It’s hard to imagine how the massive printmaking machines made it up the narrow staircase to the light-drenched, airy Pickwick Independent Press studio on the
Month: March 2017
Paper Cuts: The healing art of collage
It happened like this: I was chopping wood in the backyard. It was August of 2013, 95 degrees and the air was thick with mosquitoes.
Running With Scissors
The studios at Running With Scissors, located at 250 Anderson St. in Portland, serve over 60 resident artists working in diverse mediums, from metal and
Sex is the mother of invention
There’s this precise feeling of euphoria that I’ve been chasing my whole life. I’ve found it in the most unexpected places: dancing in the middle
April Ditch The Couch!
Upcoming events worth checking out The Art of Action Saturday, April 8, 6–9 p.m. 58 Main, 58 Main St., Bangor 58mainbangor.com Here’s a chance to
Bloody Punch Cocktail
My boyfriend is what I like to call the “Beethoven of Cocktails” because he doesn’t drink alcohol, yet he manages to make the most amazing
Libby Schrum builds beautiful things with universal appeal
“Proportion, curves, edges, transitions—those to me are an art form,” she says, describing her furniture as solid, but with lightness, and hard, but with softness.
Merging the functional with the sculptural at Portland Pottery
The way Karen DiCenso describes pottery, it sounds a bit like dating. It’s fun and social. It takes as much time as you’ll give it.
We are all artists
Many years ago I made the decision to leave a bad marriage. It took some time, and naturally, my escape did not go exactly as
Invite color into your life with a painting class
During the shortest days of this winter, when the darkness was trying its best to make us Mainers feel as bleak as an Emily Dickinson
