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AHANCOCKC O U N T YCULTURALDIRECTORY
A Guide to the Artists, Arts Organizations, and Services for Artists in Hancock County, Maine
HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY
A GUIDE TO THE ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS,
AND SERVICES FOR ARTISTS IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MAINE
Edited for the The Maine Arts Commission by Leslie S. Moore
Kathleen Mundell Marion K. Stocking
Copyright 1997 by the Maine Arts Commission
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Published bythe Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street 25 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0025 207-287-2724 207-287-2335 Fax 207-287-6740 TTD
Send all corrections and additions in writing to: The Community Arts Program The Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street Augusta, Maine 04333-0025
THE POEMS in this directory represent both the native writer - Gotts Islander, novelist and poet Ruth Moore - and the summer resident whose poetry reflects his deep attachment to Hancock County - Samuel French Morse. For more poems by Ruth Moore, see her Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast (Camden, Maine: Gorden Bok, 1958/1973) and The Tired Apple Tree (Nobleboro, Maine: Blackberry Books, 1990). “The Offshore Islands” is from The Tired Apple Tree. For more by Samuel French Morse, see Collected Poems (Orono, Maine: National Poetry Foundation, 1995), where “A Kind of View” and “The Whiitethroat in July” appear.
A Kind ofViewI look one way from the porch, as far
As the summer light and the crowding trees-
As much as a couple of hundred yards-
Allow the eye; though for all it sees
One way, straight forward, it misses much.
But the eye can wander, unconfined,
And frame a view to satisfy
The longer sightings of the mind.
Beyond the darkness of the trees
The sunlight falling free suggests
A landlocked bay. The eye perceives
The light, at least, and there it rests
Until, distracted, I can look
Away. The air moves every leaf.
The branches bend. The landscape stirs.
Imagination, like belief,
Transforms the world. I look again
Down past the shadow. I can see
The bay and all the land beyond.
And I am where I ought to be.
SAMUEL FRENCH MORSE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction................................................................................................ 5
Map of Hancock County......................................................................... 6
Individual Artists, registry in alphabetical o rder........................... 12
Organizations, registry in alphabetical order................................... 29
Directory of Schools............................................................................. 44
Individuals, Organizations, and Art Sites,Classified by Categories........................................................................ 46
Architecture & Landscape Design........................................... 46
Art Sites........................................................................................ 46
Education....................................................................................... 47
Literature....................................................................................... 47
Media & Publication.................................................................... 48
Dance.............................................................................................. 48
Music...............................................................................................48
Theater........................................................................................... 49
Fiber, Jewelry & Wearables........................................................ 49
Furniture........................................................................................ 49
Glass & Ceram ics........................................................................ 50
Drawing & Illustration.................................................................50
Graphic Design & Photography............................................... 50
Painting & Printmaking............................................................... 50
Paper, Collage & Book A rts.......................................................5 1
Sculpture, Woodworking & Puppets....................................... 51
Other...............................................................................................52
Opportunities
Funding Resources....................................................................... 52
Maine Percent for Art Program............................................... 53
Maine Arts Commission............................................................ 54
M edia............................................................................................. 55
Useful Addresses..........................................................................56
3
THE OFFSHORE ISLANDS
The offshore islands belong to themselves.
They stand in their own sea.
They do not inherit; they leave no heirs.
They are no man’s legacy.
Blazing volcanoes, cooled and dead,
Marked nowhere a boundary line.
The rise and fall of oceans left
Not one no trespassing sign.
The money was never minted,
The clutch of its greed so strong
It could honor a deed: TO HAVE AN D TO HOLD,
And keep these wild lands long.
The first summer people were Indians.
For some five thousand years
They built up shore-line shell heaps before
They lost to the pioneers.
The white man took what he wanted.
He had privilege, laws, and guns.
He made fast his own boundary lines
And his property went to his sons.
From the west they sailed in Chebacco boats,
And the high-sterned pinkys, Essex-made.
In harbors where water was deep enough,
Their schooners carried a coast-wise trade.
The homesteads they made were sturdy,
But those who built near the shores
Had to dig, if they didn’t want Indian shells
All over their cellar floors.
Then time slipped by, as inheritance does.
They felt the mainland’s pull.
They abandoned their homes to rot away,
And their cemeteries full.
Theirs was the time of history
And written records show
That their hold on the offshore islands began
Less than four hundred years ago.
Now comes the era of real estate,
Of the hundred thousand dollar lots,
Of the condominiums, side by side,
Along the shoreline choicest spots.
What follows the time of developers
No human voice can tell.
But the silent offshore islands know,
And they handle their mysteries well.
They speak with a voice that is all their own,
And this is what they say:
That they talk in terms of a billion years
That their now is not today.
And the ghosts they brought along with them
Have never gone away.
RUTH MOORE
HANCOCK COUNTY: A CULTURAL DIRECTORY
This Directory was compiled at the request of artists and arts organizations in Hancock Count/, Maine, for a handbook that would list the county’s cultural organiza
tions and artists, together with facilities and ser
vices they need. Thus it may serve the ceramicist seeking other potters to form a raku group, the painter
in search of audiences and display areas, the educator planning
for visiting artists in the schools, the dancer in charge of pub
licity for a recital, the person setting up a tour of galleries, the
reader seeking the address of a favorite poet, the librarian
wanting to schedule a poetry reading, or the individual hop
ing to commission a work of art.
This directory lists any artist or organization wishing to
be included. It is non-commercial, for distribution primarily to
the artists and arts organizations, as well as county schools,
libraries, and municipal organizations.There is no charge to be
included and no charge for the directory.
This directory is drawn from a more inclusive data
base, compatible with databases at the Maine Arts Commis
sion and the National Endowment for the Arts. The aim is a
living record, easily corrected and updated, from which future
editions may be drawn. We hope that the database and the
directory may provide useful models for other areas which
may want to record and publicize their cultural life.
THE ORIGINTHE MAINE ARTS COMMISSION, after a series of state-wide
public meetings and much creative brainstorming, completely
reinvented itself in 1993. The aim was to increase service to
the arts in a period of anticipated financial drought. Among
the results were pioneer initiatives in Community Arts and
Arts in Education. The Community Arts Committee con
ceived its mission “as initiator and facilitator to provide meth
ods and models for arts communities throughout the state
and - perhaps - the nation to enable these communities to
find and develop their own cultural expression.”
Before we could “initiate and facilitate” we needed to
know more about the far-flung and widely different arts com
munities in Maine. We selected four as diverse as possible and
undertook in each a cultural assessment. These are Lewis-
ton/Auburn, Rangeley, Presque Isle and environs, and - ambi
tiously - the whole of Hancock County. In this county we
engaged three experts to assess the existing state of the arts:
Tina Bucuvalas for traditional arts, Tom Carroll for maritime
cultural resources, and Carol Gardien Trimble for arts in the
public schools. Their extensive reports are available at the
Maine Arts Commission in Augusta and at major libraries in
the county.
INTRODUCTION 5
H A N C O C K C O U N T Y
1,629 square miles
393 islands
1,666 miles of shoreline
Population 48,836 in 1994
ro t - r „ %
10 15 20 miles
H ancock County Regional Planning Commission
6 HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY
The principles of the Community Arts discovery
research were:
1. to keep the emphasis on the artist
in the community;
2. to balance concern for the quality of the arts with
the needs and traditions of the community;
3. to respect those needs and traditions - not impos
ing our standards and values;
4. to involve members of the community at all stages;
5. to do everything possible to facilitate all local initia
tives with models, administrative assistance, education, and
information, so that
they continue healthy
and productive on
their own.
In H an co ck
County we held a
town meeting, where
we learned a great
deal about the needs
and desires of the
artists and cultural
organizations. From
this discussion we
identified five areas of
concern and sched
uled focus-group meetings to which all interested persons
were invited: Arts in Education, Individual Artists, Arts Orga
nizations, Traditional Arts, and A Sense of Place: Arts in the
Environment. (Notes on all meetings are available at the
MAC office in Augusta.) We then called a town meeting to
share the results of these gatherings and to establish short-
range and long-range priorities. The top short-range priority
was this directory.
A subcommittee then went to work to contact
through the media and by phone every artist and arts orga
nization it could find. Kate Doyle, Mary L. Greene, Kris
Kapenekas,Judy McGeorge, Kathleen Mundell,Tammy Packie,
Anna Marie Saintonge, June Sproule, Marion Stocking, Cyn
thia Thayer and Becky Thompson did ground work, the basic
computer setup, and telephoning. Kathleen Mundell was the
MAC staff person in charge; Marion Stocking chaired the
Community Arts Committee; Leslie Moore edited this text
and saw it through the press.
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROMO N O LD POINT in Lamoine, I stand on beautiful foliated
ledges, worn into fantastic layered peaks and valleys by the
tides of the Mount Desert Narrows. I am standing on
bedrock deposited
about 450 million
years ago, when
most of New Eng
land was under
water. The softness
and loveliness of this
bedrock express the
pressures and meta
m o rp h o se s that
underlie H ancock
County’s ancient his
tory. These are not
Maine’s oldest rocks
(those are 1.5 billion
years old), but they are old enough for my imagination, since
they precede the period when present-day Europe and then
Africa collided with North America to form the superconti
nent Pangaea. Looking across this arm of Frenchman Bay I
see the glacially-scoured granite peaks of the mountains of
Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, formed in the
Devonian time, about 375,000 years ago. They bear witness
to the four (perhaps as many as nine) glacial periods that
have smothered this area in ice during the Quaternary Peri
od. In our current glacial period, as recorded in the rocks and
the thin soil of Hancock County, 14,000 years ago the entire
coast of Maine, out beyond the islands, was under mile-deep
ice. Water from the melting ice subsequently drowned the
Ellsworth Schist at Old Point, Lamoine. Photo courtesy o f Marion K. Stocking.
INTRODUCTION 7
In the earlier part of the century, Hancock County had a flourishing economy in fishing, lumbering, granite, shipbuilding and ice cutting. Four masted schooner Nancy Hanks shown at the Settlement Q uarry wharf in Deer Isle, circa 1925. Photo courtesy Deer Isle Stonington Historical Society.
present coastline, but 13,000 years ago the tips of the MDI
mountains were out of the water; another thousand and
Hancock County had emerged, covered with poplar forest, as
the land, freed of the great weight of the ice, rose. For sev
eral thousand years, the coastline was out beyond the pre
sent islands, and the vegetation changed to mixed woodland
and then to forest. Only about 3,000 years ago did the shore
line reach today’s level.
At my back as I stand on Old Point is a deep shell1 mid
den, recording the Ceramic Period people who inhabited the
area two to three thousand years ago. Up-river at Ellsworth
Falls is a Paleo-lndian site left by the first people to move in
as the ice retreated. The Abbe Museum in (though not of)
Acadia National Park protects and honors the culture of the
Native American peoples. Descendants of the Algonkian-
speaking people still teach and market their baskets and
other crafts in the county.
In 1524 Verrazzano recorded the location of Mount
Desert Island, and in 1604 Champlain gave it its name. Until
1763, when the Peace of Paris granted control of the area to
Britain, the French colonial influence predominated. By the
early nineteenth century Hancock County was flourishing
with fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, granite quarrying, and ice
cutting. Ellsworth was the world’s largest lumber port;
Franklin produced more railroad ties than anywhere else in
the country; silver mining made Sullivan and Blue Hill boom
towns; MDI and Deer Isle granite provided mill wheels and
the finest building materials for the nation; in Sedgwick was
the world’s largest natural ice plant.
As these natural resources were exhausted - or lost
their demand as steam replaced sail, and electricity and rein
forced concrete killed the ice and granite industries - the
ocean and the extraordinary beauty of the landscape began
to attract new sources of wealth In 1844 Thomas Cole, the
founder of the Hudson River School of painting, described
Hancock County so glowingly that artists, educators,
8 HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY
financiers, and professional men and woman flocked to the
area. By the I890’s Bar Harbor had become one of the
nation’s most fashionable resorts, with magnificant summer
“cottages” built for Carnegies, Fords, Rockefellers, Morgans,
Vanderbilts, Biddles, and Astors.
AND NOW...H A N C O C K C O U N T Y TODAY dazzles with its diversity. Of
its 1,629 square miles, nearly 20% is covered with water.
With its 393 scattered islands, it has 1,666 miles of coastline.
Its odd elongated area, roughly echoing the shape of the
State of Maine, essentially encompasses the Union River
watershed. It is hard to imagine a region more diverse. Trav
eling from west to east, in forty-some miles one moves from
the paper-mill town of Bucksport on the Penobscot River,
through the retail and cultural crossroads of Ellsworth on
the Union River, to the W inter Harbor Naval Base and the
great open ledges of the Schoodic Peninsula on the open
Atlantic to the east. Flying north to south one begins in deep
woods at Sysladobsis Lake, soars over forty miles of lakes
and streams, then forty miles more, over the glamour of Bar
Harbor and the wild glory of Acadia National Park, out to
the whale-road and the fishermen’s islands to the south.
In its inhabitants (48,836 as of 1994) Hancock County
is more homogeneous. The large majority of the residents
trace their ancestry to Ireland and Great Britain, with signif
icant minorities from France, Italy, and Germany. Only recent
ly have a few African-Americans and Asians enriched the pop
ulation. As Tina Bucuvalas puts it in her ethnographic survey
prepared for this project:
County citizens often manifest an historically rooted world view which prized self-sufficiency.This philosophy was certainly necessary in past centuries, when Maine was relatively isolated from urban areas in other parts of the country. Although less essential today, it continues to provide a sort of safety net whereby people are not tied to market fluctuations or politics.... Many county residents whose families have been here for generations still mill their own lumber, construct their own homes, build and maintain their own boats, hunt, follow other traditional familial occupations, preserve food, and conduct their social lives primarily within the family circle.
Antique postcard showing Indian summer encampment in old Bar Harbor. For many decades, Maine Indians travelled to resorts each summer to sell crafts. Basketmakers still gather at College of the Atlantic each summer. Photo courtesy the Abbe Museum.
INTRODUCTION 9
Prospect Harbor - Gulls in snow. Photo courtesy o f Marion K. Stocking.
Many agricultural arts flourish on about three hundred
farms in the county, from large wild blueberry barrens to
several significant organic farms. Other arts witness the fact
that Hancock County’s land is 85% forest, 43% owned by for
est products companies. At one extreme is the Champion
Paper Company mill in Bucksport; at the other is the lucra
tive cottage industry of wreath-making. Ellsworth, the “shire-
town” and the county’s largest community, has a population
of about 6,000. Frenchboro, the smallest, had at last count 44.
Members of the internationally honored Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Hancock County in a scene from The M ikado . Photo courtesy o f Irvin Hodgkins.
Hancock County’s institutions of higher education
include the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine; the College
of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, a four year liberal arts college
offering degrees in Human Ecology; and the Ellsworth Cen
ter of the University of Maine System. Many of the towns
also have extensive adult education programs.
Since Hancock County boasts about a third of the
state’s total coastline, including twelve of Maine’s fifty estuar
ies with their productive tidal flats, marine arts are a signifi
cant element of the economy.The county pulls in about 30%
of the state’s $ 100 million lobster haul, along with a signifi
cant harvest of fin fish, shrimp, scallops, eels, sea urchins,
clams, mussels, and bait worms. Boatbuilding remains a major
traditional occupation, with about 32 boatbuilding establish
ments. Maine Maritime Academy provides higher education in
nautical sciences and marine engineering.
Many other traditional arts flourish, domestic and dec
orative, for home use and for commercial sales: textile arts
such as quilting, knitting, rugmaking, spinning and weaving;
woodworking, such as decoy carving, furniture and toy mak
ing; dances; storytelling; regional cooking and community
meals, from hunters’ breakfasts to grange suppers; holiday
decorations and traditions; and many more.
Since Thomas Cole first discovered the attraction of
Mount Desert Island, artists have flocked to the county. We
see Castine Harbor through the eye of Fitz Hugh Lane, Deer
Isle as John Marin viewed it, Marsden Hartley’s Corea, Fred
10 HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY
erick Church’s MDI. Pierre Monteux founded his still-flour
ishing school for conductors in Hancock; Blue Hill and Mount
Desert continue to attract musicians of the highest distinc
tion. Hancock County has nourished writers as various as E.
B. White, Buckminster Fuller, Ruth Moore, Marguerite Your-
cenar, Helen and Scott Nearing, and Robert Lowell.
Today Maine’s artists, many with global reputations, live
quietly in communities that honor them by respecting their
privacy. Hancock County is itself an arts community, but
within it is a great diversity of smaller communities, from the
Wednesday Spinners to the internationally honored Gilbert
and Sullivan Society. The Downeast Chapter of the Union of
Maine Visual Artists is vigorous. The Surry Opera Company
performs regularly in Russia and Japan as well as Surry (pop.
1,004).The Lamoine Patrons of the Arts celebrates the holi
days and raises funds for the school arts with a dazzling
dessert cabaret. Serious choral singers have first-rate
chorales to choose from. Poets read at the Left Bank Cafe
on Sunday afternoons throughout the winter; at night folk
and jazz concerts and chamber theater fill the house. His
toric film is cherished in Bucksport; art films run year-round
at the Grand in Ellsworth and the Reel Pizza Cinerama in Bar
Harbor. W riters’ groups meet on Deer Isle, in Ellsworth, and
on the Gouldsboro Peninsula. Bird carvers congregate at the
Gilley Museum. The Bagaduce Music Lending Library as a
source for sheet music is unmatched anywhere. At the Abbe
Museum Native American artists teach their ancient and ele
gant crafts. And this is only a sample of the diverse arts com
munities that make up the larger community of Hancock
County. We have not searched out all the traditional artists
- the boat builders, the needlework artists; we know that the
musicians who contribute to the varied musical life of the
county are underrepresented - the casts and orchestras of
the Grand productions, the directors and singers and organ
ists of the churches, the members of the magnificant choral
groups.
We hope that this directory will contribute to the
flourishing of the Hancock County arts community and com
munities. It is certainly going to have errors and omissions,
for which we apologize. Corrections and additions for future
editions should be sent to the publisher:Community Arts Program Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street Augusta, ME 04333-0025
Marion K. Stocking September 1997
Mount D esert from Baker’s Island. Photo courtesy o f Marion K. Stocking.
INTRODUCTION I I
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSKey to symbols:
■fit Educational work - A teacher or teaching institution, or an artist willing to consider working in the schools
W Welcomes studio tours © Appointment required
Takes commissions
Eileen AhernRR I, Box 269 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9242Ceramics: decorative, painterly, one- of-a-kind pieces. Functional and sculptural work, mostly hand-built or slip cast. Painting: oils on paper or canvas - landscapes, portraits, other subjects.-at « © &
Nancy AlexanderRFD I, Box 357 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4398calexand@downeast.netWeaves practical household art works: overshot coverlets, dish towels, table linens, blankets, and rag rugs. Some art clothing such as scarves and shawls.■st # -
Lee Clark AllenH C 64, Box 4060 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8829leemail@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com\leeart.htmlWatercolors inspired by the gardens of Maine.m © &
Steven AlsupRFD I, Box 3925Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-5145joshua@tost.acadia.net Artist-blacksmith: sculptural and designed architectural work, including gate and railing installations, all one-of-a-kind hand forged.
Quentin Armstrong, AlAP. O. Box 126, Long Pond Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9933 (office) • 244-9816Architect: residential and commercial, renovation and new design.
Sharon ArnoldBox 156Bass Harbor, ME 04653 244-9259Black and white hand-colored photography - fantasy oriented.
Priscilla AtwoodP. O. Box 226East Orland, ME 04431469-2280Watercolor and oil. Original art work on furniture.© &
Joy BaconBox 138, H C 77 Hancock, ME 04640 422-8291C h ild re n ’s books (W indsw ept House): Oliver Bean’s Halloween (1991), “ There's A Bear In The Window," Said Oliver Bean (1991), Oliver Bean’s Thanksgiving (1994), Oliver Bean Can’t Get Clean (1996).
Maurice W. BaconBox 138, H C 77 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3695Watercolor, oil, pencil, pen & ink.
Bill BairP.O .Box 183 Orland, ME 04472 469-0768Oil. Watercolor.m © &Elsie BalanoP.O .Box 194 12 McDonald Street Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7896Watercolor and oil.© &
Margret BaldwinRFD I, Box 1940 Surry, ME 04684 667-8328 Fax 374-2197 Art teacher, Blue Hill Consolidated School. Has illustrated operas for big screen projection during performances in Washington, D.C.; Wolf-
trap; St. Petersburg, Russia; Surry, and Orono. Conceived and organized Surry Folklife Festival.#
Mark Baldwin1935 Morgan Bay Cross Road Surry, ME 04684 667-3700 Fax 667-9649 borealis@acadia.net Specializes in black and white photography, particularly portraits. Has photographed people from carpenters and farmers to C EO s and federal justices, children and cats. Graphic design includes publications and packaging for a wide variety of clients, nation-wide. See also Borealis Press.•at m © f t
Steve BalyeatBlue Wolf Studio RR I, Box 1857 Surry, ME 04684 667-6120stone@celestat.comhttp://www.agate.net/~pvca/stone/
sbl.htmlRelief stone carving: jewelry, art objects. Nature and ancient cultural subjects. Largely wholesale to galleries. Also commissions and special orders.Ht-
Joani BanksP. O. Box 97Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 348-6859Pressed flowers: originals and laser reproductions. On mouse pads, stationery items, handmade books, cards, clock faces, etc., sometimes combined with lettering and botanical verses. Grows and presses own flowers.« « 0 S
Denise C. BarbieriP. O. Box 945 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3366 denb@acadia.netIllustration. Scenic paintings for stage and film work. Photographic drops. Watercolor gouache painting. Ceramic jewelry. Computer graphic design.m © #
Douglas BarkeyCollege of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-5015 Fax 288-4126 barkey@ecology.coa.edu Graphic designer, specializing in combining digital manipulation and photography. Laser or dye sublimation prints. Faculty, College of the Atlantic.-at
Connie BarnesP.O .Box 1268 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4432 Fax 667-4624Hand-painted wooden puzzles. Abstract and representational work in various media.■St &
Thomas BarrettBox 303Castine, ME 04421 326-9381Painter: expressionist, modernist, landscape, figure.■at
Philip BarterBox 102Sullivan, ME 04664 422-3190Contemporary Maine landscapes. Painted furniture. Sculpture.■at W © &
Stephanie Barton-MiscionePickering Farm P. O. Box 98 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6970Botanical drawing. Studies of Maine wildflowers and critters. Pencil and colored pencil. Member of DIAA.
12 HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY
Judi K. BeachRR I, Box 5018 Sedgwick, ME 04676 326-0514Poet and writer. Conducts writing workshops.
Carole BealRR i, Box 680 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5844Hand-thrown functional dinner- ware, stoneware, and porcelain. Hand-painted silhouettes of islands and mountains of Maine coast in spruce green. Artist and work available at Island Artisans in Bar Harbor.-at
Elmer BealP. O. Box 7O tter Creek, ME 04665 288-5679Guitarist and singer: traditional and contemporary folk music, composition and performance. Member of “Different Shoes.” College of the Atlantic faculty in anthropology. Culinary artist: Burning Tree Restaurant (owner and chef), specializing in fresh seafood, in O tter Creek.-at
Siri BeckmanP. O. Box 335 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5037Printmaker: primarily wood engravings. Hand-bound illustrated letter- press books. Com m issions for books and periodicals. Has taught at UMaine, Haystack, and community workshops.-« « © &Jeffery BectonRR I, Box 450 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6108 Fax348-5259 jcbecton@aol.comFine art digital montage. Collage photos of found objects, painted paper, etc. Reinvention of mostly black-and-white photographs.-at m © -ft-
Allen Beechel414 W ater Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3649Book and magazine illustration. Architectural, ship, and yacht portraits. Most media, including pen and ink and pencil drawings.« © %
Peter BeeritsRoute I , Box 474 A Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2826 • 348-6182 1-800-777-6845 Fax 1-800-804-7698 jam@nervousnellies.com Predominantly outdoor sculpure - whimsical and humorous - of people and animals. Native materials: milled pine, old stove parts, vintage farm tools, car doors, etc. Outdoor sculpture garden at N ervous Nellie’s Jams and Jellies on the Sunshine Road.• * * « © &Katie BellOvercliffNorheast Harbor, ME 04462 276-4000 (work) 276-5331 (home) Sculpture in stone.« I m © #-
Ruth BellP.O .Box 1340 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7716Painter: oils.©Ingrid BengisP.O .Box 421 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2416Fiction writer and author of War in the Erogenous Zone.
Mike BennettBox 825Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-5798Percussionist for A-Train and the world music band Beatroots. Does studio work. Teaches percussion at the Northern Conservatory, Bangor. Specializes in jazz and Latin percussion; student of classical percussion.-Si
Arnold BerleantP. O. Box 52 Castine, ME 04421 326-4306Composer.
Sharon BettsP. O. Box 743 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-6808Acrylics. Tramp Art Furniture. Adult education.
© &
Farnham BlairRR I, Box 3195 Surry, ME 04684 374-5590Poetry: The Blue Line (1889), Immanent Green (1991), The Movie Queen (1996). Essays on fine arts with an emphasis on paintings and photographs.
Philip BoothP. O. Box 330 Castine, ME 04421 326-4644Poet: Founder of Syracuse University graduate Creative W riting Program. Nine books of poetry, including Relations: Selected Poems (1986), Selves (1990), Pairs (1994). Also Trying to Say I t Outlooks and Insights on How Poems Happen (1996).
Robert Bothen26 EdgewoodBar Harbor, ME 04609288-5705meshfox@ post.acadia.net Percussionist - all styles.-at
Tams BoucherP. O. Box 273Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-4203Woodcarver.
Elena BourakovskyRR I, Box 1025 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5057 Fax 374-3704 raiten@hypernet.comC o stu m e design er from the Komedy Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, now doing costume, set, and makeup design for local theatres and movies made in the area. Russian-style miniature lacquer painting on wooden eggs. Mentor for Theatre Arts W orks (T.D.C.)-91 #-
Louise BourneYork RoadE. Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-2308Paintings, narrative tile murals, and structures.« « 0 IMAC juried roster
Hugh BowdenP. O. Box 5546 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-1980Songwriter and performer. Guitar and voice: classical, country, pop, standards, jazz, and originals.-si
Minnie Bowden1076 Castine Road Orland, ME 04472 469-7016Native Maine poet. “I write about the Maine I live in and the people I know.” Most recent book is Hardscrabble. Maine W riters and Publishers Alliance and the Maine Poetry Society.
Joan BragdonRR 2, Box 300 C Marlboro, ME 04605 667-7956MerriWood Pottery. Wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware. Functional one-of-a-kind sets and whimsical pieces. Open June to October by appointment.*1 « ©
Sharon Bray770 Castine Road Orland, ME 04472 469-7308Native Maine storyteller, poet and photographer. Published in Pucker- brush Review and Echoes.
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Stuart Brecher93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3747Designs residential, commercial, and small public buildings. Consultant for renovations and new construction.-■&
Robert Breeden40A Route 200 Sullivan, ME 04664 422-6576Traditional coal forge. Designs and creates sculptural, ornamental, and architectural objects in iron and steel.
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSPaula BriggsP. O. Box 266 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-2203 Fax 359-2215 briggs@media2.hypernet.comPainting in mixed media, representational and abstract. Prints: etchings and collographs.-at « © #
Ragna BrunoBox 177Hancock Point Road Hancock, ME 04640 422-3291 Fax 422-3023Landscape in oil, sculpture, collage. MAC juried roster
Ashley BryanIslesford, ME 04660 244-7794Short stories and fables for children. Performance and storytelling.-at
Peggy BryantH C 35 Box 6 1W inter Harbor, ME 04693963-7530Novelist writing mainstream fiction: themes dealing with the vanishing coastal Maine culture.-at
Bruce BulgerP. O. Box 118 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9955 Quality furniture.MAC juried roster
Chris BurdetteP.O .Box 188 Oak Hill Road Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-5122Stained glass work over 30 years.AII sizes up to 6' X 4'. Free consultations and estimates.« « ® sNick BurnettP. O. Box 389 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9533 (work) 244-0421 (home) hightideprod@acadia.net High Tide Production. Full-service 16-track digital studio, on the water (also mobile work). Experienced engineer: audio tapes, jingles, demos, etc. Singer in Gilbert and
Sullivan Society. Percussionist in Baron Von Aaron blues band.•ft %Denise BurpeeRR I, Box 599 Bucksport, ME 04416 825-4481Sculpture: dolls, one-of-a-kind, original designs, polymer clay, hand- painted. Earth clay Santas and ornamental designs.© %Gary BusheeGeneral DeliveryEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-5417Gary Bushee and Bill Schubeck Duo: available for parties and occasional restaurant concerts and dances. Piano, harmonica, guitar, violin, mandolin, and vocal harmonies, -ftKatharine ButlerP. O. Box 24 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5558Watercolors of Maine: landscape mixed with still-life. Also landscapes and interiors of Italian countryside. (Paints in Maine 6-8 weeks a year.)
Fredi CahnP. O. Box 307 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5464 Fax 667-2528 compuserve@73013.12132 Cello, bass, and composition. With U XB (USA).-at #-
Roc Caivano59 Rodick Street BarHarbor, ME 04609 288-2333 Fax 288-8248 caivano@acadia.netArchitect specializing in residences and small public buildings (College of the Atlantic dormitory, Wendell Gilley Museum, interior of Port in a Storm Bookstore).-ft
William CarmichaelOld Steamboat Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-2160 Photographer.
Joanne Carpenter86 Seawall RoadSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679244-7155Large-scale figurative painting; occasional landscapes. Primarily oil, some watercolors. College of the Atlantic faculty.
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Ellen ChurchP. O. Box 325 Bass Harbor, ME 04653 244-3283 Fax 244-3283 W atercolorist. Juried signature member of the New England Water Color Society. Landscapes, primarily of MDI and surrounding islands.m © #
Carrie CiciotteRR I,Box I20B Trenton, ME 04605 667-0533Poet and fiction writer, - f t
Polly CecklerP.O .Box 189 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9597
William CarpenterCollege of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 567-4172Poet: Hours o f Morning ( 1980); Rain (1985); Speaking Fire at Stones with Robert Shetterly (1992). Novelist: A Keeper o f Sheep ( 1994). W riter for Maine Times. College of the Atlantic faculty.- f t
Botanical illustrations.
Patricia E. ChandlerP.O .Box 1082 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-9913Painter: realism, abstract landscapes, and portraits.•as m © #
Carl ChaseP. O. Box 304 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9324Steel pan musician, performer, teacher, and maker of steel pan instruments.« « 0 S
Susan ChaseP. O. Box 303 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9324Large outdoor sculpture in stabilized adobe. Director of the Blue Hill Adult Education Program. Teaches workshops in sculpture.* t m © #
Linda M. Chruscielski-PerrinP. O. Box 2 3 1Hulls Cove, ME 04644288-5415Hand-blown glass works, beads and mosaics. Demonstrations at studio.« t m © &
Avy ClaireRR I,Box 1865 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2433 avy@acadia.netPainter: oils, acrylics, watercolors. Abstractions derived from natural and organic forms.6W © -iff MAC juried roster
Ethel CliffordP. O. Box 725 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6864Decorative southern pine needle baskets.
Glenda CoffinP. O. Box 29 Surry, ME 04684 667-6555rcoffin@downeast.netPainter, various media. Shows in Union River Gallery.
Peter CohenRR I, Box 298 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 422-6255 Fax 422-9187Architect. Also large outdoor sculpture.■at MAC juried roster
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Jeff ColquhounP.O .Box 18 Castine, ME 04421 326-4135Representational marine art of the coasts of Maine and Italy.-at &
Nancy ColterP. O. Box 429Mount Desert, ME 04660244-0374Classical pianist.« t
Kristen Cook664 Castine Road Orland, ME 04472 469-7028Graphic artist.
Polly CoteP. O. Box 485Mount Desert, ME 04660244-5746mpcote@ecologycoa.edu Printmaker and painter. Woodcuts, monotypes, and oils. UMVA membership chair.W * © MAC juried roster
Anne-Claude CottyRFD 143Stonington, ME 04681 367-2699Book artist and printmaker. Leads workshops in book arts for adults, including paste papers, box and book construction, folded and dyed decorative paper. Summer workshops and after-school art classes for children."St MAC juried roster
Cristine CovertP. O. Box 236 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9529Paintings in oil and watercolors.
Shane CrabtreeBox 111Sunset, ME 04683 348-6825Visual artist.
Sorcha Cribben-MerrillRFD I, Box 183 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9503Singer, songwriter, and self-taught pianist. Com poses pop music. Performs locally at the Left Bank and the Sullivan Grange. Recorded live on W ERU.
Jane CrosenRR I Box 723 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-4850Custom map illustrations. Self-published line of maps, postcards, posters, T-shirts. Occasional school workshops for older students.^ » 0 S -
Marnie Reed CrowellP. O. Box 79 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6065Poet and writer.
Hugh CurranRR I, Box 1925 Surry ME 04684 667-7170 Fax 667-7170 Poet and free-lance writer. Translator of old Irish poetry. Articles on the sea. Teacher of Gaelic and cultural studies.
Patti D’Angelo10 A County Lane Manset, ME 04679 594-0837Poet. Essays and articles on regional issues, oral history, community development, and the arts.
Dennis DamonRR I, Box 222 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4361pbjfo7a@prodigy.com Tells stories of Downeast Maine. Focus on stories by Ruth Moore dealing with traditional Maine. Helps with school workshops on story telling and story creation.•at
George DaniellRD I, Box 231 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8530Watercolor painter and photographer. Exhibits locally and in New York. George Daniell Gallery in Trenton, by appointment. 25 cards of his photography available from Borealis Press.« © &Heidi DaubGeneral DeliveryEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-5417Painter: acrylic on paper. Abstracted, metaphorical landscapes. Poetry that feeds the painting.m ©
Darwin DavidsonRR I , Box 549 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7767 Fax 348-7768 dkdphotography@acadia.netCommercial photographer specializing in photographing crafts and art works.
Katherine DavisP.O. Box 515 Stonington, ME 04681 367-8786Artist and art teacher. Watercolor, oil, mixed media. Workshops in Oregon and Greece.
Peter Dembski1100 Newbury Neck Surry, ME 04684 667-6012 Fax 667-1288Pianist and composer in jazz and other musical styles. W orks in dance and theater. Two recordings. Workshops emphasize expressive qualities of music. Offers performances with duo or trio. Teaches improvisational technique.-at m © #-
Paul DeVore116 Main StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609288-9498
Maggie Steincrohn DavisP. O. Box 370 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5170maggie@downeast.nethttp://www.downeast.net/com/heartsongW rites and publishes books celebrating the interconnectedness of all life. Most recently Glory! to the Flowers; Roots o f Peace, Seeds, o f Hope; A Garden o f Whales; Choices o f a Growing Womon. Co-founder of Neighborcare. See also Heartsong Books.
Peter DavisP. O. Box 357 12 Perkins Street Castine, ME 04421 326-9222Writer, documentary film maker: American Life.-at
Deborah de MoulpiedP. O. Box 7 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3680 Fax 422-9990 hancock@www.downeast.netSculptor: Public and private environmental commissions, including integrated landscaping, outside seating furniture, and water sculpture. See also Hancock Center for the Arts.-at « ; # &
Poet.
Stuart DiamondP. O. Box 498 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2683Painter - seasonal.
Bob DickensP. O. Box 936 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7925Photography: wildflowers, lighthouses. Leather work: belts, bags, sheepskin.•st
Marilyn Dolliver238 Seawall Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-3375Organist (music director at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor) and pianist. Private lessons in organ and piano.-St
Hubert DorisH C 77 Box 487 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3374Piano: chamber music.* t
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSWinkie DorisH C 77 Box 487 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3374Teaches meditation, warmups, posture, relaxation.-a
Dorothy DoubledayP. O. Box 346 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2728One-of-a-kind figurative ceramic sculpture: hand-built terra cotta and earthenware. In Leighton Gallery sculpture garden. Teaches in Studio School of Gibbs A rt Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
Dorothy DouglasRR I, Box 201 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3058Watercolor. Botanicals. Ties classic salmon flies.n © -ft-Cally DowRR I, Box 382 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6697 Fax 348-2338 dow@mediay.hypernet.comSculpture to express outward energy that also suggests inner spirituality and growth. Finds working with hand-made paper “satisfying because its transparency expresses that dialogue between inner and outer, visible and invisible.”-as -■&
Polly DoyleRFD, Box 262 A Trenton, ME 04605 667-9402Painter, printmaker.
Catherine Drew-BurdetteP.O .Box 188Mount Desert, ME 04660244-SI 22Landscape artist: pen and ink, and oils. Evening art classes, all ages. N ovelist: young adult fiction. Lecturer on art, the writing process, history of MDI artists, etc.-as %
Carol Cramer DrummondDream Come True 79 Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-9201Painter: landscapes (watercolor, oil, acrylic) impressionistiefexpressionis- tic. Musician: voice teacher (bel canto). Teaches voice for MDI High School and gives private lessons at Cramer Voice Studio.Writer.-as &
Martha Tod DudmanP.O .Box 1129 68 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9555Fiction writer: Dawn ( 1990).
Tamara K. DuffRR 5, Box 465 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5621“Tamara’s Custom Stained Glass.” Residential stained glass: windows, doors, cabinets, screens, and free standing or hanging panels.< « 0 ■§-Gregory DunhamRt 166, Box 6 3 1 Castine, ME 04421 326-9175Watercolorist, works in a series: things at the shore, boats, dockyards, landscapes.
Mary EatonRR Box 243Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 348-6294 Fax 348-6294 Since 1989, chenille sweaters and scarves. See also Dream Weaver.« © #-Candace EmersonP.O. Box 416 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2920 Visual artist.
Jay EmlenH CR 62, Box 69 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-3878 Fax 667-2679Singer: tenor soloist. Sings with Acadia Choral Society.
Dan FaitMaple and Forest Lane Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-3928Contemporary wood sculpture.
Maureen FarrP. O. Box 376 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5602Fiction writer, working on a novel. Essayist.-at
Martha FergusonP. O. Box 582 Castine, ME 04421 326-4643Maine landscapes in pastels and charcoal.
Barbara FernaldP.O .Box 1179Southwest Harbor, ME 04679244-7871Jeweler.
Dan FernaldP.O .Box 16Little Cranberry Island, ME 04646 244-3145Painter: oils and pastels. Landscape and still life.
Katie FernaldP.O .Box 16Little Cranberry Island, ME 04646 244-3145Watercolor painter: landscapes and abstracts.
Bill and Beth FewellRR I, Box 2340 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2301Realistic wildlife sculpture (songbirds, puffins, chickadees, raptors, fish, etc.). Original wood sculpture and some casts for lamps and other decor.n W © U
Clark B. Fitz-GeraldBox 48Castine, ME 04421 326-8759Sculptures in wood and metal.■*t W © MAC juried roster
Liddy Fitz-GeraldBox 48Castine, ME 04421 326-8759Abstract forms in fabric: wall hangings, assemblages.m © #
ElsaTillema FletcherP. O. Box 43 Sunset, ME 04683 348-2265Handwoven textiles for the home and personal adornment.» ©Wilson Fletcher2 Kavanaugh Place Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3056Acrylics and some water colors.
Virginia FolinoP. O. Box 452 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2889Watercolor paintings, collages. Has summer gallery.
A. Irving ForbesP. O. Box 982 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2068Duo with wife, Margery Forbes. Piano and basoon. Singer: sea chantey programs.
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Margery ForbesP. O. Box 982 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2068Ensemble pianist and accompanist.•at
Peter ForbesP.O .Box 1179Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-5310Architect.
Gigi FordP. O. Box 42 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5540W orks with collage using a variety of material including handmade paper, cloth, found objects, metal, and feathers.
Mary M. FordP.O. Box 71 Orland, ME 04472 469-1989Surrealistic and contemporary oil painting.■at © &
George FowlerH C 64, Box 408 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-2070gfowler@hypernet.comHost of “New Potatoes,” a two- hour weekly program featuring Celtic music on W ERU, FM 89.9. Also a fiddler playing Irish and New England dance styles.
Donna FrickeP. O. Box 7 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3680 Fax 422-9990 hancock@www.downeast.netTeacher of writing and Director of Graduate Studies and Research at Maine Maritime Academy. See also Hancock Center for the Arts.•at
Linda FunkP.O. Box 976,Blue Hill, ME 04614 Studio: Curtis Cove Road, East Blue Hill 04629374-5203 Fax 374-5203Designer and illustrator specializing in botanical subjects. Includes magazine and book illustration and textile design. Teacher of botanical illustration.
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Robin FurthRR I, Box 1930 Surry, ME 04684 667-0173Novelist, poet, teacher.•at
Howard FussinerRD 441Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2443Painter - seasonal.
Allison GaffRFD I, Box 710 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3703Oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Carves and paints song birds.© #John GallagherMorgan Bay Road East Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-9988Painter. String bass, member of A- Train.« © #•Diane Gallaghei^Keefe13 Mountainview Drive Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-1008Member of Wild Ginger. Soloist with Bob Haskell Big Band.■at
Kay GardnerP. O. Box 33 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5552Composer, performer, conductor. Flute, keyboard, and choral conductor. Solo concerts or improvisation on concert, alto, and bamboo flutes with audiences as percussion participants. Author: Sounding the Inner Landscape: Music as Medicine (1990). Lecturer and workshop leader in colleges, hospitals, etc..■®t $£ MAC juried roster
Lois GervaisRR I, Box 3870 Old Ferry Road Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-4660 Fax 359-5590Photographer: people for advertising, corporate, and editorial clients.#Jane GilbertP.O .Box 137 Orland, ME 04472 469-3063Makes black and white and hand- colored prints of people, landscapes
and architectural objects. A rt Therapist, registered by the American A rt Therapy Association.« © -ftBrenda GilchristRR I, Box 614 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2487 Fax 348-2487 Writer.
Jackson GillmanH CR 62, Box 36 A Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-3838Mime, known as the “Stand-Up Chameleon.” Incorporates dance, song, and American Sign Language in performances. Comedy, educational, and environmental programs.MAC juried roster
Nancy GlistaRFD I, Box 235 Shipyard Point Road Franklin, ME 04634 565-3302Hand-made sterling silver jewelry.« ©Scott GoldbergRoute 176RR I, Box I47ANorth Brooksville, ME 04617326-9062scott9062@acadia.netWheel-thrown pots, cups, plates, vases, bowls, cooking pots, pitchers, mugs, casseroles, teapots, and platters. Comfortable pots and sturdy pots.n m ©
Rebecca GoodRFD 2, Box 111 A Lamoine, ME 04605 667-3258Potter.•at
Don Gooding601 Indian Point Road Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-7603 Fax 244-7613 dgooding@acadia.net www.singers.comFounder of A Cappella catalogue: recordings and arrangements of unaccompanied singing. Has sung nearly every type of music: Gregorian chant, Hungarian folk songs, spirituals, etc. Sang with the Whif- fenpoofs in college and now directs Acapellago on MDI.-at
■at Educational work Welcomes studio tours © Appointment required f t Takes commissions
Robert GoodmanH CR 62 Box 222 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9603Sem i-abstract landscapes and seascapes based on the Mount Desert region; also still-life paintings.
Beatrice B. GoodrichDwelley Point RR I Box 275 Franklin, ME 04634 565-2912Happy Hollow Books by Judge To rto ise (W ind sw ept H ouse). Children’s Corner: stories in various newspapers.
Carol GotwalsRFD I, Box 971 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2717C h o ra l co n d u cto r: D e e r Isle Congregational Church. Piano and voice teacher. Private lessons, school-aged and adult.
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSFrank GotwalsRFD I, Box 964 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2259Singer, so n g w rite r , g u ita rist . Performs a repertoire of original songs, instrumentals, and folk blues on six string, twelve string, and steel bodied Dobro guitars. Dry Ice, first solo C D (1994). See also Deer Isle Coffee House.MAC juried roster
Vernon GotwalsRFD I, Box 971 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2717Organist: Deer Isle Congregational Church.
Mary Cheyney GouldBox 170Brooksville, ME 04617 326-8532gould@hypernet.comOrganist, choral director (Bagaduce Chorale). Keyboard performance: chamber ensemble and two-piano concerts. Plays in Flash in the Pans Steel Band and Bagaduce Steel. Musical Director, Bagaduce Music Lending Library.■at
Jutta GrafR R I, Box 5 17 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7751Rug weaver. Uses hand-dyed strips of fabric to weave rugs that are contemporary in style incorporating geometric designs and color gradation.
Byron GrayRR I Box 150 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-0855Functional, high-fire stoneware,t W 0 #
Arnold GreenbergP. O. Box 857 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2886grnbrg@downeast.net Poet (Baker’s Dozen). Educator and writer (Adventures on Arnold’s Island). Founder of Liberty School. Tap- dancer.•at
Katie GreeneH CR 64, Box 363 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8368 Fax 359-4438 ktgreen@hypernet.com Drawing, pastels, mixed media, paper, baskets, pottery, jewelry, printmaking, weaving. Art teacher at George Stevens Academy: Arts Festival D irector, advisor for National Arts Society, AFS, and Student Council.-at
Mary L. GreeneDowneast Graphics & Printing, Inc. P.O .Box 1103 Washington Junction Road Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5582 Fax 667-2809 1-800-427-5582 degart@acadia.netA rt director, graphic designer. Design work, layout for logos, annual reports, publications, brochures, posters, books.
Melissa GreeneRR I, Box 40 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2601 Fax 348-2601 Large wheel-thrown earthenware vessels, burnished and smoked, with animal and figurative imagery, inspired by a variety of cultures and our natural surroundings.-at W © % -
Nancy Dobbs GreeneP.O .Box 187 Sunset, ME 04683 348-9351ndgreene@acadianet.com W riter: poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction. Works with student writers.•at
Clarine Grenfell36 Narramissic Drive Orland, ME 04472 469-7102Writer, publisher, class poet of 1932 at the University of Maine. Her readers set up the Clarine Coffin Grenfell Class of ‘32 Poetry Prizes fund at the University of Maine to award annual prizes in her honor. Grenfell Reading Center.
Don GriecoRR I, Box 253 BB Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8482Dancer in Eric Hawkins/Merce Cunningham technique. Choreographer and dance teacher. See also Motion Collective.
Ruth GriersonBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 244-3742W riter: articles and books on natural history (ex.: Nature Diary o f Mount Desert Island). Lectures on natural history subjects. Musician: violinist and violist. Church organist. Member of Porcupine Players, Pantry Quartet, and Tea House Trio.•at
Charles GrosjeanRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 565-2282hogbay@acadia.netPotter: functional housew are. Canoemaker: traditional wood/can- vas and wood/fiberglass canoes. See also Franklin Cedar Canoes.« ©Susanne GrosjeanRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 565-2282hogbay@acadia.net Weaver: fine garments, rugs, etc.* t W © &
Doris GrumbachSargentville, ME 04673 unlistedW riter: six novels from Chamber Music to The Book o f Knowledge. Four memoirs: Coming into the End Zone, Extra Innings, Fifty Days o f Solitude, Life in a Day.
Charles HanceRFD I Box 139 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2883Primarily functional stoneware and flameware.
Gunnar HansenP. O. Box 268Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-3697 Fax 276-5421 gunnar@acadia.net http://home.acadia.net/userpages/do
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W rites nonfiction books and feature screenplays. Produces and directs documentary films.
George HardyBox 129Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2885Wood carver: birds, animals, Noah’s arks, etc.•a t m © #
Jud HartmannP. O. Box 753 Blue Hill, ME 04614 359-2544 (home)374-9917 (gallery)Limited edition bronze sculpture depicting the woodland tribes of the N ortheast. See also jud Hartman Gallery.•a t m © 2 t
Jane HarwoodRR I, Box 22 Sargentville, ME 04673 359-4481Group or individual instruction in watercolor or oil - landscape or portrait.•fit
Sturgis HaskinsSorrento, ME 04677 422-3551Local historian: gives talks on local architecture. Chairman of photo committee of Mt. Desert Island H istorical Society. D ocum ents boats. Photography.- f it
Kathy HatchRFD 5, Box 276 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-6100Painter: oils, pastels, drawings. Realistic portraits, some landscapes.•fit %
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Henries HawkRR I, Box 171 Sullivan, ME 04664 422-2054Flute maker: by hand, without electricity. Native American educational programs for pre school to nursing home ages. Plays flute and didgeri- doo at weddings, births, funerals. Recorded “First Flight” and “Tribal Winds.”« t
Harriet HemenwayP.O .Box 122 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2632Jewelry in gold, silver, and iron. See also under Green Head Forge.m © ft-Jack HemenwayP.O .Box 122 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2632Sculpture for home, garden, and gallery. Functional ironwork at Green Head Forge, on Old Quarry Road, offWest Main Street.m © #Kate Russell HenryP. O. Box 274 38 High RoadSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-3702 Fax 244-4315 khenry@acadia netHand-spinner, with all finish work (crochet, weaving) dictated by the fiber: sculptural, color, line.
Joaz HillRFD I, Box 3659 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5816 Fax 367-5816 python@www.downeast.net Wood turner: one-of-a-kind functional and decorative boxes, bowls, vessels, candlesticks, etc.
m © ftRuth Ann HillP.O .Box 101Mount Desert, ME 04660288-9761Free-lance writer, illustrator, naturalist. Most recent book: Discovering Old Bar Harbor: An Unconventional History and Guide. Contributing editor: Maine Boats and Harbors magazine. Illu stra tio n s and maps. Production designer/graphic artist. Part owner, Brooks Boats.nThomas C . HinchcliffeP. O. Box 8 3 1 Blue Hill, ME 04614 326-9411dhinchc@acadia.netHand-builds copies of traditional furniture using 18th-century joinery. Showroom includes own works and antiques: Route 176, Box 5021, Sedgwick.#Elisabeth L. HinesP. O. Box 92 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-4625Oil painter; some calligraphy, pastels, pencil. Landscapes, seascapes, some portraits.
Robert C. HinesP. O. Box 92 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5037Watercolor painter, realist. Landscapes, seascapes, florals. Also oil portraits.
Dan HodermarskyRR I, Box 25 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6010Painter in watercolor and oil.
Nancy HodermarskyRR I, Box 25 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6010Fiction writer, primarily short stories. W orks with Deer Isle W riters Group. Available as a mentor for young writers and readers.-at
Nicholas Holt65 Pine Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8216 Fax 667-5576 holt@acadia.netInnovative architectural planning and design, concentrating on energy conservation, careful site orientation, and clear circulation.-at
Mark HoneyMeadowview Apartments, Apt. 2 1, Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5602Historian and writer: history of Hancock County, Maine, maritime and Canadian history. Also genealogy and Native American history. Speaks to historical societies, conferences, and schools. Tutors and teaches. Archival work with courthouse, town, and family records.-at
Billie HotalingP. O. Box 322 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2415W riter of books for young adults: Count the Stars through the Cracks (on the underground railroad); Be Like the Bats (on the depression). Watercolor painter.-St
Daniel Daley HotalingP. O. Box 322 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2415Writer/editor: The Life o f J. Dudley Dawson. Educator.-at
Judith HotchkissP. O. Box 374 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5671One-of-a-kind and limited edition machine-knit garments. Rayon chenille in men’s and women’s wear, for local and national markets.-at f t
Mary HoweP. O. Box 383 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2640 Fax 367-2811Printmaking incorporated in art books and boxes. Example: collaboration with a poet in creating and printing a book - all hand-done. Folded art boxes for a jeweler’s wares.-at f t
Brian HubbellRR I, Box 193-ERoute 182 Township 10 SDCherryfield, ME 04622546-7163Poet and novelist.-at
Liddy HubbellRR I, Box 193-E Route 182 Township 10 SD Cherryfield, ME 04622 546-7163Architect: residential and commercial building designs.Wire sculpture, textile art, and oil pastel painting.« t « © &
Elizabeth Mckay Hulbert457 Seawall Road Manset, ME 04679 244-5344Author of children’s books: / Love To Ski, The Memory Quilt Milkweed and Winkles: A Wild Child's Cookbook.
Judith IngramRFD I, Box 2031 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6840Paper/sculpture - seasonal.
Margery IrvineH C 64, Box 394 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5026W riter: essays providing a perspective on daily experience, using irony, edginess, and humor to challenge attitudes and beliefs.-at
William IrvineH C 64, Box 394 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5026Painter in oil and acrylic, on canvas, paper, and panel. Paints directly without preconceived design, changing color and organization towards satisfactory resolution. Result: abstraction with a grounding in the natural world.-at
Sandra Irwin43 Third Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8731Perennial flower garden design and maintenance. Small art classes for children ages 5-14, using art history and many media.* t f t
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSSherell JacobsenRD I, Box 1783 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6022 Painter - seasonal.
Rick JaeckelRR I, Box SI 10 Surry, ME 04684 667-4125Landscape photography. Drawing and painting.Hz-
Ann Jenkins126 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-2180Contem porary jewelry: collages made of recycled aluminum cans and carved plastic, set in sterling frames.
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Susan JenkinsRR I, Box 1430 Old County Road Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-4626 Fax 359-4626Dancer and transformative healer. Dance and movement integral to healing work. Established Dream- space Medicine Center for both group and private sessions.
Laura Tryon JenningsP.O .Box 1472Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-9520Interior paintings that use a mixture of color and composition to depict the drama of a chaotic coziness.The vision assumes a downward stance and assembles all the pieces into an integrated situation. Also landscape paintings.
Paul Alexandre JohnBox 532 Sugar HillEastbrook, ME 04634 326-9065noah@celestat.comOil painting. Performances on Indian classical flute. Master classes in Indian classical flute. Workshops on flute making.■at HZ MAC juried roster
A. JonesP.O .Box 123 Bernard, ME 04612 244-5634Landscape painter in oils, largely of the quiet side of MDI. Also large paper collages, “Travelling through the Mysteries.” “Distant Memory” series of oil paintings on paper and Formica: photo-like abstract images in black and white. Copper and brass body ornaments. See also A. Jones Gallery.« Hz-Christopher JoyceRFD I, Box 2803 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2778 Fax 367-2778Unique wood-turning with unique woods. Primarily decorative: boxes, vessels. At Blue Heron Gallery.« « G S-
Mia KanazawaBox I3AHarborside, ME 04642 326-9065Modern dance: solo performer, residencies in schools. Handmade felt. Large puppets for parades."fit W © HZ' MAC juried roster
Robert KatesRR I, Box 169 B Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5450 Fax 664-0375 kates@ecology.coa.edu Geographer. W riter. C o -ed itor Environment Magazine.
Kathie KeaneRR I, Box 450 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6108 Fax 348-5259 mizkool@aol.comCollage: mixed media. Painted paper and handmade paper combined with found objects. Ceramics: work in porcelain and low-fired clays. Presently doing sagger fires with terra sigilata.
© HZ-Bill Keith126 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-8180Carved wood sculpture, combining ab stract and representational forms. Usually outdoor pieces.« t W 6 I
Majo KeleshianRR 5, Box 3630 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2255Currently: drawing on paper using w axy w a te r-so lu b le m edium . Printing and collage work.« © Hz
Lacey KellettR O. Box 46Brooklin, ME 94616-0046 359-2235Poet, painter, teacher, publisher (Steamboat Press).•at
Charles Kelley, Jr.8 1 Hancock Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8356 Fax 667-3256 Professional rod-builder and fly tyer.■at HZ-
June KelloggP.O .Box 105 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5052Large oil paintings, basically still life, with subjects often multicultural, especially Native American and African.•Bt 5 * Hz
Stuart KestenbaumP. O. Box 397 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2434Poet: Pilgrimage. Readings and workshops. Consultant for non-profit associations. D irector: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, a t
Ruby S. KidwellRFD I, Box 207 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-8701 alkid@acadia.netWatercolors, primarily landscapes, exhibited locally.
Patricia Ann KileyP. O. Box 506Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4144pattyk@acadia.netPainter: acrylics on paper, principallylandscapes and gardens. Hasworked with Summer Festival ofthe Arts and volunteers in areaschools.•at HZ
Mark KindschiBox I3AHarborside, ME 04642 326-9065Sculptural ironwork. Giant puppets for parades. Theatrical set design and construction.
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Scarlet KinneyP.O .Box 114 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Rt. 176, Morgan Bay Road Surry, ME 04684 667-4772Painter in oils and watercolors. Images inspired by mythological archetypes, the natural world, and local landscapes.n W Q Hz-David KlopfensteinP. O. Box 642 King RowDeer Isle, ME 04627 348-2538Photographer, specializing in hand- colored black-and-white photos. Owns and operates Photography Gallery in Stonington in summer.■at HZ
Connie KnuppelRR I, Box 64 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 422-6879 Fax 422-6530Painter: oil. Handmade collage cards.» ©Peter KnuppelRR I, Box 64 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 422-6879 Fax 422-6530 Lighting designer: residential, commercial, theater, etc.m ©Eugene KochRR I , Box 3754 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2803Visual artist: painting, mixed media.
Marcia KolaP.O .Box 14Deer Isle, ME 04627348-5681Potter: Functional pieces in porcelain and stoneware. Mostly wheel, but some hand-built.-at « © &
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Vaino KolaP.O .Box 14Deer Isle, ME 04627348-5681Painter: oil and acrylic. Intaglio prints. Drawings: variety of media. Based on forms derived from nature, including human ones."S' W © MAC juried roster
Carolyn KriegmanBox 387Stonington, ME 04681 367-2677Painter - seasonal.
Belle & Roger KuhnBox 457Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6454Enamel jewelry and boxes. Seasonal.
Beth LambertRFD 4, Box 280 Mariaville, ME 04605 537-3452Oil painting: contemporary landscapes of Maine. Advocate for the arts in schools. Volunteers in the schools in many media.
« © &Theresa LambertP.O .Box 1314 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7558Oils and acrylics.© &
Lorraine LansBox 534Stonington, ME 04681 367-8959Painter: oils and some pastels. Portraits and landscapes from life; still lifes.f fS © -S-t MAC juried roster
David LarsonBox 176Penobscot, ME 04476 326-8222Surreal but not slick; representational but contradictory.« © #Robert B. LashP.O .Box 1132 Ellsworth, ME 04065 Box 304, Oak Point Road Trenton, ME 04605 667-1046 Fax 667-7365Forged iron and clay sculptural vessels. W orks in iron. Smoke and raku fired works in clay.« « 0 #Mary LauryOtis Road, Box 13 1 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8181 Fax 667-5903 Watercolorist specializing in botani- cals. W atercolor teacher. Dance instructor: ballroom, Latin, country western, line dance. Theater: scenic artist.n %Brooke LawsingW ater Street Castine, ME 04421 326-8071Published first book of poetry and prose, All Before Seventeen, while attending George Stevens Academy.
Arthur B. Layton, Jr.P.O. Box 5 1 Castine, ME 04421 326-8527Free-lance writer: The Navy War: An Oral and Visual History o f World War II at Sea (1990); Maine: Cruising the Coast by Car (1995).W riter for magazines and newspapers, specializing in travel and maritime.n %■jack LedbetterP.O. Box 513 Rock End Road Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-4062Large-format black-and-white and color landscapes.
Diane LeeP. O. Box 186 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3880Film maker and screenwriter.
Stephen Leff98 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-1839Residential architect.
Warren LehrerP.O .Box 161 Sedgwick, ME 04676 (718) 784-4066W riter, artist, performer, book designer, teacher. Pioneer in new field of visual literature. Books exhibited nationally and in collections of major museums. Examples: GRRRHH HH: a study o f social patterns; French Fries; i mean you know.•at #
Ellen LehtoP.O .Box 152 Hulls Cove, ME 04644 288-9623 (winter)Tunk Lake Road Sullivan, ME 04607 422-0989 (summer)Poet: The Sleepless Night chapbook. Painter: interpretive landscapes in acrylic.
Judith LeightonP. O. Box 353 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5001 Fax 374-5001 Painter.
Susan LernerRR I, Box 1548Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4070slerner@ecology.coa.eduslerner@coa.edu/Paintings and prints of emotional and imaginary landscapes and visions. Color and black-and-white. College of the Atlantic faculty.-at ©
Terrel S. Lester469 Sunshine Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2676Photographer: “Lightscapes" portraying the interaction of light and land.MAC juried roster
Carl LittleP. O. Box 273 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9450 Fax 288-4126 ckl@ecology.coa.eduPoetry and art criticism.nSally LutyensP.O .Box 1179Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-7871Short stories and fables for children. Composes both vocals and instrumentals, with an interest in opera.
Judith Mabus2 12 Track Road Sullivan, ME 04664 422-3019Painter and printmaker. Musician: American traditional folk music.nWayne Mabus2 12 Track Road Sullivan, ME 04664 422-3019W rites poetry. Plays American traditional folk music.
Leslie Mackin-RandP.O .Box 190West Gouldsboro, ME 04607 963-2353Painter: landscape, still life, flowers.« « S I
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSLeni MancusoBox 303Castine, ME 04421 326-9381W riter of personal poetry. Painter of watercolor landscapes, modernist and abstract.-at
Joseph MartellP.O .Box 126Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-5347Sculptor.MAC juried roster
Mary Bracy MartinRR I , Box 6960 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2700Oil paintings. Also watercolor and woodcuts. Portraits.-at m © H£
Robert C . MarvilleEast Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-5418Decorative wood carving: shore- birds, loons, raptors, etc. in natural settings. Wood montages. Jewelry pins carved: birdfeathers, musselshells, sand dollars, etc.« © #Cherie MasonP. O. Box 39 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6971 Fax 348-5241 W riter: environmental journalism with focus on wildlife. Book: Wild Fox (winner of Lupine Award).Environmental activist: lectures, school programs, and radio work.-at
Suzanne Massie28 Pleasant Street P. O. Box 1569 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5748A u th o r, co n su lta n t , le c tu re r . Authority on Russian history and culture, journey (1973 with Robert Massie and Robert Massie Jr.), Land o f The Firebird: The Beauty o f Old Russia ( 1980), Pavlovsk: The Life o f a Russian Palace ( 1990).
Buzz MastersRR I, Box 436 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2322Painter: mixed media. Small icono- graphic narrative pieces. Influence of Renaissance Italian and New Mexican Spanish cultures: merging myth, folklore, and daily life, leading to the artist’s own myths and lore.-at
Thomas MatthiasRR I , Box 3930 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2365 Fax 359-2187Designs and creates homes “of natural distinction.” Creates ritual and sacred spaces and altar pieces for Maine Coast Men.-St #-
Michelle McCann128 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3120Pianist. Works in music with devel- opmentally disadvantaged children. «t
Sylvia McEldowney8 Hancock Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5397Violin and viola. Plays with Pantry Quartet and Porcupine Players, in the Gilbert and Sullivan and Grand orchestras. Former member of Bangor Symphony. Board Member: Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestra and Ensemble.-St
Diane McKinonRR I, Box 97 B Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7488 Fax 667-7488 pmckinon@hypernet.comPainter: w aterco lors and oils. Murals in Bar Harbor (Whale W atcher, Inc.) and E llsw orth (D ow neast Y M C A , Mill Mall). Limited edition prints available through O u tsou rce Unlim ited, Northeast Harbor.-St
Ernest McMullenRR I, Box 3905Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4677mcmullen@ecology.coa.eduPainter of improbable landscapes, rea list ica lly handled, in o ils. Interested in resonant and holy places in nature, recontextualized. Faculty, College of the Atlantic.
Jim MeadeBox 365 Reach Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2289Painter - seasonal.
Benjamin MendlowitzRoute 175P.O. Box 14Brooklin, ME 04616359-2131 Fax 359-4432noah@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/noah.htmlSpecializes in marine photography for national magazines. Best of work annually presented in The Calendar ofWooden Boats.
Ingrid MenkenP. O. Box 99 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6204Printmaker - seasonal.
Richard MerrillRFD I, Box 183 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9503Black and white illustrations for books and magazines. Traditional and computer-generated graphic design. Singer and songwriter of folk-style original music. Puppetry: perform s Persian and Middle Eastern folktales and original stories.n Ht-
Susan Barrett MerrillRFD I, Box 183 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9503Hand-woven masks. Spins yarn from Maine sheep. Dyes it with natural dyes: flowers, tree bark, and roots. Hand weaves three-dimensional faces.Then felts the faces into headdresses that can be worn by performers.YY
Mollie Ann MeserveP.O .Box 174 Naskeag Point Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5024Author of books on the theater. Illustrator and author of cookbooks related to the theater, i.e. The Musical Theatre Cookbook.
Walter MeserveP.O .Box 174 Naskeag Point Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5024Author of books on theater, dramatic literature, and history.
Helen Francis MeyerP. O. Box 709 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9487 Fax 667-4070Multi-media, collages, landscapes. Native American influence.-at &
Edward MichaudRR 3, Box 36 C Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3021Musician and music teacher (public school and private): saxophone, clarinet, trombone. Jazz. Conducts school ensembles.-at
Jacqueline MichaudP. O. Box 206 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9309 Poet.-St
Kenneth MikeP. O. Box 272Mount Desert, ME 04660244-5105Ellsworth high school art teacher. Painter and sculptor.«t %Daniel MillsRR I, Box 477 Hancock, ME 04640 667-9292Theatrical director. Teaches theater and English at Mount Desert Island High School. Has directed and performed in Gilbert and Sullivan Society productions. Creates foam puppets. Has taught juggling. Has written and performed folk songs of Maine.-St #
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Lawrence MoffetRR I, Box 574 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6082eschoon@juno.comVarious media including painting (mostly watercolor), pastels, paper cuts. Carpenter, boat builder.•at m © Ht-
Leslie MooreP. O. Box 11 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-0535tmoore@bell.mma.edu Pen-and-ink drawings of animals and houses.
Deborah MoscowitzP. O. Box 73 Surry, ME 04684 667-4580Advocate for the arts in education.•at
Emily MuirP. O. Box 55 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2287Has designed over 40 houses. Painter and sculptor.
Richard Myrick16A Dow Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2851Painter - seasonal.
Paul NewlinRR I, Box 121 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2996 Fax 348-5687 Novelist and short fiction writer: It Had to Be a Woman.•at
Leanne NickonP.O .Box 195Bass Harbor, ME 04653244-9977Painting on silk: scarves, pillows, art works, etc.-■&Stephen NorrisRFD 2, Box 447 Franklin, ME 04634 565-3520Performer, arranger, composer. Trom bone in Blue Hill Brass Quintet. Musical Director for many Grand productions. Choir Director for Saint Andrews Lutheran Church. Music teacher, Penobscot and Brooksville Elementary Schools.•at
Walter NowickP.O .Box 141 Surry, ME 04684 667-9551 Fax 667-6752Pianist and teacher. Founder and D irector of the Surry O pera Company and Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Amateur Opera Company. Performances in Russia, Japan, Germany, and Surry. Working toward establishing the Surry International Music House.•at
Mary NyburgP. O. Box 427 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6051bheron@media2, hypernet.com Functional salt-glazed pottery.
Elizabeth O ’MalleyBox 262Castine, ME 04421 326-4212Oil painter, not completely abstract. Portrait painter. Also expressionistic drawings."*! W © -Yj MAC juried roster
Irene ObermannRR I Box 198 Franklin, ME 04634 565-3336Volunteer coordinator for Performing Arts for Children in Hancock County.-at
Jan OrdwayP. O. Box 4 15Northeast Harbor, ME 04612 276-5864Public school teacher: band, chorus, orchestra, ensembles. Performance: violin (earlier, in New York).-at
Richard OrdwayP.O .Box 415Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-5864Public school teacher: band, chorus, orchestra, ensembles. Performance: trumpet (previously with U.S. Navy Band).•at
Steven OrlofskyP. O. Box 205 Surry, ME 04684 667-5973 Fax 74-2982Saxophone and clarinet. Member of A-Train. George Stevens Academy music teacher.•at
George G. OrzelI Clamshell Alley RR 2, Box 201 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5213Paintings, portraits, illustrations. Solo French horn. Wind ensemble performance. Member of Sea Winds Ensemble.&-Philip OsgoodRR I, Box 234A Brooksville, ME 04617 326-4047pgosgood@acadia.netWide ranging interests in writing from non-fiction articles on the arts and nature to creative fiction to poetry and philosophy. Takes commissions for non-fiction articles.
Stephen PaceRFD I, Box 40 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5529Painter - seasonal.
Robert PackieP.O .Box 117 17 Dewey Sreet Hulls Cove, ME 04644 288-5442Naturalist paints landscapes in oil inspired by observations and weather conditions. Also watercolors. Poetry with natural history descriptions.-at m © &
Tammy PackieP.O .Box 117 17 Dewey Street Hulls Cove, ME 04644 288-5442Free-lance photographer with portfolios of documentary photographs from Maine and Latin America.
Commercial work: environmental portraiture, weddings, animals. Black and white and color. Educational exhibits with lectures. Private instruction.« « © #Bobby Ann PackwoodRR I, Box 1530 off Route 172 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2514 Fax 359-2514 packwood@hypernet.comRestoration of Navajo textiles. Consulting, appraisals, and programs on Navajo weaving and culture for museums, schools, and community groups.« t « r jg.
Margaret ParkerBox 41 Main Street Castine, ME 04421 326-9346Painter: murals in Castine Inn and planetarium; quilting design, garden design, book with Daniel Berrigan. MAC juried roster
Gray ParrotP. O. Box 236 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9529Fine hand bookbinding: rebinding, restoration, protective cases, design bindings, edition binding, and decorated papers.
Steve PeerRR 3, Box 29 B3 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4297Drummer - all styles.•at
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INDIVIDUALKenneth PerrinP. O. Box 2 3 1Hulls Cove, ME 04644288-5415Personal art photography. Human interaction with landscape, creating small outdoor environments to photograph. Also portraits, art documentation, commercial photography
Steve PerrinP. O. Box 585Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-8240W rites about the natural world, primarily coastal Hancock County and Acadia National Park. Hiking Living Trails o f Acadia National Park, etc. Photography: slide shows on natural subjects.-9S
Scott PerryP.O .Box 1071 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2596 Fax 374-2597 800-995-0796, ext. 0527Guitar, harmonica, and vocals, specializing in traditional acoustic blues. Teaches significance of A frica n -A m erica n ex p erien ce . University and college workshops on blues culture and the importance of the oral tradition. See also The Woodshed.nRobert Phipps122 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3855Painter, graphic artist, printmaker, draftsperson. Singer (tenor) with Acadia Choral Society.<W © HZ
Frank PitcherRR I, Box 436 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2322 Fax 348-2307 Functional clay pieces: simple but expressive salt or soda fired. Sculptural clay: figurative commentary on the struggle of relationships, personal or the individual and the environment. Studio Coordinator for Haystack.-91 r-7 ©
ARTISTSMolly PitcherRR 5, Box 3550 Ellsworth, ME 04605 469-7468 mpopd@agate.netSinger: member of Wild Ginger.
Penelope PlumbP.O. Box 601 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6892Painter. Some wood sculpture. Has done sign painting and calligraphy. Art teacher - all levels.
Sylvester PolletRR 5, Box 3630 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2255Poet, editor, publisher. Associate editor/acting d irector National Poetry Foundation. Editor/publisher Backwoods Broadsides. Poetry readings and workshops."9s MAC juried roster
Robert PollienP. O. Box 658Mount Desert, ME 04660288-8996pollien@acadia.nethttp//home.acadia.net/userpages/pol
lienPainter: realist oil paintings of coastal Maine, particularly Mount Desert Island/Acadia National Park area, primarily from direct observation."9s HZ MAC juried roster
Deborah PulliamBox 667Castine, ME 04421 326-9582Spinner, knitter, historian, writer, painter.•9s HZBill RaitenRR I, Box 1025Blue Hill, ME 04614374-5057 Fax 374-3704raiten@hypernet.comFor 35 years has taught acting anddirected plays in New York, Maine,California, Canada, and Russia. Dir-ector:Theatre Arts Works (T.D.C.)-9S
Patricia Smith RanzoniH CR 78 Box 173 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-2225Poet: Claiming (1995). Published in about six dozen literary journals in and beyond M aine, including Christian Science Monitor, Spoon River Poetry Review and Yankee Magazine.
Christopher RaphaelP.O. Box 500, Rte. 176 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-8235 Fax 326-9207 archkit@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com/kitchens.htmlResidential, light commercial, and institutional architectural design. New construction and remodeling. Also creative, family, and architectural photography.-9 S m © HZ
Rebekah RayeSchoolhouse Road East Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-5174Mixed media: paint, oil, metal, wood. Animals as subject matter.-9S 0 $ © HZ MAC juried roster
Adrienne RedhairRFD 2, Box 208 Lamoine, ME 04605 667-3156Navajo cooking and other native American foods."9s Hr-
Phyllis ReesRR I, Box 303 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7828 Fax 667-2358 rees@panax.comPainter in oils, natural subjects: close up water scenes and trees.» ©Dartha ReidRR 2, Box 322 F Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5434 Nature poetry.
Bethany ReynoldsP.O .Box 1374 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3170bsrdesign@acadia.net Quilt design. Shows quilts nationally. Desk-top publishing: patterns for quilt design.« ©Paul RickertSouth Brooksville, ME 04617 326-4606Cellist.
Wilma RifkinRR I, Box 56 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6146Painter: abstraction, related to natural forms. Accretion of forms and colors having a rhythmic relationship. Overlays paint with paper and fabric, often in counterpoint to colors. Piano teacher: private lessons, all ages, beginning and intermediate.HZ'Deborah RileyRR I, Box 1915 Newbury Neck Crossroad Surry, ME 04684 667-5404Piano teacher. Church organist.-9t
Dennis RileyRR I, Box 1915 Cross Road, Newbury Neck Surry, ME 04684 667-5404Functional redware pottery fired at earthenware temperatures. Original pot designs and glazes. Decoration by slip-trailing, carving, brushed oxides, or faceting.m © HZIrene Mrose RissiRFD I, Box 1779 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6158Instuctor of violin and viola. Free lance chamber performer. Coordinator for Kneisel Hall Young Musicians Program.■nPeggy RogersBox 281Castine, ME 04421 326-8020Designs and executes needlepoint rugs: wool, blocking, backing. Paints and draws.
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Terry RoheP. O. Box 38 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3503 Fax 422-3503Hosts radio program on W ERU called “Queen of Cheap Eats.” 10- week series on A B C 7, “Good Maine Food.” For ten years was correspondent on aging issues for Good Morning America.nJan RosatiP. O. Box 86Deer Isle, ME 04627348-2502Watercolors. Creative quilting, shell art, one-of-a-kind baskets. Pottery. A rt teacher.•at
Lucy RoweStudio: 75 Main Street, 3rd floor Mail: 40 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9613 Fax 288-6072 ibr@aretha.jax.orgDancer, teacher, primarily in ballet and jazz. Kinesiology: understanding the way the body moves, to prevent injury, including sports.
Helen RundellH C 64, Box 2405 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8934 Fax 359-8934Lithographer, painter. Also hooked rugs.« © #Mark RutterRR I, Box 1930 Surry, ME 04684 667-0173Poet, teacher, musician. Member of the Machineheads - industrial/punk band.
Aldona SabalisP.O .Box 1090 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5422Painter: large scale oils and water- color based on Maine landscapes. Still life.S t © HfC MAC juried roster
Dennis SaindonRFD I, Box 1818 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6085Custom-designed furniture to meet individual needs. High quality woods with traditional joinery. Specializing in hand-rubbed oil varnish finish. Will travel to site if there are spe
cial requirements. Portfolio and brochure available.st %Karen SaumRoute I , Box 1544 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3946ksaum@saturn.caps.maine.eduNovels and short stories: Murder Is Relative; Murder Is Germaine; Murder Is Material; and I Never ReadThoreau. MAC juried roster
Julia SchlossRR I, Box 5053Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-9882One-of-a-kind handwoven wool hangings, many in modified tapestry technique, distributed nationally through galleries and art consultants.
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Bill SchubeckGeneral DeliveryEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-5417Gary Bushee and Bill Schubeck Duo: available for parties and occasional restaurant concerts and dances. Piano, harmonica, guitar, violin, mandolin, and vocal harmonies. ■St
Brad SchwartzRR I, Box 65A Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6286Hand-crafted furniture. Award-winning original designs. Client input invited.« ©Lucille ScoperP. O. Box 305 Orland, ME 04472 469-3966 Fax 469-3898Oil painter. Teaches traditional oil painting at home and at Bucksport Adult Education.« t m © %
Anne SeaveyBox 9 3 1Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-7323Specializes in one-of-a-kind stained- glass designs for residential, commercial, and ecclesiastical settings. Commission and restoration work. Full-service studio and gallery, Hot Flash Anny’s, at Hinckley’s Great Harbor Marina.m %
Jane SeekinsP.O .Box 156East Orland, ME 04431469-2633Watercolor painter.
Samuel Shaw100 Main Street Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-5000 Fax 276-0716 Jeweler: MFA, Rl School of Design. Refined high karat gold settings employing wave-tumbled beach stones. Bold and large in scale. Catalogue available.< W © *C.G.R. ShepardH C 77, Box 163 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9098Poet: Past Imperfect, Present Tense.
Victoria SheridanP. O. Box 700 Castine, ME 04421 326-9566Painter, watercolors and oil, landscapes and still lifes.W © MAC juried roster
Robert ShetterlyRR I, Box 106 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-8459Painter, printmaker, illustrator.•St « © &
Susan Hand ShetterlyRR I, Box 1920 Surry, ME 04684 667-7212Fiction writer, essayist, teacher. New Year’s Owl, Tinker o f Salt Cove.-at
Kathleen SikkemaP.O .Box 1342 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7327 Fax 667-7327 Soprano soloist (with Surry Opera, etc.). Folk recitals. Programs with ancient instruments. Music workshops for adults: “Finding Your Voice.” Organist and choir director, -at
Janet SimpsonBox 27 BBrooksville, ME 04617 326-8896Singer: member of Wild Ginger and Bagaduce Chorale.■at
Shira SingerRR I , Box 3670Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-8054Marbled silk scarves and garments. Jewish wedding documents (ketu- bah) in cut paper.■at m © &
Judith SloanP.O .Box 161 Sedgwick, ME 04676 (718) 784-4066Actress and playwright. Produced in theaters, festivals, universities, and on radio throughout the U.S. and abroad. Available June-August for formal programs, workshops, residencies, lectures, and demonstrations on Women in Comedy, Oral History, Looking for Laughter, Writing from the Inside Out, etc.■at
Richard SmallP.O .Box 143 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2598Realistic renderings in photographs and paintings of urban scenes and house portraits.-T&
MaryAnn SoletBass Cove FibersRoute 185Sorrento, ME 04677422-3564 Fax 422-3564basscove@downeast.netCrocheted hats and vests of naturalfibers. Original designs and newclassics.
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Lucille SoperP. O. Box 305Orland, ME 04472-0305469-3966Oil painter.■St © Je
june Sproule RR I , Box 5110 Surry, ME 04684 667-4125Handmade paper, surface design, collage, boxes. A rts educator. Workshops in pastepaper, handmade paper, and creating books with children.■St
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSKen Stackd o Acadia Repertory Theater P.O .Box 106 Mount Desert, ME 04660 326-8532Theatrical director, actor, administrator. Available for free-lance work and residencies. One-person dramatization of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Resident stage director for The Grand. Instructor at New England School of Communication at Husson College.nUlrike StadlerH CR 62, Box 12 A Route 198Mount Desert, ME 04660 276-0728Paintings: post-expressionist, realism style, predominantly oil. Stained glass work includes large window panels.
Barbara StearnsBox 74Castine, ME 04421 326-8813Painter: watercolor flowers, scenes of Maine, Castine,
Thomas Stewart205 Johnson Point Road Penobscot, ME 04476 326-9370Photographer: people, stock market photography, lifestyle shots.•at «as ©
Marion StockingRFD 2, Box 154 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5598Editor: The Beloit Poetry Journal. Publisher: The Latona Press. Maine Arts Commission.
Allyn StorerOne Willow Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4776Watercolor, acrylic, drawing. W orkshops in watercolor. Courses and tutorials in Humanities (literature, philosophy, history). Editorial consulting for book preparations.•at
Candice StoverP. O. Box 83Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-3937Poet. Teacher. W inner of 1994 MWPA Chapbook Award with Holding Patterns. Leads independent writers’ workshops. Adjunct faculty, College of the Atlantic.-at
Peggy Heigold StrongR 5, Box 387 D Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4701 Fax 667-6481 mstrong@panax.com GoodEnoughArt. Small original letterpress books in limited editions.•at m © &
Paul SullivanRoute 175Blue Hill Falls, ME 04615 374-2208Com poser, pianist. Inspired by Maine and nature. See under River Music.
George Gaines Swanson349 Seawall Road Manset, ME 04679 244-0579Programs of old time American folk songs. Very familiar folk songs with historical anecdotes. Banjo accompaniment. Articles on history of folk song.-atCynthia ThayerBox 520 W est Bay Road Gouldsboro, ME 04607 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.net Fiction writer: member of Peninsula Writing Group.Teaches fiction writing. Weaves ikat clothing.■at
Beth ThomasRR I, Box 2578Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-9836bthomas@ecology.coa.edu Poet and free-lance writer.•at
Jane I.ThomasRR I, Box 550 Surry, ME 04684 667-2087Scientific illustrator, specializing in biological subjects, W riter and folklorist: Chimney Pond Tales. Tells Chimney Pond tales at Baxter State Park and in local schools.•st dz
Lynn ThompsonP. O. Box 273Hulls Cove, ME 04644288-5761Painting and photography. Gallery in Bar Harbor.
Betty TiedemannRFD I,B ox 1815 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3139Singer: mezzo soprano, in formal concert and in pop. Sings with Bagaduce Chorale. Member of the Bagaduce Music Lending Library.*t
Lucy TracyP.O .Box 17Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-7360“Woven wearables”: handwoven accessories - hats, shawls, scarves, serapes, of merino wool and silk or merino wool and alpaca.•at dt-
Clinton TrowbridgeRR I, Box 1840 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-4447Essays, articles, and short stories in Christian Science Monitor, Maine Times, etc. Books: Crow Island Sound and The Boat that Wouldn’t Sink; coauthored The Man Who Walked Around the World and Into the Remote Places.•at
William TurnerRFD I, Box 1175 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2749 Fax 367-5947 turner@acadianet.com One-of-a-kind or limited-edition furniture on commission. Works with veneers and does hand carving and detailing. All custom design: works with each client to meet his/her needs and tastes.« © #
Janice TyeRR I Box 394 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 963-4117Craft application, hand-painted t- shirts and sweatshirts. Ink and water color. Fantasy: to order. Trained in London.•St
JanwillemVan deWetteringP. O. Box 35 Surry, ME 04684 667-4339103241,376@compuserve Essayist (The Empty Mirror). Novelist (most recently The Perfidious Parrot). Junk sculptor. Collageur.
Pax VogtRR I, Box 720 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-8273Potter. Public school art teacher.-St
Dulcianne VyeRR 2, Box 322 DD Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-0583Illustrator, especially illustrations involving people. Sculptor, working in many media.■at %•
Whit VyeRR 2, Box 322 DD Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-0583Graphic designer: brochures, annual reports, rosters, etc. Wood carver, specializing in birds. Scratch-built boat models.•at dx
Carol Scott WainrightRR I, Box 449 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2580Dense wool rugs in tapestry as well as traditional Scandinavian designs. Large and small. Linen warp, hand- dyed yarns.©
Carolyn WaiteP. O. Box 38 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-8935 Fax 359-8935Theatrical p roperties and set design. Workshops for schools, festivals, etc.•at dz
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Parker WaiteP.O .Box 4 8 1 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9353 Fax 359-8935Woodblock prints. Studio in Seamark Building, Deer Isle.-fit » HZ
Ian WalkerRD I, Box 1005 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5103Fine furniture maker.
Harold WallsP.O .Box 1179O tter Creek, ME 04609288-3804W rites short stories and poems based on his knowledge and recollections of maritime history.
Peggy WanamakerP.O. Box 500, Rte. 176 Brooksville, ME o4617 326-8235 Fax 326-9207 archkit@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com/kitchens.htmlProfessional kitchen planning, design, and installation coordination. In-home consultations a specialty.« © HZTim WardenP. O. Box 66 Bernard, ME 04612 244-7955Pastels. Teaches life drawing; various media.st #Jan WatsonRR I, Box 249 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9420Landscapes and portraits in acrylic, oil, and watercolor. Exhibits in the Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle.HZ MAC juried roster
Susan B. WebsterP. O. Box 397 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2434Mixed media printmaking and artist books.S t HZ MAC juried roster
Ken WeinbergCurtis Cove Road East Blue Hill, ME 04629 667-1123Freelance property master, table- top director, set decorator. Has worked nationally and international
ly on commercial films and some TV commercials. Works with Theatre Arts Works (T.D.C.).-at
Jane WeinbergerP.O .Box 159 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-7149 Fax 244-3369 windswept@acadia.net http/www.booknotes.com.windswe
PtFiction writer, especially of children's books. Publisher, Windswept House.
Joyce WenglowskiBox 70Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7731Paintings, drawings, and mixed media on the spirit of nature and its human connections, communicated through abstracted forms, lines, colors, textures, and found objects. 7” to 20’ canvases. A rt programs for physically and mentally challenged adults. June-Sept.-at m © HZMelita Brecher Westerlund54 Hancock Street •Studio: Edgewood Street Bar Harbor, ME 04069 288-4175 (home)288-9328 (studio)Sculptor: large-scale and human scale. One-of-a-kind welded steel sculptural furniture. Hand-cast paper collage. Adjunct faculty, College of the Atlantic.•at m © HZMAC juried roster
David WestphalP. O. Box 550Mount Desert, ME 04660244-7789dewest@tctech.net Media consultant.
Dale WheatonP.O .Box 261 Holden, ME 04429 843-5732Author: Observations from the Stern (Timberdoodle Books).
Gerald WheelerInn at Ferry Landing RR I, Box 163 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7760 Fax 348-5276 ferryinn@juno.comPianist, organist, harpsichordist: chamber music, accompaniment, choral direction. Organist and choir
director for St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, Blue Hill.•atPat WheelerP. O. Box 326 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5267 Fax 348-5267 Full-time artist in collage and assemblage. Psychological content. From small framed wall pieces to life-sized installation works.
Jennifer WhiteRR 2, Box 247 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7258Colored pencil. Oil pastel.
Wanda WhitenerRFD I, Box 36 Buttermilk Road Lamoine, ME 04605 667-4047whitener@tremont.u98.k 12.me.us Public school music teacher. French horn. Bangor Symphony, Bangor Symphony Brass Quintet. Plays for church services, weddings, etc. and in pit orchestras: G ilbert and Sullivan, etc. Private lessons on French horn.-fit
William WhitenerRFD I , Box 36 Buttermilk Road Lamoine, ME 04605 667-4047Musician: trumpet. Bangor Symphony, Blue Hill Brass Quintet, Bangor Symphony Brass Quintet. Recital soloist. Plays for church services, weddings, and in pit orchestras. Instruction in brass: clinics, master classes, demonstrations; private instruction, all ages.•fit
Wild Mountain ManP. O. Box 5074 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Ray Murphy 565-3377“W orld’s Original Saw Sculptor." Featured in Ripley’s Believe-lt-Or-Not, Wall Street Journal, and Old Farmer's Almanac. W ork in seven continents. Site on Route I , five miles east of Ellsworth. Developing museum and park. Instruction available. Supports DARE program.n m © HZSheila Wilensky-LanfordP.O .Box 125Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-9067Coordinator of book discussion groups for kids and adults. Writing group, W izards of O z, led by Candice Stover. Teacher at MDI High School.•fit
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSDouglas E.WilsonP. O. Box 225 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6871morwil@juno.comBlacksmith. Hand-forged ironwork:functional, architectural, sculptural.■8 1 <P9 © MAC juried roster
Jaqueline WilsonRR I, Box 361 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9900Drawing and printmaking (dry- point). Private lessons at home. 20 years public school teaching K-12. A rt en richm ent program for Stonington Elementary School.« &Jennifer Morrow WilsonBox 311 A Eggemoggin Road Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 348-6871morwil@juno.comHand paper maker, mixed media artist doing flat and sculptural work, including lighting."flt © MAC juried roster
Alan WittenbergP.O .Box 141 Surry, ME 04684 667-1308 Fax 667-6752Music therapy. Inservice/workshops: individual and group clinical sessions. W orks with developmental disabilities as well as psychiatric and geriatric clients.
Fred WoellP. O. Box 326 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5267 Fax 348-5267 Contemporary jewelry based on found objects, with political and social content. Sculpture: assemblages, using found objects also of a social/political nature. In prominent museum collections.Teaches in metals programs at Haystack and at various universities.
Ken WoisardP. O. Box 533 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5174Editorial, craft, and commercial photography.© ft
Donna WolfRRI Box 386 River Road Bucksport, ME 04416 469-2141Teaches art in four media: oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor. Provides instruction in color theory. Founder of the Bucksport Art Association. Also teaches basketry.■st m © f t
Paul Woodfin5 Hancock Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3389W riter and editor of A Magazine Called Egg.
Helen YglesiasH CR 64, Box 2075 North Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8584
“W h a t Am erica hungers foris not more goods or greater power, but a manner of life, restoration of the bonds between people that we call community, a philosophy which values the individual rather than his possessions, and a sense of belonging, of shared purpose and enterprise.”
RICHARD N. GOODWINNovelist and writer (How She Died, etc.).
Eric ZinerRR I, Box 40 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2601 Fax 348-2601 Forged and fabricated metalwork. Garden sculpture, railings, etc. Furniture (ex: tables with tiles, in collaboration with Melissa Greene). « t « © S -
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ORGANIZATIONSA. Jones GalleryI Columbia Avenue off Route 102 Bernard, ME 04612 A. Jones 244-5634Studio-gallery overlooking Bass Harbor. Paintings and art works shown throughout studio and home. Features work of A. Jones: paintings, collages, body ornaments, and other “artful things.” Open 10-6 summer and year-round by appointment.« ©A-Train40 Westwood Drive Orono, ME 04473 Jim Frick, Leader866-7648 (home) 5 8 1 - 1147 (office) jimfrick@pluto.caps.maine.eduJazz quintet: standard and contemporary jazz and Latin. Vibes, guitar, saxophone, bass, and drums/percus- sion.-at
Abbe MuseumP. O. Box 286 Sieur de Monts Spring Route 3Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Diane Kopec, President Betts Swanson, Program Director 288-3519 (office)288-2179 (museum)Fax 288-8929 abbe@acadia.netFosters an understanding and appreciation of Maine Indian history and culture through research, preservation, exhibitions, and educational programs. Gift shop with Indian books, tapes, and arts.-at
Acadia Choral SocietyRFD 5 Box 386A Ellsworth, ME 04605 Shirley Smith, Director 667-2059Eighty member group made up of singers from Hancock and Penobscot Counties. Co n certs in December and May.
Acadia Dance Ensemble18 West Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Cheryl G. Libitzki, Director 667-3039
Non-profit student performing company associated with Libitzki School of Dance. Lecture demonstrations in studio and in area schools.-at
Acadia Film VideosP. O. Box 550 Mount D e se rt , ME 04660 David Westphal 244-7789dewest@tctech.netConsulting work with non-profits on media presentation. Video and film production.
Acadia National ParkP.O .Box 177 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Shirley Beccue 288-3338 (Headquarters)288-5262 (Visitor Center)National park regularly features visual arts through artist in residence programs and exhibitions at the visitor center.
Acadia Repertory TheatreP.O .Box 106 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Ken Stack, Artistic Director 244-7260Professional summer stock theatre company, in 25th season (1997). Performs classical and contemporary comedy and drama. Annual children’s theatre program. Fourth- of-July weekend through mid- Septem ber, in M asonic H all, Somesville.
Acappellago6 0 1 Indian Point Road Mount Desert, ME 04660 Don Gooding, Director 244-7603 Fax 244-7613 dgooding@acadia.netVocal jazz ensemble singing close harmony arrangements of classic American songs from the I920’s through the 1990’s. Performs about once a month in a variety of venues throughout Hancock County.-at
American Native GalleryRR I, Box 1530 Sedgwick, ME 04676 Bobby Ann Packwood, Proprietor 359-2514 Fax 359-2514 packwood@hypernet.com http://www.hypernet.com/native.ht
mlCollection of Native American arts and antiques, featuring Maine native baskets and root clubs as well as Southwestern textiles and other arts. July-September, Wednesday- Saturday.<jS$i
Aquarius ArtifactsRoute 102,Town Hill Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-4143International collection of artifacts.
Arcady Music SocietyP. O. Box 78093 Cottage StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Melba Wilson288-3151 288-5815Fax 288-3151 288-2141 (summer)Volunteer-based organization presenting classical and contemporary music of high quality to Central, Northern and Downeast Maine in live performances throughout the year, with an emphasis on chamber music and programs for young people.
Art Classes for Children43 Third Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sandra Irwin 667-8731Small groups of children age 4-14 have the opportunity to explore and build their skills while drawing, painting, sculpting, designing, weaving, and making pottery.■Bt
Artisan WoodworksRR I, Box 65A Deer Isle, ME 04627 Brad Schwartz348-2703 (shop) 348-6286 (home)Creating a line of furniture using less precious, though no less interesting woods: material that speaks of our region in an honest and direct way.« © %-
Asticou GardensRoutes 3 and 198 Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Mrs. Donald Straus 244-3685Japanese-style garden, designed by Charles Savage.
Asticou TerracesRoute 3Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Timothy Taylor 276-5130English formal garden designed by Charles Savage.Thuya Lodge houses a botanical book library.
Atlantic Blanket CompanySwan’s Island, ME 04685 John and Carolyn Grace 526-4492 Fax 526-4174Handwoven blankets: Maine wool from fine breeds. Blankets are blended natural colors of wool, some with accents dyed by hand with natural dyes. Blue ribbon for excellence at Smithsonian Crafts Show, 1996.Visitors welcome 2-6 in summer and by appointment year round.■at m © #
Atlantic Clarion Steel BandBox 303Brooksville, ME 04617 Carl Chase, Captain 326-9324A six-member steel drum band that performs calypso, swing, classical, and other styles. Also does educational concerts, workshops, and private engagements.■at
Bagaduce ChoraleBox 170Brooksville, ME 04617 Mary Cheyney Gould 326-8532gould@hypernet.com Eighty voice community chorus, performing 5-6 concerts annually, primarily in Blue Hill.
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ORGANIZATIONSBagaduce Music Lending LibraryP. O. Box 829 Greene’s Hill Blue Hill, ME 04614 Judith F. McGeorge,Executive Director 374-5454 Fax 374-2733 musiclib@hypernet.com http://www.hypernet.com/musiclib.
htmlPrinted music lending library. Founded in 1983 to collect, preserve, and lend printed music and to provide music education programs.-fil
Bagaduce SteelP.O .Box 170 Brooksville, ME 04617 Marcia Chapman, Captain 326-8537gould@hypernet.com A steel drum band with 8-12 members ranging in age from 10 to 72. Repertoire includes calypso, classical, and popular. Founded in 1990.•fit
Bagaduce VoicesKathleen Caldwell RR I, Box 96 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-4091Rebecca Poole (326-0638)RR I, Box 134 AA Brooksville, ME 04617 rchapman@downeast.netO ra l h isto ry p ro ject of the Brooksville Free Public Library with a grant from the Maine Women’s Fund. Collection of video and audio tapes of stories told by local residents about life in Brooksville.Tapes may be checked out of the library, -fit
Bar HarborChamber Of CommerceP.O .Box 158 93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-5103
Bar HarborCongregational Church29 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Martha Chandler 288-3280Space available for rental for concerts, etc.
Bar Harbor Folk Dancers600 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 David and Tricia Harrison 288-3533Weekly dances held at the Gates Auditorium, College of the Atlantic. International folk dancing with live music featured weekly, Thurs. 7- 9:30.
Bar Harbor Folk Orchestra56 School Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Joe Niemczura 667-0260josephn@acadia.netLive music, featuring accordion, kaval, bouzouki, flute, trumpet, saxophone, doumbek, and vocals, to accompany contradances. Music, singing, and dancing combine to create the effect of being in a small mountain village at harvest time. "St
Bar Harbor Fourth of July CelebrationP. O. Box 273Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-5103Annual celebration with blueberry breakfast, parade, and fireworks.
Bar Harbor Historical Society24 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Debbie Dyer 288-3807Collection of artifacts and memorabilia from Bar Harbor’s past.
Bar Harbor Music Festival59 Cottage StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Francis Fortiersummer: 288-5744fax: 288-2023winter: 212-222-1026fax: 212-222-3269Variety distinguishes the BarHarbor Music festival - everythingfrom string orchestra to jazz.Founded by Francis Fortier. 30thAnniversary in 1996. Season July toAugust. W inter address: 7 4 1 WestEnd Avenue, Suite 4B, New York, NY10025-6222.
Bar Harbor Tattoo Shop3 17 Main Street Shore Road, off Route I Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Liz and Bill Cornelius 288-9722Custom tattooing and body piercing.
Barter Family Art GalleryBox 102Sullivan, ME 04664 Philip Barter, Owner 422-3190Art gallery featuring contemporary Maine landscapes, painted furniture and sculpture.
Beloit Poetry JournalRFD 2, Box 154 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Marion K. Stocking, Editor 667-5598http://zinnia.umfacad.maine.edu/~sh
arkey/bpjFounded in 1950 and publishing works received from all over the world, without regard to form, content, school, style, or the reputation of the poet. Accepts one-half of one percent of poems received.
Bill Schubeck and Gary Bushee DuoEast Blue Hill, ME 04629 Bill Schubeck 374-5417Musical duo featuring acoustic blues, country blues, swing classics, and fiddle tunes in various combinations of piano, guitar, fiddle, harmonica, mandolin, and voice.-fit
Bingham & Woodward, ArchitectsP. O. Box 336High StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614Dean Bingham, Sam Woodward,Partners374-2327 Fax 374-2328 dbingham@acadia.net woodarch@acadia.net Residential, commercial, and institutional architecture. Contemporary,
classical, historical, and fun homes, cottages, and kitchens.#
Birdsacre: Stanwood Wildlife SanctuaryP. O. Box 485 Route 3Ellsworth, ME 04605 Stanley Richmond, Curator 667-8460Richmond Nature C en ter and Cordelia Stanwood Homestead Museum open to public in summer. Cordelia Stanwood was a pioneer photographer, writer, and craftsper- son.•fit
Birdsnest Gallery12 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Barbara Entzminger 288-4054Art gallery featuring Maine artists working in oils, watercolors, and sculpture, and in a variety of subject matter. Open daily, May 15 to October 30, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Black Socks String BandBox 520Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Sheila Unvala, Member 963-2279Five-piece string band: fiddles, banjo, hammered dulcimer, guitar, mandolin and a few extras. Performs traditional string-band music for old-time country dancing.
Blue Heron GalleryP. O. Box 427 Church Street Deer Isle, ME 04627 Mary Nyburg, Owner 348-6051bheron@media2.hypernet.com Seasonal gallery featuring the works of the Haystack School of Crafts faculty - traditional and contemporary crafts, fiber, furniture, paper, prints, sculpture - as well as top clay and glass artists.
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Blue Hill Books2 Pleasant Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Nicholas Sichterman and Mariah Hughs 374-5632Small family-run general interest book store with literary base.
Blue Hill Brass QuintetRR 5, Box 234 (summer)Grant Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Paul Greenstone, Manager 667-1117 (summer)725-8067 (all year) pgreenst@draco.col.k 12.me.us Musical entertainment to order: from formal concerts to strolling musicians. W ide range of music: classical to jazz to pop to country. Plays for weddings, concerts, parties, festivals, funerals, and other festive occasions. W inter address: P. O. Box 792 , Brunswick 04011.-atBlue Hill Concert AssociationP.O .Box 140Blue Hill, ME 04614Gretchen Nagy, Program Director359-2573 Fax 359-2593genagy@juno.comSponsors a five-concert series eachwinter of chamber music, bringingchamber groups from around theworld. Sponsors a school concertwhen possible.-atBlue Hill Farm InnP. O. Box 4037 Route 15Blue Hill, ME 04614 Jim Schatz, Owner 374-5126Live concerts. Displays works of art by local artists, including crafts. Periodic fashion shows of locally produced garments.
Blue Hill Public LibraryP. O. Box 824 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Marcia Schatz, Librarian 374-5515Authors’ readings, book signings, and programs. Maine Humanities Council programs throughout the year. “Let’s Talk About It” reading and discussion group every summer. Gallery space for local artists.
Bob Haskell Big BandP. O. Box 246 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Robert Haskell, Director 348-6811Big band: 17-piece I940’s-style dance band with five reeds, four trumpets, four trombones, and rhythm. Plays mix of arrangements recorded by the original bands, as well as contem porary stylings. Swing, Latin, waltzes. Recreates swing-era sounds produced by the big bands.
Book Shelf24 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Maite & Pete Johnson 667-1120Rare, out-of-print, and used book store featuring books on Maine, nature, history, art, music, and children’s books.
Borealis Press1935 Morgan Bay Cross Road Surry, ME 04684 Mark Baldwin, President 667-3700 Fax 667-9649 borealis@acadia.netGraphic design, editorial, and photographic services. Publisher of greeting cards and prints. Clients have included MIT, IBM, and the College of the Atlantic, large and small businesses, craftspeople, artists, and institutions, in and outside of Maine.
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Breakneck Boys108 West Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Jeff Davis 288-5693Dance band: classic country and eastern.-as
Briggs ArchitectsP. O. Box 266 Brooklin, ME 04616 Philip Briggs,Architect 359-2203 Fax 359-2215 briggs@media2.hypernet.comResidential and commercial work: new and renovation.
Brooksville Community CenterP. O. Box 274 Brooksville, ME 04617 Daphne Urban, Secretary Susanne Dodge, Chair 326-9172 326-9628 (Dodge)Two craft fairs a year in mid-August and late November. Theater productions, book readings, dances, community suppers, and other local events. Farmers’ Market in summer of 1997. Available for rent: weddings, banquets, classes, etc..
Brooksville Free Public LibraryP. O. Box 38 Brooksville, ME 04617 Darby Fleming, Librarian 326-4560bfpl-df@bfpl.lib.me.us www.hypernet.com/BFPL.html Public library with changing art exhibits of works by local artists, school children, and traveling exhibitions. An ongoing schedule of programs that feature writers, musicians, dramatists, artists, and craft classes. Programs are all free.-atBrooksville Historical Society MuseumRoute 176Brooksville, ME 04617 Dick Brownell, Acquisitions 326-4137Artifacts from 19th and early 20th century. Also diaries, journals, family histories, cemetery lore, and town reports. Herb and flower gardens, and orchard in front. Restored Hearse House behind main building. Open Wednesday and Sunday afternoons in summer.-at
Buck Memorial LibraryP. O. Box DD Bucksport, ME 04416 Geraldine Spooner 469-2650Bucksport High School and the Orland School exhibit their art work at the library. Welcomes art or crafts exhibits.
Bucksport Art AssociationRR I Box 386 River Road Bucksport, ME 04416 Donna Wolf, Founder 469-2141Sponsors annual art show for beginning and intermediate artists in the Bucksport Bay Area.
Bud Carter Music ScholarshipP. O. Box 33 Stonington, ME 04681 Kay Gardner 367-5552Scholarships for summer study for Island music students entering grades 6-12.-atCastine Arts AssociationBox 281Castine, ME 04421 Peggy Rogers, Member 326-8020Brings lectures, perform ances, workshops, and the arts to all ages.-atCastine Conservation Commission/ParksP. O. Box 204 Castine, ME 04421 Lisa Lawsing, President 326-4502Regulates parks and public lands.-atCastine Historical Preservation CommissionP. O. Box 204 Castine, ME 04421 Lisa Lawsing, President 326-4502Holds monthly meetings and sponsors events to educate the public and help regulate the preservation of historic architecture in the historic district of Castine.-at
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ORGANIZATIONSCastine Historical SocietyP. O. Box 238 Castine, ME 04421 John Parish, President 326-4595 johnp@acadia.netCollects, preserves, protects, and makes available a variety of materials that illuminate the historical developm ent of the Castine- Bagaduce River area. Serves all ages through exhibits, educational programs, and publications.•atCelestial Glass and Dagaz StudioP. O. Box 43 Sargentville, ME 04673 Cynthia Booker-Bingler and Roger Bingler 800-571-2558Fully equipped for large or small art glass creations, from layout to installation. Restoration and conservation work. Brochures, wholesale and retail catalogs available.
Center for the Art of LivingP.O .Box 1123Blue Hill, ME 04614Truus Geraets or Jennifer Greene374-2405O rganization for intercultural bridge building.
Center GalleryMill Mall 240 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Bonnie Sparks 800-696-2540Off-campus center of the education network of the University of Maine System. W ork of local artists is featured on a 6 week rotation. Works insured by University. Monday- Friday, 8 a.m .-9 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. -2 p.m.
Classical TwoH C 77, Box 125 Hancock, ME 04640 Lynne Mattingly and Robert Rohe 422-2339 Fax 422-3503Lynne Mattingly, cello, and Robert Rohe, contra-bass, in concerts of classical, baroque, and occasionally contemporary music, with historical commentary."St MAC juried roster
Coastal DesignsRR I Box 2340 Sedgwick, Me 04676 Beth and Bill Fewell 359-2301Woodcarving that captures the essence and anatomical detail of songbirds, raptors and fish. Also M ainescape lamps portraying coastal Maine.
Coastal Maine’s Virtual Art GalleryP. O. Box 5093 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Jean Shepard,Webmaster 667-7414morgana@downeast.nethttp://downeast.net/virtual/gallery.
htmlFree service to area artists to enable access to a world-wide audience. Revolving collection of representative works of Downeast Maine artists, with contact information on individual artists.•atCoastal New England PublicationsP. O. Box 55Salisbury Cove, ME 04672 Sherri Eldridge, President 667-7111 Fax 667-7266 Publisher of cookbooks: regional, children’s, special interest, and note- cards. Uses work of regional artists.
Cold Comfort ProductionsP. O. Box 580 Castine, ME 04421 Aynne Ames 326-8830Summer theater.
Colonel Black Mansion (Woodlawn)W est Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8932Early nineteenth-century Georgian architecture, with spectacular spiral staircase and fine period furnishings. Formal perennial garden and Black family carriage in carriage barn. Open daily, June through mid- October, 10-4:30.
Anne-Claude Cotty GalleryRFD 143Stonington, ME 04681 367-2699Book artist and printmaker. Leads workshops in book arts for adults, including paste papers, box and book construction, folded and dyed decorative paper. Summer workshops and after-school art classes for children.■St ■$- MAC juried roster
Country Knights23 Ledgelawn Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Pamela Walton, Lead vocalist 288-3813Four-piece country-rock group: David Cleaves, guitar, keyboard; Robert Bothean, percussion; Tom Karnofsky, bass; Pam Walton, vocals.n
Cranberry Isles TilesOtter Cliffs Road Otter Creek, ME 04665 Gail Grandgent 288-9021Distinctive handpainted tiles and fiberworks.
Criterion Theatre35 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3441Original Art Deco theatre. Shows films in summer.
Deck House Restaurant and Cabaret11 Apple LaneSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679 Robert Marshall 244-5044Performances nightly by waiters and waitresses. Seasonal. Summer residency program for aspiring performers.
Deer Isle Artists Association (DIAA)P. O. Box 634 6 Dow Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 Richard Myrick 348-2851Organization of Maine artists, professional and amateur, and of arts supporters. Promotes the visual arts through exhibitions and education. Mid June-August. Rotating group shows every three weeks with an opening for each show.
Deer Isle Coffee HouseRFD I, Box 964 Stonington, ME 04681 Frank Gotwals 367-2259Presents three to four concerts a year in an informal setting featuring musicians from New England.
Deer Isle WritersP.O .Box 150 Sunset, ME 04683 Nancy Dobbs Greene and Brenda Gilchrist 348-9351An active critiqueing group that meets weekly, attracting writers from both Deer Isle and the mainland.All genres welcome.
Dorcas LibraryP.O .Box 167Prospect Harbor, ME 04669 963-7018Full public library service for adults and children: books, audios, videos, computer, internet access, large print books, copy machine. Mondays 4-6, Wednesdays 1:30-4 and 6-8, Saturday 1:30-4.
Down East Family YMCAP. O. Box 25Ellsworth, ME 04605Rob EatonProgram Director667-3081 Fax 664-0120Musical productions in conjunctionw ith the G ran d A u d ito riu m .O ccasionally brings performingartists to the Y.•St
Downeast Dulcimer and Folkharp Festival47 W est StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Anne and Ed Damm, Directors288-5653 (shop) 288-5424 (home)Fax 288-8136songsea@songsea.sdi.agate.nethttp://www.agate.net/~songsea/inde
x.htmlFestival primarily for folk harp and fretted and hammered dulcimers. Usually the weekend after the Fourth of July: two days of workshops in Agamont Park, Bar Harbor, and two evening concerts at St. Savior’s Church. Sponsored by Song of the Sea.
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Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts (DEFFA)RR 2, Box 56 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Malcolm Sanders, Editor 667-0040mms@aretha.jax.org Non-profit organization promoting the folk arts in Maine and environs by acting as clearing house for resources. Publishes monthly DEFFA Newsletter.
Downeast Graphics & Printing, Inc.Washington Junction Road P.O .Box 1103 Ellsworth, ME 04605-1 103 Charles E. Ferden 667-5582 Fax 667-2809 1-800-427-5582 degink@acadia.net 6 1 Cottage St.Bar Harbor, ME 288-5387 Fax 288-2023 edenshop@acadia.net Main St Blue Hill, ME374-2909 Fax 374-2889 mtnsea@acadia.net Carroll’s Hill, Route 102 Southwest Harbor, ME 244-9066 Fax 244-9933 horizon@acadia.netGraphic design and layout. Full service commercial printing. Process color, imagesetting and scanning technology. In-house bindery. Puffin Express Copy Center for full color and black-and-white photocopies, including T-shirt transfers, etc.
Dream WeaverRR Box 243Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 Mary Eaton, O w ner and designer 348-6294 Fax 348-6294Studio and showroom for chenille sweaters and scarves.« © #-
DW Communications Group (formerly Designwrights, Inc.)P.O .Box 1150 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Kyle C . Murphy,Assistant Creative Director 374-5400 Fax 374-2417 dw@dwgroup.com www.dwgroup.comFull-service marketing, advertising, graphic design, interactive public relations, evironmental displays. Satellite office in Boston.
Eastern Bay GalleryRoute 175 Brooklin, ME 04616 Kate Fairchild, Owner 359-8045Retail gallery for contem porary Maine crafts.
Eden Folklore Society24 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Anne and Ed Damm 288-5653 Fax 288-8136 songsea@songsea.sdi.agate.net http://www.agate.net/~songsea/inde
x.htmlFolk group open to all. Meets second Saturday of the month, 7 p.m. Opens with workshop on the month’s theme (instrument, style of playing, or singing style). Then a song theme of the month, followed by a jam. Bring instruments and a snack. Sponsored by Song of the Sea.
Elliott and Elliott ArchitectureP. O. Box 3 18, Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Matthew A. Elliott 374-2566 elliott@acadia.netArchitectural firm specializing in interpretation of traditional New England designs. N ew design, restoration, and renovation, including interiors. Residential, cultural, and civic (i.e. libraries).%•
Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce163 High Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Margaret Sumpter,Executive Director 667-5584 Fax 667-2617 eacc@acadia.net http://www.acadia.net/eacc
Ellsworth Public Library46 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Pat Foster, Director 667-6363 Faz 667-4901 pat@seth.ellsworth.lib.me.us http://downeast.net/users/ellslib/ells
lib.htmlFull service library. Riverside Room available for gallery exhibits, poetry readings, book signings, lectures, and public meetings.
Family Night Coffee HouseUnitarian-Universalist Church Bucksport Road P.O .Box 5141 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sally Bell, Director 667-7181Fax 667-718 1 (call first by phone)Informal, low-cost coffee house for teens and families. Local performances plus open mike. Food available. Fourth Saturday of the month. 7-10 p.m.
Farmstead BarnRt I , Box 8East Sullivan, ME 04607 GiniaWexler, Director 422-3615Shows for children only. Free, donations accepted. Every Tuesday in July, 9:30 and 11:00. Sponsored by the Hancock County Friends of the Arts.n
Fay’s One GalleryP.O. Box 561 Castine, ME 04421 Michael Fay, Proprieter 326-0780Oil paintings by Susie Duncan Fay and others. Also live performances of folk, jazz, blues, and theater.« w S
Feedback TheatrebooksP.O .Box 174 Brooklin, ME 04616 Mollie Meserve, President 359-2781 359-5532 feedback@hypernet.com http://www.hypernet.com/prospero
.htmlSmall press publishing books on drama and the theatre: theatre history textbooks, anthology of early Am erican plays, theatre-related cookbooks, reference books for playwrights, theatre directories, Prospero’s Almanac, etc.
Flash in the PansP.O. Box 5 1 Brooklin, ME 04616 'Dottie Farrar, Captain 359-2357Community steel band of approximately 30 musicians ranging in age from their teens to their 70’s. Directed by Carl Chase. Does benefits for community groups. Raises money for scholarships for George Stevens Academy students.n ©
Flounder SocietyP. O. Box 74Hulls Cove, ME 04644Helen Douglas, Founding Flounder288-9057Umbrella organization for local visual and performing artists. Twice- a-year Happenings to bring local artists together. Developing not-for- profit arts and crafts co-op, with gallery and directory. Plans for visiting artists, workshops, studio space.
Fort GeorgeTown HallP. O. Box 204Castine, ME 04421Susan Macomber.Town Clerk326-4502Remains of old fort built during Spanish war, softball field, little league.
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Frankie’s40 High Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Rosemary Soreman, one of the owners 667-7701Cafe with gallery. Emphasis on contemporary painting with occasional photographs and textiles.
Franklin Cedar CanoesRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 Charles Grosjean 565-2282hogbay@cacadia.net Wood/canvas and wood/fiberglass canoes.« ©
Freshwater Stone and BrickWork, Inc.P. O. Box 15, Route 15 Orland, ME 04472 Jeff Gammelin, Owner 469-6331 Fax 469-7057Stonework construction, usually residential - all types of stonework: walls, fireplaces (as at Husson College), etc. Stone fabrication: granite countertops, vanities, sculptural-type pieces. Has taught at Haystack and in public schools.•fit W #t-
Friend Memorial LibraryP. O. Box 57 Brooklin, ME 04616 Gretchen Volenik, Librarian 359-2276libfml@celestat.comHistorical photographs of Brooklin on slides, with oral history. Original Garth Williams prints from E.B. W hite’s Stuart Little and Waldo Pierce painting, gift of White. O ccasional art exhibitions.
Friends of Morgan BayRR I, Box 1925 Surry, ME 04684 Hugh Curran, President 667-7170 Fax 667-7170 Advocates for Morgan Bay in Surry and stewards for the Carter Nature Preserve. Proposed book on the pre-history, geology, flora, and fauna of the area with interpretive and descriptive art and literature.
George Daniell GalleryRD I, Box 231 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8530George Daniell is a watercolor painter and photographer, who exhibits locally and in New York. George Daniell Gallery in Trenton is open by appointment. 25 cards of his photography available from Borealis Press.« © &
Gilbert and Sullivan SocietyP.O. Box V Ellsworth, ME 04605 Lee Patterson, Treasurer 244-4044 Fax 667-7235International, award-winning, amateur group of 80+ local individuals. Performs G&S works in February and July in Ellsworth and elsewhere. Also G&S a la carte: small concert ensemble singing excerpts from G&S operas interlaced with anecdote and history.-atGoose Cove OrchestraRR 2, Box 56 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Margot Bridgett or Malcolm Sanders, Members 667-0040mmb@aretha.jax.org Contradance band, the house band for the Trenton Grange Dance, 3rd Saturday of each month. Traditional music with a lively feel, for dances, weddings, and other occasions.•fit
Grand Auditorium (Hancock County Auditorium Associates)P.O. Box 9 4 1 167 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Pam Walker, Pro Tern. Director 667-5911A rt and foreign films; live performances of great diversity; children’s programming. Gallery space for visual artists.
Grand PlayersP.O. Box 9 4 1167 Main StreetEllsworth, ME 04605667-5911 Fax 667-1286Local community theater: musicalsand dramas.
Great Cranberry Island Historical SocietyP.O .Box 12Cranberry Isles, ME 04625 James M. Storey 244-5210Collection of Great Cranberry Island historical material.
Great Harbor Collection MuseumOld Firehouse, Main Street Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Steve Parady 276-5262Mount Desert memorabilia, including old fire engines, sleighs, and carriages, a working player piano, and room of local industries. Late June through mid-September, Monday- Saturday, 10-5.
Green Head ForgeP.O .Box 122 Stonington, ME 04681 Jack and Harriet Hemenway,Owners367-2632Sculpture for home, garden, and gallery. Functional ironwork. Jewelry in silver, gold, and iron. Studio on Old Quarry Road off West Main Street, open Monday-Saturday, 8-4, year round.« © &
Green Mountain RailwayP. O. Box 88Otter Creek, ME 04665 John Sharp 288-4821 jjf@jax.orgO ld-tim e bluegrass traditional music, New England, Southern Appalachian, and some Irish. Banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and bass. Plays festivals, nursing homes, schools, etc.-atGull Rock Pottery325 Eastside RoadHancock, ME 04640Torj W ray and Kurt Wray, Owners422-3990W heel-throw n, hand-decorated blue and white pottery. Production studio with three full-time potters.
H.O.M.E., Inc.P.O .Box 10 Orland, ME 04472 jo Barry469-7961 Fax 469-1023 homecoop@acadia.netC o o p e ra tiv e com m unity that includes health clinic, soup kitchen, food bank, homeless shelters, learning center with day-care, literacy and GED tutoring, alternative high school and college-level programs; job and craft training; pottery, leather, and weaving shops; recovery barn, greenhouse and farmers’ market; sawmill and shingle mill.
HajduksH CR 60, Box 173Gouldsboro, ME 04607Jonathan Archer & Joe Niemczura,Members963-2878International men’s singing group performing Greek, Turkish, Maced o n ian , C ro a t ia n , B u lgarian , Romanian, and Russian songs.•fit
Hammond PlayersH C 35, Box 156 W inter Harbor, ME 04693 Hank Shaefer, Stage Director 963-7262Produces two plays per year: amateur theatre, part of the Historical Society.•fit
Hance PotteryRFD I, Box 139 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Charles Hance 348-2883Primarily functional stoneware and flameware.
Hancock Center for the ArtsP.O .Box 188 Hancock, ME 04640 Dr. Donna G. Fricke and Deborah de Moulpied, Directors 422-3680 or 422-9990 Fax 422-9990hancock@www.downeast.net Classes in the arts and writing.•fit « © % -
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HandworksP.O. Box 918 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Lee Lehto 374-5613Contem porary crafts: primarily Maine artists and craftspeople.
Harbor House Community Service CenterP. O. Box 836 Main StreetSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679Marty Lyons244-3713Educational and cultural programs for all ages. Seasonal and special events including Quietside Festival in August
Hardwood MagazineRR 5, Box 4270 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Anna Marie Saintonge 667-8772www.hrdwood.comWorld W ide Web site featuring Maine artists, writers, and musicians. Includes articles about the artists, samples of works (video, audio, and written), and a calendar of arts-related events.
Hattie’s ShedBox S20 W est Bay Road Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Cynthia Thayer, Owner/Member 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netFiber shop located at Darthia Farm, specializing in handspun, handknit, and handwoven garments and rugs.
Heartsong BooksP. O. Box 370 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Maggie Steincrohn Davis, Publisher/Owner 374-5170Publishes books for all ages celebrating the interconnectedness of all life. (Not seeking manuscripts at this time.)
HeartTree Press28 Pleasant Street P.O .Box 1569 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5748Publishing company for Land o f The Firebird: The Beauty o f Old Russia (1980), and Pavlovst The Life o f a Russian Palace (1990), by Suzanne Massie. (Not seeking manuscripts at this time).
Helen Douglas Studio and GalleryP. O. Box 74 Hulls Cove, ME 04644 Helen Douglas 288-9057Art gallery and studio featuring work of artist Helen Douglas. Primarily oils, pastel, and charcoal.n
Hog Bay EclectetP. O. Box 200 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Lee Patterson 244-4044Small group of experienced singers performs an eclectic repertoire, including operetta, Broadway, opera, Neapolitan songs, and semi-classical works.The program length varies to suit the occasion.
Hog Bay Pottery and Handwoven RugsRR I, Box 175Franklin, ME 04634Charlie & Susanne Grosjean,Owners565-2282hogbay@acadia.netTwo studios featuring weavings andpottery created on-site; functionalhousewares.« © &
Holt HouseW ater Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2459Eighteenth-century Federal style house, with stenciling and antique furnishings reflecting the community’s 230-year history. Annual quilt show. Blue Hill Historical Society museum, open July-August, Tuesday and Friday, 1-4.
Hope MagazineP.O .Box 160 Naskeag Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-4651 Fax 359-8920 www.hopemag.comEdited to inspire a sense of informed hope among readers by encouraging a deeper understanding of the human experience at its best and its worst.
Hot Flash Anny’sBox 9 3 1Southwest Harbor, ME 04679Anne Seavey244-7323Full-service studio and gallery at Hinckley’s Great Harbor Marina specializing in one-of-a-kind stained-
glass designs for residential, commercial, and ecclesiastical settings. Commission and restoration work.
Hoy GalleryP. O. Box 564 Stonington, ME 04681 Jill Hoy 367-2368Art Gallery primarily featuring the work of Jill Hoy, whose paintings have been featured on covers for L.L.Bean, etc.
Island Artisans99 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Abigail Goodyear 288-4214Displays works of more than 50 well-known Maine crafters. Sweet- grass Fine Baskets of Maine occupies one area with works of many well-known basketmakers.
Island Arts Association38 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Benita McMullen 288-5008Crafts organization of MDI and outer-island artisans. Sponsors two annual fairs on the first Monday in August and the first weekend in December.
Island Designs25 Cleftstone Road Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Chong and Judi Lim 288-4250Embossed and handmade papers, cast clay tiles.
Island Education FoundationP. O. Box 232 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Sebert Brewer and Judy Hill 348-2243 Fax 348-2342A nonprofit corporation providing financial services to supplement and enhance educational opportunities for the children of Deer Isle and Stonington.
Island Fishermen’s WivesP. O. Box 293 Stonington, ME 04681 Jenni Steele 348-2876Quilts. Support for fishing industry, calling attention to the plight of small fishing communities struggling to survive in the face of the current crisis.
Islesford Artists GalleryP.O .Box 16Islesford, ME 04646Dan and Katie Fernald, Owners244-3145S p ecia lizes in a rts of L itt le Cranberry and neighboring islands. Open June-August.Take ferry out of Northeast or Southwest Harbor, hourly.
Islesford Historical MuseumIslesford, ME 04646 Acadia National Park 244-9224Museum of area history since 1604. Open daily late June through September, 9:45-4:30. Accessible by ferry from Northeast Harbor.
Islesford Historical SocietyLittle Cranberry Island Islesford, ME 04646 Hugh L. Dwelley 244-7893Devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of documents and artifacts relating to the history of Islesford, the Cranberry Isles, and the surrounding area.
Iver StudioP. O. Box 334 Swans Island, ME 04976 IverW. Lofving and Maili Bailey 526-4350A rt studio, lessons available. Works include paintings, pottery, and wearable art.
Jeff Dobbs ProductionsP.O. Box 541 93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Jeff Dobbs, President 288-4354 Fax 288-8081 Tourist Information Station in summer. Video production: commercials, industrial videos, full-length feature films, TV spots (CN N , McNeil- Lehrer).
Jesup Memorial Library34 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Nancy Howland, Librarian 288-4245 jesup@acadia.netLibrary: site for art work and discu ss io n gro up s. Bar H a rb o r Historical Society located in basement. Contact Mrs. Jane Haraden for exhibits.
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ORGANIZATIONSJewett School and Miles Lane SchoolP. O. Box 636Bridge StreetBucksport, ME 04416Ellen G. LaVaccare, Art Teacher469-6644A rt programs, grades I -6.
Joan Staats Memorial LibraryJackson Laboratory 600 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Doug MacBeth 288-6146 Fax 288-6079 library@jax.orgOver 3000 volumes, 365 periodical subscriptions, special collections of genetics, medicine, and animal husbandry.
Jobo KunderP. O. Box 236Hancock, ME 04640Gray Parrot or Christine Covert,Members422-9529http://www.agate.net/~ile/jobo.htmlW est African music and culture, musical performance, demonstration, and slide talks. Cultural tours and residency programs in the Gambia.•atJohn Perkins House and Blacksmith ShopBox 196Castine, ME 04421 Patty Hutchins, Curator 326-8545Blacksmith shop with a working smithy. Open July and August, Sundays and Wednesdays, 2-5. Admission charged, guided tours.-atJoliat GalleryP.O. Box 812 Main StreetNortheast Harbor, ME 04662Greg Joliat276-5585A rt gallery featuring contemporary expressionist paintings.
Jonathan Fisher MemorialP. O. Box 537 Mines Road, Route 15 Blue Hill, ME 04614 William Petry, Vice-President 374-2459 359-2268 (Petry)Parsonage of first settled minister of Blue Hill, Jonathan Fisher, who came to the town in 1797. Homestead open July to mid-September, Monday-Saturday, 2-5.
Jordan Bay FloralRFD# I , Box 92C Trenton, ME 04605 Victoria Burtchell 667-8648burtch 12@acadia.net Dry and silk floral crafts for a variety of occasions.
Joyce Wenglowski GalleryBox 138Main Street and Pleasant Street (Route 15)Blue Hill, ME 04614Joyce Wenglowski, Gallery Director374-3505Contemporary paintings, drawings, and mixed media by Joyce Wenglowski on the spirit of nature and its human connections, through abstracted forms, lines, colors textures, and found objects. june-Sept. A rt programs for physically and mentally challenged adults.■n
Joyful NoiseP.O .Box 150 Hancock, ME 04640 Joel Mann, Spokesperson 422-3635brians@nemaine.comCelebration of eclectic musical styles played for schools, concerts, clubs, and festivals.«
Jud Hartmann GalleryP. O. Box 753,Main StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614Jud and Gretchen Hartmann,Owners374-9917 (gallery)359-2544 (home)Fine arts gallery, open summers, featuring limited edition bronze sculptures depicting woodland tribes of the Northeast. Also watercolors of
William Bracken, Jerry Rose, and Barbara Arnst Prey.•9t W %
Kebo Valley Golf ClubEagle Lake RoadBar Harbor, ME 04609288-5000Caters and hosts functions in the clubhouse.
Kneisel HallP. O. Box 648 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Ellen W erner 374-2811Seven-w eek sum m er cham ber music school for preprofessional students and an eight-week chamber music festival.
Kneisel Hall Young Musicians ProgramRFD I, Box 1779 Stonington, ME 04681 Irene Mrose Rissi, Coordinator 348-6158Three-day chamber music program for local string and piano students, ages 11-17. Late June.« t
Knight Associates, ArchitectP. O. Box 803Blue Hill, ME 04614Bob Knight, President374-2845 Fax 374-2761knight@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/knight.htmlResidential design.
Krumbhaar & Holt Associated Architects, P.A.56 Church Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Nicholas Holt, President 667-5575 Fax 667-5576 holt@acadia.netAll kinds of architectural design and planning. Over 250 different kinds of buildings, especially schools (all levels), all kinds of housing, medical care, etc. Specialists in long-range planning, working closely with owner.•asLamoineHistorical Society MuseumRFD 2, Box 273 Lamoine, ME 04605 Jo Cooper, President 667-7062cooper@acadia.net Local historical museum in East Lamoine Church, with extensive collection of photographs. Domestic and military artifacts; materials
from local shipbuilding and fisheries. Open by appointment, May through September.-as m ©LamoinePatrons of the ArtsLamoine Consolidated School RFD 2, Box 80 Ellsworth, ME 04605 June Sproule 667-4125 Fax 667-3860Community support group founded in 1995 to make connections through the arts between the school and community. Has organized surveys of students and parents on needs in the arts; summer arts workshops for children and adults; a fund-raising raffle; a dessert cabaret with music, dance, and storytelling by community members; and sponsorship of performance and workshops for students by Michael Wingfield and Cabildo.
Latona PressRFD 2, Box 154 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Marion K. Stocking,Publisher/Owner667-5598Publisher of Chandler Richmond, Beyond the Spring: Cordelia Stanwood o f Birdsacre. (Not seeking manuscripts at this time.)
Lee Clark Allen GalleryP.O .Box 162 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Lee Clark Allen, Artist 374-8894leemail@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com\leeart.html W ork of Lee Clark Allen: watercolors inspired by the gardens of Maine. Home accessories (tablecloths, cushions, etc.) coordinated to paintings.
Left Bank CafeP.O. Box 981Blue Hill, ME 04614Chuck Donnelly and Janet Anker,Proprietors374-2201leftbank@downeast.nethttp://www.downeast.net/com/left
bankBakery/restaurant/cafe. C o n cert venue, presenting local, regional, and world-wide talent. Features folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass, classical, and alternative music. Some theater and poetry readings. Displays work of local artists.
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Leighton GalleryParker Point Road Blue Hill, ME 04614 Judith Leighton, Owner/ Proprietor 374-5001Contemporary art gallery featuring 30 leading artists in shows that change monthly, as well as a large outdoor sculpture garden.
Libitzki School of Dance18 W est Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Cheryl G . Libitzki, Director 667-3039A dance school specializing in classical ballet. The school also offers pre-ballet for younger children and tap dance.-atLiros GalleryP. O. Box 946Main StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614Serge Liros, Owner374-5370 Fax 374-5370liros@hypernet.comwww//liros@hypern et.comNineteenth and early twentieth century American and European art. Russian icons, old maps and prints. Custom framing. Appraisals and restorations of paintings and frames.
Local ColorP. O. Box 364Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Jayn Thomas, Owner 276-5544 (shop) 276-5627 (home) Fax 276-4023Retail boutique. A rt to wear. Everything hand-made by artists nation-wide, including many local artists. Seasonal, but year-round by appointment.
Lompoc Cafe and Brew Pub39 Rodick Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-9392Micro-brewery and restaurant, also features live entertainment and gallery.
Lone Moose Fine Crafts78 W est Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Sherry Rasmussen 288-4229Mount Desert Island’s oldest “Made in Maine” gallery. Fine furniture, wood engravings, decorative and functional pottery.
Lorraine Lans StudioP. O. Box 534 North Seabreeze Ave.Stonington, ME 04681 Lorraine Lans 367-8959Art studio featuring portraits, landscapes and still life. Visits by appointment or chance.
Lucia’s Little HousesP. O. Box 803 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Lucia Knight, Director 374-5299 Fax 374-2761 knight@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com/knight.html Sale of small house plans designed by Robert Knight.
LunaformP.O .Box 189Track RoadSullivan, ME 04664Phid Lawless and Dan Farrenkopf,Owners422-0923 Fax 422-0923 lunaform@acadia.net Handmade all-weather garden containers, urns, and fountains. All pieces hand-turned, steel-reenforced concrete in a wide variety of natural colors and textural finishes.•st « © &
Made In The ShadeH CR 62 Box 122 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Katherine Pratt 244-0558Translucent lampshades and standing panel screens, using pressed flowers and leaves, laces, found objects and cut paper. Takes commissions for small interior murals, painted windowshades, and block print linens and clothing.
Maidee’s Restaurant156 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Maidee Chang, Owner 667-6554On weekends: classical guitarists, pianists for background music. Local musicians only. Five local painters displayed for a year, opening in March.
Maine Crafts AssociationP. O. Box 228 6 Dow Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 Gael McKibben,Executive Director 348-9943 Fax 348-9943Established in 1983. Statewide, nonprofit organization responding to
the educational, promotional, advocacy, and communication demands of craftspeople. Serves over 800 professional craftspeople and their supporters. Offers a variety of benefits and programs.-asMaine Dance Center40 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Lucy Rowe, Director 667-9613 Fax 288-6072 ibr@aretha.jax.orgWeekday evening classes, specializing in older children (ten and up) and adults. Classes at all levels in ballet and jazz dance. Occasional workshops in other forms (modern dance, folk dance, choreography, etc.). Annual performance in spring. Studio: 75 Main Street, 3rd floor.-as m ©Maine Indian Basketmakers AllianceP. O. Box 3253 Old Town, ME 04468 Theresa Hoffman,Executive Director 827-7776 ext. 341Annual basketmakers sale and demonstrations in Bar Harbor: July or August.« &
Maine Polymer Clay GroupP. O. Box 733 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Laura Balombini 374-5142State-wide group for those involved with polymer clay. Bi-monthly discussions on technique, business advice, public relations, and small business concerns for the individual artist.
Maine St. Andrews Pipes And DrumsP. O. Box 865 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Cindy Thayer, Member 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netBand performs in parades and concerts throughout Maine and competes in Highland Games. Rehearsals are held Monday evenings. Free lessons in piping and drumming.
Mainestreet Studio and GalleryP. O. Box 380Main StreetDeer Isle, ME 04627Jennifer Burton, Owner348-5067Gallery and working studio featuring jewelry and artwork from coast to coast. Also sculpture, photography, garden novelties, and home- goods.
McGrath Dunham GalleryP. O. Box 6 3 1 Main Street Castine, ME 04421 Pat McGrath Dunham,Gallery Manager 326-9175Commercial gallery featuring paintings, original prints, sculpture, and pottery of 50 artists. I Ith season. Open from May through October, winter by appointment.-as %
MDI Open Studio9 Strawberry Hill Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Susan Gross, Coordinator 288-8103Annual open studio and art sale by Mount Desert Island Artists.-as #
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MDI School ArtsMount Desert Elementary School Joy RoadNortheast Harbor, ME 04662Carol Shutt276-3348The art teachers of Union 98 schools joined to promote the arts in education and to make them a central part of students’ learning experience.
MDI Workshop Gift OutletRFD I, Box 2042 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MaryKate Heath, Sales Manager 288-52S2 Fax 288-4234 dhi@acadianet.comNon-profit marketplace offering outdoor furniture, woodenware, souvenirs, and gifts; some handmade by adults with disabilities. On Route 3 to Bar Harbor. Open year round. Seaso nal shop in N o rth e a st Harbor: MDI Workshop Annex, Main Street, 276-9841.
MDI-YMCAP.O .Box 5 1 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Mike Gurtler 288-3511Community resource willing to provide facilities and collaboration in cultural events and activities.
Minnewokun WritersRR I, Box 5018 Sedgwick, ME 04676 Judi K. Beach 326-0514W riters of all genres, all levels of experience, meet to write together and, if requested, give feedback on work-in-progress. Informal w orkshop meets weekly at the Cyberway Cafe on High Street in Ellsworth, Mondays, 7 pm.
Monteux Opera FestivalRR I Box 142 D Steuben, ME 04680 David and Diane Katz, Spokespersons 546-4495Annual August festival of opera and related performing arts at Monteux School, Hancock. Affiliated with the Pierre Monteux Memorial Foundation.
Motion CollectiveRR I, Box 253 BB Ellsworth, ME 04605 Don Grieco 667-8482Improvisational dance and music ensemble. Structural improvisation in performance, with Ruth Blackburn, improvisational pianist. Modern dance class at Fitness East, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.-at
Mount Desert Festival of Chamber MusicP. O. Box 862Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Natalie Raimondi,Executive Director 288-4144String quartets with guest artists, presenting standard chamber music repertoire, in historic Neighborhood House, with its fine acoustics and turn-of-the-century charm. Five Tuesday evenings in July and August. Todd Crow, Music Director. 34th season in 1997.
Mount Desert Island Historical SocietyP. O. Box 653 Mount Desert Street Mount Desert, ME 04660 Jaylene Roths 288-3723Historical society offers folklife museum and archives. Programs include historic preservation issues and techniques, as well as folklife history.
Mount Desert Summer ChoraleRD 2, Box 157 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Billie Lear,Treasurer 667-5790 blear@acadia.netSummer-only chorus. Concerts in August. George Emlen, Director.
Mountainville StudiosP.O .Box 14Sunshine Road, FR #525 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Marcia andVaino Kola 348-5681Private studio, creating functional ware in porcelain and stoneware, works on paper, oil paintings.
Natural History Museum College of the Atlantic105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Diane Clendaniel 288-5015Dioramas of flora and fauna of coastal Maine. Summer field study programs for children.■n
Neighborhood HouseBox 332Northeast Harbor, ME 04662J.B. Fait276-5039Performance space with 250-person capacity auditorium.
Nervous Nellie’s Jams and JelliesRoute I , Box 474 A Deer Isle, ME 04627 Peter Beerits, President 348-6182 1-800-777-6845 fax 800-804-7698 jam@nervousnellies.comYear-round jelly kitchen with seasonal cafe, jams, jellies, conserves, chutneys, syrups, and sculptures produced on the premises. O utdoor garden of whimsical sculpture.-st mNew England Museum of Telephony, Inc.P.O .Box 1377 on Winkumpaugh Road Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sandra Galley, Secretary 667-9491Museum of antique and historical telephone switching systems, mostly from Maine. Includes complete central offices from Clinton, Bradford, and Islesboro, Maine. Aims to exhibit them in a hands-on environment. Telephone Fair and open house on August 23, 1997.« ©
New Leaf Publishers50 Benjamin River RoadSedgwick, ME 04676Pat and Tom Schroth, Publishers359-2280 Fax 359-2280newleaf@acadia.netBook publisher: Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester, The Big Book o f Buttons (1991); Button Handbook ( 1992); Black Glass Buttons (1992).
NOAH PublicationsP.O .Box 14Route 175Brooklin, ME 04616Benjamin Mendlowitz359-2131 Fax 359-4432noah@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/noah.htmlProduces The Calendar o f WoodenBoats, now in 16th year, as well asmarketing coffee table books andnote cards that also feature themarine photography of BenjaminMendlowitz.
North Country TextilesRoute 175Penobscot, ME 04476 Carole Larson, Partner 326-4131 (Penobscot)374-2715 (Blue Hill)Founded 1976. Handwoven home textiles and clothing sold in two shops. The three partners/design- ers/weavers: Sheila Denny-Brown, Ron King and Carole Ann Larson. Blue Hill shop open year round. Penobscot, June through September.
North Light BooksMain StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614374-5422
Northeast Harbor LibraryI Joy RoadNortheast Harbor, ME 04662 Robert Pyle, Librarian 276-3333 nehlib@acadia.netContinuous series of exhibitions, about eight a year, on arts, history, and education. Some musical performances. Story telling program. Special collections: MDI history, geology, and I.T. Moore photographs.
Northeast Historic Film and The Alamo TheaterP. O. Box 900 379 Main Street Bucksport, ME 04416 Karan Sheldon 469-0924 Fax 469-7875 oldfilm@acadia.net www.acadia.net/oldfilm/Museum interpreting a century of moviegoing in n orthern N ew England. 4 million feet of film and2,000 hours of videotape by independent, amatuer and professional creators of all kinds. Videos of Life in New England distributor.■n. qs&
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Oakum Bay String BandH.C. 64, Box 408 ( d o Fowler) Brooklin, ME 04616 George Fowler 359-2070gfowler@hypernet.com Plays for monthly contradances at Blue Hill Town Hall (first Saturday). Established 1981. Currently: George Fo w ler (founder), fiddle; Bill Schubeck, fiddle; Heidi Daub, whistle, banjo, guitar; Jeff Titon, fiddle, banjo, guitar; Sue Jo Mitchell, piano. Reperto ire includes traditional music from New England, French Canada, Appalachia, Ireland, and Scotland. Also available for dances, parties, weddings, etc.
Old Post Office Song SwapH CR 60 Box 171 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Steve Rompel 963-2541Small restaurant offers a song swap every Sunday from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Acoustic music, all genres.
On Stage At The GrangeP.O .Box 150 Hancock, ME 04640 Joel Mann, Director 422-3635Family concert series and variety show, every other Friday night throughout the summer: singer/ songwriters, storytellers.-atOutsource UnlimitedP. O. Box 720 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Polly Tonini, Proprietress 276-0777 Fax 276-0555Displays selected artists in various media. Exclusive, signed, framed reproductions of original works, produced on site. Location: Main Street, Northeast Harbor 04662.•at m © %■
Oz BooksP.O .Box 125Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Sheila Wilensky-Lanford, Founder/Owner 244-9067O z gueat authors series; other events in the planning stage. “O z Books the store closed; O z Books the state of mind will never close.”
Pantry QuartetBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 Ruth Grierson 244-3742Amateur string quartet available for schools, churches, etc. Various repertoire for all levels.n
Paradox StudioOne W illow Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Allyn Storer 667-4776Offering workshops in painting, drawing and illustration.-atPeninsula ReviewP. O. Box 436 W inter Harbor, ME 04693 David Fickett, Editor 963-5832 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netLiterary magazine published by the Peninsula W riters Group: poetry and fiction. Invites submissions. Published twice a year.
Peninsula WeaversP.O. Box 371 Green’s Hill Road Blue Hill, ME 04614 Sally Tompkins 326-8246 Penny Boardman 374-9938 374-2760Hand-woven table runners and napkins, chenille scarves, and rugs. Weaving taught in the Swedish tradition. Shop carries weaving supplies, Swedish yarns, textiles, and Maine and Swedish crafts. Open year-round, Monday-Friday, 10-4, Saturday, 10-12.« W © $£
Peninsula Writing GroupBox 520Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Cynthia Thayer, Member 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netGroup of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writers. Meets at Darthia Farm every Wednesday at 6 pm to critique each other’s work.n
Penobscot Historical SocietyRoute I, Box 2 Penobscot, ME 04476 Patty Hutchins, President 326-8545Home built in 1830 under restoration. Open July and August.-atPeoples Heritage BankP. O. Box 769204 Main StreetEllsworth, ME 04605Allen Campbell, Branch Manager667-2536 Fax 667-8389Lobby gallery.
Performing Arts for ChildrenP. O. Box 29 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Pam Walker, Director 667-5445 Fax 667-1286Introduces the youth of Maine to the richness and cultural diversity of the world around them through outstanding live performances and provides increased opportunities for all people to participate in and understand the arts.-St
Peters Cove Mens ChorusP. O. Box 982 Blue Hill, ME 06614 Irving Forbes 374-2068Twenty-five member a capella chorus performing a variety of music twice a year at The Grand, spring and Christmas.
Petite PlaisanceP. O. Box 403Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-3940Home of novelist and French Academician Marguerite Yourcenar, open as a museum in summer. Phone for directions.
Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra MusiciansBox 157 off Route One Hancock, ME 04640 Nancie Monteux-Barendse, President422-3931 Fax 422-3280Six-weeks school, June and July, for orchestra conductors and musicians. All conductors conduct and all must play in the orchestra. All intrumentalists participate in weekly public chamber music concerts (Wednesday, 8 p.m.). Six public orchestral concerts (end of June and July, Sundays, 4 p.m.); last concert a pops concert. One children’s concert in July.
Planet PanP. O. Box 303 Brooksville, ME 04617 Carl Chase, Music Director 326-9324Sixteen member high school steel band from G e o rg e Stevens Academy that does educational school performances as well as concerts.-atPorcupine PlayersBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 Ruth Grierson 244-3742Amateur chamber group with violins, violas, cellos, bass, and keyboard.-at
Port In A Storm BookstoreP. O. Box 609 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Linda Lewis or Marilyn Mays 244-4114Retail bookstore and community resource. Poetry readings and other literary events. Located on Main Street, Somesville.
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Quentin Armstrong & Associates, Al AP.O .Box 126 Long PondMount Desert, ME 04660 244-9933 (office)244-9816Architect: residential and commercial, renovation and new design.■St %
Quinn Design StudioP.O .Box 185, Rt 172 Surry, ME 04684 Lois A. Quinn 667-8490 quinn@acadia.netPolymer clay jewelry. Private studio lessons.«! ftRackliffe PotteryP. O. Box 393 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2297Family run business specializing in native clay. Utilitarian objects thrown on potter’s wheel.
©Ralph S. Buckminster, Architect198 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Ralph S. Buckminster 667-5634 Fax 667-5634 Architect: residential and commercial.ftRedfield ArtisansP. O. Box 874 Main StreetNortheast Harbor, ME 04662 Tams Boucher or Rita Cochrane 276-3609A rt gallery featuring paintings, woodworks, and stone carvings.
Reel Pizza CineramaP. O. Box 625 33B Kennebec Place Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Lisa Burton288-3811 (movie information)Year-round movie house with seating for 60. Shows 35mm and 16mm films from a variety of genres, mainly art films, independent, foreign language, and high-quality Hollywood films.
Reversing RecordingsRR 3 Box 29B3Ellsworth, ME 04605Steve Peer, Chief Executive Officer667-4297Independent record label committed to the promotion of local, alternative, and eclectic original music. Formats include live shows, CD, audiotape, vinyl, and video.
River MusicRoute 175Blue Hill Falls, ME 04615 Paul Sullivan 374-2208Recordings and concerts featuring original music played on piano and synthesizer. Inspired by Maine and nature.
Ronald Hayes Pearson, Inc.RR I, Box 158 Old Ferry Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 Carolyn A. Hecker 348-2535 Fax 348-2535 cahrhp@juno.comGold and silver jewelry designed to complement the human form. Gallery and workshop open year round. Summer: Monday to Saturday, 10:00-5:00. W inter: Monday to Friday, 10:00-5:00.W
Rowantrees PotteryP. O. Box 802 Union Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Sheila Varnum, Owner 374-5535In 1934, with the encouragement of Gandhi, Adelaide Pearson established the pottery to give employment to local people. Today a one- woman operation, it maintains the tradition, with local clays, and local minerals in the original glazes.•at m ftS.L. Kinney GalleryRoute 176, Morgan Bay Road Surry, ME 04684 Scarlet Kinney, Owner 667-4772Featuring work of Scarlet Kinney and a small group of Maine artists who work with similar themes: images inspired by mythological archetypes, the natural world, and
local landscapes. Some crafts and jewelry by indigenous peoples. Occasional art and creative process workshops.« t m ©
Saint John’s Church Holiday Concert SeriesP. O. Box 226 63 Fernald Point Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Todd Buell, Concert Organizer 244-31247 or 8 soloists and/or small ensemble play 5-20 minute programs. Four concerts a year, all on holiday themes, usually Sunday or Monday of holiday weekends.
Schoodic Peninsula PartnershipP. O. Box 98W inter Harbor, ME 04693 Walter Crabtree, Director 963-7108 Fax 963-2210 barb@panax.comCommunity based recreational and educational program for all ages, navy and civilian. Offers programs in the arts, sports, outdoor adventure. Open to all inhabitants of the peninsula towns of Gouldsboro and W inter Harbor, and students of Sumner High School. Volunteers encouraged.n
Sea Strings OrchestraRR I, Box 1779 Stonington, ME 04681 Irene Mrose Rissi 348-6158Conductor: Irving Forbes. Orchestra of junior high and high school string players.
Seal Harbor LibraryMain Street Seal Harbor, ME 04675 Debbie Burch 276-53067,000 volumes. Special collection of Seal Harbor photographs.
Seamark WorkshopsBox 118Deer Isle, ME 04627 Holley Mead 348-9955Program to promote and encourage arts and cultural enrichment to children and adults in Deer Isle and surrounding towns.
Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Inc.100 Main Street Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Samuel Shaw 276-5000 Fax 276-0716Retail gallery presenting contemporary and innovative jewelry from artists across the country. Emphasis on minimalist design and strength of form. Alternative materials as well as traditional silver and gold. Open year round.n w> © f t
Somesville Library AssociationP. O. Box 208 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Phyllis S. Partridge 244-7404Lending library next to mill pond in Somesville. Summer Fair in July; Blueberry Festival in August.
Song of the Sea47 W est Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Anne and Edward Damm 288-5653 (shop) 288-5424 (home) Fax 288-8136songsea@songsea.sdi.agate.nethttp://www.agate.net/~songsea/inde
x.htmlDulcimer, bagpipe, and folk harp instrument shop creating stringed musical instruments. Cross between musical instrument museum and music store. Live demonstrations. Free catalog.n
Southwest Harbor Public Library338 Main Street Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Lorraine Saunders 244-706522,000 volumes. Special collection of MDI photographs. Story time for preschoolers.
SpindriftH CR 60, Box 173 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Jonathan Archer and Robin Kingsbury 963-7693 or 422-3032 jka@aretha.jax.org or robin.kingsb
ury@voyagerFemale and male vocals, keyboards, flute, accordion, bazouki, guitar, percussion. Easy listening to dance tunes, featuring oldies.•at
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Spring Woods Gallery40 A, Route 200 Sullivan, ME 04664 Paul Breeden, Owner 422-3007 Fax samePaintings and sculptures by Paul, Ann, and Robert Breeden in quaint forest setting.&-
Standing Bear: Shamanic Center for Personal and Cultural HealingP.O .Box 114 Morgan Bay Road Blue Hill, ME 04614 Scarlet Kinney,Founder and Director 667-4772Ancient shamanic techniques and the arts for healing contemporary culture. Private and group opportunities for personal and creative growth and healing.
« © &Steamboat PressP. O. Box 46Brooklin, ME 04616-0046 Lacey Kellett, Publisher 359-2235Small literary press. No unsolicited submissions.
Struggling Artists HauntP. O. Box 720 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Polly Tonini, Proprietress 276-0777 Fax 276-0555 High visibility shop to display selected artists: various media. Exclusive signed, framed, reasonably-priced reproductions of original works, produced on site. A rt can be reproduced on mugs, bookmarks, stationary, mouse pads, etc.. Location: Outsource Unlimited, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 04662.« « 0 S
Stuart Brecher Architects93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Stuart Brecher 288-3747 Fax 288-4470 sbarch@acadia.net Residential, commercial, and small public buildings, including libraries, child-care facilities, schools, shops, restaurants, lodgings, etc. Renovations and new buildings.n *
Studio 398 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Buddy Chase, Owner 667-5351 Fax 667-7513 studio@acadia.netFull-service agency, including design layout, illustration, media placement, and product photography.
Sugar Hill GalleryP. O. Box 96 Hancock, ME 04640 Cynthia Perkins, Proprietor 422-8207 Fax 422-8207 http://noreaster.com/maine/sugarhi
11/Represents 80 Maine artisans and many art forms: paintings, jewelry, pottery, fibers, glass, leather, sculpture, wreaths. Space for readings, book signings, art shows, and other special events.«
Sullivan Harbor Art GalleryBox 146, Route I Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Mary Welsh, Member 422-3508Local artists’ cooperative gallery, located at the Sullivan Town Offices Building. All types of art and crafts.#
Summer Festival of the Arts: SFOAP. O. Box 836Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Kate Russell Henry,Artistic Director 244-3713 Fax 244-4315 khenry@acadia.netThree-week summer arts school, ages 8 -17. Students work with area professional artists in theater, vocal and instrumental music, writing, visual arts, and dance. Season concludes with public performances. Sponsored by Southwest Harbor Friends of the Arts.
Sunday Night LiveH CR 60, Box 171 W inter Harbor, ME 04693 Daroll Whitney, Member 963-7407Old Post Office Restaurant offers folk, bluegrass, popular music played by various musicians. Sunday, 7:30 pm.
Surry Opera CompanyP.O .Box 141 Surry, ME 04684 Walter Nowick, Director 667-9551 Fax 667-6752A group of local singers gathered by Walter Nowick in 1983. Performed Aida in Surry and then at Wolftrap in 1985. Incorporated as Surry O pera Company ( 1986) and took Boris Gudunov to the Soviet Union. Since then performs regularly in Russia, Japan, and Surry.
Sviata DumaCrooked Road Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Kirsten Stockman 288-3800A capella women’s singing group from all parts of the world.Three to five women sing with and without the Bar Harbor Folk Orchestra.
T. D. PotteryP. O. Box 46 Sunset, ME 04683 Tanya Dunham, Owner 348-2816High-fire functional stoneware, such as dinnerware. Wholesale and retail. Studio 1-1/2 miles from Deer Isle Village on Route 15A.•as m © &Tea Hill ThreadsP. O. Box 92 Stonington, ME 04681 Carol Collins 367-2292Small gallery of fiberworks, including quilts, knits, and weavings.
Tea House TrioBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 Ruth Grierson 244-3742Professional trio: violin, cello, piano. Plays for weddings, parties, receptions, sing-alongs, restaurants-back- ground music.Wide repertoire.
Terrel S. Lester Gallery: Photography426 Main StreetDeer Isle, ME 04627Terry Lester, Owner/Photographer348-2676Photography of Terrell S. Lester, Maine scenery, primarily of the islands.MAC juried roster
Theatre Arts Works: a division of T.D.C.18 School Street Bucksport, ME 04416 -1669 Bill Raiten, Director 469-6625 Fax 469-6627 taw@post.acadia.netW orks with at-risk youth to teach work competencies, G.E.D.s, college preparation, computer skills, and other specific job skills. Skills learned through entrepreneurship in running their own theatre company.-as
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ORGANIZATIONSTheatre of the Mad JestersEllsworth High School 275 Upper State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Rebecca Wright, Fine Arts Chair 667-4722Three productions yearly, one of which is a children’s show, bringing in school groups and performing on the road. Theater workshops. Show choir available for outside engagements.•atThorndike Library College of the Atlantic105 Eden StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Marcia Dworak288-5015 ext. 275Emphasis on natural history andenvironmental science. Galleryspace.
Thursday Women’s Luncheon GroupBuck’s Harbor Market P.O .Box 313 Brooksville, ME 04617 Janice Czerwinski,Store O wner and Chef 326-8683 Fax 326-9577 Meets weekly from October to April for lunch and occasional speakers. Open to all for the price of lunch.
Trenton GrangeIntersection of Routes 3 and 230 Trenton, ME 04605 Margot Bridgett, Lecturer 667-0040mmb@aretha.jax.orgPromotes family and community activities. Available for rent for receptions, dances, and other events. Contradance on the 3rd Saturday of each month.
Turtle GalleryP.O. Box 219Centennial House, Route 15 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Elena Kubler 348-9977Seasonal gallery specializing in regional fine art and contemporary craft.
Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company BP. O. Box 3004 Brewer, ME 04412 Frank Cassidy, Scribe 565-2184US Civil W ar re-enactments, parades, and living histories depicting life during the Civil W ar period presented in Hancock County and throughout Maine. Portrays the life of the common soldier of the civil war era. Talks in schools. President: Bill Lannon, 667-7256. n © #
Two Cats Gallery3 18 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Michael Czarnecki 288-2808Shows paintings by the owner and welcomes poetry readings.
U. S. BellsRoute 186Prospect Harbor, ME 04669 Richard Fisher, Owner 963-7184 Fax 963-2308 usbells@acadia.netOriginal designs of bronze wind and door bells, and miscellaneous home furnishings. Products are sandcast, designed, tooled, and produced in house.« ©
Union of Maine Visual ArtistsOne Willow Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Victoria Sheridan 326-9566Downeast Chapter of UMVA meets monthly at the Ellsworth Library; sponsors exhibits of Maine visual artists.
Union River GalleryP. O. Box 50892 Main StreetEllsworth, ME 04605Sarah Morton or Cathy Brann667-7700A rt gallery showing original works, prints, and fine crafts by Maine artists. Custom framing. Organizes occasional shows and programs year round.
Union Trust Company66 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sally Hutchins, Vice-President-Treasurer 667-2504 Fax 667-1244 www.uniontrust.comSupports the arts by direct donation, advertising, and having employees and officers serve on boards and committees. Art exhibits in lobby, including annual art contest and exhibit for Ellsworth High School students.
UXB (USA)P. O. Box 307 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Fredi Cahn667-5464 Fax 667-2528 compuserve@73013.12132 Art rock. Four musicians and sound man. Sophisticated sound system and lights. All original work. Fredi Cahn: cello, bass, and song writer. Steve Savage: guitar and song writer. Steve Peer: percussion. Denise Roy: singer. John Dyer: producer.
Vibert Pine Tree KilnP. O. Box 232 Route ISullivan, ME 04664Ruth and Dennis Vibert, Owners422-3377Pottery workshop and sales shop, carrying Vibert pottery and other crafts, prints, and paintings.
Wayward BooksRoute 15Sargentville, ME 04673 Sybil Pike359-2397 Fax 359-5507 waybooks@hypernet.comGeneral collection. 13,000 books from reading copies to medium- rare books. Open mid-May to Christmas, Monday-Friday, 10-5, Saturday, noon-5.
Wednesday PaintersRR I, Box 22 Sargentville, ME 04673 Robert or Jane Harwood 359-4481For 20 years, small group of serious artists working weekly from a model - all media. Meets in Blue Hill in winter, Sargentville in summer. Occasional group exhibits.
Wendell Gilley MuseumP. O. Box 254 4 Herrick Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Nina Z. Gormley 244-7555gilleymu@acadia.nethttp://www.acadia.net/gilleyFounded to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the woodcarvings, to o ls , o th e r a rt w o rk s, and ephemera of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. Educational and natural history programs.n
WERU-FMP.O .Box 170East Orland, ME 04431-0170 Cathy Melio, General Manager 469-6600 (office) 469-0500 (studio) Fax 469-8961Non-profit, listener-supported community radio, broadcasting a wide range of music, public affairs, call- ins, social, and cultural programs.« ©
West Eden Highlanders,Bar HarborH CR 62 Box 267A Mount Desert, ME 04660 Rebecca Edmondson 244-7193Club rehearses weekly and performs at various functions and events such as parades, weddings, community celebrations, etc. Also teaches beginning practice chanter and bagpipes, Scottish drumming and Highland dancing.
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Wikhegan Old BooksMain StreetNortheast Harbor, ME 04662J. Fuerst276-5079A small antiquarian bookshop with used, out-of-print and rare books in many fields, but especially Hancock County cultural h istory: local explorers, writers, artists, poets, etc.
Wild Gardens of AcadiaRoute 3 at Sieur de Monts Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Mrs.Allen Cole 288-3400Displays a miniature view of the variety of native plants to be found on Mount Desert Island.
Wild Ginger13 Mountainview Drive Ellsworth, ME 04605 Diane Gallagher-Keefe, Manager 667-1008A capella women’s trio. From nostalgia to present day, humorous and original songs.
William McHenry, ArchitectPartridge Place Box 436Blue Hill, ME 04614 William McHenry, Owner 374-5178 Fax 374-2492Residential architecture.
William Mor Stoneware and Oriental RugsR R I.B ox 409 Deer Isle, ME 04627 William Mor 348-2822diugl @downeast.netFunctional stoneware pottery and traditional oriental rugs (handspun wool with vegetable dyes) produced through projects sponsored by Cultural Survival.
Wilson MuseumP.O .Box 196 Castine, ME 04421 Patty Hutchins, Curator 326-8545Dr. J. Howard Wilson began this worldwide collection dating from prehistoric times. Ethnic materials from North and South America, and Africa. Open May 27-September 30, Tuesday-Sunday.
Windswept House PublishersP.O .Box 159 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Jane Weinberger, Publisher 244-7149 Fax 224-3369 windswept@acadia.net http/www.booknotes.com.windsw
eptBook publisher: children’s and young adults’ books, and adult fiction. Specializing in Maine writers and illustrators.-at
Witherle Memorial LibraryI School Street Box 202Castine, ME 04421Patricia Fowler, Library Director326-4375refdesk@witherle.lib.me.usPublic library with active programing including humanities discussion, in-house exhibits, Friends of the Library Group.Welcomes both children and adults.-atWomen with WingsP. O. Box 33 Stonington, ME 04681 Kay Gardner 367-5552Women’s music group.
Wooden Boat PublicationsP. O. Box 78 Brooklin, ME 04616 Carl Cramer, Publisher 359-4651 Fax 359-8920 carl@woodenboat.com www.woodenboat.comProfessional boatbuilder magazine; book publishing; boat shows.-atWooden Boat SchoolP. O. Box 78Naskeag RoadBrooklin, ME 04616Rich Hilsinger / Bernice Palumbo359-4651Teaching the craft of traditional boatbuilding, maintenance, and navigation. About 90 one- and two- week courses (June-October). Sailing classes on weekends for local children.
Woodshed: School of the BluesP.O .Box 1071 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Scott Perry, Director 374-25961-800-995-0796 ext. 0527 Fax 374-2597The mission of the Woodshed is to educate young people in the rich cultural expression of the blues. Students learn about their own heritage and develop a deeper understanding for other cultures.-*5 S B ©
Young Writers WorkshopRR 2, Box 201 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Carol Gardien Trimble, Director 667-7707 Fax 667-7707Classes for children in creative w riting and research papers. Workshops for teachers and consultations on setting up writing programs. W orks individually with gifted and challenged students, with independent study students, and with home schooling students.-a
YW CA of Mount Desert Island38 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Benni Me Mullen 288-5008 Fax 228-5008 Non-profit women’s membership organization . O ccasio n a l a rts groups and shows.
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SCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLS AND BEYONDCollege of the Atlantic105 Eden Street Bar Harbor , ME 05609 Carl Little 288-5015Degrees in Human Ecology. Promotes social and environmental awareness, and the arts. Exhibition space in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery and Thornd ike Library, Gates Center for the Performing Arts. Friends of the Arts support gallery shows and programs.W
Deer Isle/Stonington Junior-Senior High SchoolRR I, Box 81Deer Isle, ME 04627Nancy Weed, Guidance Counselor348-2303 Fax 348-6443Curriculum includes: introductory art, ceramics, sculpture, painting, and printing; creative writing; senior high school band. Extracurricular; junior high school band, pep band, jazz band, and chorus; drama club.
Deer Isle/Stonington Adult EducationDeer Isle/Stonington High School Deer Isle, ME 04627 Mike Wood,Director Adult Education 348-9336mikewood@dishs.cjd 13.k 12.me.usCourses such as quilting, woodworking, painting, drawing, and crafts. Twice a year, February and September.
Ellsworth Adult Education9 Forest Avenue Ellsworth, ME 04605 Bob Maddocks, Director 667-6499 Fax 667-6493 bmaddocks@aol.comA rts and arts-related courses through adult education program.
Ellsworth Center of the University of Maine SystemMill Mall240 State StreetEllsworth, ME 04605Bonnie Sparks, Director667-3897 1-800-696-2540Fax 667-7451sparks@maine.maine.eduOffers college credit courses.Children's cultural program: Collegefor Kids. The Center Gallery showsworks of Maine artists, rotatedevery six weeks.
Ellsworth High School275 Upper State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Rebecca Wright, Fine Arts Chair 667-4722wright@mail.hctc.k 12.me.us Curriculum includes: symphonic band, concert chorus, lab band, fundamentals of music, history of popular music and of classical music; drama/public speaking, three theater courses plus stagecraft, public speaking; four art courses plus portfolio concentration. Two interdisciplinary courses: intro to fine a rts and h u m an ities a rts . Extracurricular programs: Theater of the Mad Jesters, men’s and women's choruses, stage band, orchestra, and show choir.
George Stevens AcademyP.O. Box 816 Union Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Katie Greene, Art Teacher 374-2808 374-2809 Fax 374-2982 gsa@george-stevens.pvt.k 12.me.us http://downeast.net/nonprof/gsa/ht
ml.htmlPrivate comprehensive 9-12 high school. Classes in painting, portfolio preparation, printmaking, photography, blacksmithing, sculpture, jewelry, art history; drama; creative writing; steelband, jazz combo (1997 Div. II state champions), chamber music ensemble and flute trio, band,
chorus, music theory. After-school programs: theater, literary magazine, National A rt Honors Society, Planet Pan Steel Band, jazz band (1997 Div. Ill state champions), “the other” jazz combo. Week-long arts festival, 3rd week in May, with workshops and nationally known artists. Participation in Haystack Studio- Based Learning and Young W riters Program.
Haystack Mountain School of CraftsP.O .Box 518 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Stuart Kestenbaum, Director 348-2306 Fax 348-2307 haystack@downeast.net //www.craftweb.com/org/haystack/h
aystack.htmResearch and studio programs in the crafts and visual arts media, including ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, painting, paper, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and writing. Facility tours one day a week only. « ©
Maine Maritime AcademyCastine, ME 04420Sue Loomis, Chair of Arts andSciences Department326-2345 Fax 326-2218sloom@bell.mma.eduhttp://bell.mma.edu/~aands/Rotating art exhibit in Humanities lobby of Bath Iron W orks Center for Advanced Technology; classic film and discussion series; distinguished lecture series in arts and sciences; music concerts by students and faculty; dramatic productions twice a year. Also sponsors Cold Comfort Productions, theater camp, and summer theater.
Mount Desert Island High SchoolP. O. Box 80Mount Desert, ME 04660 Clifford Olson, Guidance Director 288-5046 Fax 288-5071 Full four-year arts courses, plus crafts for artisans, multi-media, media production, publishing and graphic design, fiber arts and surface design, fashion design and clothing construction, photography, sculpture; creative writing, theater; band, chorus, orchestra, fundamental music theory. Extra curricular: three jazz bands (first in 1996-97 state competition), various ensembles, theater productions (musicals, etc.), literary magazine, Haystack program for young writers. Regular cultural trips to Europe and New York.
Sumner Memorial High SchoolRR I, Box 42 East Sullivan, ME 04607 Pam Harmon, A rt Teacher Jan Dodge, Music Teacher 422-3510 Fax 422-9568Public high school, grades 9-12. Courses in art appreciation, multidiscipline arts, honors drawing, painting, and sculpture; creative writing; dance; band, chorus, music appreciation; architecture; film appreciation. Independent study in photography. Extracurricular jazz and marching band, B-ball band, flag squad, theater, school variety show, and art club. “Maine Experience" course integrates Maine art, literature, and history.
Liberty SchoolP. O. Box 857 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Arnold Greenberg, Director 374-2886Private comprehensive 9-12 high school. Arts curriculum includes studio art (painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics), dance, music, poetry and prose workshops. Public poetry reading series.
44 HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY W Welcomes studio tours © Appointment required
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY DISTRICTBucksport Schools:Elaine Emery, Project Challenge........................................................... 469-6641G. Herbert Jewett School....................................................................... 469-6644Walter H. Gardner Middle School.......................................................469-6647Bucksport High School............................................................ 469-6652Miles Lane School.................................................................................... 469-6666
Ellsworth SchoolsEllsworth Middle School: Jim Newett, Principal............................ 667-6494Ellsworth High School: Lee Beal, Principal...................................... 667-4722Knowlton/Moore Schools: Roland Shaw, Principal........................ 667-8084
Union 76Brooklin School: Shelley Jackson, Principal...................................... 359-2133Sedgwick School: Donald Buckingham, Principal............................ 359-5002Deer Isle Elementary: Laraine Shute, Principal.............................. 348-2420Stonington Elementary: John Eivers, Principal................................ 367-2301Deer Isle/Stonington High School:
Charlie Johnson, A rt Teacher........................................................... 348-2303
Union 9!Orland Consolidated: Louise Biggie, Principal................................ 469-2272Center Drive School, Orrington: Jim White, Principal................. 825-3697North Orrington School: Jeffrey Paul, Principal............................ 825-3336
Union 92Hancock Grammar: Wayne Emman, Principal................................422-9024Lamoine School: Sheryl Davis, Principal.......................................... 667-8578Surry Elementary: Gil Lacroix, Principal.......................................... 667-9358Trenton School: Theresa Stanton, Principal.................................... 667-8447Beech Hill School, Otis/Mariaville: Gail Ladd, Principal............... 537-2203Cave Hill School, Eastbrook (SAD 26):Audrey Fogg, Principal ....565-3638
Union 93Blue Hill Consolidated: Patrick Phillips, Principal ....................... 374-2202Adams School: Jeanne Tuelle, Principal............................................ 326-8608Penobscot School: Norma Richard, Principal................................ 326-9421Brooksville School: Donald Lemos, Principal.................................. 326-8500George Stevens Academy: David Hitchings, Principal................. 374-2808
Union 96Ella Lewis School, Steuben: Marie Smith, Principal........................ 546-2430W inter Harbor School: Ivan Gilpatrick, Principal.......................... 963-2292Sumner Memorial H. S.: Katherine Donovan, Principal............... 422-3510Mountain View School: William Dove, Principal............................ 422-3200Gouldsboro School: Dale Carter, Principal.................................... 963-5584
Union 98MDI High School: George Marnik, Prinicpal.................................. 288-5011Other MDI Schools: Longfellow School, Islesford Elementary,Frenchboro School: Judy Cox, Dir. Curr. & Instr........................... 288-5049Connors/Emerson: Barbara Neilly, Prinicpal.................................. 288-3631Mt. Desert Elementary: Henry Ashmore, Principal ...................... 244-3348Pemetic Elementary: Arthur Reed li, Prinicpal................................ 244-5502Tremont Elementary: Val Perkins, Principal .................................... 244-7777
The Whitethroat in July
O ve r, o ve r and over, clear
A n d unm istakable as w hen
W e th o u g h t w e heard i t f i r s t , w e hear
T h e w h ite th ro a t call, and call again:
T w o no te s, th e n th re e , in te n t and sw e e t,
T h e n th re e n o te s a fter, a fte r, t i l l
A c ro ss th e m eadow th e y repeat
A s fa in tly as an echo w ill,
T h e sequences. W e lis te n n o w
So id ly to th e sound by day
W e scarcely no tic e w he n o r h o w
I t va rie s, th o u g h so m e tim e s w e say
W h e n silence overta kes th e m ind
O r barely s t i r s th e su m m e r air,
“ H o w s t i l l i t is !” T h e n , unconfined
A s song may be, th e n o te s are th e re .
SAMUEL FRENCH MORSE
SCHOOLS 45
CATEGORIES
Architecture & Landscape DesignIndividual ArtistsQ uentin A rm strong , A lA
S tu a rt Brecher
Roc Caivano
Peter Cohen
Deborah de Moulpied
Peter Forbes
Nicholas H o lt
Liddy Hubbell
Sandra Irw in
Stephen Leff
Thom as Matthias
Emily M uir
Margaret Parker
C hristo phe r Raphael
Peggy Wanamaker
OrganizationsBingham & W oodw ard,
Architects
Briggs Architects
E llio tt and E llio tt Architecture
Knight Associates, A rchitect
Krum bhaar & H o lt Associated
Architects, P.A.
Lucia’s L itt le Houses
Q uentin A rm strong & Associates, A IA
Ralph S. Buckm inster,Architect
S tu a rt Brecher Architects
W illiam M cHenry,Architect
Art SitesOrganizationsA. Jones Gallery
Abbe Museum
Acadia National Park
Acadia Re pe rto ry Thea tre
American Native Gallery
Aquarius A rtifacts
Asticou Gardens
Asticou Terraces
Atlantic Blanket Company
Bagaduce Music Lending Lib ra ry
Bar H a rb o r Chamber O f Commerce
Bar H a rb o r Congregational Church
Bar H a rb o r Fo u rth o f July Celebration
Bar H a rb o r H istorica l Society
B a rte r Family A r t Gallery
Birdsacre: Stanwood W ild life
Sanctuary
B irdsnest Gallery
Blue H e ron Gallery
Blue H ill Books
Blue H ill Farm Inn
Blue H ill Public Lib ra ry
Book Shelf
Brooksville Com m unity C enter
Brooksville Free Public Lib ra ry
Brooksville H istorica l Society Museum
Buck Memorial Lib ra ry
Bucksport A r t Association
Castine A r ts Association
Castine Conservation Commission/Parks
Castine H istorica l Society
C enter Gallery
Coastal Designs
Coastal Maine’s V irtua l A r t Gallery
Cold C o m fo rt Productions
Colonel Black Mansion (Woodlawn)
Anne-Claude C o tty Gallery
C rite rio n Thea tre
Deck House Restaurant and Cabaret
D e e r Isle A r t is ts Association (D IA A )
D eer Isle Coffee House
Dorcas Lib ra ry
D ow n East Family Y M C A
Eastern Bay Gallery
Eden Fo lklore Society
E llsw o rth Public Lib ra ry
Family N ight Coffee House
Farmstead Barn
Fay’s One Gallery
Frankie’s
Friend Memorial Lib ra ry
George Daniell Gallery
Grand A ud itorium
(Hancock County A ud ito rium Associates)
Great C ranberry Island Histo rica l Society
Great H a rb o r Collection
Museum
Green Head Forge
H.O .M .E., Inc.
Hancock C enter fo r the A rts
Handworks
H a rb o r House Community
Service C enter
H a ttie ’s Shed
Helen Douglas Studio and
Gallery
H o lt House
Hoy Gallery
Island A rtisans
Islesford A rt is ts Gallery
Islesford H istorica l Museum
Islesford H istorica l Society
Iver Studio
Jesup Memorial Lib ra ry
Jewett School and Miles Lane
School
John Perkins House and Blacksmith Shop
Joliat Gallery
Jonathan Fisher Memorial
Joyce W englowski Gallery
Joyful Noise
Jud Hartm ann Gallery
Kneisel Hall
Lamoine H istorica l Society Museum
Lee Clark Allen Gallery
Le ft Bank Cafe
Leighton Gallery
L iro s Gallery
Local C o lo r
Lompoc Cafe and Brew Pub
Lone Moose Fine C ra fts
Maidee’s Restaurant
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Mainestreet Studio and Gallery
McGrath Dunham Gallery
M D I Open Studio
M D I W o rksho p G ift O u tle t
M onteux Opera Festival
M ount D e se rt Island
Historica l Society
Natural H is to ry Museum College o f the Atlantic
Neighborhood House
N ervous Nellie ’s Jams and Jellies
N ew England Museum of Telephony, Inc.
N o rth C o u n try Textiles
N o rthe a st H a rb o r Lib ra ry
N o rthe a st H is to ric Film and
Th e Alamo The a te r
O ld Post Office Song Swap
O n Stage A t Th e Grange
O utsource Unlim ited
Peninsula Weavers
Penobscot H isto rica l Society
Peoples Heritage Bank
Petite Plaisance
Pie rre M onteux School fo r Conductors and O rchestra
Musicians
P o rt In A S to rm Bo oksto re
Redfield A rtisans
Reel Pizza Cinerama
Ronald Hayes Pearson, Inc.
Rowantrees Po tte ry
S . L Kinney Gallery
Seal H a rb o r Lib ra ry
Shaw Contem porary Jewelry, Inc.
Somesville Lib ra ry Association
Song o f the Sea
Southw est H a rb o r Public
Lib ra ry
Spring W o o d s Gallery
Struggling A rt is ts Haunt
Sugar H ill Gallery
Sullivan H a rb o r A r t Gallery
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Sum m er Festival o f the A rts : SFO A
Te rre l S. Le ste r Gallery: Photography
Tho rnd ike Lib ra ryCollege o f the Atlantic
Thursday W om e n’s Luncheon Group
Tre n to n Grange
Tu rt le Gallery
Tw o Cats Gallery
Un io n R ive r Gallery
Union T ru s t Company
V ib e rt Pine T re e K iln
W endell Gilley Museum
W ilso n Museum
W ith e rle Memorial Lib ra ry
W ooden Boat Publications
Y W C A o f M ount D e se rt Island
EducationIndividual ArtistsM argret Baldwin
Douglas Barkey
Judi K . Beach
S iri Beckman
Sharon Betts
Elena Bourakovsky
Joanne Carpenter
Carl Chase
Susan Chase
Anne-Claude C o tty
Hugh Curran
Dennis Damon
Katherine Davis
Donna Fricke
Linda Funk
Robin Fu rth
Kay Gardner
Rebecca Good
A rno ld Greenberg
Katie Greene
D on Grieco
Jane Harwood
Nancy Hoderm arsky
Margery Irvine
Sandra Irw in
Lacey Kelle tt
Mary Laury
W a rre n Lehre r
Susan Le rne r
Michelle McCann
Sylvia McEldowney
E rn e st McMullen
Edward Michaud
Kenneth Mike
Deborah M oscowitz
Stephen N o rr is
Irene Obermann
Jan Ordway
Steven O rlo fsky
Tammy Packie
Scott Perry
Penelope Plumb
Bill Raiten
W ilm a Rifkin
Deborah Riley
Irene M rose R issi
Jan Rosati
Lucy Rowe
Mark R u tte r
Susan Hand Shetterly
Kathleen Sikkema
June Sproule
Ken Stack
Allyn S to re r
Candice Stover
Cynthia Thayer
Pax Vogt
T im W arden
Joyce W englowski
Melita Brecher W este rlund
Wanda W h ite n e r
Sheila W ilensky-Lanford
Jaqueline W ilso n
Fred W oe ll
Donna W o lf
OrganizationsAcadia Dance Ensemble
A r t Classes fo r Children
C enter fo r the A r t o f Living
Anne-Claude C otty Gallery
D e e r Isle A r t is ts Association (D IA A )
H a rb o r House Community Service Center
Iver Studio
Joyce W englowski Gallery
Lib itzk i School o f Dance
Maine Dance C enter
M D I School A r ts
M otion Collective
Natural H is to ry Museum
College o f the Atlantic
Paradox Studio
Perform ing A r ts fo r Children
P ie rre M onteux School fo r C onductors and O rchestra Musicians
Q uinn Design Studio
Schoodic Peninsula Partnernership
Seamark W o rksho ps
The a tre A r ts W o rk s : a division o fT .D .C .
Tw entie th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company B
W ooden Boat Publications
W ooden Boat School
W oodshed: School o f the Blues
Young W r ite r s W o rksho p
Y W C A o f M ount D e se rt Island
LiteratureIndividual W ritersJoy Bacon
judi K . Beach
Ingrid Bengis
Farnham Blair
Philip Booth
Minnie Bowden
Sharon Bray
Ashley Bryan
Peggy Bryant
W illiam Carpenter
C arrie Ciciotte
Marnie Reed Crow ell
Hugh Curran
Patti D ’Angelo
Dennis Damon
Heidi Daub
Maggie Steincrohn Davis
Paul DeVore
Catherine D rew -Burd e tte
Carol C ram er D rum m ond
Martha Tod Dudman
Maureen Fa rr
Donna Fricke
Robin Fu rth
Kay Gardner
Brenda G ilch rist
Beatrice B. Goodrich
A rno ld Greenberg
Nancy Dobbs Greene
Clarine Grenfell
Ruth G rie rson
D o ris Grumbach
Gunnar Hansen
Ruth Ann H ill
Nancy Hoderm arsky
Mark Honey
Billie Hotaling
Daniel Daley Hotaling
Brian Hubbell
Elizabeth Mckay H u lb e rt
Margery Irvine
Ro b e rt Kates
Lacey Ke lle tt
S tu a rt Kestenbaum
Brooke Lawsing
A rth u r B. Layton, Jr.
W a rre n Le h re r
Ellen Lehto
Carl L ittle
Sally Lutyens
Wayne Mabus
Leni Mancuso
Cherie Mason
Suzanne Massie
Mollie Ann Meserve
W a lte r Meserve
Jacqueline Michaud
Paul New lin
Philip Osgood
Ro b e rt Packie
Steve Perrin
Sylvester Pollet
Deborah Pulliam
Patricia Sm ith Ranzoni
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CATEGORIES
LiteratureIndividual Writers (continued)
D artha Reid
H a rk R u tte r
Karen Saum
C .G .R . Shepard
Susan Hand Shetterly
Judith Sloan
Marion Stocking
Candice Stover
George Gaines Swanson
Cynthia Thayer
Beth Thom as
Jane I.Thom as
C linton Trow bridge
JanwillemVan deW etering
Harold W a lls
Jane W einberger
Dale W heaton
Paul W ood fin
Helen Yglesias
Organizations Be lo it Poetry Journal
Blue H ill Books
D e e r Isle W r ite r s
Grenfell Reading C enter
Hardwood Magazine
Heartsong Books
H e a rtTre e Press
Hope Magazine
Latona Press
Minnewokun W r ite r s
N ew Leaf Publishers
Peninsula Review
Steamboat Press
Sum m er Festival o f the A rts : SFO A
Tw o Cats Gallery
W in d sw e p t House Publishers
W ooden Boat Publications
Media & PublicationIndividual ArtistsN ick B u rn e tt
Maggie Steincrohn Davis
George Fow ler
Mary L. Greene
Gunnar Hansen
Lacey Kelle tt
Diane Lee
C herie Mason
Bethany Reynolds
T e rry Rohe
Marion Stocking
Ken W einberg
Jane W einberger
David Westphal
Organizations Acadia Film Videos
Bagaduce Voices
Be lo it Poetry Journal
Borealis Press
Coastal N ew England Publications
Downeast Graphics & Printing, Inc.
D W Communications Group (form erly Designwrights, Inc.)
Feedback Theatrebooks
Hardwood Magazine
Heartsong Books
H e artTre e Press
Hope Magazine
Jeff Dobbs Productions
Latona Press
N ew Leaf Publishers
N O A H Publications
N o rthe a st H is to ric Film and Th e Alamo The a te r
Peninsula Review
Reel Pizza Cinerama
Reversing Recordings
R ive r Music
Steamboat Press
Studio 3
W E R U - F M
W ind sw e p t House Publishers
W ooden Boat Publications
DanceIndividual ArtistsA rno ld Greenberg
D on Grieco
Susan Jenkins
Mia Kanazawa
Mary Laury
Lucy Rowe
Organizations Acadia Dance Ensemble
Bar H a rb o r Folk Dancers
Dow neast Friends o f the Fo lk
A rts (D EFFA )
G ilb e rt and Sullivan Society
Lib itzk i School o f Dance
Maine Dance C enter
M otion Collective
Sum m er Festival o f the A rts : SFO A
Tre n to n Grange
MusicIndividual ArtistsElm er Beal
Mike Bennett
A rno ld Berleant
Ro b e rt Bothen
Hugh Bowden
Nick B u rn e tt
Gary Bushee
Fredi Cahn
Carl Chase
Nancy C o lte r
Sorcha Cribben-M errill
Peter Dembski
Marilyn D o llive r
H u b e rt D o ris
Carol Cram er Drum m ond
Jay Emlen
A. Irving Forbes
Margery Forbes
George Fow ler
John Gallagher
Diane Gallagher-Keefe
Kay Gardner
D on Gooding
Carol Gotwals
Frank Gotwals
Vernon Gotwals
Mary Cheney Gould
Ruth G rie rson
Henries Hawk
Paul Alexandre John
Sally Lutyens
Judith Mabus
Michelle McCann
Sylvia McEldowney
Richard M errill
Edward Michaud
Daniel M ills
Stephen N o rr is
W a lte r Nowick
Jan Ordway
Richard Ordway
Steven O rlo fsky
George G. O rze l
Steve Peer
Sco tt Pe rry
Ro b e rt Phipps
Molly Pitcher
Paul R ickert
W ilm a Rifkin
Deborah Riley
Irene M rose R issi
Mark R u tte r
Bill Schubeck
Kathleen Sikkema
Janet Simpson
Paul Sullivan
George Gaines Swanson
Be tty Tiedemann
Gerald W h e e le r
Wanda W h ite n e r
Alan W itte nb e rg
Organizations A-Tra in
Acadia Choral Society
Acappellago
Arcady Music Society
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Atlantic Clarion Steel Band
Bagaduce Chorale
Bagaduce Music Lending Lib ra ry
Bagaduce Steel
Bar H a rb o r Fo lk O rchestra
Bar H a rb o r Music Festival
Bill Schubeck and Gary Bushee D uo
Black Socks String Band
Blue H ill Brass Q u in te t
Blue H ill C oncert Association
Bob Haskell Big Band
Breakneck Boys
Bud C a rte r Music Scholarship
Classical Tw o
C o untry Knights
Deck House Restaurant and Cabaret
D eer Isle Coffee House
Downeast Dulc im er and Folkharp Festival
Downeast Friends o f the Folk A rts (D EFFA )
Eden Fo lklore Society
Fay’s One Gallery
Flash in the Pans
G ilb e rt and Sullivan Society
Goose Cove O rchestra
Grand Players
Green Mountain Railway
Hajduks
Hog Bay Eclectet
Jobo Kunder
Kneisel Hall
Kneisel Hall Young Musicians Program
Le ft Bank Cafe
Maine St. Andrews Pipes And D rum s
M onteux Opera Festival
M ount D e se rt Festival o f Chamber Music
M ount D e se rt Sum m er Chorale
Oakum Bay String Band
O ld Post Office Song Swap
O n Stage A t Th e Grange
Pantry Q ua rte t
Peters Cove Mens C horus
P ie rre M onteux School fo r Conductors and O rchestra Musicians
Planet Pan
Porcupine Players
Reversing Recordings
Rive r Music
Saint John’s Church Holiday C oncert Series
Sea Strings Orchestra
Song o f the Sea
Sp indrift
Sum m er Festival o f the A rts : SFO A
Sunday N ight Live
S u rry Opera Company
Sviata Duma
Tea House T r io
Thea tre o f the Mad Jesters
U X B
W e s t Eden Highlanders,Bar H a rb o r
W ild Ginger
W om en w ith W ings
Woodshed: School o f the Blues
TheaterIndividual ArtistsElena Bourakovsky
Dennis Damon
Jackson Gillman
Mark Kindschi
Peter Knuppel
Mary Laury
W a rre n Le hre r
M ollieA nn Meserve
Daniel M ills
Bill Raiten
Judith Sloan
Ken Stack
Carolyn W aite
Ken W einberg
OrganizationsCold C o m fo rt Productions
Fay's One Gallery
G ilb e rt and Sullivan Society
Grand Players
Hammond Players
N o rthe a st H is to ric Film and Th e Alamo The a te r
Thea tre A r ts W o rk s : a division o fT .D .C .
Thea tre o f the Mad Jesters
Tw entie th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company B
Fiber, Jewelry & WearablesIndividual ArtistsNancy Alexander
Steve Balyeat
Ethel C liffo rd
Bob Dickens
Mary Eaton
Candace Em erson
Barbara Fernald
Liddy Fitz-Gerald
ElsaTillem a Fletcher
Nancy Glista
Jutta G raf
Katie Greene
Susanne Grosjean
H a rrie t Hemenway
Kate Russell H e nry
Judith Hotchkiss
Ann Jenkins
Mia Kanazawa
Belle & Roger Kuhn
Ro b e rt C. Marville
Susan B a rre tt M errill
Helen Francis Meyer
Leanne Nickon
Bobby Ann Packwood
Margaret Parker
Deborah Pulliam
Bethany Reynolds
Peggy Rogers
Jan Rosati
Helen Rundell
Julia Schloss
Samuel Shaw
Shira Singer
Mary Ann Solet
Cynthia Thayer
Lucy Tracy
Janice Tye
Carol Sco tt W a in rig h t
Fred W oell
Donna W o lf
OrganizationsA. Jones Gallery
Atlantic Blanket Company
C ranberry Isles T ile s
Dream W eaver
Green Head Forge
H a ttie ’s Shed
Hog Bay Po tte ry and Handwoven Rugs
Island Fisherm en’s W ive s
Lee C lark Allen Gallery
Local C o lo r
Made In Th e Shade
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
M ainestreet Studio and Gallery
N o rth C o u n try Textiles
Peninsula Weavers
Ronald Hayes Pearson, Inc.
Shaw C ontem porary Jewelry, Inc.
Tea H ill Threads
W illiam M o r Stoneware and O rienta l Rugs
FurnitureIndividual ArtistsPriscilla A tw ood
Philip Ba rte r
Sharon Be tts
Bruce Bulger
Thom as C. Hinchcliffe
Dennis Saindon
Brad Schwartz
W illiam Tu rn e r
Ian W alke r
Melita Brecher W este rlund
Eric Z in e r
OrganizationsA rtisan W o o d w o rks
Lone Moose Fine C ra fts
M D I W o rksho p G ift O u tle t
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CATEGORIES
Glass & CeramicsIndividual ArtistsEileen Ahern
Denise C. Barbieri
Carole Beal
Louise Bourne
Joan Bragdon
C h ris Burdette
Denise Burpee
Linda M. C hruscielsk i-Perrin
D o ro th y Doubleday
Cally D o w
Tamara K. D u ff
Sco tt Goldberg
Rebecca Good
Byron Gray
Katie Greene
Melissa Greene
Charles Grosjean
Charles Hance
Kathie Keane
Marcia Kola
R o b e rt B. Lash
Mary Nyburg
Frank Pitcher
Dennis Riley
Anne Seavey
U lrik e Stadler
Pax Vogt
OrganizationsCelestial Glass and Dagaz Studio
C ranberry Isles T ile s
Gull Rock Po tte ry
Hance Po tte ry
Hog Bay Po tte ry and Handwoven Rugs
H o t Flash Anny’s
Island Designs
Lone Moose Fine Crafts
McGrath Dunham Gallery
Mountainvilie Studios
Q uinn Design Studio
Rackliffe Po tte ry
Rowantrees Po tte ry
Sugar H ill Gallery
T .D . Po tte ry
V ib e rt Pine Tree K iln
W illiam M o r Stoneware and O rienta l Rugs
Drawing & IllustrationIndividual ArtistsMaurice W . Bacon
Denise C. Barbieri
Stephanie Barton-Miscione
S iri Beckman
Allen Beechel
Polly Ceckler
Jane Crosen
Linda Funk
Ruth Ann H ill
Rick Jaeckel
Richard M errill
M o llieA nn Meserve
Leslie M oore
George G. O rze l
Ro b e rt Shetterly
Allyn S to re r
Jane I.Thom as
DulcianneVye
T im W arden
Joyce W englowski
Jaqueline W ilso n
OrganizationsBucksport A r t Association
Joyce W englowski Gallery
Paradox Studio
Graphic Design & PhotographyIndividual ArtistsSharon Arnold
Mark Baldwin
Denise C. Barbieri
Douglas Barkey
Jeffery Becton
Sharon Bray
W illiam Carmichael
K ris te n Cook
George Daniell
Darw in Davidson
Bob Dickens
Lo is Gervais
Jane G ilbe rt
Mary L. Greene
Sturg is Haskins
Ruth Ann H ill
Rick Jaeckel
David Klopfenstein
Te rre l S. Le ste r
Benjamin M endlow itz
Tammy Packie
Kenneth Perrin
Steve Perrin
C hristo phe r Raphael
Richard Small
Thom as Stew a rt
W h itV y e
Ken W oisard
Organizations Borealis Press
George Daniell Gallery
Downeast Graphics & Printing, Inc.
D W Communications Group (form erly Designwrights, Inc.)
N O A H Publications
Studio 3
Te rre l S. Le ste r Gallery: Photography
Painting & PrintmakingIndividual ArtistsEileen Ahern
Lee Clark Allen
Priscilla A tw ood
Maurice W . Bacon
Bill Bair
Elsie Balano
Margret Baldwin
Denise C. Barbieri
Connie Barnes
Thom as Ba rre tt
Philip Ba rte r
S iri Beckman
Ru th Bell
Sharon Be tts
Elena Bourakovsky
Louise Bourne
Paula Briggs
Ragna Bruno
Katharine Bu tle r
Joanne Carpenter
Patricia E. Chandler
Ellen Church
Avy Claire
Glenda Coffin
Jeff Colquhoun
Polly Cote
Anne-Claude C o tty
C ristine C o ve rt
Shane Crabtree
George Daniell
Heidi Daub
Katherine Davis
S tu a rt Diamond
D o ro th y Douglas
Polly Doyle
Catherine D rew -Burde tte
Carol Cram er Drum m ond
G regory Dunham
Martha Ferguson
Dan Fernald
Katie Fernald
W ilso n Fletcher
Virginia Folino
Mary M. Ford
How ard Fussiner
A llison Gaff
John Gallagher
Ro b e rt Goodman
Katie Greene
Jane Harwood
Kathy Hatch
Elisabeth L. H ines
Ro b e rt C. Hines
Dan Hoderm arsky
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Billie Hotaling Ro b e rt Phipps Sugar H ill Gallery Ro b e rt Breeden
Mary Howe Penelope Plumb Tw o Cats Gallery Ragna Bruno
Liddy Hubbell Ro b e rt Pollien Unio n R iver Gallery Denise Burpee
W illiam Irvine Deborah Pulliam Wednesday Painters Susan Chase
Sherell Jacobsen Rebekah Raye Peter Cohen
Rick Jaeckel Phyllis Rees Paper, Collage & Deborah de Moulpied
La u ra Tryo n Jennings W ilm a Rifkin Book Arts Cally D o w
Paul Alexandre John Peggy Rogers Individual Artists Dan Fait
A. Jones Jan Rosati Joani Banks Bill and Beth Fewell
Majo Keleshian Helen Rundell S iri Beckman C lark B. Fitz-Gerald
Lacey Ke lle tt Aldona Sabalis Ragna Bruno Allison Gaff
June Kellogg Lucille Scoper Anne-Claude C o tty George Hardy
Ruby S. Kidwell Jane Seekins Cally D o w Jud Hartmann
Patricia Ann Kiley Victoria Sheridan Virginia Folino jack Hemenway
Scarlet Kinney Ro b e rt Shetterly Gigi Ford joaz H ill
Carolyn Kriegman Richard Small Mary Howe Liddy Hubbell
Connie Knuppel Lucille Soper Judith Ingram Judith Ingram
Eugene Koch U lrik e Stadler A. Jones C hristo phe r Joyce
Vaino Kola Barbara Stearns Kathie Keane Bill Keith
Beth Lam bert Allyn S to re r Connie Knuppel Mark Kindschi
Theresa Lam bert Lynn Thom pson Helen Francis Meyer Ro b e rt B. Lash
Lorra ine Lans Parker W aite Gray Pa rro t Joseph Martell
David Larson T im W arden Shira Singer Ro b e rt C. Marville
Mary Laury Jan W atson June Sproule Richard M e rrill
jack Ledbetter Susan B .W e b ste r Peggy Heigold Strong Kenneth Mike
Ellen Lehto joyce W englowski JanwillemVan d eW ette ring Daniel Mills
Judith Leighton Jennifer W h ite Susan B .W e b ste r Emily M u ir
Susan Le rne r Jaqueline W ilso n joyce W englowski Frank Pitcher
Judith Mabus Donna W o lf Melita Brecher W este rlund Penelope Plumb
Leslie Mackin-Rand Organizations Pat W he e le r JanwillemVan d eW ette ring
Leni Mancuso A. Jones Gallery Jennifer M o rro w W ilso n DulcianneVye
Mary Bracy Martin Bucksport A r t Association Organizations W h itV y e
Buzz Masters Fay’s One Gallery A. Jones Gallery Melita Brecher W este rlund
Diane McKinon Frankie’s Anne-Claude C o tty Gallery W ild Mountain Man
E rn e s t McMullen Helen Douglas Studio and Island Designs Douglas E. W ilso n
Jim Meade GalleryMade In Th e Shade Fred W oe ll
Ingrid Menken H oy Gallery Eric Z in e r
Helen Francis Meyer Joyce W englowski Gallery Sculpture, OrganizationsKenneth Mike jud Hartmann Gallery Woodworking Coastal Designs
Lawrence M offet Lee C lark Allen Gallery & Puppets Franklin Cedar Canoes
Emily M u ir Lo rra ine Lans Studio Individual Artists Green Head Forge
Richard Myrick McGrath Dunham GallerySteven Alsup Jud Hartm ann Gallery
Elizabeth O ’Malley Mountainville StudiosSteve Balyeat Lunaform
George G. O rze l Paradox StudioPhilip Ba rte r Mainestreet Studio and Gallery
Stephen Pace Redfield ArtisansPeter Beerits McGrath Dunham Gallery
Ro b e rt Packie S.L. Kinney GalleryKatie Bell Nervous N e llie ’s Jams and Jellies
Margaret Parker Spring W oods GalleryTams Boucher Redfield A rtisa ns
CATEGORIES 51
CATEGORIES FUNDING RESOURCES
Sculpture, Woodworking & PuppetsOrganizations (continued)
Spring W o o d s Gallery
Sugar H ill Gallery
U . S. Bells
W endell Gilley Museum
OtherIndividual ArtistsElm er Beal
W in k ie D o ris
D o ro th y Douglas
Jane G ilbe rt
Charles Grosjean
Sturg is Haskins
Mark Honey
Mia Kanazawa
Charles Kelley, Jr.
Pe te r Knuppel
Lawrence M offet
Adrienne Redhair
Organizations Bar H a rb o r Ta tto o Shop
Castine H istorica l Preservation Com m ission
E llsw o rth Area Chamber o f Commerce
Flounder Society
F o r t George
Freshw ater Stone and Brick W o rk , Inc.
Friends o f Morgan Bay
H.O .M .E., Inc.
Island A r ts Association
Island Education Foundation
Joan Staats Memorial Lib ra ry
Jordan Bay Floral
Kebo Valley G o lf Club
Lamoine Patrons o f the A r ts
Maine C ra fts Association
Maine Polym er Clay Group
M D I-Y M C A
N ervous N e llie ’s Jams and Jellies
N o rth Light Books
O z Books
Peninsula W r it in g Group
Schoodic Peninsula Partnership
Seamark W o rksho p s
Standing Bear: Shamanic Center fo r Personal and Cultura l Healing
Tw entie th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company B
Union o f Maine Visual A r t is ts
Wayward Books
Wikhegan O ld Books
W ild Gardens o f Acadia
W ooden Boat School
Call or write for program guidelines:
NATIONAL EN DOW M EN T FOR TH E ARTS Nancy Hanks Center 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D C 20506-0001 (202) 682-5400
MAINE ARTS COMMISSION 25 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0025 (207) 287-2724
MAINE COM M UNITY FOUN DATION 210 Main Street, P.O. Box 148 Ellsworth, Maine 04605 (207) 667-9735
MAINE HUMANITIES C O U N C IL P.O. Box 7202 Portland, Maine 04112 (207) 773-2416
MAINE GRANTS INFORMATION C EN TERUSM LibraryP.O.Box 93013 14 Forest AvenuePortland, Maine 04101(207) 780-5029
N EW EN GLAN D FOUNDATION FOR TH E ARTS 330 Congress Street, 6th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02210-1216 (617) 951-0010
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THE MAINE PERCENT FOR ART PROCRAM
The Maine State Legislature established the Percent
for Art Program to provide funds for the incorporation of
works of art in newly constructed or renovated state-fund
ed buildings. Artwork is selected by a panel of representa
tives of the site, arts professionals, and the building architect.
Artists may be chosen by open competition, by a competi-
Percent for Art sites in Hancock County are:
Bucksport School Department Bucksport K-3 Elementary School Contact: Marc S. Curtis 469-7311 Artists: Sharon Townsend, Jeanne Bruce
CDS #11, Schoodic Mountain View Middle School Contact: Deborah Stewart 411-3522 Artists: Philip Barter, John Paul, E. Marie Murphy
Ellsworth School Department Ellsworth High School Contact: Bruce Sawyer 667-8136 Artists: Elizabeth Busch, Peyton Higginson,
George Mason, Thomas Pacquette
Maine Maritime Academy Contact: Sue Loomis 326-2345 Artist: Douglas Wilson
MSAD #76Swan’s Island Elementary School Contact: Howard Colter 288-5049 Artists: Andreas von Heune, Carole Hanson
School Union #76 Brooklin Elementary School Contact: Robert E. Webster 348-7777 Artists: Chris Baker, Forest Hart, Janet Redfield,
Robert Shillady
ton limited to those artists in the Maine Arts Commission’s
juried registry, or by direct selection.
Detailed information on the process and on applying
to be included in the artist registry are available from the
MAC office (207) 287-2726.
School Union #92Surry Elementary SchoolContact: Michael Cyr 667-7571Artists: Deborah DeMoulpied, Alice Spencer
School District #93Blue Hill Elementary SchoolContact: Jan terW eele 374-9927Artists: James Linehan, Joseph Query, Janet Redfield
Union #76Sedgwick Elementary School Contact: Keith Hall 374-9927 Artists: Louise Bourne, Janet Redfield,
Elizabeth Busch, Philip Barter
Under Administrative Unit Superintendent Dedham Elementary School Contact: William Ziemer 843-7851 Artists: Fraas & Slade
It was noted that students with exposure to an arts curriculum showed noticeable improvement in their performance in academic areas as well.
The College Board 1996
OPPORTUNITIES 53
THE MAINE ARTS COMMISSION
Fro m its estab lishm ent in 1964, the
Maine A r t s Com m issionoe (M A C ) has
w orked to provide th e people o f Maine
w ith the best possible in fo rm atio n about
the a rt is ts living and w o rk in g in the state
and to su p p o rt Maine a rt is ts in develop
ing th e ir abilities and com municating
w ith one ano the r. A cc ord ing to its
enabling legislation, the M A C e x ists to
’’encourage and stim ula te public in te re s t
and partic ipation in the cultura l heritage
and program s o f o u r state,” to "expand
the sta te ’s cultura l resources,” as w ell as
to “encourage and a ssis t freedom o f
a rtis tic expression essential fo r the w e ll
being o f the a rts , to m eet the legitimate
needs and asp irations o f pe rsons in all
p arts o f the state.”
In an era o f dw indling financial sup
p o rt, the M A C has redirected its empha
sis fro m adm iniste ring g rants program s
to developing services in A r t s in Educa
t io n , In fo rm a tio n and Advocacy, and
C o m m un ity A r ts (o f which th is d irec to
ry is a product).
In fo rm a tion about the fu ll range o f
M A C program s fo r a rt is ts , w ith applica
tio n fo rm s , is available fro m the C o m
m ission. Request the m o st recent Artist Roster and Resource Guide.
T h is guide contains in fo rm atio n on
the Arts in Education program , to
make learning in and th ro ug h the a rts “ a
com m on practice fo r every stu d e n t in
every school” th ro u g h o u t the State and
to help “ develop schools as resources to
p ro m o te creativity th ro u g h o u t com m u
nities.” I t also includes practical sections
on planning a rt is ts ’ v is its as w ell as on
publicity and advocacy.
T o rew ard a rtis tic excellence, the
M A C has program s o f d irect g rants to
a rtis ts . Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded on a tw o-year cycle in
design a rts , media a rts , perfo rm ing a rts,
trad itio na l a rts , visual a rts , and lite ra tu re .
A m axim um o f eight fe llo w sh ip s o f
$3,000. each are awarded annually. Traditional Arts Apprenticeships (par
tia lly fund e d th ro u g h th e N a tio n a l
Endo w m ent fo r the A r t s ’ Fo lk A r t s P ro
gram) enable recognized m aster tra d i
tional a rt is ts to pass on th e ir sk ills to
qualified apprentices.
T h e “A rtist Roster” p ro v id e s
detailed in fo rm a tio n about a rt is ts avail
able to p re sent perform ances, readings,
w o rksh o p s, exh ib its o r lecture-dem on
s tra tio n s. A ll listed a rt is ts have passed
rig o ro u s auditions before being included.
T h e “A rtist Registry” provides
contact in fo rm atio n fo r a rt is ts w ho are
available to sell th e ir a rt o r w h o w ill
create w o rk on a com m ission basis. A ll
th o se listed have passed a rig o ro us ju ry
process. T h e lis t includes Public A r t
(ceramics, design, fiber, fu rn itu re , glass,
media, painting, paper, photography, and
scu lp tu re ) and S tud io A r t (ceramics,
fiber, fu rn itu re , glass, graphics, painting,
paper, p ho to g rap hy , and sc u lp tu re ) .
Needless to say, the re are many d is tin
guished a rt is ts in the sta te beyond those
in the R o s te r and Registry .
T h e M A C also has som e funding fo r
Statewide Leadership Initiatives, Technical Assistance, and C o m munity Arts Development (including
C u ltu ra l A sse ssm e nt and Planning - D is
covery Research and Local C u ltu ra l In i
tia tives). F o r a descrip tion o f these p ro
g ra m s, in c lu d in g a p p lic a tio n fo rm s ,
re q u e st the m o s t re c e n t Program Guidelines.
In addition, the M A C has a new sle t
te r, b rochures on A r t s in Education, a
guide to the Percent fo r A r t Program , a
b ook le t illu stra tin g the w o rk o f recent
Individual A r t i s t Fe llo w s, and Sensing Place: A Guide to Community Culture, by
K a th le e n M u n d e ll and H i la ry A n n e
F ro s t-K u m p f (1995), a richly illu stra ted
handbook o f exe rc ise s in d isco ve ry
research and com m unity organizing, to
a ssist in the recognition and develop
m e nt o f a c o m m u n ity ’s a rt is t ic re
sources. A ny o f these publications is
available w ith o u t charge on re q u e st
fro m :
T h e Maine A r t s C om m ission
55 C apito l S tre e t
State H o u se S ta tion 25
Augusta, M E 04333-0025
(207) 2 8 7-2724
(207) 287-2335 (FA X )
(207) 2 8 7-6 7 40 ( T T D )
54 HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY
MEDIA
NewspapersBAN G O R DAILY NEW S 4 9 1 Main Street Bangor, ME 04401 990-8000In Ellsworth: 93 Main Street 667-9393
THE BAR HARBORTIMES Nan Lincoln, Arts Editor Deadline Monday 5 p.m.76 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-331 I
BUCKSPORT FREE PRESSP. O. Box 327Belfast, ME 04915-0327
CASTIN E PATRIOT P, O. Box 205 Castine, ME 04421 326-4381
THE ELLSW ORTH AMERICAN DirkVinlove, Arts Editor Deadline Friday 63 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2576
ELLSW ORTH W EEKLY Steve Larson, News Editor Nan Lincoln, Preview Arts Editor P.O.Box 1122 Ellsworth, ME 40605 667-5514
FISHERMAN’S VO ICE P. O. Box 253 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 276-3205
ISLAND AD-VANTAGES Main Street Stonington, ME 04681 367-2200In Blue Hill: 374-2439
REPUBLICAN JOURNAL Box F 33 High Street Belfast, ME 04915 338-3333
THE W EEKLY PACKET I Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2341
TelevisionMaine Public Television:WMEB-TV, Ch. 12, Orono 65 Texas Avenue Bangor, ME 04401941- 1010 Fax 942-2857 Director: Bernie Roscetti
WABI-TV, Ch. 5,“The News Station,” CBS35 Hildreth Street, Bangor, ME 04401947-8321 Fax 941-9378News 947-8321News Director: Don Colson
WLBZ-TV, Ch. 2, NBC329 Mount Hope AvenueP. O. Box 4 15, Bangor, ME 04402942- 4821 Fax 945-6816 News Director: Michael O ’Neil
VWII-TV, Ch. 7,“NewsChannel 7,” ABC 371 Target Industries Circle Bangor, ME 04401 945-6457 Fax:942-0511 News: 941-9844 News Director: James Morris
RadioW KSQ -FM ,“Kiss”P. O. Box 9494 Buttermilk Road Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7573 Fax:667-9494 News Director: Bruce Carpenter
W DEA-AM 68 State Street Box 1129Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9555 Fax:667-2436 News Director: Alissa Cross
WERU-FMP.O.Box 170East Orland, ME 04431374-2313 FAX: 469-8961General Manager and arts programmer:Cathy Melio
WMDI-FMP.O.Box 12053 Main Street, Suite 202Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4166 Fax:288-4902Program Manager: Ed St. James
Maine Public Broadcasting WMEH-FM, Bangor 65 Texas Avenue Bangor 04401 941-1010 Fax:942-2857 Arts CalendarKeith McKeen - Maine Things Considered
W EZQ-FM / WWMJ-FM Box I 129 68 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9555 Fax:667-2436 News Director: Alissa Cross
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USEFUL ADDRESSESNATIONAL AND REGION AL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Alliance for Arts Education John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington D C 20566 202/416-8800
American Arts Alliance 805 15th St, NW, #500 Washington D C 20005-2207 202/737-1727
American Association of Museums 1225 Eye St, NW, #200 Washington D C 20005 202/289-1818
Americans for the Arts1000 Vermont Ave, NW, 12th floorWashington D C 20005202/371-2830orOne East 53rd St New York N Y 10022 212/223-2787
Arts Extension Service Goodeel Bldg, Room 615 University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 0 1003 413/545-2360
Business Committee for the Arts 1775 Broadway #510 New York N Y 10019 212/664-0600
Council on Foundations 1828 L St, NW, #300 Washington D C 20036 202/466-6512
Institute of Museum Services 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, N W #510 Washington D C 20506 202/606-8536
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies1010 Vermont Ave, NW, #920 Washington D C 20005 202/347-6352
National Association of Artists Organizations 918 F S t ,N W Washington D C 20004 202/347-6350
National Endowment for the Arts 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, N W Washington D C 20506 202/682-5400
National Endowment for the Humanities1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, #406 Washington D C 20506 202/606-8438
New England Foundation for the Arts330 Congress St, 6th floor Boston MA 02210-1216 617/951-0010 email: nefa@ix.netcom.com
STATE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Cast & Crew PO Box 1031 Portland ME 04104
Maine Alliance for Arts EducationPO Box 746Rockport ME 04856207/338-1225email: maae@acadia.net
Maine Alliance of Media Artists Box 4320, Station A Portland ME 04101 207/773-1130
Maine A rt Education Association PO Box 10463 Portland ME 04104 207/737-2806
Maine Arts Sponsors AssociationPO Box 2352Augusta ME 04338-2352207/626-3277email: masa@mint.net
Maine Association of Museums 37 Community Dr Augusta ME 04330 207/623-8428
Maine Community Cultural Alliance PO Box 2154 Augusta ME 04338-2154 207/622-3316
Maine Composers Forum PO Box 8763 Portland ME 04104 207/772-8168
Maine Crafts Association PO Box 228 Deer Isle ME 04627 207/348-9943
Maine Dance Network 6 1 Pleasant St Portland ME 04101 207/780-0554
Maine Folklife Center/Univ of Maine 5573 South Stevens O ronoM E 04469-4437 207/581-1891
Maine Grants Information Center PO Box 9301 Portland ME 04104 207/780-5029
Maine Humanities Council PO Box 7202 Portland ME 04112 207/773-5051
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance 6 River RdIndian Island ME 04468 207/827-7776
Maine Jazz Arts 148 Essex St #3 Bangor ME 04401 207/945-3127
Maine Music Educators Association PO Box 45Dover-Foxcroft ME 04426 207/564-2760 or 564-8496
Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts 43 Mosher St S Portland ME 04106 207/799-9646
Maine W riters & Publishers Alliance 12 Pleasant St Brunswick ME 04011 207/729-6333
Union of Maine Visual Artists PO Box 485 Mt Desert ME 04660 207/244-5746
United Maine Craftsmen R R 2 Box I920B Manchester ME 04351 207/621-2818
Very Special Arts/Maine PO Box 4002 Portland ME 04101 207/761-3861
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MAINE ARTS COMMISSION 25 S T A T E H O U S E S T A T I O N
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AHa n c o c k ]c o u n t y ]CULTURALDIRECTORY
A Guide to the Artists, Arts Organizations, and Services for Artists in Hancock County, Maine
HANCOCK COUNTY CULTURAL DIRECTORY:
A GUIDE TO THE ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS,
AND SERVICES FOR ARTISTS IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MAINE
Edited for the The Maine Arts Commission by Leslie S. Moore
Kathleen Mundell Marion K. Stocking
Copyright 1997 by the Maine Arts Commission
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Published bythe Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street 25 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0025 207-287-2724 207-287-2335 Fax 207-287-6740 TTD
Send all corrections and additions in writing to: The Community Arts Program The Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street Augusta, Maine 04333-0025
THE POEMS in this directory represent both the native writer - Gotts Islander, novelist and poet Ruth Moore - and the summer resident whose poetry reflects his deep attachment to Hancock County - Samuel French Morse. For more poems by Ruth Moore, see her Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast (Camden, Maine: Gorden Bok, 1958/1973) and The Tired Apple Tree (Nobleboro, Maine: Blackberry Books, 1990). “The Offshore Islands” is from The Tired Apple Tree. For more by Samuel French Morse, see Collected Poems (Orono, Maine: National Poetry Foundation, 1995), where “A Kind of View” and “The Whiitethroat in July” appear.
A Kind ofViewI look one way from the porch, as far
As the summer light and the crowding trees-
As much as a couple of hundred yards-
Allow the eye; though for all it sees
One way, straight forward, it misses much.
But the eye can wander, unconfined,
And frame a view to satisfy
The longer sightings of the mind.
Beyond the darkness of the trees
The sunlight falling free suggests
A landlocked bay. The eye perceives
The light, at least, and there it rests
Until, distracted, I can look
Away. The air moves every leaf.
The branches bend. The landscape stirs.
Imagination, like belief,
Transforms the world. I look again
Down past the shadow. I can see
The bay and all the land beyond.
And I am where I ought to be.
SAMUEL FRENCH MORSE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction................................................................................................ 5
Map of Hancock County......................................................................... 6
Individual Artists, registry in alphabetical ord er............................. 12
Organizations, registry in alphabetical order.......................................29
Directory of Schools............................................................................. 44
Individuals, Organizations, and Art Sites,Classified by Categories........................................................................ 46
Architecture & Landscape Design.........................................46
Art Sites...................................................................................... 46
Education.....................................................................................47
Literature.....................................................................................47
Media & Publication..................................................................48
Dance............................................................................................48
Music............................................................................................. 48
Theater......................................................................................... 49
Fiber, Jewelry & Wearables...................................................... 49
Furniture...................................................................................... 49
Glass & Ceram ics...................................................................... 50
Drawing & Illustration...............................................................50
Graphic Design & Photography............................................. 50
Painting & Printmaking............................................................. 50
Paper, Collage & Book A rts.....................................................5 1
Sculpture, Woodworking & Puppets..................................... 51
Other............................................................................................. 52
Opportunities
Funding Resources......................................................................52
Maine Percent for A rt Program............................................. 53
Maine Arts Commission.......................................................... 54
Media ........................................................................................... 55
Useful Addresses........................................................................ 56
THE O FFSHO RE ISLANDS
The offshore islands belong to themselves.
They stand in their own sea.
They do not inherit; they leave no heirs.
They are no man’s legacy.
Blazing volcanoes, cooled and dead,
Marked nowhere a boundary line.
The rise and fall of oceans left
Not one no trespassing sign.
The money was never minted,
The clutch of its greed so strong
It could honor a deed: TO HAVE A N D TO HOLD,
And keep these wild lands long.
The first summer people were Indians.
For some five thousand years
They built up shore-line shell heaps before
They lost to the pioneers.
The white man took what he wanted.
He had privilege, laws, and guns.
He made fast his own boundary lines
And his property went to his sons.
From the west they sailed in Chebacco boats,
And the high-sterned pinkys, Essex-made.
In harbors where water was deep enough,
Their schooners carried a coast-wise trade.
The homesteads they made were sturdy,
But those who built near the shores
Had to dig, if they didn’t want Indian shells
All over their cellar floors.
Then time slipped by, as inheritance does.
They felt the mainland’s pull.
They abandoned their homes to rot away,
And their cemeteries full.
Theirs was the time of history
And written records show
That their hold on the offshore islands began
Less than four hundred years ago.
Now comes the era of real estate,
Of the hundred thousand dollar lots,
Of the condominiums, side by side,
Along the shoreline choicest spots.
What follows the time of developers
No human voice can tell.
But the silent offshore islands know,
And they handle their mysteries well.
They speak with a voice that is all their own,
And this is what they say:
That they talk in terms of a billion years
That their now is not today.
And the ghosts they brought along with them
Have never gone away.
RUTH MOORE
HANCOCK COUNTY: A CULTURAL DIRECTORY
This Directory was compiled at the request of artists and arts organizations in Hancock County, Maine, for a handbook that would list the county’s cultural organiza
tions and artists, together with facilities and ser
vices they need. Thus it may serve the ceramicist seeking other potters to form a raku group, the painter
in search of audiences and display areas, the educator planning
for visiting artists in the schools, the dancer in charge of pub
licity for a recital, the person setting up a tour of galleries, the
reader seeking the address of a favorite poet, the librarian
wanting to schedule a poetry reading, or the individual hop
ing to commission a work of art.
This directory lists any artist or organization wishing to
be included. It is non-commercial, for distribution primarily to
the artists and arts organizations, as well as county schools,
libraries, and municipal organizations.There is no charge to be
included and no charge for the directory.
This directory is drawn from a more inclusive data
base, compatible with databases at the Maine Arts Commis
sion and the National Endowment for the Arts. The aim is a
living record, easily corrected and updated, from which future
editions may be drawn. We hope that the database and the
directory may provide useful models for other areas which
may want to record and publicize their cultural life.
THE ORIGINTHE MAINE ARTS COMMISSION, after a series of state-wide
public meetings and much creative brainstorming, completely
reinvented itself in 1993. The aim was to increase service to
the arts in a period of anticipated financial drought. Among
the results were pioneer initiatives in Community Arts and
Arts in Education. The Community Arts Committee con
ceived its mission “as initiator and facilitator to provide meth
ods and models for arts communities throughout the state
and - perhaps - the nation to enable these communities to
find and develop their own cultural expression.”
Before we could “initiate and facilitate” we needed to
know more about the far-flung and widely different arts com
munities in Maine. We selected four as diverse as possible and
undertook in each a cultural assessment. These are Lewis-
ton/Auburn, Rangeley, Presque Isle and environs, and - ambi
tiously - the whole of Hancock County. In this county we
engaged three experts to assess the existing state of the arts:
Tina Bucuvalas for traditional arts, Tom Carroll for maritime
cultural resources, and Carol Gardien Trimble for arts in the
public schools. Their extensive reports are available at the
Maine Arts Commission in Augusta and at major libraries in
the county.
INTRODUCTION 5
The principles of the Community Arts discovery research were:
1. to keep the emphasis on the artist
in the community;
2. to balance concern for the quality of the arts with
the needs and traditions of the community;
3. to respect those needs and traditions - not impos
ing our standards and values;
4. to involve members of the community at all stages;
5. to do everything possible to facilitate all local initia
tives with models, administrative assistance, education, and
information, so that
they continue healthy
and productive on
their own.
In H a n co ck
County we held a
town meeting, where
we learned a great
deal about the needs
and desires of the
artists and cultural
organizations. From
this discussion we
identified five areas of
concern and sched
uled focus-group meetings to which all interested persons
were invited: Arts in Education, Individual Artists, Arts Orga
nizations, Traditional Arts, and A Sense of Place: Arts in the
Environment. (Notes on all meetings are available at the
MAC office in Augusta.) We then called a town meeting to
share the results of these gatherings and to establish short-
range and long-range priorities. The top short-range priority was this directory.
A subcommittee then went to work to contact
through the media and by phone every artist and arts orga
nization it could find. Kate Doyle, Mary L. Greene, Kris
Kapenekas, Judy McGeorge, Kathleen Mundell,Tammy Packie,
Anna Marie Saintonge, June Sproule, Marion Stocking, Cyn
thia Thayer and Becky Thompson did ground work, the basic
computer setup, and telephoning. Kathleen Mundell was the
MAC staff person in charge; Marion Stocking chaired the
Community Arts Committee; Leslie Moore edited this text
and saw it through the press.
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROMO N O LD POINT in Lamoine, I stand on beautiful foliated
ledges, worn into fantastic layered peaks and valleys by the
tides of the Mount Desert Narrows. I am standing on
bedrock deposited
about 450 million
years ago, when
most of New Eng
land was under
water. The softness
and loveliness of this
bedrock express the
pressures and meta
m o rp h o ses that
underlie H ancock
County’s ancient his
tory. These are not
Maine’s oldest rocks
(those are 1.5 billion years old), but they are old enough for my imagination, since
they precede the period when present-day Europe and then
Africa collided with North America to form the superconti
nent Pangaea. Looking across this arm of Frenchman Bay I
see the glacially-scoured granite peaks of the mountains of
Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, formed in the
Devonian time, about 375,000 years ago. They bear witness
to the four (perhaps as many as nine) glacial periods that
have smothered this area in ice during the Quaternary Peri
od. In our current glacial period, as recorded in the rocks and
the thin soil of Hancock County, 14,000 years ago the entire
coast of Maine, out beyond the islands, was under mile-deep
ice. Water from the melting ice subsequently drowned the
Ellsworth Schist at Old Point, Lamoine. Photo courtesy of Marion K. Stocking.
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In the earlier part of the century, Hancock County had a flourishing economy in fishing, lumbering, granite, shipbuilding and ice cutting. Four masted schooner Nancy Hanks shown at the Settlement Quarry wharf in Deer Isle, circa 1925. Photo courtesy Deer Isle Stonington Historical Society.
present coastline, but 13,000 years ago the tips of the MDI
mountains were out of the water; another thousand and
Hancock County had emerged, covered with poplar forest, as
the land, freed of the great weight of the ice, rose. For sev
eral thousand years, the coastline was out beyond the pre
sent islands, and the vegetation changed to mixed woodland
and then to forest. Only about 3,000 years ago did the shore
line reach today’s level.
At my back as I stand on Old Point is a deep shelf mid
den, recording the Ceramic Period people who inhabited the
area two to three thousand years ago. Up-river at Ellsworth
Falls is a Paleo-lndian site left by the first people to move in
as the ice retreated. The Abbe Museum in (though not of)
Acadia National Park protects and honors the culture of the
Native American peoples. Descendants of the Algonkian-
speaking people still teach and market their baskets and
other crafts in the county.In 1524 Verrazzano recorded the location of Mount
Desert Island, and in 1604 Champlain gave it its name. Until
1763, when the Peace of Paris granted control of the area to
Britain, the French colonial influence predominated. By the
early nineteenth century Hancock County was flourishing
with fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, granite quarrying, and ice
cutting. Ellsworth was the world’s largest lumber port;
Franklin produced more railroad ties than anywhere else in
the country; silver mining made Sullivan and Blue Hill boom
towns; MDI and Deer Isle granite provided mill wheels and
the finest building materials for the nation; in Sedgwick was
the world’s largest natural ice plant.
As these natural resources were exhausted - or lost
their demand as steam replaced sail, and electricity and rein
forced concrete killed the ice and granite industries - the
ocean and the extraordinary beauty of the landscape began
to attract new sources of wealth In 1844 Thomas Cole, the
founder of the Hudson River School of painting, described
Hancock County so glowingly that artists, educators,
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financiers, and professional men and woman flocked to the
area. By the I890’s Bar Harbor had become one of the
nation’s most fashionable resorts, with magnificant summer
“cottages” built for Carnegies, Fords, Rockefellers, Morgans,
Vanderbilts, Biddles, and Astors.
AND NOW...H A N C O C K C O U N T Y TODAY dazzles with its diversity. Of
its 1,629 square miles, nearly 20% is covered with water.
With its 393 scattered islands, it has 1,666 miles of coastline.
Its odd elongated area, roughly echoing the shape of the
State of Maine, essentially encompasses the Union River
watershed. It is hard to imagine a region more diverse. Trav
eling from west to east, in forty-some miles one moves from
the paper-mill town of Bucksport on the Penobscot River,
through the retail and cultural crossroads of Ellsworth on
the Union River, to the Winter Harbor Naval Base and the
great open ledges of the Schoodic Peninsula on the open
Atlantic to the east. Flying north to south one begins in deep
woods at Sysladobsis Lake, soars over forty miles of lakes
and streams, then forty miles more, over the glamour of Bar
Harbor and the wild glory of Acadia National Park, out to
the whale-road and the fishermen’s islands to the south.
In its inhabitants (48,836 as of 1994) Hancock County
is more homogeneous. The large majority of the residents
trace their ancestry to Ireland and Great Britain, with signif
icant minorities from France, Italy, and Germany. Only recent
ly have a few African-Americans and Asians enriched the pop
ulation. As Tina Bucuvalas puts it in her ethnographic survey prepared for this project:
County citizens often manifest an historically rooted world view which prized self-sufficiency.This philosophy was certainly necessary in past centuries, when Maine was relatively isolated from urban areas in other parts of the country. Although less essential today, it continues to provide a sort of safety net whereby people are not tied to market fluctuations or politics.... Many county residents whose families have been here for generations still mill their own lumber, construct their own homes, build and maintain their own boats, hunt, follow other traditional familial occupations, preserve food, and conduct their social lives primarily within the family circle.
Antique postcard showing Indian summer encampment in old Bar Harbor. For many decades, Maine Indians travelled to resorts each summer to sell crafts. Basketmakers still gather at College of the Atlantic each summer. Photo courtesy the Abbe Museum.
INTRODUCTION 9
Prospect Harbor - Gulls in snow. Photo courtesy of Marion K. Stocking.
Many agricultural arts flourish on about three hundred
farms in the county, from large wild blueberry barrens to
several significant organic farms. Other arts witness the fact
that Hancock County’s land is 85% forest, 43% owned by for
est products companies. At one extreme is the Champion
Paper Company mill in Bucksport; at the other is the lucra
tive cottage industry of wreath-making. Ellsworth, the “shire-
town” and the county’s largest community, has a population
of about 6,000. Frenchboro, the smallest, had at last count 44.
Members of the internationally honored Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Hancock County in a scene from The M ikado. Photo courtesy of Irvin Hodgkins.
Hancock County’s institutions of higher education
include the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine; the College
of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, a four year liberal arts college
offering degrees in Human Ecology; and the Ellsworth Cen
ter of the University of Maine System. Many of the towns
also have extensive adult education programs.
Since Hancock County boasts about a third of the
state’s total coastline, including twelve of Maine’s fifty estuar
ies with their productive tidal flats, marine arts are a signifi
cant element of the economy.The county pulls in about 30%
of the state’s $ 100 million lobster haul, along with a signifi
cant harvest of fin fish, shrimp, scallops, eels, sea urchins,
clams, mussels, and bait worms. Boatbuilding remains a major
traditional occupation, with about 32 boatbuilding establish
ments. Maine Maritime Academy provides higher education in
nautical sciences and marine engineering.
Many other traditional arts flourish, domestic and dec
orative, for home use and for commercial sales: textile arts
such as quilting, knitting, rugmaking, spinning and weaving;
woodworking, such as decoy carving, furniture and toy mak
ing; dances; storytelling; regional cooking and community
meals, from hunters’ breakfasts to grange suppers; holiday
decorations and traditions; and many more.
Since Thomas Cole first discovered the attraction of
Mount Desert Island, artists have flocked to the county. We
see Castine Harbor through the eye of Fitz Hugh Lane, Deer
Isle as John Marin viewed it, Marsden Hartley’s Corea, Fred
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erick Church’s MDI. Pierre Monteux founded his still-flour
ishing school for conductors in Hancock; Blue Hill and Mount
Desert continue to attract musicians of the highest distinc
tion. Hancock County has nourished writers as various as E.
B. White, Buckminster Fuller, Ruth Moore, Marguerite Your-
cenar, Helen and Scott Nearing, and Robert Lowell.
Today Maine’s artists, many with global reputations, live
quietly in communities that honor them by respecting their
privacy. Hancock County is itself an arts community, but
within it is a great diversity of smaller communities, from the
Wednesday Spinners to the internationally honored Gilbert
and Sullivan Society. The Downeast Chapter of the Union of
Maine Visual Artists is vigorous. The Surry Opera Company
performs regularly in Russia and Japan as well as Surry (pop.
1,004).The Lamoine Patrons of the Arts celebrates the holi
days and raises funds for the school arts with a dazzling
dessert cabaret. Serious choral singers have first-rate
chorales to choose from. Poets read at the Left Bank Cafe
on Sunday afternoons throughout the winter; at night folk
and jazz concerts and chamber theater fill the house. His
toric film is cherished in Bucksport; art films run year-round
at the Grand in Ellsworth and the Reel Pizza Cinerama in Bar
Harbor. W riters’ groups meet on Deer Isle, in Ellsworth, and
on the Gouldsboro Peninsula. Bird carvers congregate at the
Gilley Museum. The Bagaduce Music Lending Library as a
source for sheet music is unmatched anywhere. At the Abbe
Museum Native American artists teach their ancient and ele
gant crafts. And this is only a sample of the diverse arts com
munities that make up the larger community of Hancock
County. We have not searched out all the traditional artists
- the boat builders, the needlework artists; we know that the
musicians who contribute to the varied musical life of the
county are underrepresented - the casts and orchestras of
the Grand productions, the directors and singers and organ
ists of the churches, the members of the magnificant choral groups.
We hope that this directory will contribute to the
flourishing of the Hancock County arts community and com
munities. It is certainly going to have errors and omissions,
for which we apologize. Corrections and additions for future
editions should be sent to the publisher:Community Arts Program Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street Augusta, ME 04333-0025
Marion K. Stocking September 1997
Mount Desert from Baker’s Island. Photo courtesy o f Marion K. Stocking.
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSKey to symbols:
"St Educational work - A teacher or teaching institution, or an artist willing to consider working in the schools Welcomes studio tours
© Appointment required Takes commissions
Eileen AhernRR I, Box 269 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9242Ceramics: decorative, painterly, one- of-a-kind pieces. Functional and sculptural work, mostly hand-built or slip cast. Painting: oils on paper or canvas - landscapes, portraits, other subjects.-st m © #■Nancy AlexanderRFD I, Box 357 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4398calexand@downeast.net Weaves practical household art works: overshot coverlets, dish towels, table linens, blankets, and rag rugs. Some art clothing such as scarves and shawls.■asLee Clark AllenH C 64, Box 4060 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8829leemail@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com\leeart.html Watercolors inspired by the gardens of Maine.m © #
Steven AlsupRFD I, Box 3925Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-5145joshua@tost.acadia.net Artist-blacksmith: sculptural and designed architectural work, including gate and railing installations, all one-of-a-kind hand forged.
« 0 #
Quentin Armstrong, AIAP. O. Box 126, Long Pond Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9933 (office) • 244-9816Architect: residential and commercial, renovation and new design.
Sharon ArnoldBox 156Bass Harbor, ME 04653 244-9259Black and white hand-colored photography - fantasy oriented.
Priscilla AtwoodP. O. Box 226East Orland, ME 04431469-2280Watercolor and oil. Original art work on furniture.©
Joy BaconBox 138, H C 77 Hancock, ME 04640 422-8291Child ren's books (W indsw ept House): Oliver Bean’s Halloween (1991), “ There’s A Bear In The Window," Said Oliver Bean (1991), Oliver Bean’s Thanksgiving (1994), Oliver Bean Can’t Get Clean ( 1996).
Maurice W. BaconBox 138, H C 77 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3695Watercolor, oil, pencil, pen & ink.
Bill BairP.O .Box 183 Orland, ME 04472 469-0768 Oil. Watercolor.m © #
Elsie BalanoP.O .Box 194 12 McDonald Street Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7896Watercolor and oil.© %
Margret BaldwinRFD I, Box 1940 Surry, ME 04684 667-8328 Fax 374-2197 Art teacher, Blue Hill Consolidated School. Has illustrated operas for big screen projection during performances in Washington, D.C.; Wolf-
trap; St. Petersburg, Russia; Surry, and Orono. Conceived and organized Surry Folklife Festival.#
Mark Baldwin1935 Morgan Bay Cross Road Surry, ME 04684 667-3700 Fax 667-9649 borealis@acadia.net Specializes in black and white photography, particularly portraits. Has photographed people from carpenters and farmers to C EO s and federal justices, children and cats. Graphic design includes publications and packaging for a wide variety of clients, nation-w ide. See also Borealis Press.-st m 0 #Steve BalyeatBlue Wolf Studio RR I, Box 1857 Surry, ME 04684 667-6120stone@celestat.comhttp://www.agate.net/~pvca/stone/
sbl.htmlRelief stone carving: jewelry, art objects. Nature and ancient cultural subjects. Largely wholesale to galleries. Also commissions and special orders.&
joani BanksP. O. Box 97Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 348-6859Pressed flowers: originals and laser reproductions. On mouse pads, stationery items, handmade books, cards, clock faces, etc., sometimes combined with lettering and botanical verses. Grows and presses own flowers.H « 0 I
Denise C. BarbieriP. O. Box 945 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3366 denb@acadia.netIllustration. Scenic paintings for stage and film work. Photographic drops. Watercolor gouache painting. Ceramic jewelry. Computer graphic design.m © &
Douglas BarkeyCollege of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-5015 Fax 288-4126 barkey@ecology.coa.edu Graphic designer, specializing in combining digital manipulation and photography. Laser or dye sublimation prints. Faculty, College of the Atlantic.
Connie BarnesP.O .Box 1268 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4432 Fax 667-4624Hand-painted wooden puzzles. Abstract and representational work in various media.-St
Thomas BarrettBox 303Castine, ME 04421 326-9381Painter: expressionist, modernist, landscape, figure."St $£
Philip BarterBox 102Sullivan, ME 04664 422-3190Contemporary Maine landscapes. Painted furniture. Sculpture.S W © I
Stephanie Barton-MiscionePickering Farm P. O. Box 98 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6970Botanical drawing. Studies of Maine wildflowers and critters. Pencil and colored pencil. Member of DIAA.
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Judi K. BeachRR I, Box 5018 Sedgwick, ME 04676 326-0514Poet and writer. Conducts writing workshops.
Carole BealRR I, Box 680 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5844Hand-thrown functional dinner- ware, stoneware, and porcelain. Hand-painted silhouettes of islands and mountains of Maine coast in spruce green. Artist and work available at Island Artisans in Bar Harbor.n
Elmer BealP. O. Box 7O tter Creek, ME 04665 288-5679Guitarist and singer: traditional and contemporary folk music, composition and performance. Member of “Different Shoes.” College of the Atlantic faculty in anthropology. Culinary artist: Burning Tree Restaurant (owner and chef), specializing in fresh seafood, in O tter Creek.n
Siri BeckmanP O. Box 335 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5037Printmaker: primarily wood engravings. Hand-bound illustrated letter- press books. Com m issions for books and periodicals. Has taught at UMaine, Haystack, and community workshops.■at m © &
Jeffery BectonRR I, Box 450 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6108 Fax348-5259 jcbecton@aol.comFine art digital montage. Collage photos of found objects, painted paper, etc. Reinvention of mostly black-and-white photographs.•at « © #
Allen Beechel4 14 W ater Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3649Book and magazine illustration. Architectural, ship, and yacht portraits. Most media, including pen and ink and pencil drawings.« © %
Peter BeeritsRoute I , Box 474 A Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2826 • 348-6182 1-800-777-6845 Fax 1-800-804-7698 jam@nervousneliies.comPredominantly outdoor sculpure - whimsical and humorous - of people and animals. Native materials: milled pine, old stove parts, vintage farm tools, car doors, etc. Outdoor sculpture garden at N ervous Nellie’s Jams and Jellies on the Sunshine Road.« « © &Katie BellOvercliffNorheast Harbor, ME 04462 276-4000 (work) 276-5331 (home) Sculpture in stone.•at » © -ft
Ruth BellP. O. Box 1340 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7716Painter: oils.©Ingrid BengisP.O .Box 4 2 1 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2416Fiction writer and author of War in the Erogenous Zone.
Mike BennettBox 825Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-5798Percussionist for A-Train and the world music band Beatroots. Does studio work. Teaches percussion at the Northern Conservatory, Bangor. Specializes in jazz and Latin percussion; student of classical percussion.n
Arnold BerieantP. O. Box 52 Castine, ME 04421 326-4306Composer.
Sharon BettsP. O. Box 743 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-6808Acrylics. Tramp A rt Furniture. Adult education.•at © #
Farnham BlairRR I, Box 3195 Surry, ME 04684 374-5590Poetry: The Blue Line (1889), Immanent Green (1991), The Movie Queen (1996). Essays on fine arts with an emphasis on paintings and photographs.
Philip BoothP. O. Box 330 Castine, ME 04421 326-4644Poet: Founder of Syracuse University graduate Creative W riting Program. Nine books of poetry, including Relations: Selected Poems (1986), Selves (1990), Pairs (1994). Also Trying to Say I t Outlooks and Insights on How Poems Happen (1996).
Robert Bothen26 EdgewoodBar Harbor, ME 04609288-5705meshfox@ post.acadia.net Percussionist - all styles.-at
Tams BoucherP. O. Box 273Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-4203Woodcarver.
Elena BourakovskyRR I, Box 1025 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5057 Fax 374-3704 raiten@hypernet.comC o stu m e design er from the Komedy Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, now doing costume, set, and makeup design for local theatres and movies made in the area. Russian-style miniature lacquer painting on wooden eggs. Mentor for Theatre Arts W orks (T.D.C.)•at *
Louise BourneYork RoadE. Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-2308Paintings, narrative tile murals, and structures.■at m © #MAC juried roster
Hugh BowdenP. O. Box 5546 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-1980Songwriter and performer. Guitar and voice: classical, country, pop, standards, jazz, and originals.■at
Minnie Bowden1076 Castine Road Orland, ME 04472 469-7016Native Maine poet. “I write about the Maine I live in and the people I know.” Most recent book is Hardscrabble. Maine W riters and Publishers Alliance and the Maine Poetry Society.
Joan BragdonRR 2, Box 300 C Marlboro, ME 04605 667-7956MerriWood Pottery. Wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware. Functional one-of-a-kind sets and whimsical pieces. Open June to October by appointment.■at «ss © %.
Sharon Bray770 Castine Road Orland, ME 04472 469-7308Native Maine storyteller, poet and photographer. Published in Puckerbrush Review and Echoes.n &
Stuart Brecher93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3747Designs residential, commercial, and small public buildings. Consultant for renovations and new construction.Yr
Robert Breeden40A Route 200 Sullivan, ME 04664 422-6576Traditional coal forge. Designs and creates sculptural, ornamental, and architectural objects in iron and steel.
Educational work W Welcomes studio tours © Appointment required Y j Takes commissions INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS 13
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSPaula BriggsP. O. Box 266 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-2203 Fax 359-2215 briggs@media2.hypernet.comPainting in mixed media, representational and abstract. Prints: etchings and collographs.« t « © #
Ragna BrunoBox 177Hancock Point Road Hancock, ME 04640 422-3291 Fax 422-3023 Landscape in oil, sculpture, collage. MAC juried roster
Ashley BryanIslesford, ME 04660 244-7794Short stories and fables for children. Performance and storytelling.-atPeggy BryantH C 35 Box 6 1W inter Harbor, ME 04693963-7530Novelist writing mainstream fiction: themes dealing with the vanishing coastal Maine culture.•atBruce BulgerP.O .Box 118 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9955 Quality furniture.MAC juried roster
Chris BurdetteP. O. Box 188 Oak Hill Road Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-5122Stained glass work over 30 years.All sizes up to 6' X 4'. Free consultations and estimates.-at m © -itNick BurnettP. O. Box 389 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9533 (work) 244-0421 (home) hightideprod@acadia.net High Tide Production. Full-service 16-track digital studio, on the water (also mobile work). Experienced engineer: audio tapes, jingles, demos, etc. Singer in Gilbert and
Sullivan Society. Percussionist in Baron Von Aaron blues band.•Bt #
Denise BurpeeRR I, Box 599 Bucksport, ME 04416 825-4481Sculpture: dolls, one-of-a-kind, original designs, polymer clay, hand- painted. Earth clay Santas and ornamental designs.© #-
Gary BusheeGeneral DeliveryEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-5417Gary Bushee and Bill Schubeck Duo: available for parties and occasional restaurant concerts and dances. Piano, harmonica, guitar, violin, mandolin, and vocal harmonies.-atKatharine ButlerP. O. Box 24 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5558Watercolors of Maine: landscape mixed with still-life. Also landscapes and interiors of Italian countryside. (Paints in Maine 6-8 weeks a year.)
Fredi CahnP. O. Box 307 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5464 Fax 667-2528 compuserve@73013.12132 Cello, bass, and composition. With U XB (USA).■atRoc Caivano59 Rodick Street BarHarbor, ME 04609 288-2333 Fax 288-8248caivano@acadia.netArchitect specializing in residences and small public buildings (College of the Atlantic dormitory, Wendell Gilley Museum, interior of Port in a Storm Bookstore).-at #William CarmichaelOld Steamboat Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-2160Photographer.
Joanne Carpenter86 Seawall Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-7155Large-scale figurative painting; occasional landscapes. Primarily oil, some watercolors. College of the Atlantic faculty.at •§ © #
Ellen ChurchP. O. Box 325 Bass Harbor, ME 04653 244-3283 Fax 244-3283 W atercolorist. Juried signature member of the New England Water Color Society. Landscapes, primarily of MDI and surrounding islands.« ©
William CarpenterCollege of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 567-4172
Carrie CiciotteRR I,Box I20B Trenton, ME 04605 667-0533Poet and fiction writer.
Poet: Hours o f Morning ( 1980); Rain -n. (1985); Speaking Fire at Stones with Robert Shetterly (1992). Novelist: A Keeper o f Sheep ( 1994). W riter for Maine Times. College of the Atlantic faculty, a t
Polly CecklerP. O. Box 189 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9597Botanical illustrations.
Patricia E. ChandlerP.O .Box 1082 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-9913Painter: realism, abstract landscapes, and portraits.at m © #Carl ChaseP. O. Box 304 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9324Steel pan musician, performer, teacher, and maker of steel pan instruments.* s m © #
Susan ChaseP. O. Box 303 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9324Large outdoor sculpture in stabilized adobe. Director of the Blue Hill Adult Education Program. Teaches workshops in sculpture.a t m © &
Linda M. Chruscielski-PerrinP. O. Box 2 3 1Hulls Cove, ME 04644288-5415Hand-blown glass works, beads and mosaics. Demonstrations at studio.« t m © #
Avy ClaireRR I,Box 1865 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2433 avy@acadia.netPainter: oils, acrylics, watercolors. Abstractions derived from natural and organic forms. fSS © Hi.- MAC juried roster
Ethel CliffordP. O. Box 725 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6864Decorative southern pine needle baskets.
Glenda CoffinP. O. Box 29 Surry, ME 04684 667-6555rcoffin@downeast.netPainter, various media. Shows in Union River Gallery.
Peter CohenRR I, Box 298 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 422-6255 Fax 422-9187Architect. Also large outdoor sculpture.a t MAC juried roster
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Jeff CoiquhounP.O .Box 18 Castine, ME 04421 326-4135Representational marine art of the coasts of Maine and Italy.at #
Nancy ColterR O. Box 429Mount Desert, ME 04660244-0374Classical pianist.
Kristen Cook664 Castine Road Orland, ME 04472 469-7028Graphic artist.
Polly CoteP. O. Box 485Mount Desert, ME 04660244-5746mpcote@ecologycoa.eduPrintmaker and painter. Woodcuts, monotypes, and oils. UMVA membership chair.
MAC juried roster
Anne-Claude CottyRFD 143Stonington, ME 04681 367-2699Book artist and printmaker. Leads workshops in book arts for adults, including paste papers, box and book construction, folded and dyed decorative paper. Summer workshops and after-school art classes for children.
MAC juried roster
Cristine CovertP. O. Box 236 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9529Paintings in oil and watercolors.
Shane CrabtreeBox 111Sunset, ME 04683 348-6825Visual artist.
Sorcha Cribben-MerrillRFD I, Box 183 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9503Singer, songwriter, and self-taught pianist. Com poses pop music. Performs locally at the Left Bank and the Sullivan Grange. Recorded live on W ERU.
Jane CrosenRR I Box 723 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-4850Custom map illustrations. Self-published line of maps, postcards, posters, T-shirts. Occasional school workshops for older students.•at m © &
Marnie Reed CrowellP. O. Box 79 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6065Poet and writer.
Hugh CurranRR I, Box 1925 Surry, ME 04684 667-7170 Fax 667-7170Poet and free-lance writer. Translator of old Irish poetry. Articles on the sea. Teacher of Gaelic and cultural studies.n
Patti D’Angelo10 A County Lane Manset, ME 04679 594-0837Poet. Essays and articles on regional issues, oral history, community development, and the arts.
Dennis DamonRR I, Box 222 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4361pbjfo7a@prodigy.com Tells stories of Downeast Maine. Focus on stories by Ruth Moore dealing with traditional Maine. Helps with school workshops on story telling and story creation, a t
George DaniellRD I, Box 231 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8530Watercolor painter and photographer. Exhibits locally and in New York. George Daniell Gallery in Trenton, by appointment. 25 cards of his photography available from Borealis Press.« © &
Heidi DaubGeneral DeliveryEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-5417Painter: acrylic on paper. Abstracted, metaphorical landscapes. Poetry that feeds the painting.« ©
Darwin DavidsonRR I , Box 549 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7767 Fax 348-7768 dkdphotography@acadia.netCommercial photographer specializing in photographing crafts and art works.
Katherine DavisP.O .Box 515 Stonington, ME 04681 367-8786Artist and art teacher. Watercolor, oil, mixed media. Workshops in Oregon and Greece.
Maggie Steincrohn DavisP. O. Box 370 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5170maggie@downeast.nethttp://www.downeast.net/com/heartsongW rites and publishes books celebrating the interconnectedness of all life. Most recently Glory! to the Flowers; Roots o f Peace, Seeds, o f Hope; A Garden o f Whales; Choices o f a Growing Woman. Co-founder of Neighborcare. See also Heartsong Books.
Peter DavisP. O. Box 357 12 Perkins Street Castine, ME 04421 326-9222Writer, documentary film maker: American Life.n
Deborah de MoulpiedP. O. Box 7 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3680 Fax 422-9990 hancock@www.downeast.netSculptor: Public and private environmental commissions, including integrated landscaping, outside seating furniture, and water sculpture. See also Hancock Center for the Arts.a t « © #
Peter Dembski1100 Newbury Neck Surry, ME 04684 667-6012 Fax 667-1288Pianist and composer in jazz and other musical styles. W orks in dance and theater. Two recordings. Workshops emphasize expressive qualities of music. Offers performances with duo or trio. Teaches improvisational technique.* s « ©
Paul DeVore116 Main StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609288-9498Poet.
Stuart DiamondP. O. Box 498 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2683Painter - seasonal.
Bob DickensP. O. Box 936 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7925Photography: wildflowers, lighthouses. Leather work: belts, bags, sheepskin.n
Marilyn Dolliver238 Seawall Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-3375Organist (music director at St. John’s in Southwest Harbor) and pianist. Private lessons in organ and piano.n
Hubert DorisH C 77 Box 487 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3374Piano: chamber music.
Educational work £ 9 Welcomes studio tours © Appointment required # Takes commissions INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS 15
INDIVIDUALWinkie DorisH C 77 Box 487 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3374Teaches meditation, warmups, posture, relaxation.
Dorothy DoubledayP. O. Box 346 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2728One-of-a-kind figurative ceramic sculpture: hand-built terra cotta and earthenware. In Leighton Gallery sculpture garden. Teaches in Studio School of Gibbs A rt Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
Dorothy DouglasRR I, Box 201 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3058Watercolor. Botanicals. Ties classic salmon flies.a s © #
Cally DowRR I, Box 382 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6697 Fax 348-2338 dow@mediay.hypernet.comSculpture to express outward energy that also suggests inner spirituality and growth. Finds working with hand-made paper “satisfying because its transparency expresses that dialogue between inner and outer, visible and invisible."•H
Polly DoyleRFD, Box 262 A Trenton, ME 04605 667-9402Painter, printmaker.
Catherine Drew-BurdetteP.O .Box 188Mount Desert, ME 04660244-5122Landscape artist: pen and ink, and oils. Evening art classes, all ages. N ovelist: young adult fiction. Lecturer on art, the writing process, history of MDI artists, etc.
ARTISTSCarol Cramer DrummondDream Come True 79 Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-9201Painter: landscapes (watercolor, oil, acrylic) impressionisticfexpressionis- tic. Musician: voice teacher (bel canto). Teaches voice for MDI High School and gives private lessons at Cramer Voice Studio.Writer.-siMartha Tod DudmanP.O. Box 1129 68 State Street Ellsworth, ME 0460S 667-9555Fiction writer: Down ( 1990).
Tamara K. DuffRR 5, Box 465 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5621“Tamara’s Custom Stained Glass.” Residential stained glass: windows, doors, cabinets, screens, and free standing or hanging panels.n m ©
Gregory DunhamRt 166, Box 631 Castine, ME 04421 326-9175Watercolorist, works in a series: things at the shore, boats, dockyards, landscapes.
Mary EatonRR Box 243Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 348-6294 Fax 348-6294 Since 1989, chenille sweaters and scarves. See also Dream Weaver.s e © #
Candace EmersonP.O. Box 416 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2920 Visual artist.
Jay EmlenH CR 62, Box 69 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-3878 Fax 667-2679 Singer: tenor soloist. Sings with Acadia Choral Society.
Dan FaitMaple and Forest Lane Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-3928Contemporary wood sculpture.
Maureen FarrP. O. Box 376 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5602Fiction writer, working on a novel. Essayist.-siMartha FergusonP. O. Box 582 Castine, ME 04421 326-4643Maine landscapes in pastels and charcoal.
Barbara FernaldP.O .Box 1179Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-7871Jeweler.
Dan FernaldP.O .Box 16Little Cranberry Island, ME 04646 244-3145Painter: oils and pastels. Landscape and still life.
Katie FernaldP.O .Box 16Little Cranberry Island, ME 04646 244-3145Watercolor painter: landscapes and abstracts.
Bill and Beth FewellRR I, Box 2340 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2301Realistic wildlife sculpture (songbirds, puffins, chickadees, raptors, fish, etc.). Original wood sculpture and some casts for lamps and other decor.n m Q U
Clark B. Fitz-GeraldBox 48Castine, ME 04421 326-8759Sculptures in wood and metal.■®I W © -T& MAC juried roster
Liddy Fitz-GeraldBox 48Castine, ME 04421 326-8759Abstract forms in fabric: wall hangings, assemblages.« © %c
ElsaTillema FletcherP. O. Box 43 Sunset, ME 04683 348-2265Handwoven textiles for the home and personal adornment.m ©
Wilson Fletcher2 Kavanaugh Place Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3056Acrylics and some water colors.
Virginia FolinoP. O. Box 452 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2889Watercolor paintings, collages. Has summer gallery.
A. Irving ForbesP. O. Box 982 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2068Duo with wife, Margery Forbes. Piano and basoon. Singer: sea chantey programs.
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Margery ForbesP. O. Box 982 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2068Ensemble pianist and accompanist.
Peter ForbesP.O .Box 1179Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-5310Architect.
Gigi FordP. O. Box 42 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5540Works with collage using a variety of material including handmade paper, cloth, found objects, metal, and feathers.
Mary M. FordP.O .Box 71 Orland, ME 04472 469-1989Surrealistic and contemporary oil painting.-»t © %
George FowlerH C 64, Box 408 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-2070gfowler@hypernet.com Host of “New Potatoes,” a two- hour weekly program featuring Celtic music on W ERU, FM 89.9. Also a fiddler playing Irish and New England dance styles.
Donna FrickeP. O. Box 7 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3680 Fax 422-9990 hancock@www.downeast.net Teacher of writing and Director of Graduate Studies and Research at Maine Maritime Academy. See also Hancock Center for the Arts.-st
Linda FunkP.O .Box 976, Blue Hill, ME 04614 Studio: Curtis Cove Road, East Blue Hill 04629374-5203 Fax 374-5203Designer and illustrator specializing in botanical subjects. Includes magazine and book illustration and textile design. Teacher of botanical illustration.-at « © &
Robin FurthRR I,B o x 1930 Surry, ME 04684 667-0173Novelist, poet, teacher.n
Howard FussinerRD 441Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2443Painter - seasonal.
Allison GaffRFD I, Box 710 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3703Oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Carves and paints song birds.© -■&
John GallagherMorgan Bay RoadEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-9988Painter. String bass, member of A- Train.« © $
Diane Gallaghei^Keefe13 Mountainview Drive Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-1008Member of Wild Ginger. Soloist with Bob Haskell Big Band.■n
Kay GardnerP. O. Box 33 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5552Composer, performer, conductor. Flute, keyboard, and choral conductor. Solo concerts or improvisation on concert, alto, and bamboo flutes with audiences as percussion participants. Author: Sounding the Inner Landscape: Music as Medicine (1990). Lecturer and workshop leader in colleges, hospitals, etc.."St MAC juried roster
Lois GervaisRR I, Box 3870 Old Ferry Road Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-4660 Fax 359-5590Photographer: people for advertising, corporate, and editorial clients.#
Jane GilbertP. O. Box 137 Orland, ME 04472 469-3063Makes black and white and hand- colored prints of people, landscapes
and architectural objects. A rt Therapist, registered by the American A rt Therapy Association.« © %Brenda GilchristRR I , Box 6 14 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2487 Fax 348-2487 Writer.
Jackson GillmanH CR 62, Box 36 A Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-3838Mime, known as the “Stand-Up Chameleon.” Incorporates dance, song, and American Sign Language in performances. Comedy, educational, and environmental programs.MAC juried roster
Nancy GlistaRFD I, Box 235 Shipyard Point Road Franklin, ME 04634 565-3302Hand-made sterling silver jewelry.« ©Scott GoldbergRoute 176RR I , Box I47ANorth Brooksville, ME 04617326-9062scott9062@acadia.netWheel-thrown pots, cups, plates, vases, bowls, cooking pots, pitchers, mugs, casseroles, teapots, and platters. Comfortable pots and sturdy pots." 5 # Q
Rebecca GoodRFD 2, Box 111 A Lamoine, ME 04605 667-3258Potter.-St
Don Gooding601 Indian Point Road Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-7603 Fax 244-7613 dgooding@acadia.net www.singers.comFounder of A Cappella catalogue: recordings and arrangements of unaccompanied singing. Has sung nearly every type of music: Gregorian chant, Hungarian folk songs, spirituals, etc. Sang with the Whif- fenpoofs in college and now directs Acapellago on MDI.-as
-*! Educational work W Welcomes studio tours © Appointment required Takes commissions
Robert GoodmanH CR 62 Box 222 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9603Sem i-abstract landscapes and seascapes based on the Mount Desert region; also still-life paintings.
Beatrice B. GoodrichDwelley Point RR I Box 275 Franklin, ME 04634 565-2912Happy Hollow Books by Judge To rto ise (W ind sw ept H ouse). Children’s Corner: stories in various newspapers.
Carol GotwalsRFD I, Box 971 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2717C h o ra l co n du ctor: D e e r Isle Congregational Church. Piano and voice teacher. Private lessons, school-aged and adult.
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSFrank GotwalsRFD I, Box 964 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2259Singer, so n g w rite r , g u ita ris t . Performs a repertoire of original songs, instrumentals, and folk blues on six string, twelve string, and steel bodied Dobro guitars. Dry Ice, first solo C D (1994). See also Deer Isle Coffee House.MAC juried roster
Vernon GotwalsRFD I, Box 971 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2717Organist: Deer Isle Congregational Church.
Mary Cheyney GouldBox 170Brooksville, ME 04617 326-8S32gould@hypernet.comOrganist, choral director (Bagaduce Chorale). Keyboard performance: chamber ensemble and two-piano concerts. Plays in Flash in the Pans Steel Band and Bagaduce Steel. Musical Director, Bagaduce Music Lending Library.■n
Jutta GrafR R I.B o x 517 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7751Rug weaver. Uses hand-dyed strips of fabric to weave rugs that are contemporary in style incorporating geometric designs and color gradation.
Byron GrayRR I Box 150 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-0855Functional, high-fire stoneware.•*! W> © #
Arnold GreenbergP. O. Box 857 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2886grnbrg@downeast.netPoet (Baker’s Dozen). Educator and writer (Adventures on Arnold’s Island). Founder of Liberty School. Tap- dancer.n
Katie GreeneH CR 64, Box 363 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8368 Fax 359-4438 ktgreen@hypernet.com Drawing, pastels, mixed media, paper, baskets, pottery, jewelry, printmaking, weaving. Art teacher at George Stevens Academy: Arts Festival D irector, advisor for National Arts Society, AFS, and Student Council.-at
Mary L. GreeneDowneast Graphics & Printing, Inc. P.O .Box 1103 Washington Junction Road Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5582 Fax 667-2809 1-800-427-5582 degart@acadia.net A rt director, graphic designer. Design work, layout for logos, annual reports, publications, brochures, posters, books.
Melissa GreeneRR I, Box 40 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2601 Fax 348-2601 Large wheel-thrown earthenware vessels, burnished and smoked, with animal and figurative imagery, inspired by a variety of cultures and our natural surroundings.
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Nancy Dobbs GreeneP. O. Box 187 Sunset, ME 04683 348-9351ndgreene@acadianet.com W riter: poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction. W orks with student writers.-asClarine Grenfell36 Narramissic Drive Orland, ME 04472 469-7102Writer, publisher, class poet of 1932 at the University of Maine. Her readers set up the Clarine Coffin Grenfell Class of ‘32 Poetry Prizes fund at the University of Maine to award annual prizes in her honor. Grenfell Reading Center.
Don GriecoRR I, Box 253 BB Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8482Dancer in Eric Hawkins/Merce Cunningham technique. Choreographer and dance teacher. See also Motion Collective.-asRuth GriersonBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 244-3742W riter: articles and books on natural history (ex.: Nature Diary of Mount Desert Island). Lectures on natural history subjects. Musician: violinist and violist. Church organist. Member of Porcupine Players, Pantry Quartet, and Tea House Trio, -atCharles GrosjeanRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 565-2282hogbay@acadia.net P otter: functional housew are. Canoemaker: traditional wood/can- vas and wood/fiberglass canoes. See also Franklin Cedar Canoes.m © &
Susanne GrosjeanRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 565-2282hogbay@acadia.netWeaver: fine garments, rugs, etc.-at m © &
Doris GrumbachSargentville, ME 04673 unlistedW riter: six novels from Chamber Music to The Book o f Knowledge. Four memoirs: Coming into the End Zone, Extra Innings, Fifty Days o f Solitude, Life in a Day.
Charles HanceRFD I Box 139 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2883Primarily functional stoneware and flameware.
Gunnar HansenP. O. Box 268Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-3697 Fax 276-5421 gunnar@acadia.net http://home.acadia.net/userpages/do
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W rites nonfiction books and feature screenplays. Produces and directs documentary films.
George HardyBox 129Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2885Wood carver: birds, animals, Noah’s arks, etc.-at m © &Jud HartmannP. O. Box 753 Blue Hill, ME 04614 359-2544 (home)374-9917 (gallery)Limited edition bronze sculpture depicting the woodland tribes of the N o rth east. See also Jud Hartman Gallery.
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Jane HarwoodRR I, Box 22 Sargentville, ME 04673 359-4481Group or individual instruction in watercolor or oil - landscape or portrait.-atSturgis HaskinsSorrento, ME 04677 422-3551Local historian: gives talks on local architecture. Chairman of photo committee of Mt. Desert Island H istorical Society. D ocum ents boats. Photography.-atKathy HatchRFD 5, Box 276 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-6100Painter: oils, pastels, drawings. Realistic portraits, some landscapes.-at
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Henries HawkRR I, Box 171 Sullivan, ME 04664 422-2054Flute maker: by hand, without electricity. Native American educational programs for pre school to nursing home ages. Plays flute and didgeri- doo at weddings, births, funerals. Recorded “First Flight” and “Tribal Winds.”-atHarriet HemenwayP.O .Box 122 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2632Jewelry in gold, silver, and iron. See also under Green Head Forge.m © %
Jack HemenwayP.O .Box 122 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2632Sculpture for home, garden, and gallery. Functional ironwork at Green Head Forge, on Old Quarry Road, offWest Main Street.« © #
Kate Russell HenryP. O. Box 274 38 High RoadSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-3702 Fax 244-4315 khenry@acadia netHand-spinner, with all finish work (crochet, weaving) dictated by the fiber: sculptural, color, line.
Joaz HillRFD I, Box 3659 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5816 Fax 367-5816 python@www.downeast.net Wood turner: one-of-a-kind functional and decorative boxes, bowls, vessels, candlesticks, etc.-®t « © &
Ruth Ann HillP.O .Box 101Mount Desert, ME 04660288-9761Free-lance writer, illustrator, naturalist. Most recent book: Discovering Old Bar Harbor: An Unconventional History and Cuide. Contributing editor: Maine Boats and Harbors magazine. Illu stra tio n s and maps. Production designer/graphic artist. Part owner, Brooks Boats.-atThomas C. HinchdiffeP. O. Box 8 3 1 Blue Hill, ME 04614 326-9411dhinchc@acadia.netHand-builds copies of traditional furniture using 18th-century joinery. Showroom includes own works and antiques: Route 176, Box 5021, Sedgwick.
Elisabeth L. HinesP. O. Box 92 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-4625Oil painter; some calligraphy, pastels, pencil. Landscapes, seascapes, some portraits.
Robert C. HinesP. O. Box 92 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5037Watercolor painter, realist. Landscapes, seascapes, florals. Also oil portraits.
Dan HodermarskyRR I, Box 25 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6010Painter in watercolor and oil.
Nancy HodermarskyRR I , Box 25 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6010Fiction writer, primarily short stories. W orks with Deer Isle W riters Group. Available as a mentor for young writers and readers.* t
Nicholas Holt65 Pine Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8216 Fax 667-5576 holt@acadia.netInnovative architectural planning and design, concentrating on energy conservation, careful site orientation, and clear circulation.■St
Mark HoneyMeadowview Apartments, Apt. 2 1, Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5602Historian and writer: history of Hancock County, Maine, maritime and Canadian history. Also genealogy and Native American history. Speaks to historical societies, conferences, and schools. Tutors and teaches. Archival work with courthouse, town, and family records.-atBillie HotalingP. O. Box 322 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2415W riter of books for young adults: Count the Stars through the Cracks (on the underground railroad); Be Like the Bats (on the depression). Watercolor painter.-atDaniel Daley HotalingP. O. Box 322 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2415Writer/editor: The Life o f J. Dudley Dawson. Educator.-atJudith HotchkissP. O. Box 374 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5671One-of-a-kind and limited edition machine-knit garments. Rayon chenille in men’s and women’s wear, for local and national markets.-at %■
Mary HoweP. O. Box 383 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2640 Fax 367-2811Printmaking incorporated in art books and boxes. Example: collaboration with a poet in creating and printing a book - all hand-done. Folded art boxes for a jeweler’s wares.-at #
Brian HubbellRR I, Box 193-ERoute 182 Township 10 SDCherryfield, ME 04622546-7163Poet and novelist.-atLiddy HubbellRR I, Box 193-E Route 182 Township I OSD Cherryfield, ME 04622 546-7163Architect: residential and commercial building designs.Wire sculpture, textile art, and oil pastel painting.•at m © #
Elizabeth Mckay Hulbert457 Seawall Road Manset, ME 04679 244-5344Author of children’s books: / Love To Ski, The Memory Quilt, Milkweed and Winkles: A Wild Child’s Cookbook.
Judith IngramRFD I , Box 2031 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6840Paper/sculpture - seasonal.
Margery IrvineH C 64, Box 394 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5026W riter: essays providing a perspective on daily experience, using irony, edginess, and humor to challenge attitudes and beliefs.-atWilliam IrvineH C 64, Box 394 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5026Painter in oil and acrylic, on canvas, paper, and panel. Paints directly without preconceived design, changing color and organization towards satisfactory resolution. Result: abstraction with a grounding in the natural world.-atSandra Irwin43 Third Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8731Perennial flower garden design and maintenance. Small art classes for children ages 5-14, using art history and many media.-at &
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INDIVIDUALSherell JacobsenRD I, Box 1783 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6022 Painter - seasonal.
Rick JaeckelRR I, Box 5110 Surry, ME 04684 667-4125Landscape photography. Drawing and painting.#
Ann Jenkins126 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-2180Contem porary jewelry: collages made of recycled aluminum cans and carved plastic, set in sterling frames.* c m © #
Susan JenkinsRR I, Box 1430 Old County Road Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-4626 Fax 359-4626Dancer and transformative healer. Dance and movement integral to healing work. Established Dream- space Medicine Center for both group and private sessions.
Laura Tryon JenningsP.O .Box 1472Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-9520Interior paintings that use a mixture of color and composition to depict the drama of a chaotic coziness.The vision assumes a downward stance and assembles all the pieces into an integrated situation. Also landscape paintings.
Paul Alexandre JohnBox 532 Sugar HillEastbrook, ME 04634 326-9065noah@celestat.comOil painting. Performances on Indian classical flute. Master classes in Indian classical flute. Workshops on flute making."Sc Hx MAC juried roster
ARTISTSA. JonesP.O .Box 123 Bernard, ME 04612 244-5634Landscape painter in oils, largely of the quiet side of MDI. Also large paper collages, “Travelling through the Mysteries.” “Distant Memory” series of oil paintings on paper and Formica: photo-like abstract images in black and white. Copper and brass body ornaments. See also A. Jones Gallery.
Christopher JoyceRFD I, Box 2803 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2778 Fax 367-2778 Unique wood-turning with unique woods. Primarily decorative: boxes, vessels. At Blue Heron Gallery.« t m O &
Mia KanazawaBox I3AHarborside, ME 04642 326-9065Modern dance: solo performer, residencies in schools. Handmade felt. Large puppets for parades.■9c MAC juried roster
Robert KatesRR I,B ox 169 B Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5450 Fax 664-0375 kates@ecology.coa.edu Geographer. W riter. C o-ed itor Environment Magazine.
Kathie KeaneRR I, Box 450 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6108 Fax 348-5259 mizkool@aol.comCollage: mixed media. Painted paper and handmade paper combined with found objects. Ceramics: work in porcelain and low-fired clays. Presently doing sagger fires with terra sigilata.m © #
Bill Keith126 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-8180Carved wood sculpture, combining ab stract and representational forms. Usually outdoor pieces.* c © *jf
Majo KeleshianRR 5, Box 3630 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2255Currently: drawing on paper using w axy w a te r-so lu b le m edium . Printing and collage work.« © &
Lacey KellettR O. Box 46Brooklin, ME 94616-0046 359-2235Poet, painter, teacher, publisher (Steamboat Press).■ 9C
Charles Kelley, Jr.8 1 Hancock Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8356 Fax 667-3256 Professional rod-builder and fly tyer.•9c #
June KelloggP.O .Box 105 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5052Large oil paintings, basically still life, with subjects often multicultural, especially Native American and African.•Be W
Stuart KestenbaumP. O. Box 397 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2434Poet: Pilgrimage. Readings and workshops. Consultant for non-profit associations. D irector: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.-Be
Ruby S. KidwellRFD I, Box 207 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-8701 alkid@acadia.netWatercolors, primarily landscapes, exhibited locally.
Patricia Ann KileyP. O. Box 506Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4144pattyk@acadia.netPainter: acrylics on paper, principallylandscapes and gardens. Hasworked with Summer Festival ofthe Arts and volunteers in areaschools.•9C #•
Mark KindschiBox I3AHarborside, ME 04642 326-9065Sculptural ironwork. Giant puppets for parades. Theatrical set design and construction.« © #Scarlet KinneyP.O .Box 114 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Rt. 176, Morgan Bay Road Surry, ME 04684 667-4772Painter in oils and watercolors. Images inspired by mythological archetypes, the natural world, and local landscapes.*C « © &
David KlopfensteinP. O. Box 642 King RowDeer Isle, ME 04627 348-2538Photographer, specializing in hand- colored black-and-white photos. Owns and operates Photography Gallery in Stonington in summer.-SC
Connie KnuppelRR I, Box 64 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 422-6879 Fax 422-6530 Painter: oil. Handmade collage cards.« ©
Peter KnuppelRR I, Box 64 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 422-6879 Fax 422-6530 Lighting designer: residential, commercial, theater, etc.« ©Eugene KochRR I , Box 3754 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2803Visual artist: painting, mixed media.
Marcia KolaP.O .Box 14Deer Isle, ME 04627348-5681Potter: Functional pieces in porcelain and stoneware. Mostly wheel, but some hand-built.•St « © #
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Vaino KolaP.O .Box 14Deer Isle, ME 04627348-5681
Lorraine LansBox 534Stonington, ME 04681 367-8959
Painter: oil and acrylic. Intaglio prints. Drawings: variety of media. Based on forms derived from nature, including human ones.•St W © f t MAC juried roster
Carolyn KriegmanBox 387Stonington, ME 04681 367-2677Painter - seasonal.
Belle & Roger KuhnBox 457Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6454Enamel jewelry and boxes. Seasonal.
Beth LambertRFD 4, Box 280 Mariaville, ME 04605 537-3452Oil painting: contemporary landscapes of Maine. Advocate for the arts in schools. Volunteers in the schools in many media.n m © - f t
Theresa LambertP.O .Box 1314 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7558Oils and acrylics.© ft-
Painter: oils and some pastels. Portraits and landscapes from life; still lifes.W © ft- MAC juried roster
David LarsonBox 176Penobscot, ME 04476 326-8222Surreal but not slick; representational but contradictory.« © ft
Robert B. LashR O. Box 1132 Ellsworth, ME 04065 Box 304, Oak Point Road Trenton, ME 04605 667-1046 Fax 667-7365Forged iron and clay sculptural vessels. W orks in iron. Smoke and raku fired works in clay.* t « © ft-
Mary LauryOtis Road, Box 13 1 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8181 Fax 667-5903Watercolorist specializing in botani- cals. W atercolor teacher. Dance instructor: ballroom, Latin, country western, line dance. Theater: scenic artist. n f t
Brooke LawsingWater Street Castine, ME 04421 326-8071Published first book of poetry and prose, All Before Seventeen, while attending George Stevens Academy.
Arthur B. Layton, Jr.P.O. Box 5 1 Castine, ME 04421 326-8527Free-lance writer: The Navy War: An Oral and Visual History o f World War II at Sea (1990); Maine: Cruising the Coast by Car (1995).W riter for magazines and newspapers, specializing in travel and maritime.-at f t
Jack LedbetterP.O. Box 513 Rock End Road Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-4062Large-format black-and-white and color landscapes.
Diane LeeP.O .Box 186 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3880Film maker and screenwriter.
Stephen Leff98 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-1839Residential architect.-at ft.Warren LehrerP.O .Box 161 Sedgwick, ME 04676 (718) 784-4066W riter, artist, performer, book designer, teacher. Pioneer in new field of visual literature. Books exhibited nationally and in collections of major museums. Examples: GRRRHH HH: a study o f social patterns; French Fries; i mean you know.-at ftEllen LehtoP.O .Box 152 Hulls Cove, ME 04644 288-9623 (winter)Tunk Lake Road Sullivan, ME 04607 422-0989 (summer)Poet: The Sleepless Night chapbook. Painter: interpretive landscapes in acrylic.
Judith LeightonP. O. Box 353 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5001 Fax 374-5001 Painter.
Susan LernerRR I, Box 1548Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4070slerner@ecology.coa.eduslerner@coa.edu/Paintings and prints of emotional and imaginary landscapes and visions. Color and black-and-white. College of the Atlantic faculty.*1 © f t
Terrel S. Lester469 Sunshine Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2676Photographer: “Lightscapes” portraying the interaction of light and land.MAC juried roster
Carl LittleP. O. Box 273 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-9450 Fax 288-4126 ckl@ecology.coa.edu Poetry and art criticism.-St
Sally LutyensP.O .Box 1179Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-7871Short stories and fables for children. Composes both vocals and instrumentals, with an interest in opera.
Judith Mabus2 12 Track Road Sullivan, ME 04664 422-3019Painter and printmaker. Musician: American traditional folk music.-St
Wayne Mabus2 12 Track Road Sullivan, ME 04664 422-3019W rites poetry. Plays American traditional folk music.« t
Leslie Mackin-RandP.O .Box 190W est Gouldsboro, ME 04607 963-2353Painter: landscape, still life, flowers.* t « © f t
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSLeni MancusoBox 303Castine, ME 04421 326-9381W riter of personal poetry. Painter of watercolor landscapes, modernist and abstract.-atJoseph MartellP.O .Box 126Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-5347Sculptor.MAC juried roster
Mary Bracy MartinRR I , Box 6960 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2700Oil paintings. Also watercolor and woodcuts. Portraits.-at m © H£Robert C . MarvilleEast Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-5418Decorative wood carving: shore- birds, loons, raptors, etc. in natural settings. Wood montages. Jewelry pins carved: birdfeathers, musselshells, sand dollars, etc.« © #Cherie MasonP. O. Box 39 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6971 Fax 348-5241 W riter: environmental journalism with focus on wildlife. Book: Wild Fox (winner of Lupine Award).Environmental activist: lectures, school programs, and radio work.-atSuzanne Massie28 Pleasant Street P. O. Box 1569 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5748A u th o r, co n su lta n t , le c tu re r . Authority on Russian history and culture, journey (1973 with Robert Massie and Robert Massie Jr.), Land o f The Firebird: The Beauty o f Old Russia ( 1980), Pavlovsk: The Life o f a Russian Palace ( 1990).
Buzz MastersRR I, Box 436 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2322Painter: mixed media. Small icono- graphic narrative pieces. Influence of Renaissance Italian and New Mexican Spanish cultures: merging myth, folklore, and daily life, leading to the artist’s own myths and lore.-atThomas MatthiasRR I , Box 3930 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-2365 Fax 359-2187Designs and creates homes “of natural distinction.” Creates ritual and sacred spaces and altar pieces for Maine Coast Men.-St #-
Michelle McCann128 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3120Pianist. Works in music with devel- opmentally disadvantaged children. « t
Sylvia McEldowney8 Hancock Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5397Violin and viola. Plays with Pantry Quartet and Porcupine Players, in the Gilbert and Sullivan and Grand orchestras. Former member of Bangor Symphony. Board Member: Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestra and Ensemble.-S t
Diane McKinonRR I, Box 97 B Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7488 Fax 667-7488 pmckinon@hypernet.comPainter: w aterco lors and oils. Murals in Bar Harbor (Whale W atcher, Inc.) and E llsw orth (D ow neast Y M C A , Mill Mall). Limited edition prints available through O u tsou rce Unlim ited, Northeast Harbor.-S t
Ernest McMullenRR I, Box 3905Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4677mcmullen@ecology.coa.eduPainter of improbable landscapes, rea list ica lly handled, in o ils. Interested in resonant and holy places in nature, recontextualized. Faculty, College of the Atlantic.
Jim MeadeBox 365 Reach Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2289Painter - seasonal.
Benjamin MendlowitzRoute 175P.O. Box 14Brooklin, ME 04616359-2131 Fax 359-4432noah@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/noah.htmlSpecializes in marine photography for national magazines. Best of work annually presented in The Calendar ofWooden Boats.
Ingrid MenkenP. O. Box 99 Sunset, ME 04683 348-6204Printmaker - seasonal.
Richard MerrillRFD I, Box 183 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9503Black and white illustrations for books and magazines. Traditional and computer-generated graphic design. Singer and songwriter of folk-style original music. Puppetry: perform s Persian and Middle Eastern folktales and original stories.n Ht-
Susan Barrett MerrillRFD I, Box 183 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9503Hand-woven masks. Spins yarn from Maine sheep. Dyes it with natural dyes: flowers, tree bark, and roots. Hand weaves three-dimensional faces.Then felts the faces into headdresses that can be worn by performers.YY
Mollie Ann MeserveP.O .Box 174 Naskeag Point Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5024Author of books on the theater. Illustrator and author of cookbooks related to the theater, i.e. The Musical Theatre Cookbook.
Walter MeserveP.O .Box 174 Naskeag Point Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-5024Author of books on theater, dramatic literature, and history.
Helen Francis MeyerP. O. Box 709 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9487 Fax 667-4070Multi-media, collages, landscapes. Native American influence.-at &Edward MichaudRR 3, Box 36 C Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3021Musician and music teacher (public school and private): saxophone, clarinet, trombone. Jazz. Conducts school ensembles.-atJacqueline MichaudP. O. Box 206 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9309 Poet.-S t
Kenneth MikeP. O. Box 272Mount Desert, ME 04660244-5105Ellsworth high school art teacher. Painter and sculptor.« t %
Daniel MillsRR I, Box 477 Hancock, ME 04640 667-9292Theatrical director. Teaches theater and English at Mount Desert Island High School. Has directed and performed in Gilbert and Sullivan Society productions. Creates foam puppets. Has taught juggling. Has written and performed folk songs of Maine.-St #
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Lawrence MoffetRR I, Box 574 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6082eschoon@juno.comVarious media including painting (mostly watercolor), pastels, paper cuts. Carpenter, boat builder.n © &
Leslie MooreP. O. Box 11 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-0535tmoore@bell.mma.eduPen-and-ink drawings of animals and houses.
Deborah MoscowitzP. O. Box 73 Surry, ME 04684 667-4580Advocate for the arts in education.■n
Emily MuirP. O. Box 55 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2287Has designed over 40 houses. Painter and sculptor.&
Richard Myrick16A Dow Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2851Painter - seasonal.
Paul NewlinRR I, Box 121 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2996 Fax 348-5687Novelist and short fiction writer: It Had to Be a Woman.■n
Leanne NickonP.O .Box 195Bass Harbor, ME 04653244-9977Painting on silk: scarves, pillows, art works, etc.#
Stephen NorrisRFD 2, Box 447 Franklin, ME 04634 565-3520Performer, arranger, composer. Trom bone in Blue Hill Brass Quintet. Musical Director for many Grand productions. Choir Director for Saint Andrews Lutheran Church. Music teacher, Penobscot and Brooksville Elementary Schools.
Walter NowickP.O .Box 141 Surry, ME 04684 667-9551 Fax 667-6752Pianist and teacher. Founder and D irector of the Surry O pera Company and Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Amateur Opera Company. Performances in Russia, Japan, Germany, and Surry. Working toward establishing the Surry International Music House.-atMary NyburgP. O. Box 427 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6051bheron@media2,hypernet.com Functional salt-glazed pottery.
Elizabeth O ’MalleyBox 262Castine, ME 04421 326-4212Oil painter, not completely abstract. Portrait painter. Also expressionistic drawings.■at tyj* 0 Y t M/tC juried roster
Irene ObermannRR I Box 198 Franklin, ME 04634 565-3336Volunteer coordinator for Performing Arts for Children in Hancock County.-atJan OrdwayP.O. Box 415Northeast Harbor, ME 04612 276-5864Public school teacher: band, chorus, orchestra, ensembles. Performance: violin (earlier, in New York).-atRichard OrdwayP.O. Box 415Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-5864Public school teacher: band, chorus, orchestra, ensembles. Performance: trumpet (previously with U.S. Navy Band).-atSteven OrlofskyP. O. Box 205 Surry, ME 04684 667-5973 Fax 74-2982Saxophone and clarinet. Member of A-Train. George Stevens Academy music teacher.-at
George G. OrzelI Clamshell Alley RR 2, Box 2 0 1 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5213Paintings, portraits, illustrations. Solo French horn. Wind ensemble performance. Member of Sea Winds Ensemble.#
Philip OsgoodRR I, Box 234A Brooksville, ME 04617 326-4047pgosgood@acadia.netWide ranging interests in writing from non-fiction articles on the arts and nature to creative fiction to poetry and philosophy. Takes commissions for non-fiction articles.H£
Stephen PaceRFD I, Box 40 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5529Painter - seasonal.
Robert PackieP.O .Box 117 17 Dewey Sreet Hulls Cove, ME 04644 288-5442Naturalist paints landscapes in oil inspired by observations and weather conditions. Also watercolors. Poetry with natural history descriptions.
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Tammy PackieP.O .Box 117 17 Dewey Street Hulls Cove, ME 04644 288-5442Free-lance photographer with portfolios of documentary photographs from Maine and Latin America.
Commercial work: environmental portraiture, weddings, animals. Black and white and color. Educational exhibits with lectures. Private instruction.
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Bobby Ann PackwoodRR I, Box 1530off Route 172Sedgwick, ME 04676359-2514 Fax 359-2514packwood@hypernet.comRestoration of Navajo textiles.Consulting, appraisals, and programson Navajo weaving and culture formuseums, schools, and communitygroups."St dZ
Margaret ParkerBox 41 Main Street Castine, ME 04421 326-9346Painter: murals in Castine Inn and planetarium; quilting design, garden design, book with Daniel Berrigan. MAC juried roster
Gray ParrotP. O. Box 236 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9529Fine hand bookbinding: rebinding, restoration, protective cases, design bindings, edition binding, and decorated papers.
Steve PeerRR 3, Box 29 B3 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4297Drummer - all styles.n
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INDIVIDUALKenneth PerrinP. O. Box 2 3 1Hulls Cove, ME 04644288-5415Personal art photography. Human interaction with landscape, creating small outdoor environments to photograph. Also portraits, art documentation, commercial photography
Steve PerrinP. O. Box 585Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-8240W rites about the natural world, primarily coastal Hancock County and Acadia National Park. Hiking Living Trails o f Acadia National Park, etc. Photography: slide shows on natural subjects.- 9 S
Scott PerryP.O .Box 1071 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2596 Fax 374-2597 800-995-0796, ext. 0527Guitar, harmonica, and vocals, specializing in traditional acoustic blues. Teaches significance of A frica n -A m erica n ex p erien ce . University and college workshops on blues culture and the importance of the oral tradition. See also The Woodshed.n
Robert Phipps122 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3855Painter, graphic artist, printmaker, draftsperson. Singer (tenor) with Acadia Choral Society.<W © HZ
Frank PitcherRR I, Box 436 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2322 Fax 348-2307 Functional clay pieces: simple but expressive salt or soda fired. Sculptural clay: figurative commentary on the struggle of relationships, personal or the individual and the environment. Studio Coordinator for Haystack.-91 r-7 ©
ARTISTSMolly PitcherRR 5, Box 3550 Ellsworth, ME 04605 469-7468 mpopd@agate.netSinger: member of Wild Ginger.
Penelope PlumbP.O. Box 601 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6892Painter. Some wood sculpture. Has done sign painting and calligraphy. Art teacher - all levels.
Sylvester PolletRR 5, Box 3630 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2255Poet, editor, publisher. Associate editor/acting d irector National Poetry Foundation. Editor/publisher Backwoods Broadsides. Poetry readings and workshops."9s MAC juried roster
Robert PollienP. O. Box 658Mount Desert, ME 04660288-8996pollien@acadia.nethttp//home.acadia.net/userpages/pol
lienPainter: realist oil paintings of coastal Maine, particularly Mount Desert Island/Acadia National Park area, primarily from direct observation."9s HZ MAC juried roster
Deborah PulliamBox 667Castine, ME 04421 326-9582Spinner, knitter, historian, writer, painter.•9s HZBill RaitenRR I, Box 1025Blue Hill, ME 04614374-5057 Fax 374-3704raiten@hypernet.comFor 35 years has taught acting anddirected plays in New York, Maine,California, Canada, and Russia. Dir-ector:Theatre Arts Works (T.D.C.)-9S
Patricia Smith RanzoniH CR 78 Box 173 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-2225Poet: Claiming (1995). Published in about six dozen literary journals in and beyond M aine, including Christian Science Monitor, Spoon River Poetry Review and Yankee Magazine.
Christopher RaphaelP.O. Box 500, Rte. 176 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-8235 Fax 326-9207 archkit@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com/kitchens.htmlResidential, light commercial, and institutional architectural design. New construction and remodeling. Also creative, family, and architectural photography.-9 S m © HZ
Rebekah RayeSchoolhouse Road East Blue Hill, ME 04629 374-5174Mixed media: paint, oil, metal, wood. Animals as subject matter.-9S 0 $ © HZ MAC juried roster
Adrienne RedhairRFD 2, Box 208 Lamoine, ME 04605 667-3156Navajo cooking and other native American foods."9s Hr-
Phyllis ReesRR I, Box 303 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7828 Fax 667-2358 rees@panax.comPainter in oils, natural subjects: close up water scenes and trees.» ©Dartha ReidRR 2, Box 322 F Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5434 Nature poetry.
Bethany ReynoldsP.O .Box 1374 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-3170bsrdesign@acadia.net Quilt design. Shows quilts nationally. Desk-top publishing: patterns for quilt design.« ©Paul RickertSouth Brooksville, ME 04617 326-4606Cellist.
Wilma RifkinRR I, Box 56 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6146Painter: abstraction, related to natural forms. Accretion of forms and colors having a rhythmic relationship. Overlays paint with paper and fabric, often in counterpoint to colors. Piano teacher: private lessons, all ages, beginning and intermediate.HZ'Deborah RileyRR I, Box 1915 Newbury Neck Crossroad Surry, ME 04684 667-5404Piano teacher. Church organist.-91
Dennis RileyRR I, Box 1915 Cross Road, Newbury Neck Surry, ME 04684 667-5404Functional redware pottery fired at earthenware temperatures. Original pot designs and glazes. Decoration by slip-trailing, carving, brushed oxides, or faceting.m © HZIrene Mrose RissiRFD I, Box 1779 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6158Instuctor of violin and viola. Free lance chamber performer. Coordinator for Kneisel Hall Young Musicians Program.■n
Peggy RogersBox 281Castine, ME 04421 326-8020Designs and executes needlepoint rugs: wool, blocking, backing. Paints and draws.
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Terry RoheR O. Box 38 Hancock, ME 04640 422-3503 Fax 422-3503Hosts radio program on W ERU called “Queen of Cheap Eats.” 10- week series on ABC 7, “Good Maine Food.” For ten years was correspondent on aging issues for Good Morning America.•atJan RosatiP. O. Box 86Deer Isle, ME 04627348-2502Watercolors. Creative quilting, shell art, one-of-a-kind baskets. Pottery. A rt teacher.-atLucy RoweStudio: 75 Main Street, 3rd floor Mail: 40 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9613 Fax 288-6072 ibr@aretha.jax.orgDancer, teacher, primarily in ballet and jazz. Kinesiology: understanding the way the body moves, to prevent injury, including sports.
Helen RundellH C 64, Box 2405 Brooklin, ME 04616 359-8934 Fax 359-8934Lithographer, painter. Also hooked rugs.m © &
Mark RutterRR I, Box 1930 Surry, ME 04684 667-0173Poet, teacher, musician. Member of the Machineheads - industrial/punk band.
Aldona SabalisP.O .Box 1090 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5422Painter: large scale oils and water- color based on Maine landscapes. Still life.■®! © YY MAC juried roster
Dennis SaindonRFD I, Box 1818 Stonington, ME 04681 348-6085Custom-designed furniture to meet individual needs. High quality woods with traditional joinery. Specializing in hand-rubbed oil varnish finish. Will travel to site if there are spe
cial requirements. Portfolio and brochure available.n &
Karen SaumRoute I , Box 1544 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-3946ksaum@saturn.caps.maine.edu Novels and short stories: Murder Is Relative; Murder Is Germaine; Murder Is Material; and / Never ReadThoreau. MAC juried roster
Julia SchlossRR I , Box 5053Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-9882One-of-a-kind handwoven wool hangings, many in modified tapestry technique, distributed nationally through galleries and art consultants.Y? MAC juried roster
Bill SchubeckGeneral DeliveryEast Blue Hill, ME 04629374-5417Gary Bushee and Bill Schubeck Duo: available for parties and occasional restaurant concerts and dances. Piano, harmonica, guitar, violin, mandolin, and vocal harmonies.*tBrad SchwartzRR I, Box 65A Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-6286Hand-crafted furniture. Award-winning original designs. Client input invited.« © #-Lucille ScoperR O. Box 305 Orland, ME 04472 469-3966 Fax 469-3898Oil painter. Teaches traditional oil painting at home and at Bucksport Adult Education.-at « © &Anne SeaveyBox 9 3 1Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-7323Specializes in one-of-a-kind stained- glass designs for residential, commercial, and ecclesiastical settings. Commission and restoration work. Full-service studio and gallery, Hot Flash Anny’s, at Hinckley’s Great Harbor Marina.« &
Jane SeekinsP.O .Box 156East Orland, ME 04431469-2633Watercolor painter.
Samuel Shaw100 Main Street Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-5000 Fax 276-0716 Jeweler: MFA, Rl School of Design. Refined high karat gold settings employing wave-tumbled beach stones. Bold and large in scale. Catalogue available.« t « © #
C.G.R. ShepardH C 77, Box 163 Hancock, ME 04640 422-9098Poet: Past Imperfect, Present Tense.
Victoria SheridanP. O. Box 700 Castine, ME 04421 326-9566Painter, watercolors and oil, landscapes and still lifes.W © MAC juried roster
Robert ShetterlyRR I , Box 106 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-8459Painter, printmaker, illustrator.* t « © #
Susan Hand ShetterlyRR I, Box 1920 Surry, ME 04684 667-7212Fiction writer, essayist, teacher. New Year’s Owl, Tinker o f Salt Cove.•atKathleen SikkemaP.O .Box 1342 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7327 Fax 667-7327Soprano soloist (with Surry Opera, etc.). Folk recitals. Programs with ancient instruments. Music workshops for adults: “Finding Your Voice.” Organist and choir director.•atJanet SimpsonBox 27 BBrooksville, ME 04617 326-8896Singer: member of Wild Ginger and Bagaduce Chorale, a t
Shira SingerRR I, Box 3670Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-8054Marbled silk scarves and garments. Jewish wedding documents (ketu- bah) in cut paper.
« © &Judith SloanP.O .Box 161 Sedgwick, ME 04676 (718) 784-4066Actress and playwright. Produced in theaters, festivals, universities, and on radio throughout the U.S. and abroad. Available June-August for formal programs, workshops, residencies, lectures, and demonstrations on Women in Comedy, Oral History, Looking for Laughter, Writing from the Inside Out, etc.■atRichard SmallP.O .Box 143 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2598Realistic renderings in photographs and paintings of urban scenes and house portraits.%•
Mary Ann SoletBass Cove Fibers Route 185 Sorrento, ME 04677 422-3564 Fax 422-3564 basscove@downeast.netCrocheted hats and vests of natural fibers. Original designs and new classics.« © &Lucille SoperP. O. Box 305Orland, ME 04472-0305469-3966Oil painter.«t © jejune SprouleRR I, Box 5110 Surry, ME 04684 667-4125Handmade paper, surface design, collage, boxes. A rts educator. Workshops in pastepaper, handmade paper, and creating books with children.•at &
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INDIVIDUALKen Stackc/o Acadia Repertory Theater P. O. Box 106 Mount Desert, ME 04660 326-8532Theatrical director, actor, administrator. Available for free-lance work and residencies. One-person dramatization of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Resident stage director for The Grand. Instructor at New England School of Communication at Husson College.-atUlrike StadlerH CR 62, Box 12 A Route 198Mount Desert, ME 04660 276-0728Paintings: post-expressionist, realism style, predominantly oil. Stained glass work includes large window panels.
Barbara StearnsBox 74Castine, ME 04421 326-8813Painter: watercolor flowers, scenes of Maine, Castine.
Thomas Stewart205 Johnson Point Road Penobscot, ME 04476 326-9370Photographer: people, stock market photography, lifestyle shots.•St « ©Marion StockingRFD 2, Box 154 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-5598Editor: The Beloit Poetry Journal. Publisher: The Latona Press. Maine Arts Commission.
Allyn StorerOne W illow Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4776Watercolor, acrylic, drawing. W orkshops in watercolor. Courses and tutorials in Humanities (literature, philosophy, history). Editorial consulting for book preparations.■St
ARTISTSCandice StoverP. O. Box 83Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-3937Poet. Teacher. W inner of 1994 MWPA Chapbook Award with Holding Patterns. Leads independent writers’ workshops. Adjunct faculty, College of the Atlantic.-atPeggy Heigold StrongR 5, Box 387 D Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-4701 Fax 667-6481 mstrong@panax.com GoodEnoughArt. Small original letterpress books in limited editions.-at m © #Paul SullivanRoute 175Blue Hill Falls, ME 04615 374-2208Com poser, pianist. Inspired by Maine and nature. See under River Music.
George Gaines Swanson349 Seawall Road Manset, ME 04679 244-0579Programs of old time American folk songs. Very familiar folk songs with historical anecdotes. Banjo accompaniment. Articles on history of folk song.«t
Cynthia ThayerBox 520 West Bay Road Gouldsboro, ME 04607 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.net Fiction writer: member of Peninsula Writing Group.Teaches fiction writing. Weaves ikat clothing.at
Beth ThomasRR I, Box 2578Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-9836bthomas@ecology.coa.edu Poet and free-lance writer.at
Jane I.ThomasRR I, Box 550 Surry, ME 04684 667-2087Scientific illustrator, specializing in biological subjects. W riter and folklorist: Chimney Pond Tales. Tells Chimney Pond tales at Baxter State Park and in local schools.atLynn ThompsonP. O. Box 273Hulls Cove, ME 04644288-5761Painting and photography. Gallery in Bar Harbor.
Betty TiedemannRFD I, Box 1815 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3139Singer: mezzo soprano, in formal concert and in pop. Sings with Bagaduce Chorale. Member of the Bagaduce Music Lending Library.as
Lucy TracyP.O .Box 17Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-7360“Woven wearables”: handwoven accessories - hats, shawls, scarves, serapes, of merino wool and silk or merino wool and alpaca.at dr
Clinton TrowbridgeRR I, Box 1840 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-4447Essays, articles, and short stories in Christian Science Monitor, Maine Times, etc. Books: Crow Island Sound and The Boat that Wouldn’t Sink; coauthored The Man Who Walked Around the World and Into the Remote Places.atWilliam TurnerRFD I, Box 1175 Stonington, ME 04681 367-2749 Fax 367-5947 turner@acadianet.com One-of-a-kind or limited-edition furniture on commission. Works with veneers and does hand carving and detailing. All custom design: works with each client to meet his/her needs and tastes.m © M
Janice TyeRR I Box 394 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 963-4117Craft application, hand-painted t- shirts and sweatshirts. Ink and water color. Fantasy: to order. Trained in London.-atJanwillemVan deWetteringP. O. Box 35 Surry, ME 04684 667-4339103241,376@compuserve Essayist (The Empty Mirror). Novelist (most recently The Perfidious Parrot). Junk sculptor. Collageur.
Pax VogtRR I, Box 720 Penobscot, ME 04476 326-8273Potter. Public school art teacher.-atDulcianne VyeRR 2, Box 322 DD Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-0583Illustrator, especially illustrations involving people. Sculptor, working in many media.■at #Whit VyeRR 2, Box 322 DD Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-0583Graphic designer: brochures, annual reports, rosters, etc. Wood carver, specializing in birds. Scratch-built boat models.-at %-Carol Scott WainrightRR I , Box 449 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2580Dense wool rugs in tapestry as well as traditional Scandinavian designs. Large and small. Linen warp, hand- dyed yarns.©
Carolyn WaiteP. O. Box 38 Sedgwick, ME 04676 359-8935 Fax 359-8935Theatrical properties and set design. Workshops for schools, festivals, etc.-at dt-
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Parker WaiteP.O .Box 481 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-9353 Fax 359-8935Woodblock prints. Studio in Seamark Building, Deer Isle.•at w HZ
Ian WalkerRD I, Box 1005 Stonington, ME 04681 367-5103Fine furniture maker.
Harold WallsP.O .Box 1179O tter Creek, ME 04609288-3804W rites short stories and poems based on his knowledge and recollections of maritime history.
Peggy WanamakerP. O. Box 500, Rte. 176 Brooksville, ME o46l7 326-8235 Fax 326-9207 archkit@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com/kitchens.htmi Professional kitchen planning, design, and installation coordination. In-home consultations a specialty.« © HZ
Tim WardenP. O. Box 66 Bernard, ME 04612 244-7955Pastels. Teaches life drawing; various media.
Jan WatsonRR I,B ox 249 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-9420Landscapes and portraits in acrylic, oil, and watercolor. Exhibits in the Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle.HZ MAC juried roster
Susan B. WebsterP. O. Box 397 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-2434Mixed media printmaking and artist books."®! HZ MAC juried roster
Ken WeinbergCurtis Cove Road East Blue Hill, ME 04629 667-1123Freelance property master, table- top director, set decorator. Has worked nationally and international
ly on commercial films and some TV commercials. Works with Theatre Arts Works (T.D.C.).-atJane WeinbergerP.O .Box 159 Mount Desert, ME 04660 244-7149 Fax 244-3369 windswept@acadia.net http/www.boo knotes.com. windswe
PtFiction writer, especially of children's books. Publisher, Windswept House.
Joyce WenglowskiBox 70Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7731Paintings, drawings, and mixed media on the spirit of nature and its human connections, communicated through abstracted forms, lines, colors, textures, and found objects. 7” to 20’ canvases. Art programs for physically and mentally challenged adults. June-Sept.n m © HZ
Melita BrecherWesterlund54 Hancock Street •Studio: Edgewood Street Bar Harbor, ME 04069 288-4175 (home)288-9328 (studio)Sculptor: large-scale and human scale. One-of-a-kind welded steel sculptural furniture. Hand-cast paper collage. Adjunct faculty, College of the Atlantic.* t m © HZMAC juried roster
David WestphalP. O. Box 550Mount Desert, ME 04660244-7789dewest@tctech.net Media consultant.
Dale WheatonP.O. Box 261 Holden, ME 04429 843-5732Author: Observations from the Stern (Timberdoodle Books).
Gerald WheelerInn at Ferry Landing RR I, Box 163 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-7760 Fax 348-5276 ferryinn@juno.comPianist, organist, harpsichordist: chamber music, accompaniment, choral direction. Organist and choir
director for St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, Blue Hill.-atPat WheelerP. O. Box 326 Deer Isle, ME 04627 348-5267 Fax 348-5267Full-time artist in collage and assemblage. Psychological content. From small framed wall pieces to life-sized installation works.
Jennifer WhiteRR 2, Box 247 Bucksport, ME 04416 469-7258Colored pencil. Oil pastel.
Wanda WhitenerRFD I , Box 36 Buttermilk Road Lamoine, ME 04605 667-4047whitener@tremont.u98.k 12.me.us Public school music teacher. French horn. Bangor Symphony, Bangor Symphony Brass Quintet. Plays for church services, weddings, etc. and in pit orchestras: G ilbert and Sullivan, etc. Private lessons on French horn.-at
William WhitenerRFD I, Box 36 Buttermilk Road Lamoine, ME 04605 667-4047Musician: trumpet. Bangor Symphony, Blue Hill Brass Quintet, Bangor Symphony Brass Quintet. Recital soloist. Plays for church services, weddings, and in pit orchestras. Instruction in brass: clinics, master classes, demonstrations; private instruction, all ages.-atWild Mountain ManP. O. Box 5074 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Ray Murphy 565-3377“W orld’s Original Saw Sculptor.” Featured in Ripley’s Believe-lt-Or-Not, Wall Street Journal, and Old Farmer’s Almanac. W ork in seven continents. Site on Route I, five miles east of Ellsworth. Developing museum and park. Instruction available. Supports DARE program.
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Sheila Wilensky-LanfordP.O .Box 125Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 244-9067Coordinator of book discussion groups for kids and adults. Writing group, W izards of O z, led by Candice Stover. Teacher at MDI High School.•at
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ORGANIZATIONSA. Jones GalleryI Columbia Avenue off Route 102 Bernard, ME 04612 A. Jones 244-5634Studio-gallery overlooking Bass Harbor. Paintings and art works shown throughout studio and home. Features work of A. Jones: paintings, collages, body ornaments, and other “artful things.” Open 10-6 summer and year-round by appointment.« ©
A-Train40 Westwood Drive Orono, ME 04473 Jim Frick, Leader866-7648 (home) 581-1147 (office) jimfrick@pluto.caps.maine.eduJazz quintet: standard and contemporary jazz and Latin. Vibes, guitar, saxophone, bass, and drums/percus- sion.-atAbbe MuseumP. O. Box 286 Sieur de Monts Spring Route 3Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Diane Kopec, President Betts Swanson, Program Director 288-3519 (office)288-2179 (museum)Fax 288-8929 abbe@acadia.netFosters an understanding and appreciation of Maine Indian history and culture through research, preservation, exhibitions, and educational programs. Gift shop with Indian books, tapes, and arts.-atAcadia Choral SocietyRFD 5 Box 386A Ellsworth, ME 04605 Shirley Smith, Director 667-2059Eighty member group made up of singers from Hancock and Penobscot Counties. Co n certs in December and May.
Acadia Dance Ensemble18 West Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Cheryl G. Libitzki, Director 667-3039
Non-profit student performing company associated with Libitzki School of Dance. Lecture demonstrations in studio and in area schools.-atAcadia Film VideosP. O. Box 550 Mount D e se rt , ME 04660 David Westphal 244-7789dewest@tctech.netConsulting work with non-profits on media presentation. Video and film production.
Acadia National ParkP.O .Box 177 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Shirley Beccue 288-3338 (Headquarters)288-5262 (Visitor Center)National park regularly features visual arts through artist in residence programs and exhibitions at the visitor center.
Acadia Repertory TheatreP. O. Box 106 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Ken Stack, Artistic Director 244-7260Professional summer stock theatre company, in 25th season (1997). Performs classical and contemporary comedy and drama. Annual children’s theatre program. Fourth- of-July weekend through mid- Septem ber, in M asonic H all, Somesville.
Acappellago601 Indian Point Road Mount Desert, ME 04660 Don Gooding, Director 244-7603 Fax 244-7613 dgooding@acadia.netVocal jazz ensemble singing close harmony arrangements of classic American songs from the I920’s through the 1990’s. Performs about once a month in a variety of venues throughout Hancock County.-at
American Native GalleryRR I, Box 1530 Sedgwick, ME 04676 Bobby Ann Packwood, Proprietor 359-2514 Fax 359-2514 packwood@hypernet.com http://www.hypernet.com/native.ht
mlCollection of Native American arts and antiques, featuring Maine native baskets and root clubs as well as Southwestern textiles and other arts. July-September, Wednesday- Saturday.W
Aquarius ArtifactsRoute 102,Town Hill Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-4143International collection of artifacts.
Arcady Music SocietyP. O. Box 78093 Cottage StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Melba Wilson288-3151 288-5815Fax 288-3151 288-2141 (summer)Volunteer-based organization presenting classical and contemporary music of high quality to Central, Northern and Downeast Maine in live performances throughout the year, with an emphasis on chamber music and programs for young people.
Art Classes for Children43 Third Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sandra Irwin 667-8731Small groups of children age 4-14 have the opportunity to explore and build their skills while drawing, painting, sculpting, designing, weaving, and making pottery.-atArtisan WoodworksRR I , Box 65A Deer Isle, ME 04627 Brad Schwartz348-2703 (shop) 348-6286 (home)Creating a line of furniture using less precious, though no less interesting woods: material that speaks of our region in an honest and direct way.« © #
Asticou GardensRoutes 3 and 198 Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Mrs. Donald Straus 244-3685Japanese-style garden, designed by Charles Savage.
Asticou TerracesRoute 3Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Timothy Taylor 276-5130English formal garden designed by Charles Savage.Thuya Lodge houses a botanical book library.
Atlantic Blanket CompanySwan’s Island, ME 04685 John and Carolyn Grace 526-4492 Fax 526-4174Handwoven blankets: Maine wool from fine breeds. Blankets are blended natural colors of wool, some with accents dyed by hand with natural dyes. Blue ribbon for excellence at Smithsonian Crafts Show, 1996.Visitors welcome 2-6 in summer and by appointment year round.
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Atlantic Clarion Steel BandBox 303Brooksville, ME 04617 Carl Chase, Captain 326-9324A six-member steel drum band that performs calypso, swing, classical, and other styles. Also does educational concerts, workshops, and private engagements.n &
Bagaduce ChoraleBox 170Brooksville, ME 04617 Mary Cheyney Gould 326-8532gould@hypernet.com Eighty voice community chorus, performing 5-6 concerts annually, primarily in Blue Hill.
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ORGANIZATIONSBagaduce Music Lending LibraryP. O. Box 829 Greene's Hill Blue Hill, ME 04614 Judith F. McGeorge,Executive Director 374-5454 Fax 374-2733 musiclib@hypernet.com http://www.hypernet.com/musiclib.
htmlPrinted music lending library. Founded in 1983 to collect, preserve, and lend printed music and to provide music education programs.-SR t-ss
Bagaduce SteelP.O .Box 170 Brooksville, ME 04617 Marcia Chapman, Captain 326-8537gould@hypernet.comA steel drum band with 8 -12 members ranging in age from 10 to 72. Repertoire includes calypso, classical, and popular. Founded in 1990.-at
Bagaduce VoicesKathleen Caldwell RR I , Box 96 Brooksville, ME 04617 326-4091Rebecca Poole (326-0638)RR I, Box 134 AA Brooksville, ME 04617 rchapman@downeast.netO ra l h istory p ro ject of the Brooksville Free Public Library with a grant from the Maine Women’s Fund. Collection of video and audio tapes of stories told by local residents about life in Brooksville.Tapes may be checked out of the library.-atBar HarborChamber Of CommerceP.O .Box 158 93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-5103
Bar HarborCongregational Church29 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Martha Chandler 288-3280Space available for rental for concerts, etc.
Bar Harbor Folk Dancers600 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 David and Tricia Harrison 288-3533Weekly dances held at the Gates Auditorium, College of the Atlantic. International folk dancing with live music featured weekly, Thurs. 7- 9:30.
Bar Harbor Folk Orchestra56 School Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Joe Niemczura 667-0260josephn@acadia.netLive music, featuring accordion, kaval, bouzouki, flute, trumpet, saxophone, doumbek, and vocals, to accompany contradances. Music, singing, and dancing combine to create the effect of being in a small mountain village at harvest time, -as &Bar Harbor Fourth of July CelebrationP. O. Box 273Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-5103Annual celebration with blueberry breakfast, parade, and fireworks.
Bar Harbor Historical Society24 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Debbie Dyer 288-3807Collection of artifacts and memorabilia from Bar Harbor’s past.
Bar Harbor Music Festival59 Cottage StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Francis Fortiersummer: 288-5744fax: 288-2023winter: 2 12-222-1026fax: 212-222-3269V ariety distinguishes the BarHarbor Music festival - everythingfrom string orchestra to jazz.Founded by Francis Fortier. 30thAnniversary in 1996. Season July toAugust. W inter address: 741 WestEnd Avenue, Suite 4B, New York, NY10025-6222.
Bar Harbor Tattoo Shop3 17 Main Street Shore Road, off Route I Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Liz and Bill Cornelius 288-9722Custom tattooing and body piercing.
Barter Family Art GalleryBox 102Sullivan, ME 04664 Philip Barter, Owner 422-3190Art gallery featuring contemporary Maine landscapes, painted furniture and sculpture.
Beloit Poetry JournalRFD 2, Box 154 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Marion K. Stocking, Editor 667-5598http://zinnia.umfacad.maine.edu/~sh
arkey/bpjFounded in 1950 and publishing works received from all over the world, without regard to form, content, school, style, or the reputation of the poet. Accepts one-half of one percent of poems received.
Bill Schubeck and Gary Bushee DuoEast Blue Hill, ME 04629 Bill Schubeck 374-5417Musical duo featuring acoustic blues, country blues, swing classics, and fiddle tunes in various combinations of piano, guitar, fiddle, harmonica, mandolin, and voice.-atBingham & Woodward, ArchitectsP. O. Box 336High StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614Dean Bingham, Sam Woodward,Partners374-2327 Fax 374-2328 dbingham@acadia.net woodarch@acadia.net Residential, commercial, and institutional architecture. Contemporary,
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Birdsacre: Stanwood Wildlife SanctuaryP. O. Box 485 Route 3Ellsworth, ME 04605 Stanley Richmond, Curator 667-8460Richmond Nature C en ter and Cordelia Stanwood Homestead Museum open to public in summer. Cordelia Stanwood was a pioneer photographer, writer, and craftsper- son.■St
Birdsnest Gallery12 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Barbara Entzminger 288-4054A rt gallery featuring Maine artists working in oils, watercolors, and sculpture, and in a variety of subject matter. Open daily, May 15 to October 30, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Black Socks String BandBox 520Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Sheila Unvala, Member 963-2279Five-piece string band: fiddles, banjo, hammered dulcimer, guitar, mandolin and a few extras. Performs traditional string-band music for old-time country dancing.
Blue Heron GalleryP. O. Box 427 Church Street Deer Isle, ME 04627 Mary Nyburg, Owner 348-6051bheron@media2.hypernet.com Seasonal gallery featuring the works of the Haystack School of Crafts faculty - traditional and contemporary crafts, fiber, furniture, paper, prints, sculpture - as well as top clay and glass artists.
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Blue Hill Books2 Pleasant Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Nicholas Sichterman and Mariah Hughs 374-5632Small family-run general interest book store with literary base.
Blue Hill Brass QuintetRR 5, Box 234 (summer)Grant Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Paul Greenstone, Manager 667-1117 (summer)725-8067 (all year) pgreenst@draco.col.kl2.me.us Musical entertainment to order: from formal concerts to strolling musicians. W ide range of music: classical to jazz to pop to country. Plays for weddings, concerts, parties, festivals, funerals, and other festive occasions. W inter address: P. O. Box 792 , Brunswick 04011.-atBlue Hill Concert AssociationP.O .Box 140Blue Hill, ME 04614Gretchen Nagy, Program Director359-2573 Fax 359-2593genagy@juno.comSponsors a five-concert series each winter of chamber music, bringing chamber groups from around the world. Sponsors a school concert when possible.•atBlue Hill Farm InnP. O. Box 4037 Route 15Blue Hill, ME 04614 Jim Schatz, Owner 374-5126Live concerts. Displays works of art by local artists, including crafts. Periodic fashion shows of locally produced garments.
Blue Hill Public LibraryP. O. Box 824 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Marcia Schatz, Librarian 374-5515Authors’ readings, book signings, and programs. Maine Humanities Council programs throughout the year. “Let’s Talk About It” reading and discussion group every summer. Gallery space for local artists.
Bob Haskell Big BandP. O. Box 246 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Robert Haskell, Director 348-6811Big band: 17-piece I940’s-style dance band with five reeds, four trumpets, four trombones, and rhythm. Plays mix of arrangements recorded by the original bands, as well as contem porary stylings. Swing, Latin, waltzes. Recreates swing-era sounds produced by the big bands.
Book Shelf24 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Maite & Pete Johnson 667-1120Rare, out-of-print, and used book store featuring books on Maine, nature, history, art, music, and children’s books.
Borealis Press1935 Morgan Bay Cross Road Surry, ME 04684 Mark Baldwin, President 667-3700 Fax 667-9649 borealis@acadia.netGraphic design, editorial, and photographic services. Publisher of greeting cards and prints. Clients have included MIT, IBM, and the College of the Atlantic, large and small businesses, craftspeople, artists, and institutions, in and outside of Maine.
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Breakneck Boys108 West Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Jeff Davis 288-5693Dance band: classic country and eastern.-at
Briggs ArchitectsP. O. Box 266 Brooklin, ME 04616 Philip Briggs,Architect 359-2203 Fax 359-2215 briggs@media2.hypernet.comResidential and commercial work: new and renovation.
Brooksville Community CenterP. O. Box 274 Brooksville, ME 04617 Daphne Urban, Secretary Susanne Dodge, Chair 326-9172 326-9628 (Dodge)Two craft fairs a year in mid-August and late November. Theater productions, book readings, dances, community suppers, and other local events. Farmers’ Market in summer of 1997. Available for rent: weddings, banquets, classes, etc..
Brooksville Free Public LibraryP. O. Box 38 Brooksville, ME 04617 Darby Fleming, Librarian 326-4560bfpl-df@bfpl.lib.me.uswww.hypernet.com/BFPL.htmlPublic library with changing art exhibits of works by local artists, school children, and traveling exhibitions. An ongoing schedule of programs that feature writers, musicians, dramatists, artists, and craft classes. Programs are all free.-atBrooksville Historical Society MuseumRoute 176Brooksville, ME 04617 Dick Brownell, Acquisitions 326-4137Artifacts from 19th and early 20th century. Also diaries, journals, family histories, cemetery lore, and town reports. Herb and flower gardens, and orchard in front. Restored Hearse House behind main building. Open Wednesday and Sunday afternoons in summer.■as
Buck Memorial LibraryP. O. Box DD Bucksport, ME 04416 Geraldine Spooner 469-2650Bucksport High School and the Orland School exhibit their art work at the library. Welcomes art or crafts exhibits.
Bucksport Art AssociationRR I Box 386 River Road Bucksport, ME 04416 Donna Wolf, Founder 469-2141Sponsors annual art show for beginning and intermediate artists in the Bucksport Bay Area.
Bud Carter Music ScholarshipP. O. Box 33 Stonington, ME 04681 Kay Gardner 367-5552Scholarships for summer study for Island music students entering grades 6-12.•atCastine Arts AssociationBox 2 8 1Castine, ME 04421 Peggy Rogers, Member 326-8020Brings lectures, perform ances, workshops, and the arts to all ages.
Castine Conservation Commission/ParksP. O. Box 204 Castine, ME 04421 Lisa Lawsing, President 326-4502Regulates parks and public lands.-atCastine Historical Preservation CommissionP. O. Box 204 Castine, ME 04421 Lisa Lawsing, President 326-4502Holds monthly meetings and sponsors events to educate the public and help regulate the preservation of historic architecture in the historic district of Castine.-at
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Castine Historical SocietyP. O. Box 238 Castine, ME 04421 John Parish, President 326-4595 johnp@acadia.netCollects, preserves, protects, and makes available a variety of materials that illuminate the historical developm ent of the Castine- Bagaduce River area. Serves all ages through exhibits, educational programs, and publications.n
Celestial Glass and Dagaz StudioP. O. Box 43 Sargentville, ME 04673 Cynthia Booker-Bingler and Roger Bingler 800-571-2558Fully equipped for large or small art glass creations, from layout to installation. Restoration and conservation work. Brochures, wholesale and retail catalogs available.
Center for the Art of LivingP.O .Box 1123Blue Hill, ME 04614Truus Geraets or Jennifer Greene374-2405O rganization for intercultural bridge building.
Center GalleryMill Mall 240 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Bonnie Sparks 800-696-2540Off-campus center of the education network of the University of Maine System. W ork of local artists is featured on a 6 week rotation. Works insured by University. Monday- Friday, 8 a.m .-9 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. -2 p.m.
Classical TwoH C 77, Box 125 Hancock, ME 04640 Lynne Mattingly and Robert Rohe 422-2339 Fax 422-3503Lynne Mattingly, cello, and Robert Rohe, contra-bass, in concerts of classical, baroque, and occasionally contemporary music, with historical commentary."ft MAC juried roster
Coastal DesignsRR I Box 2340 Sedgwick, Me 04676 Beth and Bill Fewell 359-2301Woodcarving that captures the essence and anatomical detail of songbirds, raptors and fish. Also M ainescape lamps portraying coastal Maine.
Coastal Maine’s Virtual Art GalleryP. O. Box 5093 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Jean Shepard,Webmaster 667-7414morgana@downeast.nethttp://downeast.net/virtual/gallery.
htmlFree service to area artists to enable access to a world-wide audience. Revolving collection of representative works of Downeast Maine artists, with contact information on individual artists.n
Coastal New England PublicationsP. O. Box 55Salisbury Cove, ME 04672 Sherri Eldridge, President 667-7111 Fax 667-7266 Publisher of cookbooks: regional, children's, special interest, and note- cards. Uses work of regional artists.
Cold Comfort ProductionsP. O. Box 580 Castine, ME 04421 Aynne Ames 326-8830 Summer theater.
Colonel Black Mansion (Woodlawn)W est Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8932Early nineteenth-century Georgian architecture, with spectacular spiral staircase and fine period furnishings. Formal perennial garden and Black family carriage in carriage barn. Open daily, June through mid- October, 10-4:30.
Anne-Claude Cotty GalleryRFD 143Stonington, ME 04681 367-2699Book artist and printmaker. Leads workshops in book arts for adults, including paste papers, box and book construction, folded and dyed decorative paper. Summer workshops and after-school art classes for children.■ft MAC juried roster
Country Knights23 Ledgelawn Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Pamela Walton, Lead vocalist 288-3813Four-piece country-rock group: David Cleaves, guitar, keyboard; Robert Bothean, percussion; Tom Karnofsky, bass; Pam Walton, vocals.•atCranberry Isles TilesOtter Cliffs Road Otter Creek, ME 04665 Gail Grandgent 288-9021Distinctive handpainted tiles and fiberworks.
Criterion Theatre35 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3441Original Art Deco theatre. Shows films in summer.
Deck House Restaurant and Cabaret11 Apple LaneSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679 Robert Marshall 244-5044Performances nightly by waiters and waitresses. Seasonal. Summer residency program for aspiring performers.
Deer Isle Artists Association (DIAA)P. O. Box 634 6 Dow Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 Richard Myrick 348-2851Organization of Maine artists, professional and amateur, and of arts supporters. Promotes the visual arts through exhibitions and education. Mid June-August. Rotating group shows every three weeks with an opening for each show.
Deer Isle Coffee HouseRFD I,B ox 964 Stonington, ME 04681 Frank Gotwals 367-2259Presents three to four concerts a year in an informal setting featuring musicians from New England.
Deer Isle WritersP.O .Box 150 Sunset, ME 04683 Nancy Dobbs Greene and Brenda Gilchrist 348-9351An active critiqueing group that meets weekly, attracting writers from both Deer Isle and the mainland. All genres welcome.
Dorcas LibraryP.O .Box 167Prospect Harbor, ME 04669 963-7018Full public library service for adults and children: books, audios, videos, computer, internet access, large print books, copy machine. Mondays 4-6, Wednesdays 1:30-4 and 6-8, Saturday 1:30-4.-at
Down East Family YMCAP. O. Box 25Ellsworth, ME 04605Rob EatonProgram Director667-3081 Fax 664-0120Musical productions in conjunctionw ith the G ran d A u d ito riu m .Occasionally brings performingartists to the Y.n
Downeast Dulcimer and Folkharp Festival47 W est StreetBar Harbor, ME 04609Anne and Ed Damm, Directors288-5653 (shop) 288-5424 (home)Fax 288-8136songsea@songsea.sdi.agate.nethttp://www.agate.net/~songsea/inde
x.htmlFestival primarily for folk harp and fretted and hammered dulcimers. Usually the weekend after the Fourth of July: two days of workshops in Agamont Park, Bar Harbor, and two evening concerts at St. Savior’s Church. Sponsored by Song of the Sea.
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Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts (DEFFA)RR 2, Box 56 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Malcolm Sanders, Editor 667-0040mms@aretha.jax.orgNon-profit organization promoting the folk arts in Maine and environs by acting as clearing house for resources. Publishes monthly DEFFA Newsletter.
Downeast Graphics & Printing, inc.Washington Junction Road P.O .Box 1103 Ellsworth, ME 04605-1 103 Charles E. Ferden 667-5582 Fax 667-2809 1-800-427-5582 degink@acadia.net 6 1 Cottage St.Bar Harbor, ME 288-5387 Fax 288-2023 edenshop@acadia.net Main St Blue Hill, ME 374-2909 Fax 374-2889 mtnsea@acadia.net Carroll’s Hill, Route 102 Southwest Harbor, ME 244-9066 Fax 244-9933 horizon@acadia.netGraphic design and layout. Full service commercial printing. Process color, imagesetting and scanning technology. In-house bindery. Puffin Express Copy Center for full color and black-and-white photocopies, including T-shirt transfers, etc.
Dream WeaverRR Box 243Little Deer Isle, ME 04650 Mary Eaton, Owner and designer 348-6294 Fax 348-6294Studio and showroom for chenille sweaters and scarves.« © &
DW Communications Group (formerly Designwrights, Inc.)P.O .Box I 150 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Kyle C . Murphy,Assistant Creative Director 374-5400 Fax 374-2417 dw@dwgroup.com www.dwgroup.com Full-service marketing, advertising, graphic design, interactive public relations, evironmental displays. Satellite office in Boston.n
Eastern Bay GalleryRoute 175 Brooklin, ME 04616 Kate Fairchild, Owner 359-8045Retail gallery for contem porary Maine crafts.
Eden Folklore Society24 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Anne and Ed Damm 288-5653 Fax 288-8136 songsea@songsea.sdi.agate.net http://www.agate.net/~songsea/inde
x.htmlFolk group open to all. Meets second Saturday of the month, 7 p.m. Opens with workshop on the month’s theme (instrument, style of playing, or singing style). Then a song theme of the month, followed by a jam. Bring instruments and a snack. Sponsored by Song of the Sea.
Elliott and Elliott ArchitectureP. O. Box 3 18, Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Matthew A. Elliott 374-2566 elliott@acadia.netArchitectural firm specializing in interpretation of traditional New England designs. N ew design, restoration, and renovation, including interiors. Residential, cultural, and civic (i.e. libraries)
Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce163 High Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Margaret Sumpter,Executive Director 667-5584 Fax 667-2617 eacc@acadia.net http://www.acadia.net/eacc
Ellsworth Public Library46 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Pat Foster, Director 667-6363 Faz 667-4901 pat@seth.ellsworth.lib.me.us http://downeast.net/users/ellslib/ells
lib.htmlFull service library. Riverside Room available for gallery exhibits, poetry readings, book signings, lectures, and public meetings.
Family Night Coffee HouseUnitarian-Universalist Church Bucksport Road P.O .Box 5141 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sally Bell, Director 667-7181Fax 667-7181 (call first by phone) Informal, low-cost coffee house for teens and families. Local performances plus open mike. Food available. Fourth Saturday of the month. 7-10 p.m.
Farmstead BarnRt I , Box 8East Sullivan, ME 04607 Ginia Wexler, Director 422-3615Shows for children only. Free, donations accepted. Every Tuesday in July, 9:30 and I 1:00. Sponsored by the Hancock County Friends of the Arts.
Fay’s One GalleryP.O .Box 561 Castine, ME 04421 Michael Fay, Proprieter 326-0780Oil paintings by Susie Duncan Fay and others. Also live performances of folk, jazz, blues, and theater.■at m 35-Feedback TheatrebooksP.O .Box 174 Brooklin, ME 04616 Mollie Meserve, President 359-2781 359-5532 feedback@hypernet.com http://www.hypernet.com/prospero
.htmlSmall press publishing books on drama and the theatre: theatre history textbooks, anthology of early American plays, theatre-related cookbooks, reference books for playwrights, theatre directories, Prospero’s Almanac, etc.
Flash in the PansP.O .Box 5 1 Brooklin, ME 04616 'Dottie Farrar, Captain 359-2357Community steel band of approximately 30 musicians ranging in age from their teens to their 70’s. Directed by Carl Chase. Does benefits for community groups. Raises money for scholarships for George Stevens Academy students.-91 ©
Flounder SocietyP. O. Box 74Hulls Cove, ME 04644Helen Douglas, Founding Flounder288-9057Umbrella organization for local visual and performing artists. Twice- a-year Happenings to bring local artists together. Developing not-for- profit arts and crafts co-op, with gallery and directory. Plans for visiting artists, workshops, studio space.
Fort GeorgeTown HallP. O. Box 204Castine, ME 04421Susan Macomber.Town Clerk326-4502Remains of old fort built during Spanish war, softball field, little league.
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ORGANIZATIONSFrankie’s40 High Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Rosemary Soreman, one of the owners 667-7701Cafe with gallery. Emphasis on contemporary painting with occasional photographs and textiles.
Franklin Cedar CanoesRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 Charles Grosjean 565-2282hogbay@cacadia.net Wood/canvas and wood/fiberglass canoes.« ©
Freshwater Stone and BrickWork, Inc.P. O. Box 15, Route 15 Orland, ME 04472 Jeff Gammelin, Owner 469-6331 Fax 469-7057Stonework construction, usually residential - all types of stonework: walls, fireplaces (as at Husson College), etc. Stone fabrication: granite countertops, vanities, sculptural-type pieces. Has taught at Haystack and in public schools.•fit W #t-Friend Memorial LibraryP. O. Box 57 Brooklin, ME 04616 Gretchen Volenik, Librarian 359-2276libfml@celestat.comHistorical photographs of Brooklin on slides, with oral history. Original Garth Williams prints from E.B. W hite’s Stuart Little and Waldo Pierce painting, gift of White. O ccasional art exhibitions.
Friends of Morgan BayRR I, Box 1925 Surry, ME 04684 Hugh Curran, President 667-7170 Fax 667-7170 Advocates for Morgan Bay in Surry and stewards for the Carter Nature Preserve. Proposed book on the pre-history, geology, flora, and fauna of the area with interpretive and descriptive art and literature.
George Daniell GalleryRD I, Box 231 Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-8530George Daniell is a watercolor painter and photographer, who exhibits locally and in New York. George Daniell Gallery in Trenton is open by appointment. 25 cards of his photography available from Borealis Press.« © &
Gilbert and Sullivan SocietyP.O. Box V Ellsworth, ME 04605 Lee Patterson, Treasurer 244-4044 Fax 667-7235International, award-winning, amateur group of 80+ local individuals. Performs G&S works in February and July in Ellsworth and elsewhere. Also G&S a la carte: small concert ensemble singing excerpts from G&S operas interlaced with anecdote and history.-atGoose Cove OrchestraRR 2, Box 56 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Margot Bridgett or Malcolm Sanders, Members 667-0040mmb@aretha.jax.org Contradance band, the house band for the Trenton Grange Dance, 3rd Saturday of each month. Traditional music with a lively feel, for dances, weddings, and other occasions.•fit
Grand Auditorium (Hancock County Auditorium Associates)P.O. Box 9 4 1 167 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Pam Walker, Pro Tern. Director 667-5911A rt and foreign films; live performances of great diversity; children’s programming. Gallery space for visual artists.
Grand PlayersP.O. Box 9 4 1167 Main StreetEllsworth, ME 04605667-5911 Fax 667-1286Local community theater: musicalsand dramas.
Great Cranberry Island Historical SocietyP.O .Box 12Cranberry Isles, ME 04625 James M. Storey 244-5210Collection of Great Cranberry Island historical material.
Great Harbor Collection MuseumOld Firehouse, Main Street Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Steve Parady 276-5262Mount Desert memorabilia, including old fire engines, sleighs, and carriages, a working player piano, and room of local industries. Late June through mid-September, Monday- Saturday, 10-5.
Green Head ForgeP.O .Box 122 Stonington, ME 04681 Jack and Harriet Hemenway,Owners367-2632Sculpture for home, garden, and gallery. Functional ironwork. Jewelry in silver, gold, and iron. Studio on Old Quarry Road off West Main Street, open Monday-Saturday, 8-4, year round.« © &
Green Mountain RailwayP. O. Box 88Otter Creek, ME 04665 John Sharp 288-4821 jjf@jax.orgO ld-tim e bluegrass traditional music, New England, Southern Appalachian, and some Irish. Banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and bass. Plays festivals, nursing homes, schools, etc.-atGull Rock Pottery325 Eastside RoadHancock, ME 04640Torj W ray and Kurt Wray, Owners422-3990W heel-throw n, hand-decorated blue and white pottery. Production studio with three full-time potters.
H.O.M.E., Inc.P.O .Box 10 Orland, ME 04472 jo Barry469-7961 Fax 469-1023 homecoop@acadia.netC o o p e ra tiv e com m unity that includes health clinic, soup kitchen, food bank, homeless shelters, learning center with day-care, literacy and GED tutoring, alternative high school and college-level programs; job and craft training; pottery, leather, and weaving shops; recovery barn, greenhouse and farmers’ market; sawmill and shingle mill.
HajduksH CR 60, Box 173Gouldsboro, ME 04607Jonathan Archer & Joe Niemczura,Members963-2878International men’s singing group performing Greek, Turkish, Maced o n ian , C ro a t ia n , B u lgarian , Romanian, and Russian songs.•fitHammond PlayersH C 35, Box 156 W inter Harbor, ME 04693 Hank Shaefer, Stage Director 963-7262Produces two plays per year: amateur theatre, part of the Historical Society.•fit
Hance PotteryRFD I, Box 139 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Charles Hance 348-2883Primarily functional stoneware and flameware.
Hancock Center for the ArtsP.O .Box 188 Hancock, ME 04640 Dr. Donna G. Fricke and Deborah de Moulpied, Directors 422-3680 or 422-9990 Fax 422-9990hancock@www.downeast.net Classes in the arts and writing.•fit « © %-
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HandworksP.O .Box 918 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Lee Lehto 374-5613Contem porary crafts: primarily Maine artists and craftspeople.
Harbor House Community Service CenterP. O. Box 836 Main StreetSouthwest Harbor, ME 04679Marty Lyons244-3713Educational and cultural programs for all ages. Seasonal and special events including Quietside Festival in August.
Hardwood MagazineRR 5, Box 4270 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Anna Marie Saintonge 667-8772www.hrdwood.com World W ide Web site featuring Maine artists, writers, and musicians. Includes articles about the artists, samples of works (video, audio, and written), and a calendar of arts-related events.
Hattie’s ShedBox 520 W est Bay Road Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Cynthia Thayer, Owner/Member 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netFiber shop located at Darthia Farm, specializing in handspun, handknit, and handwoven garments and rugs.
Heartsong BooksP. O. Box 370 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Maggie Steincrohn Davis, Publisher/Owner 374-5170Publishes books for all ages celebrating the interconnectedness of all life. (Not seeking manuscripts at this time.)
HeartTree Press28 Pleasant Street P.O .Box 1569 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-5748Publishing company for Land o f The Firebird: The Beauty o f Old Russia (1980), and Pavlovsk: The Life o f a Russian Palace (1990), by Suzanne Massie. (Not seeking manuscripts at this time).
Helen Douglas Studio and GalleryP. O. Box 74 Hulls Cove, ME 04644 Helen Douglas 288-9057Art gallery and studio featuring work of artist Helen Douglas. Primarily oils, pastel, and charcoal.-atHog Bay EclectetP. O. Box 200 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Lee Patterson 244-4044Small group of experienced singers performs an eclectic repertoire, including operetta, Broadway, opera, Neapolitan songs, and semi-classical works.The program length varies to suit the occasion.
Hog Bay Pottery and Handwoven RugsRR I, Box 175 Franklin, ME 04634 Charlie & Susanne Grosjean,Owners565-2282hogbay@acadia.netTwo studios featuring weavings and pottery created on-site; functional housewares.« © &
Holt HouseW ater Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2459Eighteenth-century Federal style house, with stenciling and antique furnishings reflecting the community’s 230-year history. Annual quilt show. Blue Hill Historical Society museum, open July-August, Tuesday and Friday, 1-4.
Hope MagazineP. O. Box 160 Naskeag Road Brooklin, ME 04616 359-4651 Fax 359-8920 www.hopemag.comEdited to inspire a sense of informed hope among readers by encouraging a deeper understanding of the human experience at its best and its worst.
Hot Flash Anny’sBox 9 3 1Southwest Harbor, ME 04679Anne Seavey244-7323Full-service studio and gallery at Hinckley’s Great Harbor Marina specializing in one-of-a-kind stained-
glass designs for residential, commercial, and ecclesiastical settings. Commission and restoration work.&
Hoy GalleryP. O. Box 564 Stonington, ME 04681 Jill Hoy 367-2368A rt Gallery primarily featuring the work of Jill Hoy, whose paintings have been featured on covers for L.L.Bean, etc.
Island Artisans99 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Abigail Goodyear 288-4214Displays works of more than 50 well-known Maine crafters. Sweet- grass Fine Baskets of Maine occupies one area with works of many well-known basketmakers.
Island Arts Association38 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Benita McMullen 288-5008Crafts organization of MDI and outer-island artisans. Sponsors two annual fairs on the first Monday in August and the first weekend in December.
Island Designs25 Cleftstone Road Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Chong and Judi Lim 288-4250Embossed and handmade papers, cast clay tiles.
Island Education FoundationP. O. Box 232 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Sebert Brewer and Judy Hill 348-2243 Fax 348-2342A nonprofit corporation providing financial services to supplement and enhance educational opportunities for the children of Deer Isle and Stonington.
Island Fishermen’s WivesP. O. Box 293 Stonington, ME 04681 Jenni Steele 348-2876Quilts. Support for fishing industry, calling attention to the plight of small fishing communities struggling to survive in the face of the current crisis.
Islesford Artists GalleryP. O. Box 16Islesford, ME 04646Dan and Katie Fernald, Owners244-3145S p ecia lizes in a rts of L itt le Cranberry and neighboring islands. Open June-August.Take ferry out of Northeast or Southwest Harbor, hourly.
Islesford Historical MuseumIslesford, ME 04646 Acadia National Park 244-9224Museum of area history since 1604. Open daily late June through September, 9:45-4:30. Accessible by ferry from Northeast Harbor.
Islesford Historical SocietyLittle Cranberry Island Islesford, ME 04646 Hugh L Dwelley 244-7893Devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of documents and artifacts relating to the history of Islesford, the Cranberry Isles, and the surrounding area.
Iver StudioP. O. Box 334 Swans Island, ME 04976 IverW. Lofving and Maili Bailey 526-4350A rt studio, lessons available. W orks include paintings, pottery, and wearable art.
Jeff Dobbs ProductionsP.O .Box 541 93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Jeff Dobbs, President 288-4354 Fax 288-8081 Tourist Information Station in summer. Video production: commercials, industrial videos, full-length feature films, TV spots (CN N , McNeil- Lehrer).
Jesup Memorial Library34 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Nancy Howland, Librarian 288-4245 jesup@acadia.netLibrary: site for art work and discu ssio n gro up s. Bar H a rb o r Historical Society located in basement. Contact Mrs. Jane Haraden for exhibits.
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ORGANIZATIONSJewett School and Miles Lane SchoolP. O. Box 636Bridge StreetBucksport, ME 04416Ellen G. LaVaccare, Art Teacher469-6644A rt programs, grades I -6.
Joan Staats Memorial LibraryJackson Laboratory 600 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Doug MacBeth 288-6146 Fax 288-6079 library@jax.orgOver 3000 volumes, 365 periodical subscriptions, special collections of genetics, medicine, and animal husbandry.
Jobo KunderP. O. Box 236Hancock, ME 04640Gray Parrot or Christine Covert,Members422-9529http://www.agate.net/~ile/jobo.htmlW est African music and culture, musical performance, demonstration, and slide talks. Cultural tours and residency programs in the Gambia.■n
John Perkins House and Blacksmith ShopBox 196Castine, ME 04421 Patty Hutchins, Curator 326-8545Blacksmith shop with a working smithy. Open July and August, Sundays and Wednesdays, 2-5. Admission charged, guided tours.■n
Joliat GalleryP.O. Box 812 Main StreetNortheast Harbor, ME 04662Greg Joliat276-5585A rt gallery featuring contemporary expressionist paintings.
Jonathan Fisher MemorialP. O. Box 537 Mines Road, Route 15 Blue Hill, ME 04614 William Petry, Vice-President 374-2459 359-2268 (Petry) Parsonage of first settled minister of Blue Hill, Jonathan Fisher, who came to the town in 1797. Homestead open July to mid-September, Monday-Saturday, 2-5.
Jordan Bay FloralRFD# I , Box 92C Trenton, ME 04605 Victoria Burtchell 667-8648burtchl2@acadia.net Dry and silk floral crafts for a variety of occasions.
Joyce Wenglowski GalleryBox 138Main Street and Pleasant Street (Route 15)Blue Hill, ME 04614Joyce Wenglowski, Gallery Director374-3505Contemporary paintings, drawings, and mixed media by Joyce Wenglowski on the spirit of nature and its human connections, through abstracted forms, lines, colors textures, and found objects. June-Sept. A rt programs for physically and mentally challenged adults.«
Joyful NoiseP.O .Box 150 Hancock, ME 04640 Joel Mann, Spokesperson 422-3635brians@nemaine.comCelebration of eclectic musical styles played for schools, concerts, clubs, and festivals.■n.
Jud Hartmann GalleryP. O. Box 753,Main StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614Jud and Gretchen Hartmann,Owners374-9917 (gallery)359-2544 (home)Fine arts gallery, open summers, featuring limited edition bronze sculptures depicting woodland tribes of the Northeast. Also watercolors of
William Bracken, Jerry Rose, and Barbara Arnst Prey.-at m # -
Kebo Valley Golf ClubEagle Lake RoadBar Harbor, ME 04609288-5000Caters and hosts functions in the clubhouse.
Kneisel HallP. O. Box 648 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Ellen W erner 374-2811Seven-w eek sum m er cham ber music school for preprofessional students and an eight-week chamber music festival.
Kneisel Hall Young Musicians ProgramRFD I, Box 1779 Stonington, ME 04681 Irene Mrose Rissi, Coordinator 348-6158Three-day chamber music program for local string and piano students, ages 11-17. Late June.
Knight Associates, ArchitectP. O. Box 803Blue Hill, ME 04614Bob Knight, President374-2845 Fax 374-2761knight@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/knight.htmlResidential design.
Krumbhaar & Holt Associated Architects, P.A.56 Church Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Nicholas Holt, President 667-5575 Fax 667-5576 holt@acadia.netAll kinds of architectural design and planning. Over 250 different kinds of buildings, especially schools (all levels), all kinds of housing, medical care, etc. Specialists in long-range planning, working closely with owner.■n %
LamoineHistorical Society MuseumRFD 2, Box 273 Lamoine, ME 04605 Jo Cooper, President 667-7062cooper@acadia.net Local historical museum in East Lamoine Church, with extensive collection of photographs. Domestic and military artifacts; materials
from local shipbuilding and fisheries. Open by appointment, May through September.n m Q
LamoinePatrons of the ArtsLamoine Consolidated SchoolRFD 2, Box 80Ellsworth, ME 04605June Sproule667-4125 Fax 667-3860Community support group founded in 1995 to make connections through the arts between the school and community. Has organized surveys of students and parents on needs in the arts; summer arts workshops for children and adults; a fund-raising raffle; a dessert cabaret with music, dance, and storytelling by community members; and sponsorship of performance and workshops for students by Michael Wingfield and Cabildo.
Latona PressRFD 2, Box 154 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Marion K. Stocking,Publisher/Owner667-5598Publisher of Chandler Richmond, Beyond the Spring: Cordelia Stanwood o f Birdsacre. (Not seeking manuscripts at this time.)
Lee Clark Allen GalleryP.O .Box 162 Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Lee Clark Allen, Artist 374-8894leemail@hypernet.com www.hypernet.com\leeart.html W ork of Lee Clark Allen: watercolors inspired by the gardens of Maine. Home accessories (tablecloths, cushions, etc.) coordinated to paintings.
Left Bank CafeP.O. Box 981Blue Hill, ME 04614Chuck Donnelly and Janet Anker,Proprietors374-2201leftbank@downeast.nethttp://www.downeast.net/com/left
bankBakery/restaurant/cafe. C o n cert venue, presenting local, regional, and world-wide talent. Features folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass, classical, and alternative music. Some theater and poetry readings. Displays work of local artists.
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Leighton GalleryParker Point RoadBlue Hill, ME 04614Judith Leighton, Owner/ Proprietor374-5001Contemporary art gallery featuring 30 leading artists in shows that change monthly, as well as a large outdoor sculpture garden.
Libitzki School of Dance18 W est Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Cheryl G. Libitzki, Director 667-3039A dance school specializing in classical ballet. The school also offers pre-ballet for younger children and tap dance.-St
Liras GalleryP. O. Box 946Main StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614Serge Liros, Owner374-5370 Fax 374-5370liros@hypernet.comwww//liros@hypern et.comNineteenth and early twentieth century American and European art. Russian icons, old maps and prints. Custom framing. Appraisals and restorations of paintings and frames.
Local ColorP. O. Box 364Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Jayn Thomas, Owner 276-5544 (shop) 276-5627 (home) Fax 276-4023Retail boutique. A rt to wear. Everything hand-made by artists nation-wide, including many local artists. Seasonal, but year-round by appointment.
Lompoc Cafe and Brew Pub39 Rodick Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-9392Micro-brewery and restaurant, also features live entertainment and gallery.
Lone Moose Fine Crafts78 West Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Sherry Rasmussen 288-4229Mount Desert Island’s oldest “Made in Maine” gallery. Fine furniture, wood engravings, decorative and functional pottery.
Lorraine Lans StudioP. O. Box 534 North Seabreeze Ave.Stonington, ME 04681 Lorraine Lans 367-8959A rt studio featuring portraits, landscapes and still life. Visits by appointment or chance.
Lucia’s Little HousesR O. Box 803Blue Hill, ME 04614Lucia Knight, Director374-5299 Fax 374-2761knight@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/knight.htmlSale of small house plans designed by Robert Knight.
LunaformP.O .Box 189Track RoadSullivan, ME 04664Phid Lawless and Dan Farrenkopf,Owners422-0923 Fax 422-0923 lunaform@acadia.net Handmade all-weather garden containers, urns, and fountains. All pieces hand-turned, steel-reenforced concrete in a wide variety of natural colors and textural finishes, f t « © &
Made In The ShadeH C R 6 2 Box 122 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Katherine Pratt 244-0558Translucent lampshades and standing panel screens, using pressed flowers and leaves, laces, found objects and cut paper. Takes commissions for small interior murals, painted windowshades, and block print linens and clothing.
Maidee’s Restaurant156 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Maidee Chang, Owner 667-6554On weekends: classical guitarists, pianists for background music. Local musicians only. Five local painters displayed for a year, opening in March.
Maine Crafts AssociationP. O. Box 228 6 Dow Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 Gael McKibben,Executive Director 348-9943 Fax 348-9943Established in 1983. Statewide, nonprofit organization responding to
the educational, promotional, advocacy, and communication demands of craftspeople. Serves over 800 professional craftspeople and their supporters. Offers a variety of benefits and programs.-atMaine Dance Center40 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Lucy Rowe, Director 667-9613 Fax 288-6072 ibr@aretha.jax.orgWeekday evening classes, specializing in older children (ten and up) and adults. Classes at all levels in ballet and jazz dance. Occasional workshops in other forms (modern dance, folk dance, choreography, etc.). Annual performance in spring. Studio: 75 Main Street, 3rd floor.-ft m © #
Maine Indian Basketmakers AllianceP. O. Box 3253 Old Town, ME 04468 Theresa Hoffman,Executive Director 827-7776 ext. 341Annual basketmakers sale and demonstrations in Bar Harbor: July or August.« &
Maine Polymer Clay GroupP. O. Box 733 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Laura Balombini 374-5142State-wide group for those involved with polymer clay. Bi-monthly discussions on technique, business advice, public relations, and small business concerns for the individual artist.
Maine St. Andrews Pipes And DrumsP. O. Box 865 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Cindy Thayer, Member 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netBand performs in parades and concerts throughout Maine and competes in Highland Games. Rehearsals are held Monday evenings. Free lessons in piping and drumming, f t
Mainestreet Studio and GalleryP. O. Box 380Main StreetDeer Isle, ME 04627Jennifer Burton, Owner348-5067Gallery and working studio featuring jewelry and artwork from coast to coast. Also sculpture, photography, garden novelties, and home- goods.
McGrath Dunham GalleryP. O. Box 6 3 1 Main Street Castine, ME 04421 Pat McGrath Dunham,Gallery Manager 326-9175Commercial gallery featuring paintings, original prints, sculpture, and pottery of 50 artists. 11 th season. Open from May through October, winter by appointment.-ft m #
MDI Open Studio9 Strawberry Hill Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Susan Gross, Coordinator 288-8103Annual open studio and art sale by Mount Desert Island Artists, f t * *
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ORGANIZATIONSMDI School ArtsMount Desert Elementary School Joy RoadNortheast Harbor, ME 04662Carol Shutt276-3348The art teachers of Union 98 schools joined to promote the arts in education and to make them a central part of students’ learning experience.
MDI Workshop Gift OutletRFD I, Box 2042 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MaryKate Heath, Sales Manager 288-5252 Fax 288-4234 dhi@acadianet.com Non-profit marketplace offering outdoor furniture, woodenware, souvenirs, and gifts; some handmade by adults with disabilities. On Route 3 to Bar Harbor. Open year round. Seasonal shop in N o rth e a st Harbor: MDI Workshop Annex, Main Street, 276-9841.
MDI-YMCAP. O. Box 5 1 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Mike Gurtler 288-3511Community resource willing to provide facilities and collaboration in cultural events and activities.
Minnewokun WritersRR I, Box 5018 Sedgwick, ME 04676 judi K. Beach 326-0514W riters of all genres, all levels of experience, meet to write together and, if requested, give feedback on work-in-progress. Informal w orkshop meets weekly at the Cyberway Cafe on High Street in Ellsworth, Mondays, 7 pm.
Monteux Opera FestivalRR I Box 142 D Steuben, ME 04680 David and Diane Katz, Spokespersons 546-4495Annual August festival of opera and related performing arts at Monteux School, Hancock. Affiliated with the Pierre Monteux Memorial Foundation.
Motion CollectiveRR I, Box 253 BB Ellsworth, ME 04605 Don Grieco 667-8482Improvisational dance and music ensemble. Structural improvisation in performance, with Ruth Blackburn, improvisational pianist. Modern dance class at Fitness East, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.-S i
Mount Desert Festival of Chamber MusicP. O. Box 862Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Natalie Raimondi,Executive Director 288-4144String quartets with guest artists, presenting standard chamber music repertoire, in historic Neighborhood House, with its fine acoustics and turn-of-the-century charm. Five Tuesday evenings in July and August. Todd Crow, Music Director. 34th season in 1997.
Mount Desert Island Historical SocietyP. O. Box 653 Mount Desert Street Mount Desert, ME 04660 Jaylene Roths 288-3723Historical society offers folklife museum and archives. Programs include historic preservation issues and techniques, as well as folklife history.
Mount Desert Summer ChoraleRD 2, Box 157 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Billie Lear,Treasurer 667-5790 blear@acadia.netSummer-only chorus. Concerts in August. George Emlen, Director.
Mountainville StudiosP.O .Box 14Sunshine Road, FR #525 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Marcia and Vaino Kola 348-5681Private studio, creating functional ware in porcelain and stoneware, works on paper, oil paintings.
Natural History Museum College of the Atlantic105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Diane Clendaniel 288-5015Dioramas of flora and fauna of coastal Maine. Summer field study programs for children.-atNeighborhood HouseBox 332Northeast Harbor, ME 04662J.B. Fait276-5039Performance space with 250-person capacity auditorium.
Nervous Nellie’s Jams and JelliesRoute I , Box 474 A Deer Isle, ME 04627 Peter Beerits, President 348-6182 1-800-777-6845 fax 800-804-7698 jam@nervousnellies.com Year-round jelly kitchen with seasonal cafe, jams, jellies, conserves, chutneys, syrups, and sculptures produced on the premises. O utdoor garden of whimsical sculpture.-at «New England Museum of Telephony, Inc.P.O .Box 1377 on Winkumpaugh Road Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sandra Galley, Secretary 667-9491Museum of antique and historical telephone switching systems, mostly from Maine. Includes complete central offices from Clinton, Bradford, and Islesboro, Maine. Aims to exhibit them in a hands-on environment. Telephone Fair and open house on August 23, 1997.« ©
New Leaf Publishers50 Benjamin River RoadSedgwick, ME 04676Pat and Tom Schroth, Publishers359-2280 Fax 359-2280newleaf@acadia.netBook publisher: Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester, The Big Book o f Buttons (1991); Button Handbook ( 1992); Black Glass Buttons ( 1992).
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NOAH PublicationsP.O .Box 14Route 175Brooklin, ME 04616Benjamin Mendlowitz359-2131 Fax 359-4432noah@hypernet.comwww.hypernet.com/noah.htmlProduces The Calendar o f Wooden Boats, now in 16th year, as well as marketing coffee table books and note cards that also feature the marine photography of Benjamin Mendlowitz.
North Country TextilesRoute 175Penobscot, ME 04476 Carole Larson, Partner 326-4131 (Penobscot)374-2715 (Blue Hill)Founded 1976. Handwoven home textiles and clothing sold in two shops. The three partners/design- ers/weavers: Sheila Denny-Brown, Ron King and Carole Ann Larson. Blue Hill shop open year round. Penobscot, June through September. $5)
North Light BooksMain StreetBlue Hill, ME 04614374-5422
Northeast Harbor LibraryI Joy RoadNortheast Harbor, ME 04662 Robert Pyle, Librarian 276-3333 nehlib@acadia.net Continuous series of exhibitions, about eight a year, on arts, history, and education. Some musical performances. Story telling program. Special collections: MDI history, geology, and I.T. Moore photographs.
Northeast Historic Film and The Alamo TheaterP. O. Box 900 379 Main Street Bucksport, ME 04416 Karan Sheldon 469-0924 Fax 469-7875 oldfilm@acadia.net www.acadia.net/oldfilm/Museum interpreting a century of moviegoing in northern New England. 4 million feet of film and2,000 hours of videotape by independent, amatuer and professional creators of all kinds. Videos of Life in New England distributor.-at asst
Oakum Bay String BandH.C. 64, Box 408 (d o Fowler) Brooklin, ME 04616 George Fowler 359-2070gfowler@hypernet.comPlays for monthly contradances at Blue Hill Town Hall (first Saturday). Established 1981. Currently: George Fo w ler (founder), fiddle; Bill Schubeck, fiddle; Heidi Daub, whistle, banjo, guitar; Jeff Titon, fiddle, banjo, guitar; Sue Jo Mitchell, piano. Reperto ire includes traditional music from New England, French Canada, Appalachia, Ireland, and Scotland. Also available for dances, parties, weddings, etc.
Old Post Office Song SwapH CR 60 Box 171 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Steve Rompel 963-2541Small restaurant offers a song swap every Sunday from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Acoustic music, all genres.
On Stage At The GrangeP. O. Box 150 Hancock, ME 04640 Joel Mann, Director 422-3635Family concert series and variety show, every other Friday night throughout the summer: singer/ songwriters, storytellers.-atOutsource UnlimitedP. O. Box 720 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Polly Tonini, Proprietress 276-0777 Fax 276-0555Displays selected artists in various media. Exclusive, signed, framed reproductions of original works, produced on site. Location: Main Street, Northeast Harbor 04662.
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Oz BooksP.O .Box 125Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Sheila Wiiensky-Lanford, Founder/Owner 244-9067O z gueat authors series; other events in the planning stage. “O z Books the store closed; O z Books the state of mind will never close.”
Pantry QuartetBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 Ruth Grierson 244-3742Amateur string quartet available for schools, churches, etc. Various repertoire for all levels.n
Paradox StudioOne Willow Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Allyn Storer 667-4776Offering workshops in painting, drawing and illustration.■at
Peninsula ReviewP. O. Box 436W inter Harbor, ME 04693 David Fickett, Editor 963-5832 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.net Literary magazine published by the Peninsula W riters Group: poetry and fiction. Invites submissions. Published twice a year.
Peninsula WeaversP.O .Box 371 Green’s Hill Road Blue Hill, ME 04614 Sally Tompkins 326-8246 Penny Boardman 374-9938 374-2760Hand-woven table runners and napkins, chenille scarves, and rugs. Weaving taught in the Swedish tradition. Shop carries weaving supplies, Swedish yarns, textiles, and Maine and Swedish crafts. Open year-round, Monday-Friday, 10-4, Saturday, 10-12.« « © #
Peninsula Writing GroupBox 520Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Cynthia Thayer, Member 963-7771 Fax 963-7789 darthia@acadia.netGroup of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writers. Meets at Darthia Farm every Wednesday at 6 pm to critique each other’s work.n
Penobscot Historical SocietyRoute I , Box 2 Penobscot, ME 04476 Patty Hutchins, President 326-8545Home built in 1830 under restoration. Open July and August.* t
Peoples Heritage BankP. O. Box 769204 Main StreetEllsworth, ME 04605Allen Campbell, Branch Manager667-2536 Fax 667-8389Lobby gallery.
Performing Arts for ChildrenP. O. Box 29 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Pam Walker, Director 667-5445 Fax 667-1286Introduces the youth of Maine to the richness and cultural diversity of the world around them through outstanding live performances and provides increased opportunities for all people to participate in and understand the arts.■atPeters Cove Mens ChorusP. O. Box 982 Blue Hill, ME 06614 Irving Forbes 374-2068Twenty-five member a capella chorus performing a variety of music twice a year at The Grand, spring and Christmas.
Petite PlaisanceP. O. Box 403Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 276-3940Home of novelist and French Academician Marguerite Yourcenar, open as a museum in summer. Phone for directions.
Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra MusiciansBox 157 off Route One Hancock, ME 04640 Nancie Monteux-Barendse, President422-3931 Fax 422-3280Six-weeks school, June and July, for orchestra conductors and musicians. All conductors conduct and all must play in the orchestra. All intrumentalists participate in weekly public chamber music concerts (Wednesday, 8 p.m.). Six public orchestral concerts (end of June and July, Sundays, 4 p.m.); last concert a pops concert. One children’s concert in July.
Planet PanP. O. Box 303 Brooksville, ME 04617 Carl Chase, Music Director 326-9324Sixteen member high school steel band from G e o rg e Stevens Academy that does educational school performances as well as concerts.•atPorcupine PlayersBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 Ruth Grierson 244-3742Amateur chamber group with violins, violas, cellos, bass, and keyboard.-atPort In A Storm BookstoreP. O. Box 609 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Linda Lewis or Marilyn Mays 244-4114Retail bookstore and community resource. Poetry readings and other literary events. Located on Main Street, Somesville.
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ORGANIZATIONSQuentin Armstrong & Associates, Al AP.O .Box 126 Long PondMount Desert, ME 04660 244-9933 (office)244-9816Architect: residential and commercial, renovation and new design.•Sc =&
Quinn Design StudioP.O .Box 185, Rt 172 Surry, ME 04684 Lois A. Quinn 667-8490 quinn@acadia.netPolymer clay jewelry. Private studio lessons.-Sc #
Rackliffe PotteryP. O. Box 393 Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2297Family run business specializing in native clay. Utilitarian objects thrown on potter's wheel.-SC m ©
Ralph S. Buckminster, Architect198 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Ralph S. Buckminster 667-5634 Fax 667-5634 Architect: residential and commercial.#
Redfield ArtisansP. O. Box 874 Main StreetNortheast Harbor, ME 04662 Tams Boucher or Rita Cochrane 276-3609A rt gallery featuring paintings, woodworks, and stone carvings.
Reel Pizza CineramaP. O. Box 625 33B Kennebec Place Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Lisa Burton288-3811 (movie information) Year-round movie house with seating for 60. Shows 35mm and 16mm films from a variety of genres, mainly art films, independent, foreign language, and high-quality Hollywood films.
Reversing RecordingsRR 3 Box 29 B3Ellsworth, ME 04605Steve Peer, Chief Executive Officer667-4297Independent record label committed to the promotion of local, alternative, and eclectic original music. Formats include live shows, CD, audiotape, vinyl, and video.
River MusicRoute 175Blue Hill Falls, ME 04615 Paul Sullivan 374-2208Recordings and concerts featuring original music played on piano and synthesizer. Inspired by Maine and nature.
Ronald Hayes Pearson, Inc.RR I, Box 158 Old Ferry Road Deer Isle, ME 04627 Carolyn A. Hecker 348-2535 Fax 348-2535 cahrhp@juno.com Gold and silver jewelry designed to complement the human form. Gallery and workshop open year round. Summer: Monday to Saturday, 10:00-5:00. W inter: Monday to Friday, 10:00-5:00.W
Rowantrees PotteryP. O. Box 802 Union Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Sheila Varnum, Owner 374-5535In 1934, with the encouragement of Gandhi, Adelaide Pearson established the pottery to give employment to local people. Today a one- woman operation, it maintains the tradition, with local clays, and local minerals in the original glazes.-St m &
S.L. Kinney GalleryRoute 176, Morgan Bay Road Surry, ME 04684 Scarlet Kinney, Owner 667-4772Featuring work of Scarlet Kinney and a small group of Maine artists who work with similar themes: images inspired by mythological archetypes, the natural world, and
local landscapes. Some crafts and jewelry by indigenous peoples. Occasional art and creative process workshops.-at m ©Saint John’s Church Holiday Concert SeriesP. O. Box 226 63 Fernald Point Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Todd Buell, Concert Organizer 244-31247 or 8 soloists and/or small ensemble play 5-20 minute programs. Four concerts a year, all on holiday themes, usually Sunday or Monday of holiday weekends.
Schoodic Peninsula PartnershipP. O. Box 98W inter Harbor, ME 04693 W alter Crabtree, Director 963-7108 Fax 963-2210 barb@panax.comCommunity based recreational and educational program for all ages, navy and civilian. Offers programs in the arts, sports, outdoor adventure. Open to all inhabitants of the peninsula towns of Gouldsboro and W inter Harbor, and students of Sumner High School. Volunteers encouraged.-atSea Strings OrchestraRR I, Box 1779 Stonington, ME 04681 Irene Mrose Rissi 348-6158Conductor: Irving Forbes. Orchestra of junior high and high school string players.
Seal Harbor LibraryMain Street Seal Harbor, ME 04675 Debbie Burch 276-53067,000 volumes. Special collection of Seal Harbor photographs.
Seamark WorkshopsBox 118Deer Isle, ME 04627 Holley Mead 348-9955Program to promote and encourage arts and cultural enrichment to children and adults in Deer Isle and surrounding towns.
Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Inc.100 Main Street Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Samuel Shaw 276-5000 Fax 276-0716Retail gallery presenting contemporary and innovative jewelry from artists across the country. Emphasis on minimalist design and strength of form. Alternative materials as well as traditional silver and gold. Open year round.-at m © #Somesville Library AssociationP. O. Box 208 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Phyllis S. Partridge 244-7404Lending library next to mill pond in Somesville. Summer Fair in July; Blueberry Festival in August.
Song of the Sea47 W est Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Anne and Edward Damm 288-5653 (shop) 288-5424 (home) Fax 288-8136songsea@songsea.sdi.agate.nethttp://www.agate.net/~songsea/inde
x.htmlDulcimer, bagpipe, and folk harp instrument shop creating stringed musical instruments. Cross between musical instrument museum and music store. Live demonstrations. Free catalog.
Southwest Harbor Public Library338 Main Street Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Lorraine Saunders 244-706522,000 volumes. Special collection of MDI photographs. Story time for preschoolers.
SpindriftH CR 60, Box 173 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Jonathan Archer and Robin Kingsbury 963-7693 or 422-3032 jka@aretha.jax.org or robin.kingsb
ury@voyagerFemale and male vocals, keyboards, flute, accordion, bazouki, guitar, percussion. Easy listening to dance tunes, featuring oldies.-St
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Spring Woods Gallery40 A, Route 200 Sullivan, ME 04664 Paul Breeden, Owner 422-3007 Fax samePaintings and sculptures by Paul, Ann, and Robert Breeden in quaint forest setting.
Standing Bear: Shamanic Center for Personal and Cultural HealingP.O .Box 114 Morgan Bay Road Blue Hill, ME 04614 Scarlet Kinney,Founder and Director 667-4772Ancient shamanic techniques and the arts for healing contemporary culture. Private and group opportunities for personal and creative growth and healing.•at « © #
Steamboat PressP. O. Box 46Brooklin, ME 04616-0046 Lacey Kellett, Publisher 359-2235Small literary press. No unsolicited submissions.
Struggling Artists HauntP. O. Box 720 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Polly Tonini, Proprietress 276-0777 Fax 276-0555High visibility shop to display selected artists: various media. Exclusive signed, framed, reasonably-priced reproductions of original works, produced on site. A rt can be reproduced on mugs, bookmarks, stationary, mouse pads, etc.. Location: Outsource Unlimited, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 04662.
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Stuart Brecher Architects93 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Stuart Brecher 288-3747 Fax 288-4470 sbarch@acadia.netResidential, commercial, and small public buildings, including libraries, child-care facilities, schools, shops, restaurants, lodgings, etc. Renovations and new buildings.« t #
Studio 398 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Buddy Chase, Owner 667-5351 Fax 667-7513 studio@acadia.netFull-service agency, including design layout, illustration, media placement, and product photography.
Sugar Hill GalleryP. O. Box 96 Hancock, ME 04640 Cynthia Perkins, Proprietor 422-8207 Fax 422-8207 http://noreaster.com/maine/sugarhi
11/Represents 80 Maine artisans and many art forms: paintings, jewelry, pottery, fibers, glass, leather, sculpture, wreaths. Space for readings, book signings, art shows, and other special events.«
Sullivan Harbor Art GalleryBox 146, Route I Gouldsboro, ME 04607 Mary Welsh, Member 422-3508Local artists’ cooperative gallery, located at the Sullivan Town Offices Building. All types of art and crafts.#
Summer Festival of the Arts: SFOAP. O. Box 836Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Kate Russell Henry,Artistic Director 244-3713 Fax 244-4315 khenry@acadia.netThree-week summer arts school, ages 8 -17. Students work with area professional artists in theater, vocal and instrumental music, writing, visual arts, and dance. Season concludes with public performances. Sponsored by Southwest Harbor Friends of the Arts.
Sunday Night LiveH CR 60, Box 171 W inter Harbor, ME 04693 Daroll Whitney, Member 963-7407Old Post Office Restaurant offers folk, bluegrass, popular music played by various musicians. Sunday, 7:30 pm.
Surry Opera CompanyP.O .Box 141 Surry, ME 04684 Walter Nowick, Director 667-9551 Fax 667-6752A group of local singers gathered by Walter Nowick in 1983. Performed Aida in Surry and then at Wolftrap in 1985. Incorporated as Surry Opera Company ( 1986) and took Boris Gudunov to the Soviet Union. Since then performs regularly in Russia, Japan, and Surry.
Sviata DumaCrooked Road Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Kirsten Stockman 288-3800A capella women's singing group from all parts of the world.Three to five women sing with and without the Bar Harbor Folk Orchestra.
T. D. PotteryP. O. Box 46 Sunset, ME 04683 Tanya Dunham, Owner 348-2816High-fire functional stoneware, such as dinnerware.Wholesale and retail. Studio 1-1/2 miles from Deer Isle Village on Route 15A.•91 « © #
Tea Hill ThreadsP. O. Box 92 Stonington, ME 04681 Carol Collins 367-2292Small gallery of fiberworks, including quilts, knits, and weavings.
Tea House TrioBox 26Bass Harbor, ME 04653 Ruth Grierson 244-3742Professional trio: violin, cello, piano. Plays for weddings, parties, receptions, sing-alongs, restaurants-back- ground music.Wide repertoire.n
Terrel S. Lester Gallery: Photography426 Main StreetDeer Isle, ME 04627Terry Lester, Owner/Photographer348-2676Photography of Terrell S. Lester, Maine scenery, primarily of the islands.MAC juried roster
Theatre Arts Works: a division ofT.D.C.18 School Street Bucksport, ME 04416-1669 Bill Raiten, Director 469-6625 Fax 469-6627 taw@post.acadia.netW orks with at-risk youth to teach work competencies, G.E.D.s, college preparation, computer skills, and other specific job skills. Skills learned through entrepreneurship in running their own theatre company.•at
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ORGANIZATIONSTheatre of the Mad JestersEllsworth High School 275 Upper State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Rebecca Wright, Fine Arts Chair 667-4722Three productions yearly, one of which is a children’s show, bringing in school groups and performing on the road. Theater workshops. Show choir available for outside engagements.-ft
Thorndike Library College of the Atlantic105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Marcia Dworak 288-5015 ext. 275Emphasis on natural history and environmental science. G allery space.
Thursday Women’s Luncheon GroupBuck’s Harbor Market P.O. Box 313 Brooksville, ME 04617 Janice Czerwinski,Store Owner and Chef 326-8683 Fax 326-9577 Meets weekly from October to April for lunch and occasional speakers. Open to all for the price of lunch.
Trenton GrangeIntersection of Routes 3 and 230 Trenton, ME 04605 Margot Bridgett, Lecturer 667-0040mmb@aretha.jax.orgPromotes family and community activities. Available for rent for receptions, dances, and other events. Contradance on the 3rd Saturday of each month.
Turtle GalleryP.O. Box 219Centennial House, Route 15 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Elena Kubler 348-9977Seasonal gallery specializing in regional fine art and contemporary craft.
Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company BP. O. Box 3004 Brewer, ME 04412 Frank Cassidy, Scribe 565-2184US Civil W ar re-enactments, parades, and living histories depicting life during the Civil W ar period presented in Hancock County and throughout Maine. Portrays the life of the common soldier of the civil war era. Talks in schools. President: Bill Lannon, 667-7256.- ft © &
Two Cats Gallery3 18 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Michael Czarnecki 288-2808Shows paintings by the owner and welcomes poetry readings.
U. S. BellsRoute 186Prospect Harbor, ME 04669 Richard Fisher, Owner 963-7184 Fax 963-2308 usbells@acadia.netOriginal designs of bronze wind and door bells, and miscellaneous home furnishings. Products are sandcast, designed, tooled, and produced in house.« © #
Union of Maine Visual ArtistsOne Willow Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Victoria Sheridan 326-9566Downeast Chapter of UMVA meets monthly at the Ellsworth Library; sponsors exhibits of Maine visual artists.
Union River GalleryP. O. Box 50892 Main StreetEllsworth, ME 04605Sarah Morton or Cathy Brann667-7700A rt gallery showing original works, prints, and fine crafts by Maine artists. Custom framing. Organizes occasional shows and programs year round.
Union Trust Company66 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Sally Hutchins, Vice-President-Treasurer 667-2504 Fax 667-1244 www.uniontrust.com Supports the arts by direct donation, advertising, and having employees and officers serve on boards and committees. Art exhibits in lobby, including annual art contest and exhibit for Ellsworth High School students.
UXB (USA)P. O. Box 307 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Fredi Cahn667-5464 Fax 667-2528 compuserve@73013.12132A rt rock. Four musicians and sound man. Sophisticated sound system and lights. All original work. Fredi Cahn: cello, bass, and song writer. Steve Savage: guitar and song writer. Steve Peer: percussion. Denise Roy: singer. John Dyer: producer.
Vibert Pine Tree KilnP. O. Box 232 Route ISullivan, ME 04664Ruth and Dennis Vibert, Owners422-3377Pottery workshop and sales shop, carrying Vibert pottery and other crafts, prints, and paintings.
Wayward BooksRoute 15Sargentville, ME 04673 Sybil Pike359-2397 Fax 359-5507 waybooks@hypernet.comGeneral collection. 13,000 books from reading copies to medium- rare books. Open mid-May to Christmas, Monday-Friday, 10-5, Saturday, noon-5.
Wednesday PaintersRR I , Box 22 Sargentville, ME 04673 Robert or Jane Harwood 359-4481For 20 years, small group of serious artists working weekly from a model - all media. Meets in Blue Hill in winter, Sargentville in summer. Occasional group exhibits.
Wendell Gilley MuseumP. O. Box 254 4 Herrick Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 Nina Z. Gormley 244-7555gilleymu@acadia.nethttp://www.acadia.net/gilleyFounded to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the woodcarvings, to o ls , o ther a rt w o rk s, and ephemera of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. Educational and natural history programs.1ftWERU-FMP.O .Box 170East Orland, ME 04431 -0 170 Cathy Melio, General Manager 469-6600 (office) 469-0500 (studio) Fax 469-8961Non-profit, listener-supported community radio, broadcasting a wide range of music, public affairs, call- ins, social, and cultural programs.« ©
West Eden Highlanders,Bar HarborH CR 62 Box 267A Mount Desert, ME 04660 Rebecca Edmondson 244-7193Club rehearses weekly and performs at various functions and events such as parades, weddings, community celebrations, etc. Also teaches beginning practice chanter and bagpipes, Scottish drumming and Highland dancing.
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Wikhegan Old BooksMain StreetNortheast Harbor, ME 04662j. Fuerst276-5079A small antiquarian bookshop with used, out-of-print and rare books in many fields, but especially Hancock County cultural h istory: local explorers, writers, artists, poets, etc.
Wild Gardens of AcadiaRoute 3 at Sieur de Monts Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Mrs.Allen Cole 288-3400Displays a miniature view of the variety of native plants to be found on Mount Desert Island.
Wild Ginger13 Mountainview Drive Ellsworth, ME 04605 Diane Gallagher-Keefe, Manager 667-1008A capella women’s trio. From nostalgia to present day, humorous and original songs.-atWilliam McHenry, ArchitectPartridge Place Box 436Blue Hill, ME 04614 William McHenry, Owner 374-5178 Fax 374-2492Residential architecture.
William Mor Stoneware and Oriental RugsR R I, Box 409 Deer Isle, ME 04627 William Mor 348-2822diugl @downeast.netFunctional stoneware pottery and traditional oriental rugs (handspun wool with vegetable dyes) produced through projects sponsored by Cultural Survival.
Wilson MuseumP. O. Box 196 Castine, ME 04421 Patty Hutchins, Curator 326-8545Dr. J. Howard Wilson began this worldwide collection dating from prehistoric times. Ethnic materials from North and South America, and Africa. Open May 27-September 30, Tuesday-Sunday.
Windswept House PublishersP.O .Box 159 Mount Desert, ME 04660 Jane Weinberger, Publisher 244-7149 Fax 224-3369 windswept@acadia.net http/www.booknotes.com.windsw
eptBook publisher: children’s and young adults’ books, and adult fiction. Specializing in Maine writers and illustrators.-atWitherle Memorial LibraryI School Street Box 202Castine, ME 04421Patricia Fowler, Library Director326-4375refdesk@witherle.lib.me.us Public library with active programing including humanities discussion, in-house exhibits, Friends of the Library Group.Welcomes both children and adults.-Bt
Women with WingsP. O. Box 33 Stonington, ME 04681 Kay Gardner 367-5552Women’s music group.
Wooden Boat PublicationsP. O. Box 78 Brooklin, ME 04616 Carl Cramer, Publisher 359-4651 Fax 359-8920 carl@woodenboat.com www.woodenboat.comProfessional boatbuilder magazine; book publishing; boat shows.-a;Wooden Boat SchoolP. O. Box 78Naskeag RoadBrooklin, ME 04616Rich Hilsinger / Bernice Palumbo359-4651Teaching the craft of traditional boatbuilding, maintenance, and navigation. About 90 one- and two- week courses (June-October). Sailing classes on weekends for local children.
Woodshed: School of the BluesP.O .Box 1071 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Scott Perry, Director 374-25961-800-995-0796 ext. 0527 Fax 374-2597The mission of the Woodshed is to educate young people in the rich cultural expression of the blues. Students learn about their own heritage and develop a deeper understanding for other cultures.
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Young Writers WorkshopRR 2, Box 201 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Carol Gardien Trimble, Director 667-7707 Fax 667-7707Classes for children in creative w riting and research papers. Workshops for teachers and consultations on setting up writing programs. W orks individually with gifted and challenged students, with independent study students, and with home schooling students.■at
Y W C A of Mount Desert Island38 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Benni Me Mullen 288-5008 Fax 228-5008Non-profit women's membership organization . O ccasio n a l a rts groups and shows.
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SCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLS AND BEYONDCollege of the Atlantic105 Eden Street Bar Harbor , ME 05609 Carl Little 288-5015Degrees in Human Ecology. Promotes social and environmental awareness, and the arts. Exhibition space in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery and Thornd ike Library, Gates Center for the Performing Arts. Friends of the Arts support gallery shows and programs.W
Deer Isle/Stonington Junior-Senior High SchoolRR I, Box 81Deer Isle, ME 04627Nancy Weed, Guidance Counselor348-2303 Fax 348-6443Curriculum includes: introductory art, ceramics, sculpture, painting, and printing; creative writing; senior high school band. Extracurricular; junior high school band, pep band, jazz band, and chorus; drama club.
Deer Isle/Stonington Adult EducationDeer Isle/Stonington High School Deer Isle, ME 04627 Mike Wood,Director Adult Education 348-9336mikewood@dishs.cjd 13.k 12.me.usCourses such as quilting, woodworking, painting, drawing, and crafts. Twice a year, February and September.
Ellsworth Adult Education9 Forest Avenue Ellsworth, ME 04605 Bob Maddocks, Director 667-6499 Fax 667-6493 bmaddocks@aol.comA rts and arts-related courses through adult education program.
Ellsworth Center of the University of Maine SystemMill Mall240 State StreetEllsworth, ME 04605Bonnie Sparks, Director667-3897 1-800-696-2540Fax 667-7451sparks@maine.maine.eduOffers college credit courses.Children's cultural program: Collegefor Kids. The Center Gallery showsworks of Maine artists, rotatedevery six weeks.
Ellsworth High School275 Upper State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 Rebecca Wright, Fine Arts Chair 667-4722wright@mail.hctc.k 12.me.us Curriculum includes: symphonic band, concert chorus, lab band, fundamentals of music, history of popular music and of classical music; drama/public speaking, three theater courses plus stagecraft, public speaking; four art courses plus portfolio concentration. Two interdisciplinary courses: intro to fine a rts and h u m an ities a rts . Extracurricular programs: Theater of the Mad Jesters, men’s and women's choruses, stage band, orchestra, and show choir.
George Stevens AcademyP.O. Box 816 Union Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 Katie Greene, Art Teacher 374-2808 374-2809 Fax 374-2982 gsa@george-stevens.pvt.k 12.me.us http://downeast.net/nonprof/gsa/ht
ml.htmlPrivate comprehensive 9-12 high school. Classes in painting, portfolio preparation, printmaking, photography, blacksmithing, sculpture, jewelry, art history; drama; creative writing; steelband, jazz combo (1997 Div. II state champions), chamber music ensemble and flute trio, band,
chorus, music theory. After-school programs: theater, literary magazine, National A rt Honors Society, Planet Pan Steel Band, jazz band (1997 Div. Ill state champions), “the other” jazz combo. Week-long arts festival, 3rd week in May, with workshops and nationally known artists. Participation in Haystack Studio- Based Learning and Young W riters Program.
Haystack Mountain School of CraftsP.O .Box 518 Deer Isle, ME 04627 Stuart Kestenbaum, Director 348-2306 Fax 348-2307 haystack@downeast.net //www.craftweb.com/org/haystack/h
aystack.htmResearch and studio programs in the crafts and visual arts media, including ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, painting, paper, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and writing. Facility tours one day a week only. « ©
Maine Maritime AcademyCastine, ME 04420Sue Loomis, Chair of Arts andSciences Department326-2345 Fax 326-2218sloom@bell.mma.eduhttp://bell.mma.edu/~aands/Rotating art exhibit in Humanities lobby of Bath Iron W orks Center for Advanced Technology; classic film and discussion series; distinguished lecture series in arts and sciences; music concerts by students and faculty; dramatic productions twice a year. Also sponsors Cold Comfort Productions, theater camp, and summer theater.
Mount Desert Island High SchoolP. O. Box 80Mount Desert, ME 04660 Clifford Olson, Guidance Director 288-5046 Fax 288-5071 Full four-year arts courses, plus crafts for artisans, multi-media, media production, publishing and graphic design, fiber arts and surface design, fashion design and clothing construction, photography, sculpture; creative writing, theater; band, chorus, orchestra, fundamental music theory. Extra curricular: three jazz bands (first in 1996-97 state competition), various ensembles, theater productions (musicals, etc.), literary magazine, Haystack program for young writers. Regular cultural trips to Europe and New York.
Sumner Memorial High SchoolRR I, Box 42 East Sullivan, ME 04607 Pam Harmon, A rt Teacher Jan Dodge, Music Teacher 422-3510 Fax 422-9568Public high school, grades 9-12. Courses in art appreciation, multidiscipline arts, honors drawing, painting, and sculpture; creative writing; dance; band, chorus, music appreciation; architecture; film appreciation. Independent study in photography. Extracurricular jazz and marching band, B-ball band, flag squad, theater, school variety show, and art club. “Maine Experience" course integrates Maine art, literature, and history.
Liberty SchoolP. O. Box 857 Blue Hill, ME 04614 Arnold Greenberg, Director 374-2886Private comprehensive 9-12 high school. Arts curriculum includes studio art (painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics), dance, music, poetry and prose workshops. Public poetry reading series.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY DISTRICTBucksport Schools:Elaine Emery, Project Challenge........................................................... 469-6641G. Herbert Jewett School....................................................................... 469-6644W alter H. Gardner Middle School.......................................................469-6647Bucksport High School........................................................................ 469-6652Miles Lane School.................................................................................... 469-6666
Ellsworth SchoolsEllsworth Middle School: Jim Newett, Principal............................ 667-6494Ellsworth High School: Lee Beal, Principal...................................... 667-4722Knowlton/Moore Schools: Roland Shaw, Principal........................ 667-8084
Union 76Brooklin School: Shelley Jackson, Principal...................................... 359-2133Sedgwick School: Donald Buckingham, Principal............................ 359-5002Deer Isle Elementary: Laraine Shute, Principal.............................. 348-2420Stonington Elementary: John Eivers, Principal................................ 367-2301Deer Isle/Stonington High School:
Charlie Johnson, A rt Teacher........................................................... 348-2303
Union 91Orland Consolidated: Louise Biggie, Principal..................................469-2272Center Drive School, Orrington: Jim White, Principal................. 825-3697North Orrington School: Jeffrey Paul, Principal............................ 825-3336
Union 92Hancock Grammar: Wayne Emman, Principal................................ 422-9024Lamoine School: Sheryl Davis, Principal.......................................... 667-8578Surry Elementary: Gil Lacroix, Principal.......................................... 667-9358Trenton School: Theresa Stanton, Principal.................................... 667-8447Beech Hill School, Otis/Mariaville: Gail Ladd, Principal............... 537-2203Cave Hill School, Eastbrook (SAD 26):Audrey Fogg, Principal ....565-3638
Union 93Blue Hill Consolidated: Patrick Phillips, Principal ........................ 374-2202Adams School: JeanneTuelle, Principal............................................ 326-8608Penobscot School: Norma Richard, Principal................................ 326-9421Brooksville School: Donald Lemos, Principal.................................. 326-8500George Stevens Academy: David Hitchings, Principal................. 374-2808
Union 96Ella Lewis School, Steuben: Marie Smith, Principal........................ 546-2430W inter Harbor School: Ivan Gilpatrick, Principal.......................... 963-2292Sumner Memorial H. S.: Katherine Donovan, Principal............... 422-3510Mountain View School: William Dove, Principal............................ 422-3200Gouldsboro School: Dale Carter, Principal.................................... 963-5584
Union 98MDI High School: George Marnik, Prinicpal.................................. 288-5011Other MDI Schools: Longfellow School, Islesford Elementary,Frenchboro School: Judy Cox, Dir. Curr. & Instr........................... 288-5049Connors/Emerson: Barbara Neilly, Prinicpal.................................. 288-3631Mt. Desert Elementary: Henry Ashmore, Principal ...................... 244-3348Pemetic Elementary: Arthur Reed li, Prinicpal................................ 244-5502Tremont Elementary: Val Perkins, Principal .................................... 244-7777
The Whitethroat in July
Over, over and over, clear
And unmistakable as when
We thought we heard it first, we hear
The whitethroat call, and call again:
Two notes, then three, intent and sweet,
Then three notes after, after, till
Across the meadow they repeat
As faintly as an echo will,
The sequences. We listen now
So idly to the sound by day
We scarcely notice when or how
It varies, though sometimes we say
When silence overtakes the mind
O r barely stirs the summer air,
“How still it is!” Then, unconfined
As song may be, the notes are there.
SAMUEL FRENCH MORSE
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CATEGORIES
Architecture & Landscape DesignIndividual ArtistsQ uentin A rm strong , A lA
S tu a rt Brecher
Roc Caivano
Peter Cohen
Deborah de Moulpied
Peter Forbes
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Liddy Hubbell
Sandra Irw in
Stephen Leff
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Emily M uir
Margaret Parker
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Architects
Briggs Architects
E llio tt and E llio tt Architecture
Knight Associates, A rchitect
Krum bhaar & H o lt Associated
Architects, P.A.
Lucia’s L itt le Houses
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Ralph S. Buckm inster,Architect
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W illiam M cHenry,Architect
Art SitesOrganizationsA. Jones Gallery
Abbe Museum
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Brooksville Free Public Lib ra ry
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Buck Memorial Lib ra ry
Bucksport A r t Association
Castine A r ts Association
Castine Conservation Commission/Parks
Castine H istorica l Society
C enter Gallery
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Coastal Maine’s V irtua l A r t Gallery
Cold C o m fo rt Productions
Colonel Black Mansion (Woodlawn)
Anne-Claude C o tty Gallery
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Deck House Restaurant and Cabaret
D e e r Isle A r t is ts Association (D IA A )
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Farmstead Barn
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Friend Memorial Lib ra ry
George Daniell Gallery
Grand A ud itorium
(Hancock County A ud ito rium Associates)
Great C ranberry Island Histo rica l Society
Great H a rb o r Collection
Museum
Green Head Forge
H.O .M .E., Inc.
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Islesford A rt is ts Gallery
Islesford H istorica l Museum
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Iver Studio
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School
John Perkins House and Blacksmith Shop
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Lompoc Cafe and Brew Pub
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Mainestreet Studio and Gallery
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Historica l Society
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Neighborhood House
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Pie rre M onteux School fo r Conductors and O rchestra
Musicians
P o rt In A S to rm Bo oksto re
Redfield A rtisans
Reel Pizza Cinerama
Ronald Hayes Pearson, Inc.
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S . L Kinney Gallery
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Shaw Contem porary Jewelry, Inc.
Somesville Lib ra ry Association
Song o f the Sea
Southw est H a rb o r Public
Lib ra ry
Spring W o o d s Gallery
Struggling A rt is ts Haunt
Sugar H ill Gallery
Sullivan H a rb o r A r t Gallery
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Summer Festival of the Arts: SFOA
Terrel S. Lester Gallery: Photography
Thorndike LibraryCollege of the Atlantic
Thursday Women’s Luncheon Group
Trenton Grange Turtle Gallery Two Cats Gallery Union River Gallery Union Trust Company Vibert Pine Tree Kiln Wendell Gilley Museum Wilson Museum Witherle Memorial Library Wooden Boat Publications YW CA of Mount Desert Island
EducationIndividual ArtistsMargret Baldwin Douglas Barkey Judi K. Beach Siri Beckman Sharon Betts Elena Bourakovsky Joanne Carpenter Carl Chase Susan Chase Anne-Claude Cotty Hugh Curran Dennis Damon Katherine Davis Donna Fricke Linda Funk Robin Furth Kay Gardner Rebecca Good Arnold Greenberg Katie Greene Don Grieco Jane Harwood Nancy Hodermarsky Margery Irvine Sandra Irwin Lacey Kellett
Mary LauryWarren LehrerSusan LernerMichelle McCannSylvia McEldowneyErnest McMullenEdward MichaudKenneth MikeDeborah MoscowitzStephen NorrisIrene ObermannJan OrdwaySteven OrlofskyTammy PackieScott PerryPenelope PlumbBill RaitenWilma RifkinDeborah RileyIrene Mrose RissiJan RosatiLucy RoweMark RutterSusan Hand ShetterlyKathleen SikkemaJune SprouleKen StackAllyn StorerCandice StoverCynthia ThayerPax VogtTim WardenJoyce WenglowskiMelita Brecher WesterlundWanda WhitenerSheila Wilensky-LanfordJaqueline WilsonFred WoellDonna WolfOrganizationsAcadia Dance EnsembleArt Classes for ChildrenCenter for the Art of LivingAnne-Claude Cotty GalleryDeer Isle Artists Association
(DIAA)
Harbor House Community Service Center
Iver StudioJoyce Wenglowski Gallery Libitzki School of Dance Maine Dance Center MDI School Arts Motion CollectiveNatural History Museum
College of the AtlanticParadox Studio Performing Arts for ChildrenPierre Monteux School for
Conductors and Orchestra Musicians
Quinn Design StudioSchoodic Peninsula
PartnernershipSeamark WorkshopsTheatre Arts Works:
a division ofT.D.C.Twentieth Maine Volunteer
Infantry Regiment Company B
Wooden Boat Publications Wooden Boat School Woodshed: School of the Blues Young Writers Workshop YW CA of Mount Desert Island
LiteratureIndividual W ritersJoy Bacon Judi K. Beach Ingrid Bengis Farnham Blair Philip Booth Minnie Bowden Sharon Bray Ashley Bryan Peggy Bryant William Carpenter Carrie Ciciotte Marnie Reed Crowell Hugh Curran Patti D'Angelo Dennis Damon Heidi DaubMaggie Steincrohn Davis
Paul DeVoreCatherine Drew-Burdette Carol Cramer Drummond Martha Tod Dudman Maureen Farr Donna Fricke Robin Furth Kay Gardner Brenda Gilchrist Beatrice B. Goodrich Arnold Greenberg Nancy Dobbs Greene Clarine Grenfell Ruth Grierson Doris Grumbach Gunnar Hansen Ruth Ann Hill Nancy Hodermarsky Mark Honey Billie Hotaling Daniel Daley Hotaling Brian Hubbell Elizabeth Mckay Hulbert Margery Irvine Robert Kates Lacey Kellett Stuart Kestenbaum Brooke Lawsing Arthur B. Layton, Jr.Warren Lehrer Ellen Lehto Carl Little Sally Lutyens Wayne Mabus Leni Mancuso Cherie Mason Suzanne Massie MollieAnn Meserve Walter Meserve Jacqueline Michaud Paul Newlin Philip Osgood Robert Packie Steve Perrin Sylvester Pollet Deborah Pulliam Patricia Smith Ranzoni
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CATEGORIES
LiteratureIndividual W riters (continued)
Dartha Reid Hark Rutter Karen Saum C.G.R. Shepard Susan Hand Shetterly Judith Sloan Marion Stocking Candice Stover George Gaines Swanson Cynthia Thayer Beth Thomas Jane I.Thomas Clinton Trowbridge JanwillemVan deWetering Harold Walls jane Weinberger Dale Wheaton Paul Woodfin Helen Yglesias Organizations Beloit Poetry Journal Blue Hill Books Deer Isle Writers Grenfell Reading Center Hardwood Magazine Heartsong Books HeartTree Press Hope Magazine Latona Press Minnewokun Writers New Leaf Publishers Peninsula Review Steamboat PressSummer Festival of the Arts:
SFOATwo Cats Gallery Windswept House Publishers Wooden Boat Publications
Media & PublicationIndividual ArtistsNick Burnett Maggie Steincrohn Davis George Fowler Mary L. Greene Gunnar Hansen Lacey Kellett Diane Lee Cherie Mason Bethany Reynolds Terry Rohe Marion Stocking Ken Weinberg Jane Weinberger David Westphal Organizations Acadia Film Videos Bagaduce Voices Beloit Poetry Journal Borealis PressCoastal New England
PublicationsDowneast Graphics & Printing,
Inc.DW Communications Group
(formerly Designwrights, Inc.)Feedback Theatrebooks Hardwood Magazine Heartsong Books HeartTree Press Hope Magazine Jeff Dobbs Productions Latona Press New Leaf Publishers NOAH PublicationsNortheast Historic Film and
The Alamo TheaterPeninsula Review Reel Pizza Cinerama Reversing Recordings River Music Steamboat Press
Studio 3 WERU-FMWindswept House Publishers Wooden Boat Publications
DanceIndividual A rtistsArnold Greenberg Don Grieco Susan Jenkins Mia Kanazawa Mary Laury Lucy Rowe Organizations Acadia Dance Ensemble Bar Harbor Folk DancersDowneast Friends of the Folk
Arts (DEFFA)Gilbert and Sullivan Society Libitzki School of Dance Maine Dance Center Motion CollectiveSummer Festival of the Arts:
SFOATrenton Grange
MusicIndividual ArtistsElmer BealMike BennettArnold BerleantRobert BothenHugh BowdenNick BurnettGary BusheeFredi CahnCarl ChaseNancy ColterSorcha Cribben-MerrillPeter DembskiMarilyn DolliverHubert DorisCarol Cramer DrummondJay EmlenA. Irving ForbesMargery ForbesGeorge Fowler
John Gallagher Diane Gallagher-Keefe Kay Gardner Don Gooding Carol Gotwals Frank Gotwals Vernon Gotwals Mary Cheney Gould Ruth Grierson Henries Hawk Paul Alexandre John Sally Lutyens Judith Mabus Michelle McCann Sylvia McEldowney Richard Merrill Edward Michaud Daniel Mills Stephen Norris Walter Nowick Jan Ordway Richard Ordway Steven Orlofsky George G. Orzel Steve Peer Scott Perry Robert Phipps Molly Pitcher Paul Rickert Wilma Rifkin Deborah Riley Irene Mrose Rissi Mark Rutter Bill Schubeck Kathleen Sikkema Janet Simpson Paul SullivanGeorge Gaines Swanson Betty Tiedemann Gerald Wheeler Wanda Whitener Alan Wittenberg Organizations A-TrainAcadia Choral SocietyAcappellagoArcady Music Society
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Atlantic Clarion Steel Band Bagaduce Chorale Bagaduce Music Lending Library Bagaduce Steel Bar Harbor Folk Orchestra Bar Harbor Music FestivalBill Schubeck and Gary Bushee
DuoBlack Socks String Band Blue Hill Brass Quintet Blue Hill Concert Association Bob Haskell Big Band Breakneck Boys Bud Carter Music Scholarship Classical Two Country KnightsDeck House Restaurant and
CabaretDeer Isle Coffee HouseDowneast Dulcimer and
Folkharp FestivalDowneast Friends of the Folk
Arts (DEFFA)Eden Folklore Society Fay’s One Gallery Flash in the Pans Gilbert and Sullivan Society Goose Cove Orchestra Grand Players Green Mountain Railway HajduksHog Bay Eclectet Jobo Kunder Kneisel HallKneisel Hall Young Musicians
ProgramLeft Bank CafeMaine St. Andrews Pipes And
DrumsMonteux Opera Festival Mount Desert Festival of
Chamber MusicMount Desert Summer Chorale Oakum Bay String Band Old Post Office Song Swap On Stage At The Grange Pantry Quartet Peters Cove Mens Chorus
Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians
Planet Pan Porcupine Players Reversing Recordings River MusicSaint John’s Church Holiday
Concert SeriesSea Strings Orchestra Song of the Sea SpindriftSummer Festival of the Arts:
SFOASunday Night Live Surry Opera Company Sviata Duma Tea House Trio Theatre of the Mad jesters UXBWest Eden Highlanders,
Bar HarborWild Ginger Women with Wings Woodshed: School of the Blues
TheaterIndividual ArtistsElena BourakovskyDennis DamonJackson GillmanMark KindschiPeter KnuppelMary LauryWarren LehrerMollieAnn MeserveDaniel MillsBill RaitenJudith SloanKen StackCarolyn WaiteKen WeinbergOrganizationsCold Comfort ProductionsFay’s One GalleryGilbert and Sullivan SocietyGrand PlayersHammond Players
Northeast Historic Film and The Alamo Theater
Theatre Arts Works: a division ofT.D.C.
Theatre of the Mad JestersTwentieth Maine Volunteer
Infantry Regiment Company B
Fiber, Jewelry & WearablesIndividual ArtistsNancy Alexander Steve Balyeat Ethel Clifford Bob Dickens Mary Eaton Candace Emerson Barbara Fernald Liddy Fitz-Gerald ElsaTillema Fletcher Nancy Glista Jutta Graf Katie Greene Susanne Grosjean Harriet Hemenway Kate Russell Henry Judith Hotchkiss Ann Jenkins Mia Kanazawa Belle & Roger Kuhn Robert C. Marville Susan Barrett Merrill Helen Francis Meyer Leanne Nickon Bobby Ann Packwood Margaret Parker Deborah Pulliam Bethany Reynolds Peggy Rogers Jan Rosati Helen Rundell Julia Schloss Samuel Shaw Shira Singer Mary Ann Solet Cynthia Thayer Lucy Tracy
Janice TyeCarol Scott Wainright Fred Woell Donna Wolf OrganizationsA. Jones Gallery Atlantic Blanket Company Cranberry Isles Tiles DreamWeaver Green Head Forge Hattie’s ShedHog Bay Pottery and
Handwoven RugsIsland Fishermen’s Wives Lee Clark Allen Gallery Local Color Made In The ShadeMaine Indian Basketmakers
AllianceMainestreet Studio and Gallery North Country Textiles Peninsula Weavers Ronald Hayes Pearson, Inc.Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Inc. Tea Hill ThreadsWilliam Mor Stoneware and
Oriental Rugs
FurnitureIndividual ArtistsPriscilla Atwood Philip Barter Sharon Betts Bruce Bulger Thomas C. Hinchcliffe Dennis Saindon Brad Schwartz William Turner Ian WalkerMelita Brecher Westerlund Eric Ziner OrganizationsArtisan Woodworks Lone Moose Fine Crafts MDI Workshop Gift Outlet
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CATEGORIES
Glass & CeramicsIndividual ArtistsEileen AhernDenise C. BarbieriCarole BealLouise BourneJoan BragdonChris BurdetteDenise BurpeeLinda M. Chruscielski-PerrinDorothy DoubledayCally DowTamara K. DuffScott GoldbergRebecca GoodByron GrayKatie GreeneMelissa GreeneCharles GrosjeanCharles HanceKathie KeaneMarcia KolaRobert B. LashMary NyburgFrank PitcherDennis RileyAnne SeaveyUlrike StadlerPax VogtOrganizationsCelestial Glass and Dagaz Studio Cranberry Isles Tiles Gull Rock Pottery Hance PotteryHog Bay Pottery and
Handwoven RugsHot Flash Anny’s Island Designs Lone Moose Fine Crafts McGrath Dunham Gallery Mountainvilie Studios Quinn Design Studio
Rackliffe Pottery Rowantrees Pottery Sugar Hill GalleryT.D. Pottery Vibert Pine Tree KilnWilliam Mor Stoneware and
Oriental Rugs
Drawing & IllustrationIndividual ArtistsMaurice W. BaconDenise C. BarbieriStephanie Barton-MiscioneSiri BeckmanAllen BeechelPolly CecklerJane CrosenLinda FunkRuth Ann HillRick JaeckelRichard MerrillMollieAnn MeserveLeslie MooreGeorge G. OrzelRobert ShetterlyAllyn StorerJane I.ThomasDulcianneVyeTim WardenJoyce WenglowskiJaqueline WilsonOrganizationsBucksport Art AssociationJoyce Wenglowski GalleryParadox Studio
Graphic Design & PhotographyIndividual ArtistsSharon Arnold Mark Baldwin Denise C. Barbieri
Douglas Barkey Jeffery Becton Sharon Bray William Carmichael Kristen Cook George Daniell Darwin Davidson Bob Dickens Lois Gervais Jane Gilbert Mary L. Greene Sturgis Haskins Ruth Ann Hill Rick Jaeckel David Klopfenstein Terrel S. Lester Benjamin Mendlowitz Tammy Packie Kenneth Perrin Steve Perrin Christopher Raphael Richard Small Thomas Stewart WhitVye Ken Woisard Organizations Borealis Press George Daniell GalleryDowneast Graphics & Printing,
Inc.DW Communications Group
(formerly Designwrights, Inc.)NOAH Publications Studio 3Terrel S. Lester Gallery:
Photography
Painting & PrintmakingIndividual ArtistsEileen Ahern Lee Clark Allen Priscilla Atwood Maurice W. Bacon Bill Bair Elsie Balano Margret Baldwin
Denise C. Barbieri Connie Barnes Thomas Barrett Philip Barter Siri Beckman Ruth Bell Sharon Betts Elena Bourakovsky Louise Bourne Paula Briggs Ragna Bruno Katharine Butler Joanne Carpenter Patricia E. Chandler Ellen Church Avy Claire Glenda Coffin Jeff Colquhoun Polly Cote Anne-Claude Cotty Cristine Covert Shane Crabtree George Daniell Heidi Daub Katherine Davis Stuart Diamond Dorothy Douglas Polly DoyleCatherine Drew-BurdetteCarol Cramer DrummondGregory DunhamMartha FergusonDan FernaldKatie FernaldWilson FletcherVirginia FolinoMary M. FordHoward FussinerAllison GaffJohn GallagherRobert GoodmanKatie GreeneJane HarwoodKathy HatchElisabeth L. HinesRobert C. HinesDan Hodermarsky
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Billie Hotaling Robert Phipps Sugar Hill Gallery Robert BreedenMary Howe Penelope Plumb Two Cats Gallery Ragna BrunoLiddy Hubbell Robert Pollien Union River Gallery Denise BurpeeWilliam Irvine Deborah Pulliam Wednesday Painters Susan ChaseSherell Jacobsen Rebekah Raye Peter CohenRick Jaeckel Phyllis Rees Paper, Collage & Deborah de MoulpiedLauraTryon Jennings Wilma Rifkin Book Arts Cally DowPaul Alexandre John Peggy Rogers Individual Artists Dan FaitA. Jones Jan Rosati Joani Banks Bill and Beth FewellMajo Keleshian Helen Rundell Siri Beckman Clark B. Fitz-GeraldLacey Kellett Aldona Sabalis Ragna Bruno Allison GaffJune Kellogg Lucille Scoper Anne-Claude Cotty George HardyRuby S. Kidwell Jane Seekins Cally Dow Jud HartmannPatricia Ann Kiley Victoria Sheridan Virginia Folino Jack HemenwayScarlet Kinney Robert Shetterly Gigi Ford Joaz HillCarolyn Kriegman Richard Small Mary Howe Liddy HubbellConnie Knuppel Lucille Soper Judith Ingram Judith IngramEugene Koch Ulrike Stadler A. Jones Christopher JoyceVaino Kola Barbara Stearns Kathie Keane Bill KeithBeth Lambert Allyn Storer Connie Knuppel Mark KindschiTheresa Lambert Lynn Thompson Helen Francis Meyer Robert B. LashLorraine Lans Parker Waite Gray Parrot Joseph MartellDavid Larson Tim Warden Shira Singer Robert C. MarvilleMary Laury Jan Watson June Sproule Richard MerrillJack Ledbetter Susan B. Webster Peggy Heigold Strong Kenneth MikeEllen Lehto Joyce Wenglowski JanwillemVan deWettering Daniel MillsJudith Leighton Jennifer White Susan B. Webster Emily MuirSusan Lerner Jaqueline Wilson Joyce Wenglowski Frank PitcherJudith Mabus Donna Wolf Melita Brecher Westerlund Penelope PlumbLeslie Mackin-Rand Organizations Pat Wheeler JanwillemVan deWetteringLeni Mancuso A. Jones Gallery Jennifer Morrow Wilson DulcianneVyeMary Bracy Martin Bucksport Art Association Organizations WhitVyeBuzz Masters Fay’s One Gallery A. Jones Gallery Melita Brecher WesterlundDiane McKinon Frankie’s Anne-Claude Cotty Gallery Wild Mountain ManErnest McMullen Helen Douglas Studio and Island Designs Douglas E. WilsonJim Meade Gallery Made In The Shade Fred WoellIngrid Menken Hoy Gallery Eric ZinerHelen Francis Meyer Joyce Wenglowski Gallery Sculpture, OrganizationsKenneth Mike Jud Hartmann Gallery Woodworking Coastal DesignsLawrence Moffet Lee Clark Allen Gallery & Puppets Franklin Cedar CanoesEmily Muir Lorraine Lans Studio Individual Artists Green Head ForgeRichard Myrick McGrath Dunham Gallery Steven Alsup Jud Hartmann GalleryElizabeth O ’Malley Mountainville Studios Steve Balyeat LunaformGeorge G. Orzel Paradox Studio Philip Barter Mainestreet Studio and GalleryStephen Pace Redfield Artisans Peter Beerits McGrath Dunham GalleryRobert Packie S.L. Kinney Gallery Katie Bell Nervous Nellie’s Jams and JelliesMargaret Parker Spring Woods Gallery Tams Boucher Redfield Artisans
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CATEGORIES FUNDING RESOURCES
Sculpture, Woodworking & PuppetsOrganizations (continued)
Spring W o o d s Gallery
Sugar H ill Gallery
U .S . Bells
W endell Gilley Museum
OtherIndividual ArtistsElm er Beal
W in k ie D o ris
D o ro th y Douglas
Jane G ilb e rt
Charles Grosjean
Stu rg is Haskins
Mark Honey
Mia Kanazawa
Charles Kelley, Jr.
Pe te r Knuppel
Lawrence Moffet
Adrienne Redhair
Organizations Bar H a rb o r Ta tto o Shop
Castine H istorica l Preservation Commission
E llsw o rth Area Chamber o f Commerce
Flounder Society
F o r t George
Freshw ater Stone and Brick
W o rk , Inc.
Friends o f Morgan Bay
H.O .M .E., Inc.
Island A r ts Association
Island Education Foundation
Joan Staats Memorial Lib ra ry
Jordan Bay Floral
Kebo Valley G o lf Club
Lamoine Patrons o f the A rts
Maine C ra fts Association
Maine Polym er Clay Group
M D I-Y M C A
N ervous N e llie ’s Jams and jellies
N o rth Light Books
O z Books
Peninsula W r it in g Group
Schoodic Peninsula Partnership
Seamark W o rksho ps
Standing Bear: Shamanic Center fo r Personal and Cultura l Healing
Tw entie th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company B
Union o f Maine Visual A rt is ts
Wayward Books
Wikhegan O ld Books
W ild Gardens o f Acadia
W ooden Boat School
Call or write for program guidelines:
NATIONAL EN DO W M EN T FOR TH E ARTS Nancy Hanks Center 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D C 20506-0001 (202) 682-5400
MAINE ARTS COMMISSION 25 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0025 (207) 287-2724
MAINE COM M UNITY FOUNDATION 210 Main Street, P.O. Box 148 Ellsworth, Maine 04605 (207) 667-9735
MAINE HUMANITIES C O U N C IL P.O. Box 7202 Portland, Maine 04112 (207) 773-2416
MAINE GRANTS INFORMATION CEN TERUSM LibraryP.O. Box 93013 14 Forest AvenuePortland, Maine 04101(207) 780-5029
N EW EN GLAN D FOUN DATION FOR TH E ARTS 330 Congress Street, 6th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02210-1216 (617) 951-0010
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THE MAINE PERCENT FOR ART PROCRAM
The Maine State Legislature established the Percent
for Art Program to provide funds for the incorporation of
works of art in newly constructed or renovated state-fund
ed buildings. Artwork is selected by a panel of representa
tives of the site, arts professionals, and the building architect.
Artists may be chosen by open competition, by a competi-
Percent for Art sites in Hancock County are:
Bucksport School Department Bucksport K-3 Elementary School Contact: Marc S. Curtis 469-7311 Artists: Sharon Townsend, Jeanne Bruce
CDS #11, Schoodic Mountain View Middle School Contact: Deborah Stewart 411-3522 Artists: Philip Barter, John Paul, E. Marie Murphy
Ellsworth School Department Ellsworth High School Contact: Bruce Sawyer 667-8136 Artists: Elizabeth Busch, Peyton Higginson,
George Mason, Thomas Pacquette
Maine Maritime Academy Contact: Sue Loomis 326-2345 Artist: Douglas Wilson
MSAD #76Swan’s Island Elementary School Contact: Howard Colter 288-5049 Artists: Andreas von Heune, Carole Hanson
School Union #76 Brooklin Elementary School Contact: Robert E. Webster 348-7777 Artists: Chris Baker, Forest Hart, Janet Redfield,
Robert Shillady
ton limited to those artists in the Maine Arts Commission’s
juried registry, or by direct selection.
Detailed information on the process and on applying
to be included in the artist registry are available from the
MAC office (207) 287-2726.
School Union #92Surry Elementary SchoolContact: Michael Cyr 667-7571Artists: Deborah DeMoulpied, Alice Spencer
School District #93Blue Hill Elementary SchoolContact: Jan terW eele 374-9927Artists: James Linehan, Joseph Query, Janet Redfield
Union #76Sedgwick Elementary School Contact: Keith Hall 374-9927 Artists: Louise Bourne, Janet Redfield,
Elizabeth Busch, Philip Barter
Under Administrative Unit Superintendent Dedham Elementary School Contact: William Ziemer 843-7851 Artists: Fraas & Slade
It was noted that students with exposure to an arts curriculum showed noticeable improvement in their performance in academic areas as well.
The College Board 1996
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THE MAINE ARTS COMMISSION
From its establishment in 1964, the Maine Arts Commissionoe (MAC) has
worked to provide the people of Maine with the best possible information about the artists living and working in the state and to support Maine artists in developing their abilities and communicating with one another. According to its enabling legislation, the MAC exists to ’’encourage and stimulate public interest and participation in the cultural heritage and programs of our state,” to ’’expand the state’s cultural resources,” as well as to “encourage and assist freedom of artistic expression essential for the wellbeing of the arts, to meet the legitimate needs and aspirations of persons in all
parts of the state.”In an era of dwindling financial sup
port, the MAC has redirected its emphasis from administering grants programs to developing services in Arts in Education, Information and Advocacy, and Community Arts (of which this directo
ry is a product).Information about the full range of
MAC programs for artists, with application forms, is available from the Commission. Request the most recent Artist Roster and Resource Guide.
This guide contains information on the Arts in Education program, to make learning in and through the arts “a common practice for every student in every school” throughout the State and to help “develop schools as resources to promote creativity throughout commu
nities.” It also includes practical sections
on planning artists’ visits as well as on
publicity and advocacy.To reward artistic excellence, the
MAC has programs of direct grants to artists. Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded on a two-year cycle in design arts, media arts, performing arts, traditional arts, visual arts, and literature. A maximum of eight fellowships of $3,000. each are awarded annually. Traditional Arts Apprenticeships (partially funded through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Folk Arts Program) enable recognized master traditional artists to pass on their skills to qualified apprentices.
The “A rt is t R oster” provides detailed information about artists available to present performances, readings, workshops, exhibits or lecture-demonstrations. All listed artists have passed rigorous auditions before being included.
The “A rtist Registry” provides contact information for artists who are available to sell their art or who will create work on a commission basis. All those listed have passed a rigorous jury process. The list includes Public Art (ceramics, design, fiber, furniture, glass, media, painting, paper, photography, and sculpture) and Studio Art (ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, graphics, painting, paper, photography, and sculpture). Needless to say, there are many distinguished artists in the state beyond those in the Roster and Registry.
The MAC also has some funding for
Statewide Leadership Initiatives, Technical Assistance, and C o m munity A rts Development (including Cultural Assessment and Planning - Dis
covery Research and Local Cultural Initiatives). For a description of these programs, including application forms, request the most recent Program Guidelines.
In addition, the MAC has a newsletter, brochures on Arts in Education, a guide to the Percent for Art Program, a booklet illustrating the work of recent Individual Artist Fellows, and Sensing Place: A Guide to Community Culture, by Kathleen Mundell and Hilary Anne Frost-Kumpf (1995), a richly illustrated handbook of exercises in discovery research and community organizing, to assist in the recognition and development of a community’s artistic resources. Any of these publications is available without charge on request from:
The Maine Arts Commission 55 Capitol Street State House Station 25 Augusta, ME 04333-0025 (207) 287-2724 (207) 287-2335 (FAX)(207) 287-6740 (TTD)
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MEDIA
NewspapersBAN G O R DAILY NEWS 4 9 1 Main Street Bangor, ME 04401 990-8000In Ellsworth: 93 Main Street 667-9393
TH E BAR HARBOR TIMES Nan Lincoln, Arts Editor Deadline Monday 5 p.m.76 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 288-3311
BUCKSPORT FREE PRESSP. O. Box 327Belfast, ME 04915-0327
CASTIN E PATRIOT P. O. Box 205 Castine, ME 04421 326-4381
THE ELLSW ORTH AMERICAN DirkVinlove, Arts Editor Deadline Friday 63 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-2576
ELLSW ORTH W EEKLY Steve Larson, News Editor Nan Lincoln, Preview Arts Editor P.O.Box 1122 Ellsworth, ME 40605 667-5514
FISHERMAN’S VO ICE P. O. Box 253 Gouldsboro, ME 04607 276-3205
ISLAND AD-VANTAGES Main Street Stonington, ME 04681 367-2200In Blue Hill: 374-2439
REPUBLICAN JOURNAL Box F 33 High Street Belfast, ME 04915 338-3333
THE W EEKLY PACKET I Main Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 374-2341
TelevisionMaine Public Television:WMEB-TV, Ch. 12, Orono 65 Texas Avenue Bangor, ME 04401941- 1010 Fax 942-2857 Director: Bernie Roscetti
WABI-TV, Ch. 5,“The News Station," CBS35 Hildreth Street, Bangor, ME 04401947-8321 Fax 941-9378News 947-8321News Director: Don Colson
WLBZ-TV, Ch. 2, NBC 329 Mount Hope Avenue P. O. Box 4 15, Bangor, ME 04402942- 4821 Fax 945-6816 News Director: Michael O ’Neil
WVII-TV, Ch. 7,“NewsChannel 7,” ABC 371 Target Industries Circle Bangor, MIE 04401 945-6457 Fax:942-0511 News: 941-9844 News Director: James Morris
RadioW KSQ -FM ,“Kiss”P. O. Box 9494 Buttermilk Road Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-7573 Fax: 667-9494 News Director: Bruce Carpenter
W DEA-AM 68 State Street Box I 129Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9555 Fax: 667-2436 News Director: Alissa Cross
WERU-FMP.O.Box 170East Orland, ME 04431374-2313 FAX: 469-8961General Manager and arts programmer:Cathy Melio
WMDI-FMP.O.Box 12053 Main Street, Suite 202Bar Harbor, ME 04609288-4166 Fax:288-4902Program Manager: Ed St. James
Maine Public Broadcasting WMEH-FM, Bangor 65 Texas Avenue Bangor 04401 941-1010 Fax:942-2857 Arts CalendarKeith McKeen - Maine Things Considered
W EZQ-FM / WWMJ-FM Box I 129 68 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 667-9555 Fax:667-2436 News Director: Alissa Cross
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USEFUL ADDRESSESNATIONAL AND REGION AL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Alliance for Arts Education John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington D C 20566 202/416-8800
American Arts Alliance 805 15th St,NW , #500 Washington D C 20005-2207 202/737-1727
American Association of Museums 1225 Eye St, NW, #200 Washington D C 20005 202/289-1818
Americans for the Arts1000 Vermont Ave, NW, 12th floorWashington D C 20005202/371-2830orOne East 53rd St New York NY 10022 212/223-2787
Arts Extension Service Goodeel Bldg, Room 615 University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 413/545-2360
Business Committee for the Arts 1775 Broadway # 5 10 New York N Y 10019 212/664-0600
Council on Foundations 1828 L St, NW, #300 Washington D C 20036 202/466-6512
Institute of Museum Services 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, N W #510 Washington D C 20506 202/606-8536
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies1010 Vermont Ave, NW, #920 Washington D C 20005 202/347-6352
STATE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
National Association of Artists Organizations 918 F S t ,N W Washington D C 20004 202/347-6350
National Endowment for the Arts 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, N W Washington D C 20506 202/682-5400
National Endowment for the Humanities1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, #406 Washington D C 20506 202/606-8438
New England Foundation for the Arts330 Congress St, 6th floor Boston MA 02210-1216 617/951-0010 email: nefa@ix.netcom.com
Cast & Crew PO Box 1031 Portland ME 04104
Maine Alliance for Arts EducationPO Box 746Rockport ME 04856207/338-1225email: maae@acadia.net
Maine Alliance of Media Artists Box 4320, Station A Portland ME 04101 207/773-1130
Maine A rt Education Association PO Box 10463 Portland ME 04104 207/737-2806
Maine Arts Sponsors AssociationPO Box 2352Augusta ME 04338-2352207/626-3277email: masa@mint.net
Maine Association of Museums 37 Community Dr Augusta ME 04330 207/623-8428
Maine Community Cultural Alliance PO Box 2 154 Augusta ME 04338-2154 207/622-3316
Maine Composers Forum PO Box 8763 Portland ME 04104 207/772-8168
Maine Crafts Association PO Box 228 Deer Isle ME 04627 207/348-9943
Maine Dance Network 6 1 Pleasant St Portland ME 04101 207/780-0554
Maine Folklife Center/Univ of Maine 5573 South Stevens O ronoM E 04469-4437 207/581-1891
Maine Grants Information Center PO Box 9301 Portland ME 04104 207/780-5029
Maine Humanities Council PO Box 7202 Portland ME 04112 207/773-5051
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance 6 River RdIndian Island ME 04468 207/827-7776
Maine Jazz Arts 148 Essex St #3 Bangor ME 04401 207/945-3127
Maine Music Educators Association PO Box 45Dover-Foxcroft ME 04426 207/564-2760 or 564-8496
Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts 43 Mosher St S Portland ME 04106 207/799-9646
Maine W riters & Publishers Alliance 12 Pleasant St Brunswick ME 04011 207/729-6333
Union of Maine Visual Artists PO Box 485 Mt Desert ME 04660 207/244-5746
United Maine Craftsmen R R 2 Box I920B Manchester ME 04351 207/621-2818
Very Special Arts/Maine PO Box 4002 Portland ME 04101 207/761-3861
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