I N T R O D U C I N G . . . the movie, the blog, the banners, the mission

The Camouflage Curriculum is the blog for the movie,  

INVISIBLE: Abbott Thayer and the Art of Camouflage. 
MISSION: Together, the movie and blog seek to encourage 
people everywhere to learn about the artist Abbott Thayer, 
to think more deeply about art and the environment, about
conservation of natural surroundings as a form of sanctuary, 
and through camouflage, about humanitarian issues in war.

          The movie and the blog (as the movie's educational component) bring to life the inspirations and challenges of an artist, to educate the public about the value of the arts through films and narratives, to enrich the vitality of the arts community in the Monadnock region through promoting artist opportunities and links for creativity and learning for all ages, especially the young.

The film Invisible preserves the legacy of Abbott Thayer by offering an accessible, permanent video archive that can be shared in groups and individually and through broadcasts and screenings, as well as through this Camouflage Curriculum. At right, satin banners, state-of-the-art reproductions of Winter Morning, and Monadnock Angel, and The Virgin, for the movie premiere. Limited edition banners on satin or other fabrics are available for special events and art classes. Winter Morning and The Virgin are reproduced with permission of the Freer Gallery of Art/Smithsonian Institution, and Monadnock Angel with permission of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover.

OBJECTIVES

• to raise public and student awareness about Abbott Thayer and other artists and environmentalists,

• to inspire young people to consider the wonders of creating art and to understand better the life of an artist,

• to create educational and cultural resources that public schools, universities, libraries, museums and art centers can use to study Abbott Thayer and other artists,

• to begin an archive of blogs and video profiles of Monadnock artists and their reasons for living in the Monadnock region, to document and support the artists who live and work in the Monadnock area, or who have lived and worked here,

• to strengthen the connections between artists and their communities and their environment,

• to convey the integrity, imagination and lasting benefits of artistic endeavors,

• to place into context the artist’s role in the intellectual and cultural fabric of the larger world,

• to introduce students in the region to writings, personalities, institutions and resources that have not only shaped but also saved our regional culture, and, to preserve the values of local life, including the legacies of Abbott Thayer, Richard S. Meryman Sr., George deForest Brush, Alexander James, Joseph Lindon Smith, Allen Chamberlain, Philip Ayers, and many others.