomplished and meant to the city of Waterville, having been its first female mayor, a two-term city councilor and volunteer on many boards and committees during her many years here.
Ann “Nancy” Hill
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Beyond that, Hill, who preferred to be called “Nancy,” was a devoted mother and grandmother, loyal friend and champion for all things Colby College, loved art and cinema and never missed attending the annual Maine International Film Festival.
A major review in Forbes of Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960, currently at the Colby College Museum of Art, referenced the show as “an extraordinary early Lichtenstein retrospective.” According to the reviewer, the exhibition, which originated at Colby, is something “every aficionado of Lichtenstein’s Pop paintings should see” and that they should also “read the superlative catalogue.”
Amanda and Ryan Hill own a wrap shop near the Memorial Circle rotary in Augusta, but they d always had their eye on downtown. That dream was about to come true a year ago when a closing on Water Street space was canceled as the pandemic hit.
Timing is never good the young couple have two toddlers and have worked hard to keep the sandwich shop open the past year but when the Hills had another chance this spring on a downtown space this spring, they didn t hesitate. I ve been wanting to be down here since we moved here five years ago, Ryan Hill said Tuesday as he and Amanda set up for Wednesday s ribbon-cutting at Wrapped Up Coffee House, 216 Water St.
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Daisy Desrosiers named director of Kenyon s Gund Gallery
Desrosiers currently serves as director of artist programs at the Lunder Institute for American Art.
GAMBIER, OH
.-Kenyon Colleges Gund Gallery announced today that Daisy Desrosiers, an interdisciplinary art historian and curator, will join its community as director and chief curator, effective June 1, 2021.
Desrosiers currently serves as director of artist programs at the Lunder Institute for American Art, an incubator of research and artistic practice within the Colby College Museum of Art. In that role, she oversees the institutes collaborations with artists and, with others at the institute and the museum, generates structure for its community initiatives, publications, exhibitions and public programming. She also leads outreach efforts among local and global audiences and creates opportunities for engagement with diverse communities.