Poet Wesley McNair and contributing poets read from and autograph copies of the book Maine in Four Seasons at the Belfast Free Library.

Enjoy a lecture with Sandy Brook (son of the late Peggy Bacon) and his wife, Kelly Patton Brook, who are writing a biography of Peggy Bacon that includes Peggy's famous husband Arthur Brook, her father Charles Roswell Bacon, her mother Elizabeth Chase Bacon, and many other artists of the Ash Can School in Manhattan, Woodstock, and Maine in the 1920s and 1930s.

Renowned artist and children's book author and illustrator Dahlov Ipcar began painting animals as a child. Today, at the age of nonety-two, she continues to create. To mark the publication of hos new book The Art of Dahlov Ipcar, Carl Little offers a mini-retrospective of the remarkable life of Ipcar that encompasses both farmyard and African jungle creatures.

Learn more about the state of the arts in Maine.

Isabelle Adjani stars as French sculptress Camille Claudel with Gerard Depardieu as August Rodin in this 1989 film.

Brown Bag Lunch discussion with museum director Ron Crusan who will talk about the influence of modernism on painters who created local art colonies under Hamilton Easter Field and Charles Woodbury.

Panel moderated by museum director Ron Crusan with artists George Burk, Dewitt Hardy, Pat Hardy, Evelyne Neill, Isabel Lewando, and model Joan White.

Maine potter George Pearlman started potting in 1980, received his BS from Syracuse University in 1983, his MFA in ceramics from Pennsylvania State University in 1994, and in 1999 established the St. George Pottery in St. George, Maine. He has shown his work internationally and has been the recipient of numerous grants, residencies, and teaching positions throughout the U.S. and abroad. George Pearlman describes his ceramic work as a constant and daring exploration of his own preconceptions of beauty and functionality.

Come explore Maine’s "Cool Little City" with a multitude of studios tucked away right in the downtown area and some gems just a short, scenic drive away. Meet some artists, view an art demonstration, browse the art offerings, and enjoy refreshments offered at many venues.

More than two dozen artists and galleries open their doors to you for this free, self-guided tour of Brunswick and Topsham’s vast array of art offerings.