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Seconds and Supplies Sale
Because it’s up to all of us to slow the spread of COVID-19, everyone should avoid gatherings during this time. We are doing our part by postponing this workshop. Please check back here, our website at artsworth.org or sign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with our event schedule.
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
For current updates from the Maine Crafts Association, please visit: https://mainecrafts.org/mca-covid-19-updates-information/
This event is a co-production between Artsworth and the MCA.OVERVIEW
This event provides an opportunity for the public and fellow statewide artists to purchase studio supplies, materials and equipment, as well as seconds (final products not quite right for full price retail or wholesale shows and stores) directly from Maine artists. We are now hosting this event every other year between Portland, and Ellsworth, Maine. See details from the Portland event in 2019.
An indoor/outdoor Maine Art and Craft Seconds & Supplies Sale will be held Saturday May 30, 2020 at Artsworth in Ellsworth, Maine, 9-3pm.
The sale is a co-production of Maine Crafts Association and Artsworth designed to support our members, have fun and help shift extra materials from people who don’t need them to people who do! Artsworth shares the grounds with Fogtown Brewery and Atlantic Art Glass, a public access glass blowing studio, be prepared to enjoy glass blowing demonstrations all day during the event and local beer at the afterparty.
For Artists & Attendees: Big ticket items will be previewed on the Facebook Event Page. Items will only be available on the day of the sale. Please attend the event to purchase these items.
Afterparty @ Fogtown Brewing Company
Seconds & Supplies Sale vendors, volunteers and customers are invited to an afterparty at Fogtown Brewery 3-6pm. Join us to visit, connect and celebrate clean studios and new purchases. Fogtown is located directly downstairs from Atlantic Art Glass and the event. Their diverse tap list includes barrel-aged sours fermented with locally foraged berries, stouts brewed with organic Maine oats, refreshing lagers brewed with heritage Maine malts, and IPAs made with fresh, whole cone Maine-grown Cascade hops, and much more. (Attendance @ the sale not required to attend!).Grab convenient lunch or dinner from Eat At Joe’s food truck.
Artsworth”s neighbor Atlantic Art Glass, demonstrate their amazing glassblowing craft during the event.
Introduction to Pure Silver Clay
$130. includes a tool kit and all materials
Precious Metal Clay is a clay-like compound consisting of powdered silver in an organic binder. It can be formed and textured using simple tools to make earrings, pendants and other jewelry. When fired the organic binder burns off and the metal particles sinter leaving pure silver. It is fun and easy to work with.
A basic tool kit and packet of PMC3 are included in the class price. Students will go home with at least one finished piece of jewelry.
Bring to Class: notebook, pencil, ideas and curiosity. If you have things you would like to use to texture your work bring those too.
The Instructor-Janelle Delicata is a Certified PMC Instructor and local artist and small business owner living in Blue Hill, Maine. She received a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and an MFA in Weaving & Textile Design at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of American Craft with a minor in Jewelry & Metals.
She sells her jewelry in local shops and galleries and at selected fine craft shows in the New England area. She also exhibits fine art mixed media work in many venues.
Call 664-0222 to register
Rainbow of Natural Dyes
Call 207-664-0222 to register!
Jackie Ottino Graf is a colorful fiber artist with lot’s of professional and creative experience, this is her dying with natural materials “101”course. If you have ever wondered how in the world one can make so many amazing colors naturally, this is the class for you. Everything is included, (600 yards of merino yarn, all dyes and equipment, handouts etc). At the end of a fun and informative day, you will go home with a stash of small skeins of yarn in each color.
We will go over proper fiber preparation and mordanting techniques for both safety and vibrancy. While natural dyes can be used on all types of fiber, we will be focusing on wool yarns in this workshop.
Please bring a lunch, any note-taking materials you may wish, and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Please also bring a plastic bag or container to bring home wet yarns.
🙂 Dyeing has an element of waiting, so feel free to bring along some handwork, like knitting or spinning to do while you visit and wait!
Cost is $150. PLEASE Call 207-664-0222 to register.
10th Annual FireGathering
10am-6pm: 10th Annual FireGathering
Glass blowing and Artisan Demonstrations and a Holiday Marketplace
For the 10th consecutive year, we open our doors and welcome you to an event full of fiery energy and creativity. FireGathering 2019 isa day to celebrate the winter solstice like an artist!! at 25 Pine St., Ellsworth, ME we will be doing what we love in the studio – blowing glass and having fun connecting with you. Let’s take the time to tell each other stories of our busy summers, our winter plans and who that special someone is in our lives at the moment! At the warehouse we host a marketplace featuring work by local artisans and it is a great opportunity to get last minute Holiday gifts for loved ones or for yourself!
At this annual event we share our love of the fire arts with you as we do demonstrations of glassblowing, blacksmithing, pottery and torch-working. This open studio event is our way of saying “hey neighbor, come gather around our hearth! Let’s enjoy community and creativity together as we beat back the cold and dark of approaching winter.” Come warm yourself by our fires and welcome the winter with us.
Then at sunset head downstairs for local brews and live music at Fogtown Brewing.
if you would like to show your work at the marketplace please email me at artsworthstudios@gmail.com or fill out this online form.
Questions? Call 207-664-0222
Maine Craft Weekend at Artsworth Studios
Saturday October 5, Sunday October 6
10:00am-4:00pm
Artsworth is celebrating a weekend of creative activity hosted by the Heart of Ellsworth and Maine Craft Weekend. Maine Crafts Association artists will gather at the warehouse to demonstrate and show their work.
Ken and Linda Perrin delight in creating a hub of fine arts activities while they demonstrate their glassblowing craft to the public. The Atlantic Art Glass team demonstrate traditional glassblowing all day as they make glass pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors! The studio of Atlantic Art Glass will be turned into a “glass pumpkin patch” as the molten glass is pulled from the furnace, blown and hand formed on the end of a blowpipe. The glass pumpkin patch charms visitors of all ages.
Emi Ito, Weaver from Bath, Maine: will bring her unique Saori loom to the Atlantic Art Glass warehouse in Ellsworth. Her lively masterful wearable woven art is a celebration of creativity. This weekend festivitiy is a rare opportunity to see Ito doing demonstrations of various fun weaving techniques. Wrapping up in one of Emi’s pieces makes the cool weather a treat! Her scarves and shawls will be available for sale.
Kristi Frank, an intuitive abstract artist, using the highest environmental standards, creates jewelry with distinctive silhouettes. She owns Salt Grass Jewelry in South Portland, ME and will be coming up to Ellsworth to join the festivities. She will be doing metalsmithing demonstrations. She will also have work available for sale at special Maine Craft Weekend prices!
Kreg McCune, from Mt. Desert Island is a potter, he will be offering pottery wheel demonstrations for the public on Saturday. Kreg will provide opportunities for visitors to experience and create on the potter’s wheel and learn more about the process of creating fine ceramics from start to finish. Kreg McCune Pottery will have work available for purchase and over the course of the weekend will be creating a set of hand thrown mugs for Fogtown Brewery! (Saturday only.)
Huggybear from Mount Desert Island will bring his trusty torch to the festivities, and do glass lamp working demonstrations.
Speed Designing w/ Jolene McGowan at Artsworth Studios – a Maine Crafts Association workshop
Maine Crafts Association and Artsworth Studios presents
Speed Designing w/ Jolene McGowan
Saturday, January 19, 2019
10am – 12:30pm
Artsworth
25 Pine Street
Ellsworth, Maine
MCA Member: $100 per student – Lunch Provided
Non-MCA Member: $115 per student – Lunch Provided
Register:
https://mainecrafts.org/speed-designing-with-jolene-mcgowan/
Instructor Bio
Before starting her own communications business, Jolene worked as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Jill McGowan, Inc., where she helped the company expand its reach from 4 boutiques in New England to 200 specialty stores throughout the United States. During Jolene’s tenure with the company, Jill McGowan was a guest designer on Martha Stewart TV and appeared in local and national media. Jolene led the effort to increase online sales by championing the launch of the company’s first website and subsequently directing a successful social media retail marketing campaign. In 2010, Jill McGowan, Inc. opened their flagship store in Freeport, Maine.
Workshop Type
Professional Development – All levels welcome.
Description
Workshop participants will leave the 2 hour workshop with their own Mailchimp account and a completed promotional flier designed and created in Adobe Spark featuring their work or business. All of this will be accomplished in one workshop setting the participant up for future promotions.
What to bring
Laptop
Register:
https://mainecrafts.org/speed-designing-with-jolene-mcgowan/
9th Annual FireGathering
10am-4pm: FireGathering Marketplace, glass blowing and other fire art demos
5pm-10pm: Live music downstairs at Fogtown Brewing
For the 9th year, we open our doors and welcome you to an event full of fiery energy and creativity. FireGathering 2018 at 25 Pine St., Ellsworth, ME hosts a marketplace featuring work by local artisans. Enjoy the FireGathering Marketplace upstairs from 10am-4pm and check out the work of over a dozen artisans, many of whom will be happy to show you how they make their work. This is a great opportunity to get last minute Holiday gifts for loved ones or for yourself! Then at 5pm, head downstairs for local brews and live music at Fogtown Brewing. At this annual event we share our love of the fire arts with you as we do demonstrations of glassblowing, blacksmithing, pottery and torch-working. This open studio event is our way of saying “hey neighbor, come gather around our hearth! Let’s enjoy community and creativity together as we beat back the cold and dark of approaching winter.” Come warm yourself by our fires and welcome the winter with us.
Marketplace Artisans:
Katia Ancona, Relaxation Artist
Robin Byrne, Felting
Joy Campbell, Clay
Jessica Harris-Prints, Felt and Jewels
Julie Havener, Jewelry and Fiber Arts
Sierra Henries, Wood Burning
Jon Ho, Clay
Sara Levine, Massage
Jennifer May, Apothecary
Jeanne Seconde-Perkins, Fiber Arts
Roberta Sprague, Artist
Aaron Margolis, Wood Carving
Deirdre McGrath, Wood Carving
Phyllis Shea, Lampworking
CynCyn Stein, Fiber Arts
Jeff Toman, Blacksmithing
Questions? Call 207-664-0222
Maine Craft Weekend at Artsworth Studios
Maine Craft Weekend at Artsworth Studios
October 13-14 (Saturday and Sunday)
10:00am-4:00pm
Artsworth is celebrating a weekend of creative activity hosted by the Heart of Ellsworth and Maine Craft Weekend. Maine Crafts Association artists will gather at the warehouse to demonstrate and show their work. Check back for a schedule of demonstrations in jewelry, weaving, pottery, stone sculpting, wood carving and glass blowing.
Visit: mainecraftweekend.org/downeast-acadia-events/
Spoon Carving with Deirdre McGrath and Aaron Margolis
Spoon Carving!
POSTPONED
Because it’s up to all of us to slow the spread of COVID-19, everyone should avoid gatherings during this time. We are doing our part by postponing this workshop. Please check back here, our website at artsworth.org or sign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with our event schedule.
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
April 25th 1:00pm-7:00pm
Class Fee $65.00
Call 664-0222 to enroll
Learn how to carve a wooden spoon using only hand tools from a piece of freshly cut wood! A journey from log-to-spoon, where you’ll learn sketching, design, axing, carving, and finishing techniques. Tools include axes and spoon knives, which will be provided for the class, as will wood. Take home carving tools are available for purchase for $50.00, please indicate your interest when registering.
Instructors, Deirdre McGrath and Aaron Margolis own Rusted Pulchritude and work from their Ellsworth studio housed in an 1800’s horse barn. A recent article in the Ellsworth American tells their story: https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/arts-a-living/ellsworth-couple-carve-life/
Class size is limited. Pre-registration is required.