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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
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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
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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
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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

WEBSITE INSTAGRAM 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

WEBSITE 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

WEBSITE 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

WEBSITE FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM 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

WEBSITE Mira Ptacin | Peaks Island, ME Artist Statement: Mira Ptacin is a first-generation proud daughter of a Polish immigrant, a...

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