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Maine Arts Commission Announces 2026 Craft Apprentice Program Artists
- January 31, 2026
Maine Arts Commission Announces 2026 Craft Apprentice Program Artists
AUGUSTA, MAINE — The Maine Crafts Association (MCA), in...
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Maine Arts Commission Awards Organization Operations Grants, Reaching Record Share of Applicants
- January 31, 2026
Maine Arts Commission Awards Organization Operations Grants, Reaching Record Share of Applicants
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Arts...
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Maine Wicked Burn 2026 RFP
- January 29, 2026
Wicked Burn 2026 Art Grant - Request for Proposals
RFP Release Date: January 29, 2026 Proposal Deadline: February 14, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)...
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Art Under the Elms
- January 28, 2026
On Saturday, July 25, 2026, the town of Castine will celebrate a day of Art & Creativity by hosting Art Under the Elms. The event will take place...
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Maine Wastewater Film UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG comes to the Colonial Theatre
- January 22, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2026
Contact:
Meg Fournier, Executive Director
meg@colonialtheatre.com
Cam Howard, Program...
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Longfellow Days 2026: Finding Your Voice
- January 21, 2026
LONGFELLOW DAYS 2026: Finding Your Voice
In this, our 22nd year of honoring the legacy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, we continue to offer poets,...
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Maine Arts Commission Names 2026 Maine Artist Fellowship Recipients
- January 20, 2026
Maine Arts Commission Names 2026 Maine Artist Fellowship Recipients
AUGUSTA, Maine — Across studios, stages, workshops, and writing desks...
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Ten Bucks Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice
- January 16, 2026
Ten Bucks Theatre Company Brings Jane Austen's Classic Pride and Prejudice to the University of Maine's Cyrus Pavilion Theatre
ORONO, ME - Ten...
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Hawthorne Arts Collaborative and the Colonial Theatre Welcome Cam Howard as New Program Director
- January 14, 2026
Hawthorne Arts Collaborative and the Colonial Theatre Welcome Cam Howard as New Program Director Belfast, Maine
Hawthorne Arts Collaborative, the...
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Waterfall Arts Presents: Homegrown: 2026 Denizen Exhibition
- January 14, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Katherine Devereux | Director of Institutional AdvancementEmail: katherine@waterfallarts.orgPhone: 207-338-2222 ext....
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Haystack At 75: Announcing Distinguished Speaker Series
- January 14, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2026CONTACT: Kate Lochner, kate@haystack-mtn.orgURL: haystack-mtn.org/haystack-75Images:...
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2026 Call for Teaching Artists!
- January 12, 2026
Call for Teaching Artists!
We're excited to be in the planning stages of the 28th Schoodic Arts Festival: July 19 - August 8, 2026
Workshops will...
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Now Hiring: Kitchen Staff
- January 12, 2026
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts is seeking help in our kitchen for our summer operations. The School has a reputation for healthy and delicious...
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Now Hiring: Campus Assistants
- January 12, 2026
Each summer, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' Campus Assistants are a vital part of the programming season. The position is a forward-facing,...
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AIGA Maine 2026 Poster Show Open Call
- January 09, 2026
AIGA Maine is proud to present our annual Poster Show, returning in spring 2026 with the theme: LANGUAGE. This year, designers and artists are...
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Heart Work : Art That Moves Us
- January 06, 2026
Art Agent Maine invites New England artists to submit work for our February 2026 online juried exhibition.
What makes your heart beat faster? This...
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MEMOIR: Side by Side Tales from Behind the Canvas
- January 06, 2026
Searsport Author Releases Memoir of Journey into Fine Art
"Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us." - Oliver...
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WILDERNESS JOURNAL: Artist in the Allagash
- January 06, 2026
ARTIST IN THE ALLAGASH
Fine art on rough waters
by Kim Yesis
Paintbrush meets wilderness…from the author of Side by Side Tales from Behind...
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NOVEL: Artifice
- January 06, 2026
INTRODUCING "Artifice", A Mayenne Bay Series Novel
Meet the extraordinary ordinary people of Mayenne Bay.
Mayenne Bay, a quaint harbor town...
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NOVEL: Brush with Fire
- January 06, 2026
INTRODUCING "Brush with Fire", A Mayenne Bay Series Novel
Extraordinary stories, everyday lives...because ordinary just isn't. TM
The...
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2026 | Maine Artist Fellowship | Performing Arts Fellow
- December 31, 2025
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Kate Russell | Deer Isle, ME
Artist Statement:
Kate believes the creative impulse belongs to everyone and that...
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2026 | Maine Artist Fellowship | Visual Arts Fellow
- December 31, 2025
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Lihua Lei Farley | Cushing, ME
Artist Statement:
Lihua grew up in a small, rural village in Taiwan where her parents were...
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2026 | Maine Artist Fellowship | Media Arts Fellow
- December 31, 2025
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Bethany Engstrom | Belfast, ME
Artist Statement:
Bethany Engstrom's creative practice is embedded in a curiosity and a...
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2026 | Maine Artist Fellowship | Fine Craft Fellow
- December 31, 2025
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James Macdonald | Burnham, ME
Artist Statement:
Jim Macdonald's marquetry compositions and wood art...
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2026 | Maine Artist Fellowship | Literary Arts Fellow
- December 31, 2025
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Mira Ptacin | Peaks Island, ME
Artist Statement:
Mira Ptacin is a first-generation proud daughter of a Polish immigrant, a...
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