Kathryn Reynolds Willis '70 is director of marketing in the Office of College Advancement at Mary Washington . The trip is sponsored by Belmont, the Gari Melchers Estate and Memorial Gallery and VHS Bergen, a member of Insight Holland, a nationwide Dutch partnership between residential centers for adult educational holidays. The tour includes two days in the art colony Melchers established on the North Sea as well as private visits to many of the sites he captured on canvas. Also included in the itinerary are excursions to many of the world's most famous art museums, noteworthy cathedrals and historic sites, day trips to Amsterdam and The Hague, diplomatic capital of the Netherlands, a royal palace, a national park, and quaint fishing villages as well as plenty of time for independent exploration. The tour dates are April 24-May 5, 1998.
Limited space is available.
His last residence was Belmont, a 27-acre historic estate owned today by the state of Virginia and administered by Mary Washington College. The property maintains the largest repository of the artist's works anywhere and is a National and Virginia Historic Landmark open to visitors year-round.