Weekend and five-day courses are scheduled on Appledore Island by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire, which jointly operate Shoals Marine Laboratory.
Topics range from natural history and island gardens to pastel and watercolor painting.
Scheduled at the peak of spring migration, the class also visits resident birds of Appledore and other Shoals islands. The class is taught in the same garden and surrounding landscape that inspired American impressionist Childe Hassam. This watercolor class explores the rugged landscape of Appledore Island and its shoreline plant and animal community. Field trips and lectures survey life forms from whales and seabirds to microscopic plants and animals that fuel the ocean's food chain.