May 2026
Gillis Blue Humanities Forum: Jeffrey McCarthy
Scholar, sailor, and writer Jeffrey McCarthy presents Participate in the Polycrisis: Blue Humanities Now.
All College Meeting
Students, staff, and faculty gather to discuss and make decisions on important College of the Atlantic policies and community issues.
Share the Harvest community supper
Support local food access with an evening of live music, delicious food, and community.
Student arts festival and garden party
Featuring a sculpture walk, theater performances, open garden tour, and senior project exhibition.
June 2026
Art crawl
Celebrate student work from spring term arts courses, independent studies, and senior projects.
53rd Commencement
Commencement is a special time of year when students, families, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, and friends come together to celebrate the fruits of many years of hard work.
Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance
A week of workshops, community singing, jam sessions, ensembles, social dances, and concerts.
Poultry processing 101
Join the COA Food and Farming Workshop Series to learn how to safely and humanely harvest chickens and prepare them for cold storage or cooking.
MDI Modernists
COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes Jock Herron, Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design to discuss MDI Modernists: Robert W. Patterson, Edward Larrabee Barnes & George Howe with former COA board chair Will Thorndike. Both are contributors to the book.
July 2026
The Civic Circle
COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes Eliza Newlin Carney, Washington-based writer, editor, and columnist, and co-founder of The Civic Circle discusses her work to build youth civic power through the arts, inspiring compassionate, informed, engaged citizens.
