{"id":1816,"date":"2018-07-27T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2018-07-27T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:30:31","slug":"wintergreens-executive-director-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wintergreens-executive-director-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintergreen\u2019s executive director to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dottie<\/a>Presque Isle, Maine<\/strong>\u2014Wintergreen Arts Center announces the retirement of Executive Director Dottie Hutchins effective September 7, 2018.<\/p>\n

Hutchins joined Wintergreen as its executive director in February 2016.\u00a0 She helped board members launch its creative preschool in September 2016, and directed Wintergreen\u2019s efforts to offer summer arts and other programming at locations outside the Center serving area youth and senior citizens in their own neighborhoods and care facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with mixed emotions that the Wintergreen Arts Center Board of Directors shares in the announcement of Dottie Hutchins\u2019 retirement,\u201d said Kim Guerrette Michaud, Board Chairman.\u00a0 \u201cDottie\u2019s time with Wintergreen has been nothing short of amazing, she has done so much to solidify our place in the community.\u00a0 She has been the beacon of light on so many projects and programming developments, her legacy will continue to provide direction and lead our Wintergreen Family as we transition into our next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guerrette Michaud added, \u201cDottie will be greatly missed by all of us for her professionalism and her friendship.\u00a0 I want to wish my wonderful friend a very happy retirement and may she find some incredible adventures along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hutchins plans to travel and write but will remain a volunteer for the organization assisting with communications and strategic-planning initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came to Wintergreen looking for something interesting to do,\u201d said Hutchins.\u00a0 \u201cI had no idea this little arts center would change my life. \u00a0Watching our students and teachers interact literally brings tears to my eyes as I see the impact creative opportunities have on the development of a child and growth of an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hutchins added, \u201cWintergreen has an amazing future making a real difference in Aroostook County, and I look forward to being a part of it as a volunteer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wintergreen\u2019s Board of Directors has formed a Search Committee to fill the executive director position.\u00a0 A job announcement will be released in the near future.<\/p>\n

For further information, as well as to provide recommendations to the Search Committee, please contact Board Chairman Kim Guerrette Michaud via e-mail at kim.guerrettemichaud@mmgins.com or (207) 227-6784.<\/p>\n

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Presque Isle, Maine\u2014Wintergreen Arts Center announces the retirement of Executive Director Dottie Hutchins effective September 7, 2018. Hutchins joined Wintergreen as its executive director in February 2016.\u00a0 She helped board members launch its creative preschool in September 2016, and directed Wintergreen\u2019s efforts to offer summer arts and other programming at locations outside the Center serving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dottie-Hutchins-by-Elizabeth-Winslow-Grade-6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGGri-ti","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1818,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}