by David L. Witt | Oct 6, 2014 | Curator's Notes
The Seton Gallery at the Academy for the Love of Learning is officially open twice a month (second and fourth Wednesdays), but really is open any time I am there – a day or so every week and by appointment. Free admission. Late last month Japanese scholar of American...
by David L. Witt | Aug 19, 2014 | Curator's Notes
The following photographs were taken on August 14 (Ernest Thompson Seton’s 154th birthday) in and around the campus of the Academy for the Love of Learning. (David L. Witt)
by David L. Witt | Aug 7, 2014 | Curator's Notes
An article from a British Columbia newspaper, the Gulf Islands Driftwood, September 18, 1991, subtitled, “Sociologist’s report credits nature-based movement,” validates Seton’s original purpose in creating his movement. The first Woodcraft camp took place in March...
by David L. Witt | Jun 26, 2014 | Curator's Notes
This years display of Glandularia bipinnatifida – Dakota vervain – added wonderful color to the Castle. It is one of several plant species attracting insects and birds to the Academy for the Love of Learning campus this summer. Birds and bird lovers are...
by David L. Witt | May 8, 2014 | Curator's Notes
Periodically I make presentations on various aspects of Seton’s life and work at the Academy for the Love Of learning. The next one, with co-facilitator Molly Sturges, “Learning from Crisis: How Do We Meet This Ecological Emergency Together?” takes place on...
by David L. Witt | Apr 14, 2014 | Curator's Notes
After going to much effort to support Edgar M. Robinson (an executive with the YMCA) in the formation of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) during the summer of 1910, Ernest Thompson Seton soon found himself in conflict with BSA management. I have given an account of the...
