Category: Festival

Maine Craft Weekend returns for its 11th annual statewide event

Produced by Maine Crafts Association in partnership with Maine Made, Maine Craft Weekend is a statewide tour of Maine’s craft artist studios, businesses and special events, held on Oct. 7 and 8. The weekend is an educational, community-oriented, family-friendly event welcoming the public to explore and celebrate the lives and work of craft artists in […]

Guild Fine Craft Show returns to Ketcha Outdoors for indoor/outdoor show

Produced by Shop Maine Craft, the Guild Fine Craft Show in Scarborough returns for its 13th season on the expansive grounds of Ketcha Outdoors on Sept. 16 and 17.  The indoor/outdoor show will feature exquisite fine craft designs for special occasions and everyday use handmade by the juried Guild level members of Maine Crafts Association, […]

Saltwater Artists Gallery to host Plein Air Day at Pemaquid Point

Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor will host its first Plein Air Day at Pemaquid Point from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 22. The event will kick off with an artists’ breakfast provided by the Sea Gull Shop Restaurant. The event will include a “wet paint” sale, and the day will finish with an […]

Indigenous 2022 returns to a Bar Harbor Stage

Penobscot artist Firefly the Hybrid returns for the second annual Indigenous 2022 on October 8 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Bar Harbor stage. Joined by Cleveland-based Humble G tha Fiddla, the two are set to perform in the Abbe Museum’s backyard for a one-of-a-kind, immersive experience to mark Maine’s fourth Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This […]

Third annual Guild Fine Craft Show to be held outdoors in downtown Belfast on Sept. 17-18

Shop Maine Craft will hold its third annual Guild Fine Craft Show: Belfast, in conjunction with Waterfall Arts, on Sept. 17 and 18. Featuring exquisite fine craft designs for special occasions and everyday use, the show will be held outdoors on the lawn of Waterfall Arts in downtown Belfast. All fine craft is handmade by […]

Portland Fine Craft Show returns to Free Street on Aug. 27

Presented by Shop Maine Craft, the Portland Fine Craft Show returns for its seventh annual event, a festive, one-day, outdoor juried fine craft show in downtown Portland from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 27. The show is located in the heart of Portland’s arts district in the large parking area at 120 Free St. […]

Plein Air Weekend in Belfast

Plein Air Weekend in Belfast is Aug. 26, 27 and 28, with an auction at 4 p.m. Aug. 28 at 15 Front St., Belfast. Proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity. Featured artists include Ken DeWaard, Nathaniel Meyer, Peter Yesis, Stephan Giannini, Bjorn, Runquist, Michael Vermette, Jill Hoy, Roberta Gosche, Olena Babek, Tollef Runquist, Maxwell Nolin, […]

Bucksport Arts Festival accepting applications for August event

The Bucksport Arts Festival will be held Aug. 19 and 20. Applications will continue to be accepting, as long as space remains available. The festival will be open each day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. along the waterfront on the Penobscot Bay. Come and enjoy the beautiful views and the exciting artwork of local […]

Everything is better when it is handmade: Portland Fine Craft Show will be held outdoors on Aug. 28

Produced by the Maine Crafts Association, the Portland Fine Craft Show returns for its sixth season with an outdoor juried fine craft show in Portland from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 28. Admission is free. After five seasons taking over Congress Street, the show has moved to the large parking lot beside the old […]

Indigo Arts Alliance hosts virtual children’s book festival celebrating creators of the African diaspora

Indigo Arts Alliance, an organization committed to cultivating the artistic development of artists of African descent, presents the second Virtual Edition of the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival throughout the months of August and September. The festival is named after the classic picture book “Beautiful Blackbird” and its legendary author and artist, Ashley Bryan. The […]