On view September 10 through October 10 For more than 40 years, artist Jerry Finch has been painting water. Through decades of exploration, her practice has evolved from appliqué to airbrush and machine quilting, and ultimately to oil painting. With Water’s Embrace, Finch shares her ongoing pursuit of something beyond the visual representation of water:…
In contemporary everyday life, play is often treated as a luxury. It is what remains after the work is finished, the responsibilities are met, and the productive tasks of the day are complete. We speak of play as recreation, as a temporary departure from the serious business of living, as something left behind and belonging…
We had the chance to sit down with Transmissions Quilts Director Cordy Joan. Cordy shared that the project began with a deeply personal encounter while living in the Bay Area, when a friend shared a family heirloom quilt that had been made for them at birth. The quilt had been kept folded away in a…
Written by Katherine Devereux, MPS, Waterfall Arts Institutional Advancement Director This is where the communal dimension becomes most significant. If personhood is constituted through others, then the act of writing on the wall is not merely expressive but constitutive. It is a way of locating oneself within a network of shared meanings. To write forgive…
Every January, the Clifford Gallery feels a little like a greenhouse. The light is low, the outdoor world is quiet, and yet inside the walls of Waterfall Arts, something is stirring, taking shape, reaching toward another season of creativity. Homegrown, the first exhibition of 2026, gathers that energy into view. It is a portrait of…
Waterfall Arts is thrilled to welcome Ellery Chalmers as our new Youth Program Manager! A visual artist, educator, and lifelong participant in community arts programs, Ellery has deep roots in the Midcoast and a passion for making creative spaces accessible, affirming, and joyful for young people. We sat down with Ellery to learn more about…
Mark your calendars for the Waterfall Arts Holiday Pop-Up Market 2025, happening Friday, December 5, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, December 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We’re so excited to welcome you back for one of our favorite traditions—a joyful celebration of art, craftsmanship, and community spirit. For two festive days,…
There is a quiet kind of courage in stitching your story into fabric for all to see. For Conni Whittaker, textile art is both resistance and revelation—a way to process, protest, and persevere through the weight of personal and collective experience. Conni is one of 21 talented makers featured in our current fiber arts exhibition,…
To stitch is to mark time. To move with it, not capture it. To follow its rhythm through the hum of conversation, the rustle of fabric, the quiet sound of care. In Threaded Together: A Stitch Social Experiment, on view at Waterfall Arts from October 4 to November 21, 2025, seventeen artists invite us into…
You never know who will walk through our doors—or how their experience here might ripple far beyond our walls. Last week, we had the pleasure of catching up with Holly Grobholz, a visiting artist who stopped by to pick up a monoprint she created during a Community Print session this summer. That session was led…