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The 10×10 Show @ Meetinghouse Arts Gallery

Meetinghouse Arts 40 Main St, Freeport

The 10x10 show at the Meetinghouse Arts gallery in Freeport features work by over 20 gallery member artists in oil, acrylic, encaustic and mixed media. All work is original, 10"x10" in size and unframed. 3d art, cards, works on paper and small gift items will also be included in the show.

The show runs September 13-October 19 and is open 10:00-5:00 Wed-Sat and 12:00-4:00 on Sunday.

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Marking Time – A Measure of Craft: An Exhibition Presented by Lights Out Gallery

The Carriage House 476 Main Street, Norway

An exhibition that explores how traditional craft techniques and materials, developed over time and practice, influence and inform artistic expression. Craft has often been associated primarily with utility and decoration. This collection of work aims to challenge the delineations between form and function, decorative and expressive, practical and emotional.

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Local Maine Artists Featured

Common Roots Studio 165 Main st, Biddeford

Swing by our studio and check out the constantly growing Common Roots! Monthly featured artists that work in a VARIETY of mediums! We average around 18 artists in our gallery space with new pieces being swapped out by those artists weekly! Prices start at just $10 and up for local hand made pieces! Come check out our community driven art studio that has programs from a painted bus to teaching young artists how to develop their career as an artist!

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Visit Freeport’s 25th Annual Freeport Fall Festival

Downtown Freeport Downtown Freeport, Freeport

2024 is our 25th Anniversary!

Each year on the first weekend in October, Visit Freeport brings together over 200 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 and the Second Stage in the Mallard Parking lot for three days of live music. There are also plenty of free activities for kids from make ‘n take crafts, to scavenger hunts and more. Free parking and complimentary ADA-accessible shuttle makes visiting easy! And, thanks to our generous sponsors, it’s all FREE!

Friday, October 4 from 12 - 6 pm
Saturday, October 5 from 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, October 6 from 10 am - 4 pm

See freeportfallfestival.com for the event schedule, shuttle details and profiles of the participating artists, makers & food purveyors!

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“Here is Magic” Mural Project at Waterfall Arts

Waterfall Arts 256 High Street, Belfast

Saturday & Sunday, all day: Visit Waterfall Arts to view the installation of a nw public art piece on the Waterfall Arts’ building is a way for the community arts center to offer something beautiful and thought-provoking to the public while highlighting our mission of connecting people with the power of art whether they choose to enter our building or not. The mural’s theme is a nod to Waterfall Arts’ long history of collaboration between artists and its foundational understanding of the innate value that the arts brings to a place. It will tell a story that links the exterior of the building to the ongoing activity on the interior, while bringing color and visual interest to the center.

Over thirty local artists are set to participate by completing individual reflective narratives on the theme of home. When joined together, these panels will form a whole; a creative placemaking that will highlight and celebrate the natural assets of Midcoast Maine. Waterfall Arts is an active home, a nest, an incubator for the fine arts, a hive of energy and inspiration for the entirety of the Midcoast and beyond.

“HERE IS MAGIC” PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Kirk Linder, Deborah Jellison, Christina Barstow, Allegra Kuhn, Elizabeth Moore, Sally Stanton, Marjorie Arnett, Liz Kalloch, Tara Morin, Victoria Barnes, Willy Reddick, Annadeene Fowler, Sam Maheu, Devon Kelley-Yurdin with Lilah Akin, Abbie Read, Heidi Reader, David Estey, Libby Sipe, Emily Sabino, Karen Jelenfy, MJ Viano Crowe, Nell Parker, Amy Lowry, Ruby Day, Julie Crane, Lesia Sochor, Paul Valentine, Ashley Megquier, Kelly Desrosiers, Barbara Sullivan, Stew Henderson, Peter Walls, and Amy Tingle. 256 High Street

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Madison Business Association Presents the Madison Handmade Market at Somerset Abbey

Somerset Abbey 98 Main Street, Madison

The Madison Business Association is proud to present the Madison Handmade Market! We'll be featuring local makers, crafters and artists at Somerset Abbey in Downtown Madison, Maine. Last year we welcomed more than 25 makers to Somerset Abbey and we anticipate even more to join us this year as we will have indoor and outdoor under the tent.

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Open Studio (fine woodwork, quilts, baskets and stained glass)

DownEast WoodArt 28 Churchill Road, South Portland

2024 Open Studio October 5-6, 2023, 9am to 4pm
You are welcome to a two-day event featuring a wide variety of recent and unique handmade furniture including chairs, bowls, tables, end tables, coat rack, lamps, mirrors and small boxes (some at sale prices). Handmade baskets by Lorraine Snapp will be available again this year (in many different shapes, sizes and uses). New this year will be several stained glass pieces creatively made by Benn Sither.

In addition, answers to questions and demonstrations of woodworking skills, techniques and methods will occur. Jim Vander Schaaf provides highly desirable woodworking education and designs and builds custom furniture to meet client needs. His first book was published in 2018.

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Chris Becksvoort Final Open Studio Tour + Sale

C.H.Becksvoort Furniture 186 Durham Rd, New Gloucester

This is my last open studio sale and showroom clearance. Tables, lamps, clocks, music stands, shelves and cabinets will be reduced for two days only. No more orders taken, this will be the last chance to own a Becksvoort original. There will be cider, donuts and cookies. Even a few books (signed) and tools. Also cards and photos form Juniper Ledge Designs. Well worth a trip down a dirt road in New Gloucester.

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Alna Craft + Arts Show @ Village School at Puddle Dock

Village School at Puddle Dock 275 Head Tide Road, Alna

An eclectic mix of Alna crafts and fine arts, including everything from wooden ware to jewelry, quilts to vintage clothing and fabric arts, and fine art painting to fly tying and taxidermy. The event will be held at the Village School at Puddle Dock, one of Alna's National Register Listed one-room schoolhouses, located behind the Alna Post Office at the intersection of Dock Road and Head Tide Road (Route 194) in Alna.

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Glass Torchworking Artist Demonstrations at Mainely Gallery + Studio

Mainely Gallery & Studio 181 Searsport Avenue (route 1), Belfast

Join us Maine Craft Weekend to watch Belfast glass artists create in our on site working studio. Want to try making a glass bead yourself? We will be offering walk-in beginner experiences for the weekend, and can lead you through a beadmaking process. Visit our gallery shop building also which has over 30 local artists in different mediums including glass, ceramic, wood, metal, fiber, painting & wood.

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KIT CLARK FURNITURE

Kit Clark Furniture 173 Milliken Rd., North Yarmouth

Stop by the studio/shop to enjoy something to drink and snack on while enjoying a sneak peek at my latest work. I'll also have a large portion of my inventory available for purchase at sale prices in honor of Maine Craft Weekend! 10am-4pm on the 5th & 6th. See you here!

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Fall at the Farm @ Orchard Ridge Farm with Maine Micro Artisans

Orchard Ridge Farm 236 Sebago Lake Rd, Gorham

Join Orchard Ridge Farm and Maine Micro Artisans for our second annual Fall on the Farm! This family favorite event features over 50 makers from our talented community as well as food trucks, live music and more! This two-day festival is an excellent way to spend the weekend with your family. Come explore the farm, sample great local food and check out great items handmade by local Mainers!

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Open House at Once In A Blue Moon Studio

Once in a Blue Moon Studio 1298 Main St., Lovell

Unique Fiber Art, Painted Clothing, Triangle Loom Weaving Knit and Woven Wear. Come play, paint or weave, take home your own unique piece. Open hours from 10:00 - 4:00 Saturday 12:00 - 4:00 Sunday

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Ember Grove at Tandem Glass Gallery and Studio

Tandem Glass 6 Eagle lodge lane, Dresden

We will have a selection of our nature inspired, hand crafted lighting + jewelry at the Tandem Glass Open House + Guest Artist Pop Up. Come visit and see our newest creations that incorporate organic flowers from Sun Catcher Farm. Hope to see you there.

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With the Grain – demonstrations and conversation

With the Grain 29 North Guilford Road, Monson

Visit Ed Hoovler at with the Grain where "the curious are welcome"! See his shop and learn about the art of bowl turning. Each bowl that Ed makes comes with a story told by the tree. Saturday and Sunday 10-4pm Enjoy lemonade and snickerdoodles. A raffle for 50% off a bowl purchase will take place.

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Maine Craft Weekend at Saltwater Artists Gallery New Harbor, Maine

Saltwater Artists Gallery 3056 Bristol Road, New Harbor

Please join us for Maine Craft weekend at Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor, Maine just steps from the Pemaquid Lighthouse! Explore our cooperative gallery with featuring 25+ local AMAZING Artists! Our Gallery is home to many accomplished Artists with a wide variety of mediums from Fiber Arts, Watercolors, Pastels, Glass Art, Wood Turnings, Encaustic , Oil, and Acrylic Paintings, Etchings, Mosaics, Mixed Media, Jewelry as well as Pottery.

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50 plus Maine artists @ Veras Iron + Vine

Veras Iron & Vine 319 Main Street, Wilton

Veras Iron and vine features 50+ Maine artists and makers.
Many items are made right in Wilton at Vera's studio 'Belle Creative arts'
Former W.S. Wells fiddlehead cannery
Blacksmithing, woodworking, repurposing, fiver Arts, watercolor,
Oil paintings, copper and sterling jewelry and so much more.

Recurring Event Open Studios

Bonnie Chase Open Art Studio and Historic Barn Gallery

Bonnie Chase Studio 256 Oak Hill Rd, Bar Harbor

Mixed media artistry, incorporating natural dyes, botanical prints, handmade paints and inks, natural fibers, hand stitching and local found objects. Joining us will be pop-up artists displaying hand forged metal work, turned wooden bowls and unique hand made lamps designed from found and vintage materials. The arts and crafts will be displayed in our historic 1810 barn gallery, working studio and workshop. Demonstrations on solar dying techniques using local plant and garden materials grown on the farm will be on going.

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Greenwood Furniture Making Demostration @ Village Handcraft, Wiscasset

Village Handcraft 52 Water St., Wiscasset

Join Eric McIntyre - greenwood worker, spoon carver & broom maker - in his downtown storefront workshop to see the delight of simple hand tools in action. He'll be demonstrating the craft of greenwood furniture making throughout the weekend in his shop, Village Handcraft. Starting with a storm-fallen ash tree from just a couple hundred feet from the shop, Eric will use wedges, axes, drawknives and more to split parts from the log, shape them with hand tools, and join them into a beautiful, functional seat. Stop by 11am-5pm Saturday or Sunday to see where he is at in the process, ask questions about the work, or peruse the other goods he makes right there in the store.

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Craft Fair + Exhibition – 49 Oak Student Gallery / Maine College of Art + Design

49 Oak Student Gallery / Maine College of Art & Design 49 Oak St., Portland

Showcasing 19 Craft students in their fourth year of study, artisan booths include ceramics, fashion and textiles, metalsmithing and jewelry, printmaking and woodworking. Expected graduates will be present to discuss and present their one-of-a-kind exhibition works, with a selection of production pieces available for purchase. Only cash and credit cards are available for purchases.

Saturday October 5th, 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday October 6th, 11:00am - 6:00pm

Featured Featured Recurring Event Pop Ups

TJV Art at Time + Tide Coffee

Tide & Time Coffee 35 Main Street STE 102, Biddeford

Join us for another amazing Maker Pop-up in our sunny Biddeford cafe. Tyler Varlese aka TJV Art will be popping up with visionary art, prints, and paintings for your perusal and purchase. Swing on through and explore his art, grab a piece for you or a friend, while sipping on your favorite latte from our Autumn menu.

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Kimberley Harding Open Studio

Kimberley Harding Studio 20 Pamela Rd, Portland

Visit fiber sculptor Kimberley Harding in her studio and learn about her process of creating works with found objects, foraged fibers, natural fibers and other materials. She'll be demonstrating weaving in 3D throughout the day. Sculptures, jewelry and ornaments will be available for sale.

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‘Tree Talk’ art exhibit at the Gascoine Gallery/Monson Pottery

Monson Pottery 16 Greenville Road, Monson

Jemma Gascoine will conduct a 'Q & A' on the 'Tree Talk' show that she curated for the Gascoine Gallery which features seventeen different artists who all made work in different media, on the theme of trees. The artists hail from two different countries and four different states. Six of the artists included were former Monson Arts residents.

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Bath Maker’s Market

Historic Bath Customs House 1 front street, Bath

Join artisans from this region for the fourth annual Maker’s Market in front of the Historic Bath Custom House on Sunday, October 6th from 11-3 pm. Hand sewn leather bags, paintings, pottery, handwoven textiles, artisan soap, and more. Come enjoy the music and treats and get some early holiday shopping done. Afterward, stroll down to the waterfront park or enjoy a meal at one of the restaurants in town. Family and dog friendly! October 6th from 11-3 pm, across the street from Now You’re Cooking and Markings Gallery in Bath.