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Veterans' Day Breakfast at Camden Hills open to veterans, family
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 3:30pm
ROCKPORT — The National Honor Society of Camden Hills Regional High School invites American veterans and their families to its seventh annual Veterans' Day Breakfast on Monday, Nov. 11, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., in the Wave Cafe at Camden Hills. Music, speakers, and a breakfast will be provided. The breakfast is free for all attendees. Contact advisors Sara Cole-Pardun at 236-7800, ext. 3224, or Melissa Howard at 236- 7800, ext. 3324 if you have any questions.
pastels of flora, emphasizing the plants' sensual shapes and colors
Artist Marjorie Strauss exhibit, reception opens in Rockland
Sun, 10/13/2019 - 3:00pm
ROCKLAND — On Sunday, October 20, the Sanctuary Gallery at the Rockland Congregational Church will feature the works of Marjorie Strauss, painter, pastel artist and sculptor. There will be an opening reception from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The exhibit will feature Strauss' rich and resonant pastels of flora, which emphasize the plants' sensual shapes and colors. Strauss has lived and worked in Rockland for more than 35 years. She received her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, but...
resources for students, professionals, and arts enthusiasts of all ages
Waterfall Arts invites community to open house
Sun, 10/13/2019 - 2:30pm
BELFAST — Nonprofit community art center Waterfall Arts in Belfast opens its doors to the public for an Open House on Saturday, October 19, from 2 - 4 p.m. Anyone and everyone is invited to drop by and experience all that Waterfall Arts has to offer. There will be free art-making activities for all ages, studio tours, a bake sale, a raffle, and more. Activities and demonstrations will be happening in all of the community studios – the Print Studio, Clay Studio, Photo Darkroom, and the Bridge...
Pumpkin lighting at 7 p.m.
Pumpkin Palooza: Help Camden Library carve, illuminate ‘record number’ jack o’lanterns
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 11:15am

CAMDEN — Share your creative carving genius and bring your pumpkin to the Camden Public Library on Friday, October 25, between noon and 6 p.m. Bring a carved pumpkin, or carve on-site in the Amphitheatre between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. All ages and carving talents welcome and encouraged to participate! You can enter your carved pumpkin into the contest to win prizes in one of the age categories: Family, Teen, and Adult! The pumpkin lighting will happen at 7 p.m. in the Amphitheatre, and the library...
Splash of Color
Camden holds Thursday Art Walk tonight
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 11:00am

CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery will host one more show this year to accommodate Camden’s new Thursday Art Walks. The next art walk will be Thursday, October 10. The participating galleries in Camden will open for extended hours, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Camden Falls Gallery’s final show of the season is entitled “Last Splash of Color.” The show features works by some of the galleries’ top colorists. These featured artists are known for their vibrant use of juxtaposing colors in contemporary styles...
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
ARTinME opening Oct. 19
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 10:15am

The 10th annual ARTinME exhibition opens Saturday, Oct. 19. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boothbay Region Art Foundation, 1 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Roy Germon, the manager of Greenhut Gallery in Portland, served as the juror and select 70 pieces from 59 artists throughout the state. The show includes drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and assemblage. The awards ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. with over $1,500 in prize money, including $500 for Best in Show, a $300...
Halloween Spooktacular at Camden Public Library
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 3:15pm

CAMDEN — On Thursday, October 24, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Camden Public Library will host its annual Halloween Spooktacular. Gremlins and ghouls of all ages are invited to dress in costume and attend this free family-friendly event. Enjoy supernatural stories, chilling crafts, and ghostly games. Spooky snack volunteers are needed — call Miss Amy at 236-3440 if you’d like to help. For more information, visit librarycamden.org.
Pumpkin painting at Rockland Public Library
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 2:45pm

ROCKLAND — Calling all adults and kids! Dress in paint friendly clothes and join Miss Katie for an afternoon of painting fun, Thursday, October 24, from 3:45 – 4:45 p.m., at Rockland Public Library. Pick a miniature pumpkin to paint as spooky or as sweet as you choose. Bring it home to decorate your house for the season. This program is in celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week, celebrating the volunteers of Rockland Public Library.
Harvest Season, Birthday celebration, hurricane fundraiser
Waldoboro ArtWalk breezes into October
Tue, 10/08/2019 - 1:00pm

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Art Walk comes to life again on October 12, from 4 to 7 p.m. The Philippe Guillerm Gallery wraps up its ArtWalk Waldoboro season with a major multi-layered showing and fundraising. New pieces of Guillerm’s Bahamian Driftwood sculptures, a presentation of “The Many Visions of an Artist,” paintings depicting comical birds, seashell worlds, and contemporary and geometric views of nature, plus a Maine-made graphic novel are all part of an extensive sale and...
Maine ships ‘from cradle to grave’
Ed Coffin photo presentation, exhibit at Vose Library
Sun, 10/06/2019 - 1:15pm

UNION — The Penobscot Marine Museum will present the Ed Coffin Collection at the Vose Library on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. This presentation will feature Coffin's digitized photographic collection of Maine ships "from cradle to grave" and provide a rare glimpse of the technologies that shaped the state's shipping industry. Following this presentation, prints from the collection will be on loan to Vose Library and exhibited in the main reading room. Vose Library is located at 392 Common...
‘We hope to have an ongoing presence in the community’
New Midcoast art society shows creative edge in opening months
Thu, 10/03/2019 - 7:00pm

CAMDEN — A new art society has launched in Knox County and is rapidly growing as an organization. Founded in March, the Knox County Art Society has grown to 40 members and is preparing for its fifth art showing of its members. The concept for KCAS blossomed from Camden Life Drawing, an ongoing figure drawing group that has been meeting for six years. Many artists participate in Camden Life Drawing, but were coming together only once per week to draw. “They all had many other art interests and...
‘Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.’
Opening art reception for ‘Form Follows Function’
Thu, 10/03/2019 - 8:30am

CAMDEN — Page Gallery's new show, Form Follows Function, is a group exhibition that bridges the gap between functional objects and fine art. Function may be the goal of each object, but the beauty of the form is still at the front of each artist's mind, according to the Gallery, in a news release. Opening reception for ‘Form Follows Function’ will be Thursday, October 10, from 5 - 7 p.m. The show includes original book illustrations by Chris Van Dusen and Siri Beckman, hand-forged knives by Ben...
Nature talk: Creating eco-friendly backyards; promoting native plants, insects
Wed, 10/02/2019 - 3:15pm

STOCKTON SPRINGS — Have you ever wondered why native plants and insects are so important? Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust for a talk, Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m., at the Stockton Springs Community Library to learn why. Dr. Roger Rittmaster, Maine Master Naturalist, avid nature photographer, and Coastal Mountains Land Trust board member, will stimulate your thinking about the natural environment in his presentation on the complex web weaved by the inhabitants of the woods and fields. Each...
Cushing 'Small Works' to debut during Maine Craft Weekend
Wed, 10/02/2019 - 8:45am
CUSHING — As part of Maine Craft Weekend, a showcase of small crafts and art and will be held at the Cushing Historical Society Barn on Saturday, October 5, from 10 to 4 p.m. More than 10 artists will be displaying small paintings, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, miniatures books, paper goods, alpaca and wool pillows, and handmade work in a pre-holiday sale that supports local talent. One of the organizers, Karin Strong said in a news release, "This will be the last show of the season and our...
Creative Art Crew: Zantangle Leaves
Tue, 10/01/2019 - 9:30am

ROCKLAND — Paint and doodle at Rockland Public Libary. Join Miss Katie to design your own Fall décor with gel pens and watercolor paint, Thursday, Oct. 10, 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. This program is for adults and children. All abilities and ages are welcome. All supplies provided. FMI: 594-0310.
Rockland First Friday Art Walk, Oct. 4
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 6:45pm

ROCKLAND — Rockland First Friday Art Walk continues on October 4, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with new openings at several galleries. Dowling Walsh Gallery, at 365 Main Street, will host three exhibitions: Tollef Runquist, Sarah McRae Morton, and Reggie Burrows Hodges Tollef Runquist lives and works in Searsport. Runquist said, in a news release: “Painting for me is an undertaking of appreciation and inquiry. It is a means by which to engage the beauty and mystery of visual...
introductory sessions to teach basic media technology skills
MakerSpace ‘How To’ media series begins in Belfast
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 1:00pm

BELFAST — Want to learn how to record and edit audio or video? How about creating a newsletter, poster, or multimedia family history? These are all things that you can do at the MakerSpace at the Belfast Free Library, according to Makers, in a news release. The Library will be offering a series of introductory sessions to teach basic media technology skills. The sessions will be led by Jim Campbell, host of Notes from the Electronic Cottage on WERU Radio and Partner in Modular Media...
deadline Oct. 4
Call to artists for Handmade Show at Waterfall Arts
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 9:45am

BELFAST — Waterfall Arts is looking for a variety of unique artwork and gifts handcrafted with a professional aesthetic for the 2019 Handmade Show, a curated collection of high-quality handmade goods and artwork. ‘Handmade’ is a juried show and submissions will be reviewed by committee. The deadline to apply is October 4. Examples of desired work are original small works (2D and 3D), fiber work, ceramics, clothing, prints, gift cards, jewelry, small furniture and lighting, body products, food...
In business
Betty Forever: New art showroom and small bar/restaurant opens in Camden
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 8:00am

CAMDEN—The little garage sitting next to The Smoothie Shack at 46 Elm Street became available recently when friends and business partners Ariela Kuh and Molly O’Rourke each saw her own vision of how it could be used. The new business, both small bar/restaurant and art showroom, is called Betty Forever, inspired by a collaborative exhibition they both had at The Steel House, Rockland in 2018. The name is an homage to the artist Betty Woodman. On Saturday, September 15, the garage doors rolled up...
Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk, tonight
Fri, 09/27/2019 - 9:00am

BELFAST — Local Color Gallery, in Belfast, will have the work of 15 local artists on display during Fourth Friday Art Walk, September 27, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. This month artist Conny Hatch will be featured. Hatch is a minimalist assemblage artist working primarily with wood and metal found objects. The reclaimed materials themselves are a main source of the artist’s inspiration. She is inspired by the work of Maine artist Bernard Langlais. She integrates each object into a work of art that often...
Viewing Your Art through a Business Lens
Art is My Business workshop with Jenn Dobransky
Thu, 09/26/2019 - 7:00am

TENANTS HARBOR — On Wednesday evening, October 2, Jenn Dobransky, of New Ventures Maine, will discuss “Viewing Your Art through a Business Lens,” the second of two free “Art is My Business” workshops in St. George designed to helped artists and other creative persons achieve success. Sponsored jointly by the St. George Business Alliance, the St. George Community Development Corporation, the Jackson Memorial Library and New Ventures Maine, both workshops are being held at the Jackson Memorial...
Fall Harbor Arts, Books Fair returns to Camden, Oct. 5, 6
Wed, 09/25/2019 - 2:30pm

CAMDEN — The trees aren’t the only place you’ll find gorgeous color this season, according to Camden Library, in a news release. The Fall Harbor Arts and Books Fair is back with booths displaying more than 50 juried artists and craftspeople during the first weekend of October. Vendors will fill Atlantic Avenue, Harbor Park, and the Amphitheatre with items for every taste and pocketbook. The fair will be open Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m...
Design 2020 Maine Lobster Festival poster, win $1,000
Wed, 09/25/2019 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival is looking for an artist to create the 2020 festival poster. Every year, thousands of these posters are hung all over Maine and beyond to promote the Festival, and to be sold as art keepsakes, according to the Festival, in a news release. The festival is looking for just the right creative talent to make the Festival’s 2020 poster. The winner will receive a $1,000 commission and must release the rights of the artwork to the Maine Lobster Festival. Artists...
Camden International Film Festival extension; ‘Confluence’ immersive piece
Opening reception for new exhibits at Waterfall Arts
Sun, 09/22/2019 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — On Friday, September 27, Waterfall Arts will hold an opening reception for two new shows: Storyforms : Immersive Media Selections from the 2019 Camden International Film Festival (in the Clifford Gallery) and Confluence: Visual Stories from the Village Canoe Project (in the Corridor Gallery). The reception begins at 5 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Following the 2019 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) in September, selections from the ...
Free October adult art workshops with Catinka Knoth
Sun, 09/22/2019 - 12:45pm

ROCKLAND — Catinka Knoth offers drawing October's autumn themes, with a focus on drawing in color, most Mondays in October, at 11 a.m., in the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. (Library will be closed for Columbus Day, Oct. 14) Led by Knoth, participants will create their own colored drawings of fall leaves; autumn landscape scenes; and Halloween pumpkins. Knoth provides the classes free of charge and open to the general public, with materials supplied, and Friends of...
Fall and Halloween Themes for October
Free children's drawing classes at Rockland Library
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 5:30pm

ROCKLAND — Children, and those young at heart, will explore fall and Halloween themes in the ongoing drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. The "Let's Draw Together!" workshops, geared for ages 6 and up, also welcome adults. Library policy requests that children 10 and under have an adult accompany them. Classes meet every Tuesday, from 4 - 5 p.m., downstairs in the Friends Community Room. October's subjects may include: autumn leaves and trees; pumpkin...
Thomaston artist exhibits Arts In The Barn
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 1:30pm

CUSHING — Thomaston artist Jim Bazin’s “Arts In The Barn” show in Cushing has been extended for two more weekends. Bazin’s recent work, based on observations in nature, includes wildlife action, abstract impressions of nature, and mixed media imagery. The images displayed at his Arts In The Barn solo show are from a cross section of his various bodies of work from 2000-2019. The show will include collaborative mixed media images Bazin created with Thomaston painter, Melanie Beckett, along with...
Making a Living Doing What You Love
Art is My Business workshop with George Pearlman, Dara Zuckernick
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 7:00am

TENANTS HARBOR — On Wednesday evening, September 25, St. George ceramic artist George Pearlman and Dara Zuckernick, former art gallery owner and current Tenants Harbor resident, will discuss “Making a Living Doing What You Love,” the first of two free “Art is My Business” workshops designed to helped artists and other creative persons achieve success. On Wednesday, October 2, Jenn Dobransky, New Ventures Maine, will present the second workshop focused on “Viewing Your Art through a Business...
Postcards: using picturesque scenes to encourage early tourism
Postcard, Ephemera Show in Rockland, Sept. 28
Tue, 09/17/2019 - 4:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Historical Society will hold its seventh annual Postcard and Ephemera Show and Sale on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock Street. Admission is $3. “Real Photo” postcards are an excellent record of Maine history, according to Show organizers, in a news release. Starting before the turn of the century, itinerant photographers traveled around the country photographing streetscapes, landmarks, businesses,...
Artists Ineson, Thelander highlighted at art gallery
Tue, 09/17/2019 - 9:30am

NEW HARBOR — Two member artists at the Pemaquid Art Gallery discovered painting through drawing. Liliana Thelander, of Bristol, began her art career with stained glass, but studied drawing to design her own patterns, which led to her discovery of painting. Hannah Ineson, of Damariscotta, found she had inherited a natural drawing ability from her artist ancestors, a skill she found helpful as she turned to painting in early adulthood. Liliana Thelander was born and educated in Venezuela, taking...
As darkness falls, mysterious things go bump in the night and family tensions rise
Midcoast Actors to act out ‘The Humans’ in Belfast
Tue, 09/17/2019 - 9:15am

BELFAST — Humor and hurt are dished out in equal measure at Thanksgiving Dinner in the one-act play, The Humans , by Stephen Karam. Performances are October 25 - November 3, at 8 p.m., at The Crosby Center, 96 Church St, Belfast. After a sleepless night, Erik Blake brings his family from Pennsylvania to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's new apartment in Lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the crumbling pre-war duplex, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and...
Addiction, social justice, and the opioid crisis in Maine. What’s Art Got to Do With It?
Arts in action project, conference for substance abuse to be held in Belfast
Mon, 09/16/2019 - 3:45pm

BELFAST — The First Annual Arts and Activism Conference begins Friday evening, November 1, when the public is invited to the keynote-performance at the Bayview Point Event Center Theatre, also the site of the United Farmer’s Market, in Belfast. Keynote speaker Vijay Gupta is a performer, communicator, and citizen-artist, and a leading advocate for the role of the arts and music to heal, inspire, provoke change, and foster social connection. He was recently interviewed by PBS NewsHour and...
Waterfall Arts’ annual chalk walk returns to Belfast Harbor Walk
Mon, 09/16/2019 - 3:30pm
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts will stage another art takeover of the Belfast Harbor Walk with Chalk Walk: an All Ages Art Happening (AAAH) on Saturday, September 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Led by Bridget Matros, Waterfall Arts’ Youth and Family Outreach manager, artists will spend the day creating chalk drawings throughout Heritage Park in downtown Belfast. Everyone is invited to stroll the waterfront and watch the artists at work. Plenty of chalk will be available for passersby to join in the fun...
Teen vlogging workshop at Belfast Free Library
Sun, 09/15/2019 - 6:15pm

BELFAST — On Fridays, September 20 and October 4, at 2 p.m., Belfast Free Library will be having a Teen Vlogging Workshop. A two-part class, taught by professional Rachel Epperly, using the Library’s brand new video equipment from the Makerspace. Learn how to make your own vlog in the third floor conference room. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 207-338-3884.
build forts and fairy houses, create magic wands, catch insects, enjoy face painting, explore Merryspring gardens
Annual Fall Fairy Festival to be held Sept. 29
Sun, 09/15/2019 - 5:00pm

CAMDEN — Merryspring Nature Center will hold its annual Fall Fairy Festival on Sunday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This yearly tradition will feature fairy-themed activities and crafts in Merryspring’s gardens and forests for kids of all ages. In addition to building forts and fairy houses, children will able to create magic wands and other crafts, catch insects, enjoy face painting, and explore the Merryspring gardens. This is an outdoor event. In the event of very heavy rain, the...
‘A drinking town with a fishing problem’
Time travel back to artist Eric Green’s miniature train town
Fri, 09/13/2019 - 12:00pm

BELFAST—Penobscot Falls is not a real town in Maine, but it is very much a real place in the latest 3-D artwork of artist Eric Green. It’s a train set town set in 1/48th scale surrounded by buildings, tiny people, rural settings and of course, electric trains. It was constructed in a converted-attic room on the third floor of Green’s house in Belfast. Measuring nearly 14 feet across and taking up half the room, the mill town meets the ocean. “The town motto is ‘A drinking town with a fishing...
conversation with artist/curator Kenny Cole, activist El Fadel Arbab
‘The Khashoggi Story’: Fascinating Perspectives, Unique Perspectives art talk in Belfast
Fri, 09/13/2019 - 11:30am

BELFAST — Artist/Curator Kenny Cole (of Monroe) and activist El Fadel Arbab (of Portland by way of Sudan) present a conversation in response to Cole’s piece, “The Khashoggi Story,” Wednesday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m., at Waterfall Arts. The event will be held in the Clifford Gallery and is free and open to the public. Are you interested in unique perspectives and fascinating stories? Then attend a conversation with artist Kenny Cole and activist El Fadel Arbab, in response to “The Khashoggi...
“Every dollar we dedicate to making our arts scene more vibrant results in more cultural tourism for Maine.”
Rockland, Boothbay nonprofits to receive congressional district grants
Wed, 09/11/2019 - 5:45pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program will award three projects in Maine’s First Congressional District with a combined $704,458 in grants and combined matching amounts of $769,730. Museums for America is the IMLS’ largest discretionary grant program for museums. It supports projects that strengthen the ability of museums to serve the general public. Museums receiving awards in Maine’s First Congressional District include...
Holocaust and Human Right’s Center of Maine to host Finding Our Voices project
Wed, 09/11/2019 - 1:45pm

AUGUSTA — The Holocaust and Human Right’s Center of Maine and the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence are hosting photojournalist Patrisha McLean’s multi-media exhibit on domestic abuse for a three-month run at the HHRC’s Michael Klahr Center in Augusta, opening to the public with a special event on Thursday September 19, 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit will be installed Monday, September 16. Finding Our Voices: Breaking the Silence of Domestic Abuse features photo...
Quilts by St. George resident to display in Nobleboro
Wed, 09/11/2019 - 11:45am
NOBLEBORO — Maine-ly Quilts announces that it will host a Gallery Showing of Art Quilts by Jim Vander Noot, Sunday, October 6, from 12 - 4 p.m., at the shop on US Route 1 in Nobleboro. The work of Vander Noot, who lives in St. George part of the year, includes a broad range of quilting techniques that can include fuse applique, dense quilting and thread painting. Several of his quilts incorporate his own hand-dyed and hand-painted fabrics. He also explores the ice and snow dyeing of fabrics...
September happenings at Carver Memorial include Crafternoon, garden work party
Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:00pm

SEARSPORT — Crafts, socializing, tech time, and a garden party allow for September involvement at Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport. Crafternoon – Thursday, Sept 19, 3:30 p.m. Join the library for an afternoon of crafts and socializing. Bring your knitting, mending, or craft projects for conversation, questions, and new friends. Tech Topics – Tuesday, Sept 24, 3:30 p.m. Staff will answer your tech questions and plan for future programs on specific tech topics. Garden Work Party – Thursday,...
groups, individuals encouraged to participate, share photos
Rockland Scarecrow Days to celebrate autumn this October
Mon, 09/09/2019 - 10:30am

ROCKLAND — Visit Rockland in October and check out amazing scarecrows and the fun, fall atmosphere, according to Rockland Main Street, in a news release. Original, one-of-a-kind scarecrows will be displayed throughout the downtown and the City of Rockland between Saturday, Oct. 5 and Thursday, Oct. 31. Scarecrow Days celebrates Autumn and the creativity of the residents, nonprofits, and businesses of the City of Rockland. The event is free and open to the general public. Individuals, families,...
Artwalk Waldoboro September to feature comics, local produce
Mon, 09/09/2019 - 10:15am

WALDOBORO — September ArtWalk Waldoboro awaits visitors, Saturday, September 14, from 4 – 7 p .m., as Waldoboro celebrates the arts with special events at galleries, studios, and businesses throughout the town. One such exhibit will be: Comic Art “On The Comic Side,” at Philippe Guillerm Gallery, 882 Main Street, Waldoboro. A combination of popular, fine art, visual, and literary art, "On the Comic Side" brings out sculptor and painter Philippe Guillerm's lighter side with his "comic art"...
You gotta get up pretty early in the morning to outdo Jim Dugan’s sunrises
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 10:00am

ROCKLAND—Photographer Jim Dugan, surprisingly, is not a “morning person.” You wouldn’t know it from his almost surreal sunrise photos of the Penobscot Bay which pop with blues, purples, coral reds. “I sweeten the color a bit, but try not to go overboard with it,” said Dugan. “My routine is to get up and look out the window,” he said. “If there’s nothing going on outside I go back to bed. “But, if I see vibrant color, I’m compelled to get up to capture it. I’ve never been an early riser, but I...
St. George artists to work en plein air
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 8:30pm

On Saturday, September 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Blue Tulip Garden Boutique in Tenants Harbor will host “Art in the Garden,” an opportunity to see two St. George artists working en plein air in Blue Tulip’s gardens. Impressionist Alicia Hammatt, a life-long artist and resident of Tenants Harbor, will be painting garden scenes in oil. Pat Towle, a retired teacher and summer resident of Port Clyde, has been painting decorative folk art for more than 30 years. She began painting in oil four...
Touring Peninsula Art opens St. George studios to public
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 4:15pm

ST. GEORGE — If you love art, don’t miss the St. George Business Alliance (SGBA)’s “Touring Peninsula Art” event on Saturday, September 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to SGBA, in a news release. From the St. George town line to the tip of the peninsula in Port Clyde, SGBA member studios, galleries, and shops will be open and displaying a wide variety of work by local artists. Colorful “ART TOUR” lawn signs and event maps will identify participating locations on both the east and west...
reflecting what the photographer sees, reflecting what the camera sees
Belfast Library exhibits Water-Reflection photography by Patrick Walsh
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 3:45pm

BELFAST — “Water-Reflection,” an exhibit of photographs by Patrick Walsh, will be on display for the month of September in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library. Walsh, a Belfast resident, said of his approach to photography, in a news release, “Taking pictures is a way of capturing the beauty we see around us. Light on water can be particularly interesting, sometimes an image reflects what I have seen and sometimes the image reflects what the camera has seen. Those results can be very...
Fishin’ For Fashion: Nautical haute couture
Wed, 09/04/2019 - 4:00pm

Fishing netting for lace, sailcloth for dresses, maps turn into shoes, rope for ornamental braiding, life jackets become totes ... these fishing industry materials and gear are used to create charming, often breathtaking clothing for the Fishin’ For Fashion Show. This is the sixth consecutive year for what has become a much anticipated event during Boothbay Harbor Fest. Ocean Point Marina’s boat shed is the venue for a second year for the sixth annual Fishin’ For Fashion Show Sept. 7 at 5 p.m...
Waterfall Arts seeking chalk artists for annual Chalk Walk
Tue, 09/03/2019 - 9:00am
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts’ is seeking chalk artists of all kinds to turn sidewalks and pavement into art during the third annual Chalk Walk (an All Ages Art Happening), led by Bridget Matros, Youth and Family Outreach Manager. On Saturday, September 21, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Waterfall Arts will stage an art takeover of the Belfast Harbor Walk, with artists creating chalk drawings throughout Heritage Park in downtown Belfast. Artists interested in participating can reserve a 4’ x 4’ square on...
And other diminutive structures by custom furniture maker Tom Dahlke
A boathouse that opens up to a bar
Mon, 09/02/2019 - 1:30pm

BELFAST—From the outside, custom furniture maker Tom Dahlke’s miniature houses and barns resemble child’s dollhouses. But inside each custom structure, there are adult prizes to discover. Dahlke, who lives in Brunswick, was one of the artists on hand at the Maine Crafts Guild show at United Farmers Market Event Center, August 16-18. When the boathouse opens, one expects to see a miniaturized floor plan, perhaps some Lilliputian boats, but instead, lo and behold, there’s a bottle of Jameson and...

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