http://www.workingwaterfront.com Sat, 17 May 2008 06:49:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/images/ww_banner_bg.png http://www.workingwaterfront.com http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Slam-Poet-Inspires-Students-at-Vinalhaven-School/12359/ Partners in Island Education (PIE) recently funded a two-day residency with slam poet Hashim Allah during a week-long poetry festival at the Vinalhaven School. Every year, the entire k-12 student body celebrates poetry during national poetry week. Students in third, fourth and fifth grades painted poems on decorated plywood and posted them on hiking trails. All students in the school made "Poet-tees," shirts to wear with original and favorite poems printed on them. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Slam-Poet-Inspires-Students-at-Vinalhaven-School/12359/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fox-Islands-Arts-Festival-planned-for-May-29/12241/ Fifth through 12th graders from North Haven and Vinalhaven will celebrate the arts on May 29 through a variety of workshops and performances on North Haven. Workshops, taught by local artists, community members and teachers will include movement, stone cutting (granite), drama, poetry, origami, culinary arts, visual arts and instrumental and choral music in addition to drafting and fencing. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Keely Felton) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fox-Islands-Arts-Festival-planned-for-May-29/12241/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Five-Peaks-Island-artists-to-fill-GEM-Gallery/12242/ Summer at Peaks Island’s GEM Gallery means weekly shows by member artists, opening on Thursday nights and running through the following Tuesday.  Joining to fill display stands and the walls are potters Rick Boyd and Pamela Williamson, printmaker and painters Jane Banquer and Jeanne O’Toole Hayman and photographer Victor Romanyshyn. Join islanders and friends for the opening or make a picnic day of island art and discovery. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Five-Peaks-Island-artists-to-fill-GEM-Gallery/12242/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Galleries-proliferate-on-Deer-Isle/12258/ “A handful of us on Deer Isle have been a little bit frustrated about getting our work out there,” said artist Maureen Farr, explaining the reasoning behind Deer Isle village’s new co-operative art gallery. The Red Dot Gallery, in the center of town, will have a daylong grand opening on Saturday, May 24, from 10 to 5. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandra Dinsmore) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Galleries-proliferate-on-Deer-Isle/12258/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/You-can-make-anythingAn-artist-explores-the-dilemma-the-world-is-facing/12069/ After 30 years as a clinical psychologist in Vermont, Sally Loughridge decided to refocus. In 1999, Loughridge and her husband moved to South Bristol, Maine, where she went to work, full-time, detailing and examining marine and coastal landscapes uninfluenced by humans. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Cyrus Moulton) Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/You-can-make-anythingAn-artist-explores-the-dilemma-the-world-is-facing/12069/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/The-water-doesnt-look-like-this-in-summer/12082/ Most artists show up to paint Maine islands in the summer, but plein air artist Keith Schneider of Liberty, Maine, has been working on Islesboro this cold and snowy winter to capture the sea and shore in winter light. House sitting on the island has given him ample opportunities to paint snow covered spruces and firs, brilliant winter sunsets and early morning sea smoke. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandy Oliver) Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/The-water-doesnt-look-like-this-in-summer/12082/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/In-PicturesA-photographers-archive-captures-three-decades-of-waterfront-work/11922/ Photojournalist Everett "Red" Boutilier, whose photographs are being digitized at the Penobscot Marine Museum, was known for being talkative. "He talked a blue streak," says Peter Spectre, who was working as a journalist/editor during the 1960s through the1990s, when Boutilier covered the Midcoast working waterfront "He'd go on and on and on. It was one of the reasons why he managed to get into all those boat shops and take all the photos. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Muriel L. Hendrix) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/In-PicturesA-photographers-archive-captures-three-decades-of-waterfront-work/11922/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Maine-Island-Memories/11959/ Sally Thibault, familiar to Vinalhaven audiences for her well-assembled slide show of island scenes covering 40 years of that community's history, has now produced a DVD from the same material. "Vinalhaven -- Maine Island Memories 1950-1990" is 37 minutes long, includes a nicely assembled soundtrack with selections from Dvorak and Elgar, plus Jim Wilson, Nick Apollonio and Kristen Tescher. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by David D. Platt) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Maine-Island-Memories/11959/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-Handmade-Potholder/11960/ Sometimes the humblest of possessions are the most satisfying, a perfect fit for our needs--valuable beyond economic measure for their design, usefulness, and the meaningful place they hold in our lives. Perhaps there is even a note of creativity, of provenance. Such is the case with my homemade potholders. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Jane Crosen) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-Handmade-Potholder/11960/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Revealing-the-Tension-in-Landscape/11958/ On Oct. 19, Archipelago Fine Arts unveiled a new show that highlights the work of North Haven artist Eric Hopkins. "Water / Color: An Exploration of Atmospheric Light" features watercolor paintings and glasswork that deconstruct and then reconfigure our notions of "watercolor." Works in the show examine the common qualities and close relationship between color and water, but also the two subjects' unique identities and characteristics. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (Cyrus Moulton) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Revealing-the-Tension-in-Landscape/11958/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Winter-Harbor-hosts-an-international-sculpture-symposium/11915/ "His sculptures can be `read' two different ways," said artist, art teacher and Winter Harbor Sculpture Site Selection Committee member Mary Lou Weaver, of the stylized granite boat cleat by Round Pond sculptor Don Justin Meserve. She said the cleat also represents a safe harbor. The Cleat is one of seven massive sculptures made at the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium [SISS], which took place between July 25 and Sept. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandra Dinsmore) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Winter-Harbor-hosts-an-international-sculpture-symposium/11915/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Revealing-the-Power-in-Place/11916/ The term "power of place" is a nice variation on "sense of place," that term used to evoke an individual's special connection to a pond, a town, an island. "The Power of Place: Three Views of Maine" at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor features the work of a painter, Robert Pollien, and two photographers, Gifford Ewing and Frank Hallam Day, each of whom creates images that, to various degrees, capture the inherent intensity of Maine coast ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Little) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Revealing-the-Power-in-Place/11916/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Book-arts-workshop-planned-for-Eagle-Island/11862/ The 5th Annual Eagle Island Workshop in book arts and journal keeping will be taught by Siri Beckman, printmaker and book artist from Stonington, and Susan Bonthron of Otter Pond Bindery in Guilford, VT. The workshop is from September 10 to 14 and takes place on Eagle Island in Penobscot Bay. Susan Bonthron is a writing coach, avid journal keeper and senior editor of Community Works Journal. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Book-arts-workshop-planned-for-Eagle-Island/11862/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-Young-Band-Beset-by-Varied-Challenges/11870/ As I drove to WERU's Full Circle Fair music festival in Blue Hill, my 22-month-old daughter looked sleepy. By the time I reached the parking lot, she was out. Going by the rule that you never wake a sleeping toddler, I was still in the parking lot when Pattycake 600, the first band, took the stage. Even at a distance what I heard sounded great: full of energy, yet with crisp tempo changes that swung from reggae to jazz to punk. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Craig Idlebrook) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-Young-Band-Beset-by-Varied-Challenges/11870/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Islesboro-artist-puts-Pendleton-Yacht-Yard-Building-to-a-new-use/11871/ Islesboro artist puts Pendleton Yacht Yard Building to a new use As soon as the old Ralph Gray storage building at Islesboro's Pendleton Yacht Yard was nearly emptied of boats in July, Brita Holmquist moved in several large canvases and set to work. Holmquist made this portrait of Corky Hall's Mighty Mouse, formerly owned by Mrs. Mills, "because it was next to me in my space. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandy Oliver) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Islesboro-artist-puts-Pendleton-Yacht-Yard-Building-to-a-new-use/11871/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Art-and-Gender-on-Monhegan/11879/ When Monhegan Island's renowned artistic heritage is invoked, it is more often than not an all-male roster of painters that is trotted out: Kent, Bellows, Hopper, Winter, Tam, Wyeth, et al. "On Island: Women Artists of Monhegan," on view at the University of New England Art Gallery in Portland (through Sept. 23), goes a long way toward demonstrating that this gender imbalance no longer holds. And it really hasn't for half a century now. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Carl Little) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Art-and-Gender-on-Monhegan/11879/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/The-Glass-Menagerie/11882/ Performed by Islesford Neighborhood House Directed by Sonja Moser Sharing the Stage When the lights came up, it took a second for everybody to reconfirm their bearings: Islesford Neighborhood House reappeared and Eric, Bruce, Richard and Cory were in the middle of the room as if at any community function. But today, they were in line with a group of professional actors and bowing to a standing ovation. From Aug. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Cyrus Moulton) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/The-Glass-Menagerie/11882/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Island-Visions-show-to-raise-funds-for-new-North-Haven-school/11818/ Five photographers have joined together in a collaborative show sponsored by the Island Institute that will run until Aug. 13 at selected galleries on North Haven Island. Featuring the work of Jay Panetta, Eric Hopkins, Peter Ralston, George Moss and Louis Cabot, "Island Visions" will be hung at Waterman's Community Center, the June Hopkins Gallery and the Eric Hopkins Gallery, and all proceeds will go towards the new North Haven Community School (http://www. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Island-Visions-show-to-raise-funds-for-new-North-Haven-school/11818/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/MOOOOOOO/11819/ The Belted Cow Company of Yarmouth has joined with North Haven painter Eric Hopkins to produce an "Islands" belt design. Online at www.beltedcow.com. A percentage of the sales is donated to the Island Institute to support programming that helps sustain island communities in the Gulf of Maine. The belts (and matching flip-flops) are for sale at Archipelago, the Institute's retail store at 396 Main Street in Rockland and online at www.thearchipelago.net. info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/MOOOOOOO/11819/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Film-discussion-to-focus-on-fisheries-future/11824/ Fish stocks such as cod, haddock and flounder -- groundfish that are critical to Maine's coastal economy and heritage -- have collapsed over the past two decades. On Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Jennifer Litteral) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Film-discussion-to-focus-on-fisheries-future/11824/