A fast, fun, and anonymous handmade-gift exchange. One round for kids, one round for grownups. Wrap a gift - artwork, a crafted item, whatever you made with love - in brown paper and bring it to our front yard. In a safe and silly way we will give and take from a big ol' pile […]
Join educator Bridget Matros and a featured guest artist as we stream our creative adventure every week for kids and families. The topics and activities change weekly, but the inspiration and fun remain the same! Be sure to subscribe to our channel, like our videos, and enjoy all of the free online content delivered straight […]
All Ages Art Happening: Funny HaHa Saturday, June 12, 2021 Who needs a laugh? We’re celebrating having made it through a wacky school year with an afternoon of silliness. Kid-comedians as young as four years old can take to the stage to share their favorite knee-slapper with the crowd, while the less extroverted play goofy […]
Photographing Belfast's Waterfront: Then & Now Join the community for an opening reception, held under tents outside of the Waterfall Arts building on Friday, June 18th, 5-7pm, with the Gallery open to small groups for viewings. The opening event will feature a poetry reading of works themed around the Belfast Waterfront, starting at 5:30pm and […]
Drop by during the Art Market to mend with us! In honor of our artist residency with Nina Elder, we are hosting a donation-based, drop-in mending session with some materials provided, from 10am-12pm on Friday, July 23rd. A teacher will be on hand to demonstrate the ancient art of mending and beautifying, borrowed from the […]
Join Belfast historian, Megan Pinette, for a stroll along Belfast’s waterfront. Learn about industries along the harbor in the early years of settlement. Did you know there was a rum distillery making what was described as “bad stuff but good rum?” And, what we now refer to as Puddle Dock was also known as Dock Square or Sandy Beach? The tour will continue with highlights from the days of the ship building businesses to the age of steam when the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad transformed the waterfront into an industrial manufacturing zone.
Artist Nina Elder travels to some of the most environmentally impacted, geographically distant, and economically important places on the globe where she researches how the natural environment is changing through human-centered activities. This performative lecture weaves together unlikely associations between piles of rocks, military secrets, glaciers, obsolete communication technology, meteorites, frayed ropes, and the need […]
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