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In honor of National Poetry Month
Poetry joins art at Local Color Gallery
Tue, 04/13/2021 - 5:00pm

BELFAST — In honor of National Poetry Month, two Local Color artists will exhibit their poems alongside their art during the month of April. Leslie Moore, poet and printmaker, will show poems with her relief prints of animals. Her recent work features birds and is influenced by Japanese woodblock prints. Her poems and prose have appeared in English Journal, Take Heart, The Maine Review, The Catch, Café Review, Balancing Act 2, Deep Water, Wait: Poems from the Pandemic, and Artword. Debbie...
Artist Kim Bernard used daily art exercise to connect Mainers and beyond virtually
Art prompts spur community to get creative during Artists & Makers Week
Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—As mud season is full underway, little pops of color in nature are turning up on roadsides and gardens. As part of Artists & Makers Week hosted by the Island Institute’s retail store Archipelago, little pops of color also appeared in artist Kim Bernard’s email inbox—the result of daily art prompts she put out to Maine’s communities and beyond last week. Each day had a different directive and she encouraged each participant to spend no more than 15 minutes on each prompt. One was:...
Amy Nichols and Alison Olds
Same But Different: quilt exhibit on display in Belfast
Sun, 04/11/2021 - 10:30am

BELFAST — An exhibit of art quilts, “Same But Different” by Amy Nichols and Alison Olds, is on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library through May 31, 2021. Amy Nichols and Alison Olds, of Deer Hill Designs, have been friends, neighbors, and co-creators for many years. Living next door to each other on a scenic hilltop in Jackson, they are longtime art quilters who have explored many facets of quilting through classes and workshops from many renowned quilters, including...
a fascination for traditional craftsmanship; a joy of being on the water
Maritime Month with Maynard Bray photography: An Aficionado's Look at Waterfronts and Watercraft
Thu, 04/08/2021 - 1:30pm

The Camden Public Library partners once again with the Penobscot Marine Museum on Thursday, April 22, at 6 p.m., for a special presentation during its celebration of Maritime Month, titled Maynard Bray's Photography: An Aficionado's Look at Waterfronts and Watercraft . This time, CPL will be welcoming the museum’s Digital Collections Curator, Matt Wheeler, for an online narrated slideshow featuring selections of outstanding maritime photography from the museum’s Maynard Bray Collection. Wheeler...
April vacation Springtime Craft Bags at Rockport library
Wed, 04/07/2021 - 1:15pm

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library will be giving out craft bags during April break. Inside the bag you’ll find books, supplies for a couple of crafts, and some flower seeds, vegetable seeds, soil, and planting cups to make way for Spring. The Library will have twenty bags made – please sign up at the library or give them a call at 207-236-3642. Bags will be ready starting the week of April 19.
nine local artists
Knox County Art Society, Rockport Public Library present art exhibition
Tue, 04/06/2021 - 1:30pm

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library will host an art exhibition by the Knox County Art Society (KCAS), April 1 - 30, downstairs on the new exhibition wall. “Come see the new library and works by nine artists,” said RPL, in a news release. From May 1 through May 31, a new exhibition will open highlighting the works of more KCAS artists. Visit the new library and enjoy the art work of Pam Bardon, Nicholas Beverage, Anne Brown, Heather Rose Evans, Jean Kigel, June Kinkade, Joyanna Margo, Tim...
Free events hosted by The Island Institute April 5-9
Artist & Makers Week goes virtual for the creative economy
Tue, 04/06/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—The Island Institute and its retail store, Archipelago are champions of the Midcoast’s creative economy and sponsors of the past in-person Artist and Makers Conferences. This year due to the pandemic, they’ve spun in a new direction, creating a virtual Creative Economy Hub for the week of April 5 to 9, 2021. Artists & Makers Week will feature a variety of live and pre-recorded events, web-based resources for artists, makers, and arts-based businesses, stories and insights from...
Maine Photography Show 2021
‘White Bowl’ Best In Show
Mon, 04/05/2021 - 4:00pm

Emily Whiting was quite surprised to hear her photograph, “White Bowl,” won the coveted Best In Show distinction in this year’s Maine Photography Show (MPS). “I’m also so grateful for the recognition. It was very unexpected and I’m delighted, obviously!” said Whiting from her home in Washington, D.C. At Boothbay Region Art Foundation over this past weekend, juror Bruce Brown said the simplicity of the photograph “is part of its magic.” Whiting and her family began living in West Boothbay Harbor...
alternative perspectives on local news and issues
A Retrospective: Editorial cartoons of Douglas Coffin on display at Vose Library
Sat, 04/03/2021 - 1:30pm

UNION — After a formal introduction via "Zoom-with-Vose at 6pm Wednesdays" Series on March 31 by the artist himself, Vose Library hosts an exhibit of the editorial cartoons of Douglas Coffin. Coffin’s single-panel, black-and-white cartoons were a popular feature of the upstart Waldo Independent – a Belfast-based weekly newspaper that from 1985 to 2008 provided lively competition to the deep-rooted Republican Journal, offering an alternative perspective on local news and issues. Coming from the...
voicing a wild sense of beauty, the excitement of discovery, the spark of possibility
Rockland artist Marli Thibodeau joins Local Color Gallery
Sat, 04/03/2021 - 1:00pm

BELFAST — Local Color Gallery, in Belfast, welcomes Marli Thibodeau as a year round artist. Thibodeau is a contemporary artist working from her studio in Rockland. Inﬂuenced by the natural world and the lineage of Abstract Expressionism, artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Perle Fine, and Franz Klien, she has been inspired towards non-objective painting. She is immersed in the study of the landscape around her and the inner landscape of self-discovery through movement and visual arts...
72 works of art selected from more than 106 submissions
UMaine annual juried student art exhibition opens April 2
Fri, 04/02/2021 - 1:45pm
ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2021 Juried Student Art Exhibition, “Here and There,” that features work by current students in studio art courses. The exhibition will be on display April 2–30 in Lord Hall Gallery. The venue provides an opportunity for undergraduate students at all levels to showcase their work. This year, 72 works of art were selected from more than 106 submissions in a range of media. Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, two- and three-...
‘Dopplehangers - Intentionally or Not, They Resemble Famous People’
Michael Frank to host evening with Museum Of Bad Art
Fri, 04/02/2021 - 1:15pm

Do you know what's even better than an evening filled with laughter and art; one that is hosted by seven area libraries? Join Boothbay, Cushing, Gibbs, Hope, Liberty, Vose, and Waldoboro Libraries as they co-host an evening with the Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA); art too bad to be ignored ; Wednesday, April 14, from 6 - 7 p.m., via Zoom. The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) collects, exhibits, and celebrates art that will be seen in no other venue. Since 1993, the curators have collected art from...
appreciating the collective power of local people banding together
South Thomaston artist’s Meeting Hall Maine on display at Maine Jewish Museum
Tue, 03/30/2021 - 4:45pm

PORTLAND — Michelle Hauser, of South Thomaston, is exhibiting a selection of photographs from Meeting Hall Maine that records for posterity the documentation of hundreds of meeting halls found throughout the state. The exhibition Meeting Hall Maine will be on view at the Maine Jewish Museum, in Portland, March 25 to May 7, 2021. This photographic exploration began in collaboration with Hauser’s late husband, Andrew S. Flamm (1967-2018). Hauser has continued on with their shared vision to adhere...
2021 Maine Photography Show opens April 10
Tue, 03/30/2021 - 8:30am

The 16th annual Maine Photography Show (MPS) opens April 10 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) and will continue through May 7, subject to COVID-19 restrictions. Juror Bruce Brown selected 110 images from the 600-plus submitted for consideration in the four categories: B&W, Color, Student and this year’s special category, Community Celebrations. A Portland native and resident, Brown has curated over 150 Maine photography exhibitions from 1988 to 2006 as curator of the Center for Maine...
Comic
Insights from the Clueless Male
Mon, 03/29/2021 - 11:00am

Doug Day is the director of two music festivals: The Sweet Chariot Music Festival on Swan’s Island and Pine Mountain in the U.P. of Michigan. He lives in Camden and on Swan’s Island with his family: hard-working wife delivering the mail and kids: Jackson, Julianna and Lydia. His comics, now in a mature enough form for public perusal, make a professional debut with the Pen Bay Pilot!
Maine Pottery Tour weekend returns May 1, 2
Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:45pm

Springtime in Maine can mean daffodils or snow, and sometimes both, but the first weekend in May has meant the Maine Pottery Tour for nearly a decade, according to the Tour, in a news release. The 9th annual Maine Pottery Tour welcomes visitors on Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, 2021, to studios throughout the state, in including Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties. “The self-guided Tour is an opportunity to enjoy spring in Vacationland and the hospitality of local potters in their studios,”...
UMaine intermedia program promotes COVID-19 vaccination with art
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 2:00pm

University of Maine intermedia students are creating and sharing art that advocates for COVID-19 vaccination and equitable distribution of doses. In an awareness campaign led by Intermedia MFA Program Director Susan Smith, about 20 graduate and undergraduate students have been developing various media that reinforce the hardships of the pandemic and encourage spectators to help bring about its end through inoculation. The effort, known as “Creativity vs. COVID,” builds on another campaign...
also highlighting behind the scenes, coloring kits
Rockland Public Library calls for video stories for National Library Week
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 1:45pm
ROCKLAND — April 4-10, 2021 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the essential role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. The theme for this year’s National Library Week is “Welcome to your library,” which promotes the idea that libraries extend far beyond the four walls of a building and that everyone is welcome to use their services. Whether people visit virtually or in person, libraries are accessible and inclusive places...
CARTOONIST, CHILDREN’S AUTHOR, LETTER CUTTER
Doug Coffin talk to kick off Vose Library exhibit
Tue, 03/23/2021 - 1:00pm

Join Doug Coffin for a Zoom with Vose Library talk, Wednesday, March 31, from 6 - 7 p.m., about his creative talents and diverse careers. Douglas M. Coffin is a life-long doodler on paper of both words and images, and decided, at age 23, that he wanted to be a nationally syndicated cartoonist. Down he went to New York City to draw the figure, supporting himself as a graphic designer, and to develop both his cartoon style and his writing. He conceived of his characters, two elderly, maiden...
Hail To The Rad Kids
Teen welder makes functional art out of metal scraps
Thu, 03/18/2021 - 9:15am

ROCKLAND—Take a walk through the cavernous welding/fabrication shop at the newly built Midcoast School of Technology and you’ll be surrounded by industrial machines, tools, workbenches, and vices. For some students, it might be intimidating. But 17-year-old Mikayla Tolman feels right at home. The senior at Zenith Alternative School takes a welding class at Midcoast School of Technology every other day and is one of two female students in the welding/fabrication program. “When I first walked in...
Opinion: Comic strip
Insights from the Clueless Male
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 3:30pm

Doug Day is the director of two music festivals: The Sweet Chariot Music Festival on Swan’s Island and Pine Mountain in the U.P. of Michigan. He lives in Camden and on Swan’s Island with his family: hard-working wife delivering the mail and kids: Jackson, Julianna and Lydia. His comics, now in a mature enough form for public perusal, make a professional debut with the Pen Bay Pilot!
Library collaborative virtual exhibit tells story of Maine’s pandemic year
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 12:45pm

Over the past year, archivists and librarians all over Maine have been collecting primary source materials related to their communities’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, these cultural heritage professionals formed the Maine Contemporary Archives Collaborative, a network that connects digital archives projects from across the state. To mark one year of COVID-19, members of the collaborative are sharing an online exhibit It’s Been a Year: Selections from Community Covid-Era...
US Navy, Coast Guard troops and changes to an island
Monhegan Museum presents online multimedia exhibition ‘World War II: On-Island and Abroad’
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 1:00pm

MONHEGAN — The Second World War had a dramatic impact on the everyday lives of individuals across the country, and while far from the fighting, the residents of Maine’s remote offshore islands were profoundly affected by the war overseas. The multimedia online exhibition “ World War II: On-Island and Abroad ” incorporates oral histories, artwork, letters, memoirs, film footage, and newspaper clippings to tell the stories of the islanders who went to war, and those who remained on-island. Before...
Rockland library seeks artists to make take-home craft kits
Wed, 03/10/2021 - 1:00pm

ROCKKLAND — Thanks to a grant to the Friends of Rockland Public Library from the Anonimo Foundation, the Library is looking for makers of take-home craft kits that are created by local artists and crafters. As one alternative to in-person programming, the Library has been handing out Grab-n-Go craft bags for its local youth twice a month since October 2020. “We are interested in providing additional kits for kids, teens, and for all-ages,” said the Library, in a news releaese. “We would love to...
March 9 - 15
Free Grab-n-Go Craft at Rockland Library: Pixel Art
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — Take the computer out of computer games by getting hands-on with your "crafting." Inspired by Minecraft March, visit the Rockland Public Library to pick up your bag of supplies. Learn about pixels and how many dots can create an image by making your own paper Minecraft creeper. Then, use the pages provided to map out your own pixel designs to see what shapes, characters, or words you can make using "pixels." This craft is free for all ages. Take pictures of your creations and share...
Belfast artist’s coin design wins Coin of the Year international accolade
Sun, 03/07/2021 - 2:30pm

BELFAST — A coin designed for the U.S. Mint by Belfast graphic designer Gary Cooper has been dubbed the 2021 Coin of the Year. The Coin of the Year program, in its 38th year, is an internationally conducted competition presented by World Coin News to recognize outstanding coin design and innovation worldwide with worldwide judges analyzing coins across 10 competition categories. “In the first round of COTY voting by category, the United States Mint 5-ounce Apollo 11 dollar received twice as...
Suzanne G. Roberts, Sandi Cirillo, Judy Graebert, MF Morison, James Toothacker, Betty Schopmeyer, DiTa, Debbie Mitchell, Leslie Moore, Conny Hatch, Sally Brophy
March exhibit highlights Abbie Read’s artist books
Fri, 03/05/2021 - 1:00pm

BELFAST — The month of March features guest artist Abbie Read at Local Color Gallery, in Belfast. In response to several current external forces, Read has been working on intimate artist books. Each is a pocket sized accordion book, 4 inches by 3 inches. This size gave her the freedom to work quickly, on paper, with much exploration into both technique and in searching for a visual language that feels like a return to her painter’s past. Using gouache, markers, and collage, she created then...
Opinion: Comic strip
Insights from the Clueless Male
Wed, 03/03/2021 - 2:45pm

Doug Day is the director of two music festivals: The Sweet Chariot Music Festival on Swan’s Island and Pine Mountain in the U.P. of Michigan. He lives in Camden and on Swan’s Island with his family: hard-working wife delivering the mail and kids: Jackson, Julianna and Lydia. His comics, now in a mature enough form for public perusal, make a professional debut with the Pen Bay Pilot!
Friday, April 16 postmark date
Liberty Graphics’ annual art scholarship open for submissions
Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:00pm

LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is currently accepting art submissions to its 24th annual $1,000 art scholarship contest. All high school seniors residing in Maine are invited to submit original works that reflect on the theme of "Art and our Natural Environment." Art entries must be traditional two dimensional media, reflecting on Maine's natural environment. Submissions must be postmarked by Friday, April 16. Photography, sculpture and computer-...
financial stipend and talent exposure
Our Town Belfast seeks proposals for crosswalk art
Fri, 02/26/2021 - 1:00pm

BELFAST – Our Town Belfast is seeking proposals from local artists to create and install designs in one of five downtown crosswalks. Selected artists will receive a $600 stipend for the design and installation. The goal of the project is to add artwork to five of the city’s downtown crosswalks while increasing visibility and safety and creating visual interest. The project was inspired by previous related projects downtown. For many years the crosswalk from the Colonial Theatre to City hall has...
coming face to face with stunning landscapes, dramatic weather, and physical limits
‘By the Waters of the Winds’ art show, virtual film, talk with Maureen Egan, Tim Seymour
Tue, 02/23/2021 - 3:00pm

During the month of March, the Camden Public Library will host Midcoast artist and author Maureen Egan for a virtual art show entitled By the Waters of the Winds. The paintings in the show were inspired by two challenging and resplendent hikes with her husband in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. The online art exhibit will be accompanied by a Zoom program on Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m., featuring the screening of a film by Egan and her husband, Tim Seymour, which documents the eight-day...
Camden, Rockport organizations receive National Endowment for the Arts grants
Mon, 02/22/2021 - 3:00pm

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eleven organizations in Maine have been awarded a combined $280,000 to enhance performing arts and literature programs with the funding awarded through the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency established in 1965 whose funding and support give Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies,...
Former school site would show films throughout summer
CIFF founder proposes continued use of Rockport RES site as drive-in theater
Mon, 02/08/2021 - 11:30am

ROCKPORT — Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) founder Ben Fowlie and Development Director Emily Peckham have proposed to operate a drive-in move theater on the former Rockport Elementary School (RES) site from the beginning of June through October 2021. The pair submitted a proposal to the Rockport Town Office on Jan. 28, which outlines their plan to offer two film screenings each week at the West Street location, located near the intersection of Routes 1 and 90. Last summer CIFF offered...
In Your Own Words LLC sells vintage photograph stationery to empower HIV+ Mainers
Maine couple creates Valentine’s Day cards for ‘affectionate men and women’
Fri, 02/05/2021 - 9:15am

The typical mainstream Valentine’s Day cards you find in supermarkets and stores and on TV commercials generally present a heterosexual angle to the holiday, which doesn’t represent other populations in love. One Greene, Maine couple, Lewis Alessio, and his husband, Jim Shaffer, have been producing creative variations of vintage photograph stationery that tell another visual story. The couple created In Your Own Words LLC in 2013 to creatively augment vintage photographs into cards and...
The maker’s voice through art: curiosity, ambition, skill, private obsession, public concern
Alumni and Fellows exhibition opens at Messler Gallery
Sun, 01/31/2021 - 8:15am

ROCKPORT — A juried exhibition of work by alumni of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship opened at the Messler Gallery, in Rockport, on Friday, Jan. 22. The show is open to the public, in person and online, through April 7, 2021. The 22 pieces of original, contemporary woodwork on display were winnowed from 85 submissions. “They encompass a surprisingly wide range of categories, from functional furniture to figurative sculpture, and include decorative vessels, suspended lighting, precious...
Grab-n-Go Craft at Rockland library: Card Loom Weaving with Susan Beebe
Sun, 01/31/2021 - 8:00am

ROCKLAND — Are your action figures or dolls getting chilly? Visit the Rockland Public Library Monday, Feb 8 - Saturday, Feb 13, for supplies to make your own blanket or rug. This week's craft was created by art teacher and local artist, Susan Beebe. “Beebe has brought many wonderful craft programs into the Library over the years,” said RPL, in a news release. “Now you will get to have a Susan Beebe craft session in your own home. Relax, weave, and enjoy Susan's beautifully illustrated...
Films to stream from the Strand in February
Fri, 01/29/2021 - 3:30pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre continues to present new release films to stream from their website. Five films will be available throughout the month of February. Rams is set in remote Western Australia, where two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness,...
gritty, whimsical look at Belfast’s evolution through the pages of Waldo Independent
Belfast art exhibit: Our Town and Times in the Editorial Cartoons of Douglas Coffin
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 4:00pm

BELFAST — From February 2 to March 31, 2021, the Kramer Gallery at the Belfast Free Library will host an exhibit of the editorial cartoons of Douglas Coffin. Coffin’s single-panel, black-and-white cartoons were a popular feature of the upstart Waldo Independent -- a Belfast-based weekly newspaper that from 1985 to 2008 provided lively competition to the deep-rooted Republican Journal, offering an alternative perspective on local news and issues. For this show, Coffin, who now lives in Stockton...
Christina Barstow, Sue Garrett, E.L. (Lisa) Morgan, Jody Solow, and Marjorie Strauss
New Ventures Maine virtual art show, online discussion
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 3:15pm

During the month of February, the Camden Public Library will host an eclectic virtual art show featuring the works of five Midcoast artists who have attended New Ventures Maine (NVME) classes and workshops. The art show will be complemented by a presentation Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m., on Zoom, by several of the artists and New Ventures Maine Workforce Specialist, Melinda Wildes. The virtual art show may be viewed beginning Monday, February 1, at librarycamden.org/event/nvme-art-show . To...
‘I am once again asking you to check these items out’
Maine artists jump on the Bernie Sanders memes with custom creations
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:15am

Bernie Sanders launched a million memes from President Biden’s inauguration with his practical jacket, oversized patterned mittens, and grumpy expression. He is not just a mood. He is all of us, to a degree. Some Maine artists and makers have jumped on the trend with their own creations from the meme. Check them out. Bernie’s Mittens “Mood” Wine Glasses Lewiston, Maine Bernie Wine Glass. The back story : Allison McBride, of Lewiston, has an Etsy shop called...
‘Sport is a place that demands a person be absolutely physically, mentally and emotionally involved’
Montville artist Leslie Woods captures ‘strength, beauty and attitude’ of sports
Sun, 01/24/2021 - 1:45pm

MONTVILLE — Leslie Woods, a Montville artist, has a unique approach to why she paints sport figures that encourages viewers of her work to place themselves within the portrait. “Sport is where people can be totally absorbed physically, mentally and emotionally, where people function at the essence of being human,” Woods states on her website . “I paint figures in sport because our bodies are meant to move and each sport challenges with different actions. My designs interpret...
tourism and transportation history at Owls Head Transportation Museum
‘Road to Vacationland’ museum exhibit opens Feb. 7
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 4:15pm

OWLS HEAD — Presented by the Owls Head Transportation Museum, this 2,000-square foot exhibition will illustrate the electrifying evolution of tourism and transportation history that defined the State of Maine as an international tourism destination. The evolution of Maine's distinctive cultural identity is perfectly documented in the state’s history of transportation. Opening to the public on February 7, Road to Vacationland offers a dynamic view into the development of everything from roads to...
incorporating scientific research and data into watercolor paintings
Science Communication through Art with Jill Pelto
Wed, 01/20/2021 - 1:00pm

Join Jill Pelto, climate change artist and scientist, as she talks about communicating human-environment connections on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom. Her talk will cover how she uses her dual background to incorporate scientific research and data into watercolor paintings, and why interdisciplinary science communication is a powerful way to share environmental stories. Her diverse background has allowed her to create artwork that engages broad audiences with climate change data...
Artist recreates Mt. Battie for Blaze Brewing Co’s latest beer King Tide
Wed, 01/20/2021 - 8:00am

CAMDEN—A new beer made by Blaze Brewing Co. has an interesting backstory on its autumnal, artistic label. Massachusetts artist Andrew Houle did the artwork behind the new label. He happened to have a studio in the same building as Channel Marker Brewery in Beverly, Massachusetts. Not only was that extremely convenient to pop over for a pint, but, as it turns out, the brewery’s proximity became a fortuitous connection. “Between my coming in for a brew for the last couple years and the brewery...
Existing shop still open; new shop to re-open next to French and Brawn in May
Zoot Coffee to double its space with a move down Camden’s Elm Street
Tue, 01/19/2021 - 8:30pm

CAMDEN—Fifteen years ago, Sondra and Jim Hamilton launched a little coffee shop in the heart of downtown Camden on a shoestring budget with fun, eclectic decor. Today, with more than a decade under their belts and a loyal customer following, Zoot Coffee will continue its artsy vibe in a new, enlarged space, only a few doors down the street. While the coffee shop is still open in its current location, they’re in the midst of renovating the space at 5 Elm Street, right next to French and Brawn...
Primordial Connection to Earth and Sea
Artist Michele Ratté featured at Belfast art gallery
Tue, 01/19/2021 - 1:15pm

BELFAST — Artist Michele Ratté has recently relocated to Belfast from Vermont and is being featured as a guest artist at Local Color Gallery. Ratté’s work is informed by a life-long fascination with marine environments (both current and ancient). She uses geological and botanical references, and the direct experience of being and working in seaside locations including the dunes of Cape Cod and the Chazy Fossil Reef Preserve in Vermont. Precious metals, mineral pigments, printing, collage,...
share hopes and joys through art
Help create Rockland library’s unity quilt (made of paper)
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 3:30pm

ROCKLAND — Visit Rockland Public Library between Tuesday, Jan 19 -and Saturday, Feb 13 to pick up paper quilt supplies and help create a community quilt to display at the library. With the theme of “Love,” Rockland Public Library would like to prepare for Valentine's Day by helping the community share their hopes and joys through art. You do not need to be an artist to participate. All ages and abilities welcome to complete their own rectangle or square, to help staff make a unity quilt. This...
deadlines approaching for local art and fine craft
Belfast’s 25th Arts in the Park planned for June
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 6:45pm

BELFAST — The 25th Arts in the Park will take place on June 26 and 27 at Steamboat Landing Park on the Belfast waterfront. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event will be focusing on local art and fine craft, and applications will only be open to residents of the state of Maine. Applications from Waldo County artists and Belfast Area Chamber members can be submitted exclusively from now to January 31. All Maine artists can apply from February 1 to March 1. This year the event will be...
Deadline reminder for MPS
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 4:45pm

The Maine Photography Show (MPS), deadline for submissions is drawing near ... like next Friday, Jan. 22. And the categories are ... Black and White, Color, Student, and the Special Category: Community Celebrations. This year’s Special Category should be an exciting, but also very challenging subject, considering the life changing period we are in right now. Year-round and seasonal Maine residents only. enter up to three images across any of the categories. Entry fee is $10 per image. For...
Winter take-home projects for kids at Thomaston Public Library
Tue, 01/05/2021 - 5:15pm

THOMASTON — Thomaston Public Library is now offering take-home projects for kids, made possible by a grant from The Anonimo Foundation. Each week, the Library will have two types of projects available for pick up during the library's open hours (Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.) , while supplies last. One project is designed for younger children (approximately ages 3 to 7, to be done with an adult's help) and one is for older children (...

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