Category: Artists in Residence and other artistic pursuits
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The End of October
We finally closed for the season the other day because the wind and the rain made life outdoors too inhospitable for everyone involved…but it’s always with a mixed emotions. Sure, we’re happy to move into a quieter time where we have long, uninterrupted stretches to focus on tasks at hand but conversely, it’s more fun…
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Fiber College 10th Anniversary was a great success!
As I write this, the festivities of the last five days are just wrapping up, with a farewell reception. All week the energy has been palpable. People making new discoveries, sharing their skills and creativity with others, extraordinary objects created. It’s really been fun here! From handmade flutes with Hawk Henries, to felted fantasy masks,…
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Book Artist – Debbie Dutton
Debbie Dutton Artist-in-Residence August 14 – 20 Debbie Dutton travels all the way from Texas to spend summer in Maine! We’re so happy she’ll be Artist in Residence next week, she always has the most interesting projects!! Deb has had myriad experiences in various artistic and creative areas. As a semi-retired graphic designer, her time spent…
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Santa Steve is back!
Steve Schruers: Artist in Residence August 7 – 13 You don’t have to wait until winter to visit with Santa at Searsport Shores! He visits every August and again during Fiber College of Maine in September. Steve has practiced a “tradition of giving” since he was a child and continues to make wishes come true for individuals…
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Meet Melinda Hoffman, Artist in Residence July 31-Aug 6
Melinda Hoffman loves mobiles…she also paints! We are so fortunate to have her visit “The Shores” to spend some time together creating magical mobiles. Here’s what Melinda has to say! …We are going to explore small books…I prefer Golden Books and we will be making them into mobiles. So to the upcoming campers, who will be…
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Artist-in-Residence: Maryly Matthewman.
Maryly Matthewman. Meredith, New Hampshire “Summer Dresses and Evening Shawls” Maryly is looking forward to her fourth Searsport Shores Artist -in -Residence. Learn how bead embellished, sun enhanced, colorful batik summer dresses can liven up your wardrobe with a technique that honors mistakes. And for chilly evenings, start a shawl. Marylyn is doing a…
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Japanese Crafts with Mihoko July 10 – 16
Mihoko Wakabayashi, native of Japan, has been working on SAORI Weaving for nearly 20 years. SAORI is an improvisational style of weaving started in Japan, Mikoho’s SAORI studio in Worcester, MA is the first official studio in US, she has been teaching all ages and variety of abilities since 2000. Mihoko will share a Japanese art everyday including SAORI weaving, Japanese Paper Dyeing and Origami. These art are suitable for all ages, children to elderly. They are simple but beautiful and interesting. Participants will make something that they can take home with them. SAORI Weaving is a moving meditation. There are no mistakes. Anyone can weave on ready-made warp. With SAORI weaving you can make a small tapestry or a bracelet to take home in half an hour. Dyed paper will be great for wrapping gifts and make cards. Campers may also learn the basic origami or possibly graduate to something more…
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Throwing Pots with Russell Kahn
Camp & Create Artist-in-Residence Russell Kahn will be visiting Searsport Shores July 3 – 9 “Think globally, act locally” is a motto that Russell Kahn lives by with his art. He has been an art educator in public schools for the past 20 years and shows his own art in local…
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Book Artists Gail & Abbey
Meet Gail and Abbey Santner Searsport Shores Artists in Residence for the week of June 26 through July 2 Hello Searsport Shores Campers and Fans! My name is Gail and my daughter Abigail and I will be offering Book Arts activities relying on the beautiful local scenery for inspiration and a few materials. I have been making folded and stitched books since 2009 and love the flow of creativity that comes with working with others. For me, the content of a book is critically important although I admit to having a collection of empty-paged books. One time I made a book using old New York postcards to recreate my parents’ visit to the Big Apple as they would have written about it to friends and family. Another book I am proud of is my tiny “Six Word Stories” book that family members have contributed to capturing events and feelings in a few significant words. Gardening in my yard and as a volunteer can take over my life in the summer. I have perennial gardens that I am perennially fussing over and a vegetable garden that I try to make unattractive to deer. Success is usually “next year.” I love the sense of promise that comes from planting seeds in the springtime; the reality of pests eating my plants brings me down to earth in the summer. But when bees, butterflies, moths, and even a dragonfly or two find my yard, I have a sense of accomplishment….just like when I finish making a book . Join us as in making various kinds of folded and stitched books as well as creating…
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So many threads make a tapestry
I’ve been making the most of my Gemini personality lately…depending on the moment I’ve been completely introverted or the cocktail party queen…its the freedom of Winter in Maine. Reservations have been coming in steadily so I’m able to enjoy the discipline of computer communications each morning but later in the day comes social time…either social…