Kayaking with Cookies
Join Betsy Wish as she shares her experiences learning about the lobster industry while delivering cookies from her kayak!
Reservations
Not Required
Pricing
- Suggested Donation: $5.00
Location
Mather Auditorium
When Betsy Wish moved to Kittery 18 years ago, she was intrigued with the local lobstermen. She was photographing them from her kayak while they referred to her as a “speed bump.” She decided to put a few cookies in a ziplock bag along with the photos she had taken of them hauling traps, in hopes of winning them over.
Any time she talks to these lobstermen, she learns something about the industry and its challenges. She has found that these folks who grew up in a town where lobstering is much more than a job, but a way of life, might appear to be curmudgeons. Like the lobsters they find in their traps, they are hard on the outside, but inside…they are good people with big hearts.
About the Presenter
Betsy Wish moved to Maine from Andover, Massachusetts, where she taught art in the elementary schools and was the director of the youth art outreach programs at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios. Betsy currently has a studio at the Kittery Art Association, where she teaches local homeschoolers and offers mini workshops for adults during the winter months. During the summer months, Betsy spends most of her time on the water in her kayak, delivering cookies to local lobstermen.