The Influence of Art
June Vail
The founder of Bowdoin’s dance program, Professor of Dance Emerita June Vail, has written a memoir, Folly Cove Sketches: Remembering Virginia Lee Burton. Burton, who was Professor Vail’s great-aunt, studied dance when young and was an artist as well as author of well-known children’s books such as Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Little House. Professor Vail’s book, mentioned in the Boston Globe, talks about Burton’s unique creative life and the time they spent together.