Category: Arts

David Vickery in his Cushing studio.

Working Waterfront

David Vickery visits Olson Wharf

In an Instagram post in early June, painter David Vickery shared a recent painting, “Flag Buoys, Olson Wharf,” accompanied by this cursory description: “Down at the end of my road, where there’s usually something interesting.” Vickery lives on a lane off Hathorne Point Road in Cushing, a quarter mile from… SEE MORE
book jacket

Working Waterfront

Home to Downeast for compass reset

Just East of Nowhere By Scot Lehigh (Islandport Press, 2023) Anyone passingly familiar with Eastport will recognize it immediately in Scot Lehigh’s new novel, Just East of Nowhere. We get a tour of the place in the first pages when young Dan Winters gets off a bus at Perry Corner… SEE MORE

Working Waterfront

Washington County atlas revived

If you enjoy exploring old maps, photos, and other pathways of Downeast history, you’ll find inspiration in artist-editor Jane Crosen’s new Coastwise edition of Colby’s 1881 Atlas of Washington County. For over 40 years the Penobscot mapmaker has been creating hand-drawn maps of Maine coastal and lake regions, published as… SEE MORE
The Burnurwurbskek Singers, a Penobscot male drum group, performs at Cadillac Mountain Summit. PHOTO: COURTESY WILL NEWTON, FRIENDS OF ACADIA

Working Waterfront

Cultural Connects program returns to Acadia

The Cultural Connections program returns to Acadia National Park after a year-long hiatus. This programming provides visitors to Acadia with the opportunity to learn from Maine’s Native artists, musicians, and scholars via bi-weekly summer demonstrations. Not only does the Cultural Connections program provide an important platform to support Wabanaki artists… SEE MORE
“Sunset August 20th, Fanfare for Whitecaps,” Marvin Oberman (1927-2018), acrylic on paper, 11 x 14½ inches; collection of Emily Oberman.

Working Waterfront

Monhegan Museum explores artistic relationships

[caption id="attachment_37414" align="alignnone" width="450"] “Red Tide at Sunset,” (1975) by Reuben Tam (1916-1991), oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inches; Monhegan Museum of Art & History, gift of Susan Bateson and Stephen S. Fuller.[/caption] Four couples, eight painters, one island: That’s the essence of the Monhegan Museum of Art and… SEE MORE
book jacket

Working Waterfront

A kinder, gentler visit to Maine

Vacationland: A Novel By Meg Mitchell Moore (2022) Dear readers, a true confession: I’m late to this party, reading what are known as “beach books,” “escapist novels,” or “summer fiction.” These books have romance in them, but the focus seems as much on managing complex relationships with friends and family… SEE MORE