Lost in the drive to overachieve, compete with myself and others, I was always try to “make it.” But recently, a close friend put it poignantly that “life is not about becoming the best, but about becoming yourself.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waterfall Arts expands glassblowing reach with Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education in the popular new craft studio this semester. (BELFAST) Waterfall Arts Glassworks, the new publicly-accessible community glassblowing studio established in 2021 by Waterfall Arts, further establishes its presence in the community with a recent partnership with alternative school program Belfast…
Belfast Flying Shoes was our featured nonprofit this month and we’ll be joined by BFS Director, Chrissy Fowler, and former All Comers Band leader, Jennifer Armstrong.
e first in a series of human interest pieces that Waterfall Arts is piloting, in a broad-stroke effort to more narrowly hone in on the people directly in our “inner circle”…
Hazel Mitchell, local children’s book author and illustrator, shares a story during our first Fireside Chats event in December 2021 (on the theme of public libraries and books, in partnership with the Belfast Free Library) about revered author and artist Ashley Bryan. The following story is shared with permission from the storyteller: Bryan recently passed…
Fireside Chats are an enthusiastic experiment meant to ignite conversations, boost empathy, and offer a platform for shared stories to help all of us set new intentions for our collective future. The event takes place monthly on the front lawn at Waterfall Arts for anyone to gather around warm fire pits for a night of…
Program Director Amy Tingle shares how Fireside Chats came to be – because of a boy named Finn.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belfast Co-op and Waterfall Arts are teaming up for a winter fundraiser this January. (BELFAST) The Belfast Co-op and the Waterfall Arts Kids and Family Program are working together on a winter fundraiser this January for Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP). Sixth grade Bridge Afterschool Art Club members chose WCAP from a…
Listen to professional storyteller Stephanie Holman on the first in the Fireside Chats series.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WATERFALL ARTS RECEIVES $100,000 GRANT (BELFAST) – Waterfall Arts, Belfast’s community arts center since 2000, is very excited to announce receipt of a $100,000 grant from a generous and dedicated donor in support of the Waterfall Arts Capital Campaign: Waterfall Rising. The grant provides the matching funds necessary to complete the 2019…