Outdoor fundraiser with food, live music, children’s creative activities, and silent auction. Ticket sales and details coming soon. (Rain date: October 3) For more information and Mural Call for Entry visit: https://www.heartofellsworth.org/downtown-mural
Offshoots of Printerly Origins- A natural taproot is a strong central root from which other roots branch. Goodale and Patch make artwork that takes many different directions (books, sculpture, collage, painting) but stem largely from a background in printmaking.
The gallery's artists will be available to meet visitors and answer questions about their work while in their studio. Stop in to see their inaugural exhibition, Retrospective: Maine.
Open 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday
We’re excited to welcome you to Watershed’s beautiful campus for Maine Craft Weekend for a tour of our brand new Windgate Studio, a kiln opening and art sale, artist talks, and a collaborative exhibition with the Maine Craft Association at the Barkan Gallery.
October 1 - 31, 2021 at Center for Maine Craft Launching from an accomplished career as a jeweler and metal artist, Tom Ferrero was prompted to seek a spontaneous venture into large-scale, colorful painted works. Sourcing inspiration from his daily life and photographs around the...
Plenty of samples, behind-the scenes videos and chocolate inspiration!
Fridays and Saturdays 10-2.
$5 per person. Walk-in
Come see how our member artists interpret this theme in original fine art including painting, photography, glass work, sculpture and fiber arts by 40 Maine artists. Tues-Sat 10-5 & Sun 12-4
Featuring paintings by Linda Bail, Mark Coates, Heidi Daub, Brian Emerson, David Estey, Jillian Herrigel, Lindsay Hopkins-Weld, Douglas Howe, James Kucheman, Lisa Kyle, David Little, Ann Mohnkern, David D. Pearce, Lea Peterson, Liz Prescott, Don Ripper, Emily Reynolds, Marguerite Robichaux, Judy Taylor, Charles Thompson and Susan Williams.
Introducing new artists Gary Buch, Camille Cole Buch, Abe Goodale, Claudia Rosti, Joanne Tarlin and Annie Lloyd Witte.
Including assemblage sculpture by Andre’ Benoit, wood carving by Jennifer Kimball, and photography by Olga Merrill, Mary Woodman and Joyce Tenneson. Flags by Tom and Andy Moser.
Art is on display now through December 31.
When
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday Noon – 5 pm.
Circling the Square Fine Art Press will be celebrating Maine Craft weekend with print demonstrations and a members exhibit of fine art prints including linocuts, intaglio, relief and monotypes. Print Demonstrations are at 2pm on Oct. 2 & 3.
Mainestone Garden bowl creation and demonstration! Watch the creation of a birdbath here at our studio sale. We will also have all of our stone products available for purchase. We are offering 20% off CA$H sales for this weekend !!!
We are 13 miles west of Belfast and 30 miles east of Augusta directly on state Hwy. RTE 3 . We are in Montville. Google gets it wrong sometimes, so rely on the above directions please along with your own.
Meet the artist as she demonstrates basic techniques in various media.
The Friars' Brewhouse & Tap Room will be launching 2 new brews on Oct 1 & 2, accompanied by their own pretzels and German food for Octoberfest in Bucksport! Great brews, their own baked goods, and Brother Don's fabulous food ---so don't miss these "holier than thou brews"!
Each year on the first weekend in October, Visit Freeport brings together over 150 of the best New England artists, makers and local food producers for a three-day festival throughout Downtown Freeport.
In addition to browsing local art, join us at the Discovery Stage on the L.L.Bean campus for three days of live music. And, thanks to our generous sponsors, it’s all FREE!
Friday, October 1 from noon - 6 pm
Saturday, October 2 from 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, October 3 from 10 am - 4 pm
Please note: While we hope that the 2021 Festival will be held with few modifications, we will be watching State of Maine and CDC recommendations closely and make any decisions about activities with public health as our number one concern.
Visit a working studio of glass artists and students creating stained glass pieces!
Showing the process of raw to cooked Kozo bundles in the papermaking process. Additionally, Share will be demonstrating two different pulp beating techniques. Studio open from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM demos starts on time at 11:00 AM.
Join us aboard the Pamela B. for an amazing evening boat ride on Casco Bay! We will visit one of the Bay’s award-winning oyster farms, sample the freshest oysters direct from the sea paired with a glass of wine or local microbrew. Learn from experts about the value of oysters for their extraordinary contribution to mitigate climate change and why they taste so darn good!
Adults $58
The Harlow is pleased to partner with the Maine Crafts Association to bring their online collection of Maine lighting to life! In April 2021 the MCA created "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" a sourcing and informational online guide for Maine made lighting. The Harlow will illuminate this collection further by mounting an exhibition of lights, lighting, lamps and related works from the MCA members included in the guide.
Opening reception Friday, October 1, 4-6pm
MCW Gallery Hours: Saturday, October 2, 11am-4pm.
Participating Artists:Kristin Dennison- Good Land Pottery, Lisa EvansLisa Ferreira Jones- Ember Grove,
Joe Hemes, Renee Ledoux, Julie Morringello- modernmaine, Jamien St. Pierre, + more!
Common Roots Studio is a nature themed community oriented art working space and gallery. CRS features local Maine artists while promoting community building through the exploration of art. During the weekend, the studio will host a showcase exhibiting an array of Maine artists of all levels from established to fresh into the gallery setting! We will have light refreshments, live music at certain points in the day, and interactive art activities for kids and families!We will be open Fri 4-8pm, Saturday 9am-6pm and Sunday 9am-5pm!
Kick off Maine Craft Weekend at Belleflower Brewing Company! Belleflower has partnered with Running With Scissors Art Studios to bring you an evening of craft beer and art. View the 6x6 exhibit and meet some of the artists in the taproom on Friday, October 1st from 5-7pm. All work is 6"x6" and up to 6" deep, crafted from a various mediums.
Can't make the opening? Don't worry, the exhibit will be up through the end of the month!
Celebrate the 4th Annual Art of Ellsworth: Maine Craft Weekend at an outdoor benefit concert and fundraiser for Heart of Ellsworth’s new Downtown Ellsworth Mural Project. The event will feature the Fogtown Family Band 5 -7 pm performing live in the beer garden at Fogtown Brewing Company. Come enjoy handmade selections from the beer, cider, and seltzer menu as well as pizza from the wood-fired brick oven. Pizza and beer are available for purchase from 3 to 8 pm.
Join us for a weekend filled with workshops and and open studio. Details at www.Glassmermaidstudio.com.
Built by Osmond is taking part in the 2021 Annual Craft Weekend. Visit me at my cabinetshop/woodshop at 372 Little River Rd. Lebanon,Maine 04027-3507 right down the street from Sanford,Me. and Rochester,N.H.
Learn an easy freezer-paper method of foundation paper piecing. This is a great way to tackle more difficult patterns with lots of points. We’ll be making a small table topper in a Mariner’s Compass pattern.
The ladies from the Bucksport Garden Club will have their popular pie and plant for sale from 9am-1pm, and this year will also offer some wooden garden decor, Christmas ornaments and their wonderful decorative wreathes. Everything for sale is all made by the garden club members, often "one-of-a-kind."
Located in an 1857 historic schoolhouse in Wells, S.E. Hall Furniture & Design will open the doors to both the woodshop and showroom to tour and shop. This will be the grand opening weekend of this one-of-a-kind space.
Featured artists + vendors:
• S.E. Hall Furniture & Design
• Rebecca May Verrill Ceramics
• Purplebean Bindery
• 33 by Hand
• Kepler Customs
• Amy Vander Els
• Sarah Koff Studio
• BBQ Betty’s Smokehouse (food truck)
Join us from 9-4pm Saturday October, 2
In celebration of Maine Craft Weekend we will be holding open studio in both our classroom and flame room on Saturday October 2, 2021. There will be many art craft kits on sale for this day, Shardworx, Mosaic, Stained Glass and more.
We welcome you to visit us at our woodworking shop located at 88 Stonebridge Circle in Newcastle. We'd love to talk with you about furniture building, wood species, tools and much more! We will have some furniture work on display and a work in progress on the bench. We will have hardwood lumber for sale. Refreshments too!
Live demonstration of wood turning bowls with bowls for sale
We are a Maine Made Retail store offering the amazing Craftmanship and Artistry of over 100 Maine Craftsmen in one great location. A bit off the beaten path, but all the best treasures are! We will be open Saturday the 2nd, from 9 to 4 and Sunday the 3rd, 9 to 2. Look forward to seeing you!
Join us at the Majestic Craft Store in Gardiner for Maine Craft Weekend for an indoor and outdoor craft show at our 26 Winter Street Location in Gardiner. We will have over 50 crafters booths inside and another 30 live crafters outside in our front parking lot. Start your holiday shopping early with handmade items from local crafters. We also have a repurposed furniture showroom in our store for second hand items. Saturday October 2nd and Sunday October 3rd from 9:00am to 3:00pm. We are located just before downtown Gardiner, diagonal to Family Dollar besides the white church on Winter Street.
A two day event featuring woodworking skills, techniques and methods. On display (and at sale prices) will be a wide variety of recent and unique furniture including chairs, tables, end tables, lamps small boxes.
Harold Roberts is moving his studio to Hallowell and all of my old inventory will be sold at a bargain. Don't miss this one.
Glass Paradox offers hand-painted functional and decorative artware; stemware, tabletop accessories, and Christmas ornaments. We are open annually on the second Saturday in December and this year during Maine Craft Weekend. There will be new designs, discontinued & discounted styles/designs, and a selection of one-of-a-kind artware to choose from. Off street parking is available though limited and on street parking is also available. We will be following CDC protocols and encourage you to be safe. We look forward to seeing you in October!
A two day event featuring woodworking skills, techniques and methods. On display (and at sale prices) will be a wide variety of recent and unique furniture including chairs, tables, end tables, lamps small boxes.
See craftsmen at work in the historic Percy & Small Shipyard performing traditional skills like blacksmithing and wood carving. Plus, don't miss our summer exhibit Broadside: The Power of Print in the Maritime World, which explores the art, process, and history of print production. Open daily from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Come check out Ember Grove’s behind the scenes process with live demonstrations of paper making and soldering along side our Annual Studio Sale.
Jemma Gascoine will demonstrate 'Throwing-off-a-hump' on a potter's wheel between 10am and 12pm on Saturday October 2nd. Barbara Sullivan's fresco show will also be open for viewing 10 - 5 Saturday October 2nd and Sunday October 3rd.
Come see 8 of Maine’s bravest potters unload hundreds of pots from a wood burning kiln on the gorgeous campus of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts! Ask questions, experience the excitement, leave with a treasure!
The techniques of wood and ropework employed by shipwrights and ship riggers four hundred years ago might have been commonplace then, but now they are nearly lost arts. The volunteers of Maine's First Ship are working to preserve those skills through practical use in the reconstruction of the 1607 ship Virginia. Join us in the historic Freight Shed as we demonstrate the unique skills needed to bring and Elizabethan era ship to life.
Join Midcoast fiber artists for the 7th annual fiber day. Demonstrations of weaving, spinning, knitting, and other fiber arts. Come and partake in the joy of fiber and meet local artists.
Purple Shed Woodworks will be opening their doors to welcome visitors from all over the state of Maine! During the open studio hours visitors will be able to tour the studio and talk with Jason Ledoux, the woodworker behind all of Purple Shed Woodworks creations. A wide selection of woodworks will be available to purchase as well!
The Flowered Apron is hosting an outdoor Pop Up Market in Bar Harbor. Joining us will be Wild Wreaths with their gorgeous Bittersweet Wreaths. You will also find our Handmade Aprons, Fabric Buoys, Fiber Curiosities and a Pop Up Bakeshop! Please wear a mask.
Drop into the library and try some hands on crafts. Make a keepsake box, personalize a bookmark, or bead a friendship bracelet.
Wild Garden Makers. Come and visit two WILD gardens~
The Maine Meadow & Cooks Garden, a large garden filled with examples of living in harmony with nature, embracing wild and pollinator gardening. This garden is filled with stone monoliths and a stone garden entrance all found on the property. Just a few blocks away, The Jewel Box Pollinator Garden at kdb ART Studio is a small space with wildflowers, herbs and pollinator plants. This garden features sitting areas, to watch the Winged Wonders flitting about the garden. All gardens were sourced locally with found objects, native plants and some fun features.
These gardens were created with the communities of plants that live here in Maine and serve the bugs, birds, bees and butterflies. All were built by the local Maine Meadow Makers.
Wild Garden Makers. Come and visit two WILD gardens~
The Maine Meadow & Cooks Garden, a large garden filled with examples of living in harmony with nature, embracing wild and pollinator gardening. This garden is filled with stone monoliths and a stone garden entrance all found on the property. Just a few blocks away, The Jewel Box Pollinator Garden at kdb ART Studio is a small space with wildflowers, herbs and pollinator plants. This garden features sitting areas, to watch the Winged Wonders flitting about the garden. All gardens were sourced locally with found objects, native plants and some fun features.
These gardens were created with the communities of plants that live here in Maine and serve the bugs, birds, bees and butterflies. All were built by the local Maine Meadow Makers.
Casco Bay Glassworks will be open for Maine Craft Weekend, offering glassblowing demos from 10-3 and the gallery will be open from 10-4. We will make pumpkins, leaves, skulls, and other fall related glass. The pumpkin patch will be stocked with freshly blown pumpkins.
The Alan Claude Gallery will be open for Maine Craft Weekend visitors on Saturday, October 2 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Aaron will create a wooden spoon from local wood using traditional hand tools! Aaron will be bringing his knowledge of woodcarving, examples of different tools, and an array of spoons, bowls, and sculptures. Come with your spoon carving questions. Watch him turn a whole log into a spoon!
Saturday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
With a captivating soprano voice and award-winning songwriting, Caroline Cotter's songs take listeners all over the world. Icon Magazine writes, "Her well-constructed songs bring to mind the early work of Mary Chapin Carpenter.” www.carolinecotter.com
Several Artists will be on site to show their crafts and local authors will present their books for signing. Lisa Oettinger will demonstrate her jewelry making techniques (1:00 pm), Jeff Longar will entertain with his wood carving/boat hull-making demo (11:00 am), John Wotton will work throughout the day (when there is sun!) to show how he burns wood designs by using a magnifying glass and the heat of the sun. Two authors will be on hand all day to discuss and autograph their latest books: Roger Greene, author of "In the Company of Trees" about the Northern Maine Woods and Jane Harvey Meade, author of "Narrownook", a murder-mystery novel based in Bucksport. Impromptu Watercolor and Acrylic painting-on-furniture demonstrations will take place throughout the day. The Lighthouse Gallery also displays the work of 60 local Maine artists in a variety of mediums. The lower level of the Lighthouse Gallery will also house the Fiber Arts Show described in a separate listing.
Located along Scenic Route 26 near Grafton Notch, our Open House makes a great stop while you are out leaf peeping. Stop in for a beverage & snack and get an early start on Christmas shopping. Open from 10am-2pm each day and featuring stained glass, vehicle inspired artwork, etched glassware, ski chairs, mosaics, paintings and candles.
Galleria Gardella and Imagine Lamps offer unique hand made lamps, regional mixed media paintings, whimsical canvas sculptures and handmade jewelry and clothing.
Art studios and work space of over 75 artists will be open for the first time since March 2020! We cannot wait to welcome everyone, safely, back into our makerspace with art for sale, studios and work space to explore, makers of fine craft and fine art to meet and talk with. Find beach stone jewelry, hand made ceramics, oil, watercolor and mixed media paintings, photography, printmaking, textiles, encaustics, digital art and so much more.
Fun for all ages. Free entrance and off street parking.
Loom and weaving demonstrations, garden tours, knitting, jewelry making, and chats with cookies and tea too!
Saturday, Oct. 2, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM and Sunday, Oct. 3, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
Ocean Fire Pottery's outdoor art show will include guest artists Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday 10-3
Lehoux Art; Nature Inspired Graphic Art
Allison Donohue; Maine Wilderness & Waterscapes Artist
Sunday 10-3
Colleen Forde; Designs and Fine Art paintings
Little Yellow Room Shop; Unique Handmade Silver, Mixed Metal & Leather Jewelry
Trio is a brand new shop in downtown Ellsworth featuring handcrafted enamel jewelry by Suzanne Anderson of Yikes Studio Enamels, upcycled apparel and home goods by Julia Ventresco of onewomanstudio, and a curated eclectic mixture of Maine themed gifts by Leslie Harlow of 207Mainer. Trio has partnered with the Grand theater for a community effort and 10% of all sales will go towards the Grand Capital Campaign for a new HVAC system and enhanced seating. Join us to celebrate our new space, the Grand and Maine craft!
Visit our tiny farm and seaweed shop and discover how wonderful and tasty seaweed is. We'll have lots of yummy seaweed treats for you to sample- savory and sweet. Seaweed adds a deep umami flavor to dishes and Dulse in particular pairs very well with chocolate. Our soaps and shampoo bars will be for sale as well as other Maine seaweed products. Get inspired to cook with seaweed, enjoy our flowers and farm chickens and be inspired with plastic free and zero waste swaps. The Schoodic Acadia area is a great road trip destination.
Visit Anne Alexander Sculptors’ antique home and studio in the historic village of South Windham located on The Presumpscot River. She will have sculpture available in clay, wood and stone. Lovely trails also can be accessed nearby.