On Private Maine Island, Hands-On Learning Meets High-Level Education

Three students ran across the windswept island, seeking shelter from the rain in one wooden structure, then another.  It was their first taste of island living in Maine, an experience brought to them by Colby College in Waterville, where they will be starting classes in the fall. But experience also came from the Up East Inc. foundation, brainchild of the Wyeth clan, the family of artists who, across three generations, have left an indelible mark on American art and, more recently, Maine’s island landscapes.