Category: Artists in Residence and other artistic pursuits
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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…
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Loving the Fall
Once again time has flown…we’ve shifted gears from “full tilt boogie” with summer guests, soared through Fiber College and spent last weekend at the Common Ground Fair and sharing an old time music jam with friends old and new. How exactly did we keep track of the day to day highlights of our life before…
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Kathleen Gerdes: Needle Felting Fun with Owls:
Needle Felting Fun with Owls Somewhere along the path, wool popped into my world and all of a sudden I couldn’t get enough of it! I love to work with wool, as it is very tactile and it immediately creates a calming feeling for me, I’m sure it will for you too. I do both…
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Camp & Create with Mihoko Wakabayashi, SAORI Weaver
Mihoko Wakabayashi, native of Japan has been working on SAORI Weaving for nearly 20 years which is an improvisational style of weaving started in Japan. Her SAORI studio in Worcester, MA is the first official studio in US and she has been teaching all ages and variety of abilities since 2000. She visited Searsport Shores…
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Searport Shores Sings!!
Here’s another version of “My House” a song by Kacey Musgraves with words adapted by the folks at The Shores, performed by the very talented Elizabeth (who began learning to play guitar 2 months ago) and her lovely and talented friend Hope!
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Maryly Matthewman Creates the Faces of Searsport Shores, August 9-15
Dear Campers, My week in August will be here soon enough. My July seems to be booked up already and it will be wonderful to come to Maine and create with you. This will be my third session as Artist in Residence in Searsport and it is easy to think of things to share as everyone has…
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Santa Comes to Searsport Shores August 2-8
We 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. Here’s a note from the “jolly ol’ elf” Hello Dear Friend, The cold dark winter here at the North Pole has ended and it is time for me to visit folks…
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Ellen Mason “The Humble Stitch” Artist-in-Residence July 26 – August 1
When I was about ten years old I busted my Mom’s sewing machine. My Dad gathered it up and left the house almost immediately. Two hours later he came home with a 1940’s Singer sewing machine. It was classic black with painted gold scrolls. It sewed forward and backward. That beautiful machine was a gift…
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Susan Ober Quilts
Enjoy some of the colorful quilts made by this week’s Artist-in-Residence Susan Ober
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Twin Invasion Camp & Create with Susan & Seasi Ober July 19 – 25
You might think you’re seeing double when the Ober sisters come to Camp and Create! Susan Ober is a quilter from West Haven, Connecticut. Her identical twin sister Nancy “Seasi” Ober is a potter from Kansas City, Mo. Susan’s primary art form is quilts, She has made around 100 to date; Seasi has been throwing…