Art Gone Wild

A partnership with Coastal Mountains Land Trust.

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Our Summer 2024 Micro-Resident: Bo Dennis and DandyRam Farm

Enjoy photos from the 2024 residency here.

Bo Dennis (he/him), the creative force of Dandy Ram Farm, brings an innovative approach to floral design, creating installations that spark joy and curiosity through sustainably grown flowers. “Fields” was on display from July 19-21 and featured two installation locations one at the Head of Tide Preserve and one on the water at Stover Preserve on Doak Road, in Belfast, ME

Visitors had the opportunity to walk the trails and interact with the installationsArt Gone Wild is a partnership between Waterfall Arts and Coastal Mountains Land Trust to provide a fun and accessible way to engage with art on two of the Belfast preserves: Head of Tide Preserve and Stover Preserve.

Why? Land Trust Preserves are democratic spaces – they are free to all, and are places for social and cultural interaction. Open spaces play a variety of functions: they are good for walking and hiking, reading and relaxing; for those who love nature but don’t have a garden, preserves are an oasis of biodiversity. Access to public land fosters connection to nature and nurtures a sense of belonging. Arts and culture programs presented in these places – art-making opportunities, exhibitions and art installations, concerts, theater – are opportunities for the public to have greater arts access. Other benefits include being introduced to new kinds of art experiences and viewing or interacting with art in a less formal setting. Art in public spaces helps people feel more connected to their community.

ART GONE WILD: Micro-Residencies 2023

In the summer of 2023, Waterfall Arts partnered with Coastal Mountains Land Trust to provide a fun and accessible way to engage with art on their trails in two different programs. These short-term art exhibitions brought programming to the Head of Tide and Stover Preserves in Belfast. Events included art installations, artist talks, interactive workshops and locative art for people to encounter as they used the trails.

Click on the links (artists names) to view photos of their projects.

July 14 & 15, 2023 – Smudge Studio Jamie Kruse and Liz Ellsworth

August 20, 2023 – Devon Kelley-Yurdin

September 17, 2023 – Peter Walls and Allegra Kuhn

See photos of all of these events here.

In the Media:

Click here for the official press release.

PenBay Pilot, June 17, 2023

The Republican Journal, June 30, 2023

ART GONE WILD: Art Cart

Next time you venture to one of the Waldo County preserves that are part of the Coastal Mountains Land Trust (CMLT) network, you might see a unique-looking trailhead. In fact: it’s not a trailhead, but an Art Cart!

In the spring of 2022, Ryan O’Neill from CMLT, came up with the design and fashioned a prototype, ultimately making its debut appearance during Karen Olson’s Artist Talk at Head of Tide in mid-June 2022. The Art Gone Wild Cart is a miniature gallery and a chance for folks to add to it using the art supplies in the box provided. So next time you see the cart, stop and write a poem or draw what you see around you. Make your mark!

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