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…
Join Transmissions Quilts for Home & Away, a trans text(iles) exhibition in Belfast, ME (Penobscot territory), on view from Friday, June 5 through June 12 at Waterfall Arts. Presented in collaboration with Trans Poetics Archive, Out in the Open, and the Belfast Poetry Festival, Transmissions Poetry is a weeklong exhibition and series of events running…
April 18 – May 29Opening Reception April 18th, 1 – 3 PM Art in public spaces shapes the community and culture where it appears. The gallery at Waterfall Arts is a public space. While it’s not accessible 24/7 like graffiti on a city street might be, it’s free to enter and open to everyone. Make Your…
Join us as Waterfall Arts celebrates its 10th season partnering with Belfast-area schools for the largest annual exhibition of youth art in Belfast! In honor of Youth Art Month (YAM)—a national celebration established in 1961 to recognize and promote visual art education for grades PK–12—we are proud to stand alongside organizations like the Portland Museum…
We’re excited to welcome the new year with Homegrown, our 2026 Denizen exhibition, opening in the Clifford Gallery. This show celebrates the people who make Waterfall Arts feel like home—a place rooted in shared creativity, care, and belonging. For many of us, home is wherever we feel most comfortable, loved, and connected. For others, it’s…
October 4 – November 22, 2025 | Opening Reception: October 4, 12–3PM Waterfall Arts is proud to present Threaded Together: A Stitch Social Experiment, on view from October 4 through November 22, 2025. The exhibition celebrates the artists of Stitch Social, a twice-monthly fiber arts community group that began in early 2023 and has become…
On View through August 22, 2025. Closing Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, August 22, 5-7 pm. Learn more here. “Artwork can be a portal, a kind of rethinking and reseeing of the world as we live it.” —Todd Solondz “What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you…
A familiar question echoes through galleries, studios, and living rooms alike: But will it match my couch? It’s a question that speaks to the complex intersection of personal taste, marketplace influence, and the ways we define our spaces. This group exhibition, curated by Barbara Sullivan, invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between art, home, and…
Waterfall Arts, in collaboration with Dark Sky Maine and the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), proudly presents Dark Skies, a juried art exhibition that illuminates the beauty and importance of Maine’s night skies. The exhibit opens on January 17, 2025, and runs through February 28, 2025, at Waterfall Arts, located at 256 High Street in Belfast, Maine. This dynamic…
On View: October 19 – November 29, 2024 Featuring: Abigale Avey, Marcy Chevali, Jeane Cohen, Alejandra Cuadra, Bo Dennis, Betsey Feeley, Lifu Hu, Tectonic Industries, Catie Joyce-Bulay, Juliet Karelsen, Molly Knobloch, Tara Morin, Lisa Mossel, Dylan Ouellette, Taryn Pizza, Phoebe Pope, Caroline Routh, Kathryn Shagas, Rachel Sperry, Maya Stein, Barbara Sullivan, Anthony Welch, and Daniela…