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  • Relax, Reflect, Recharge

    • 19 Nov 2024
    • 30 Dec 2025
    • 59 sessions
    • Dance Studio, ArtWaves
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    Relax, Reflect, Recharge

    Every Tuesday from 5 - 6:30 PM in the dance studio.

    This is a drop-in class. Registration is not required. The price per session is $20 (members) and $25 (non-memners), which can be paid directly to the instructor via cash or check. 

    Each 1.5 hour session will include a guided meditation, journaling and doodling using prompts, gentle movement and a sound current healing session, and a reflective circle. The meditation and prompts will focus on a rotating monthly theme:

    December Theme: Cultivating Inner Guidance


    About the instructor: Lelania Avila is a multi-media process artist who works in the media of animation/video production, block printing, calligraphy, collage, poetry and puppetry.  Lelania (she, we, tributary) playfully approaches challenges, embracing emotions as a guide to inner wisdom.  She builds community through the healing arts:  Art of Listening, Art of Slowing Down, Art of Interruptions!,  and the Art of Simply Being.  With gratitude to get to live, work and play in the homeland of the Wabanaki Confederacy, she is dedicated to becoming a better ancestor and global citizen.  She is currently working on a multi-media project called "The Ism-Schism from the Inside Out".

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  • Member Open Studio Time

    • 1 Dec 2024
    • 28 Dec 2025
    • 57 sessions
    • Kaleidoscope Studio, ArtWaves
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    Member Open Studio Time

    Every Sunday from 1 - 4 PM in the Kaleidoscope studio.

    ArtWaves members are invited to get creative during our open studio times! Start something new, bring a project from home, or continue work that you started in one of our classes or workshops. Members are able to use our complimentary supplies for drawing, batik, painting, felting, printmaking, mosaic and more! Children are welcome with adult supervision.

    Need more time on your work? Come back in on (most) Monday from 10 - 4 for additional member open studio time!

    Open studio time is drop-in, no registration is required, and it is free for ArtWaves Members.

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  • Downeast Community Dance

    • 5 Jan 2025
    • 21 Dec 2025
    • 28 sessions
    • Dance Studio, Artwaves

    Downeast Community Dance 

    Sundays 10:00am - 11:30am, Dance Studio

    Join us for the Downcast Community Dance, a recurring gathering designed to bring movement, music, and connection to Bar Harbor. Hosted at ArtWaves, this inclusive event welcomes dancers of all levels to come together and share in the joy of creative expression.

    The dance takes place on Sundays from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays of the month, offering a rhythm to your week and a space for both beginners and seasoned dancers to feel at home.

    $10 suggested donation.

    For questions or more information, please contact susan.sassaman@pronton.me

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  • Which Stitch?

    • 6 Jan 2025
    • 29 Dec 2025
    • 40 sessions
    • Kaleidoscope Studio, ArtWaves
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    Which Stitch?

    Mondays from 10 AM - 12 PM in the Kaleidoscope studio.

    Which Stitch? is a community group where participants bring their current fiber and needle projects to work and converse with each other. Participants are welcome to use ArtWaves' supply of materials to knit, crochet, sew, mend, embroider, weave, felt, cross stitch, and so much more! Beginning instruction can be provided and the occasional special guest will introduce new techniques and demo their work. 

    This ongoing group maintains an email list for people interested in receiving regular updates and information. If you would like to be included, please email office@artwavesmdi.org.

    Which Stitch? is a drop-in group, no registration is required. It is free for ArtWaves Members and a $5 suggested donation for non-members

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  • Member Open Studio Time

    • 6 Jan 2025
    • 29 Dec 2025
    • 50 sessions
    • Kaleidoscope Studio, ArtWaves
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    Member Open Studio Time

    Most Mondays from 10 AM - 4 PM in the Kaleidoscope studio.
    *No open studio time on Jan. 20 or Feb. 17 due to youth programming.

    ArtWaves members are invited to get creative during our open studio times! Start something new, bring a project from home, or continue work that you started in one of our classes or workshops. Members are able to use our complimentary supplies for drawing, batik, painting, felting, printmaking, mosaic and more! Children are welcome with adult supervision.

    Extended open studio time on Monday is in addition to our open studio times on Sundays from 1 - 4 PM.

    Open studio time is drop-in, no registration is required, and it is free for ArtWaves Members.

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  • Which Stitch: Sew Down

    • 3 Feb 2025
    • 1 Dec 2025
    • 11 sessions
    • Kaleidoscope Studio, ArtWaves
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    Which Stitch: Sew Down

    The first Monday of every month from 10 AM - 12 PM in the Kaleidoscope studio.

    Join us on the first Monday of every month for a Sew Down where the Which Stitch? group makes reusable produce bags! This is an easy way to make a difference by upcycling unwanted clothing and fabric that has a detrimental effect on the environment. Participants will leave with a bag to take home and hopefully leave some to share.

    The Sew Down is organized by Claire T Weinburg and Paige Collins.  They provide these bags free to the community as D.A.R.N. (Downeast Artist Recycle Now) bags. Claire can be reached at claire@dulseandrugosa.com

    Which Stitch? (and the Sew Down) is a drop-in group, no registration is required. It is free for ArtWaves Members and a $5 suggested donation for non-members

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  • Hatha Yoga with Abi

    • 5 Mar 2025
    • 23 Apr 2025
    • 8 sessions
    • ArtWaves, Fine Arts Studio

    Hatha Yoga with Abi

    Wednesdays, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM in the Dance Studio

    Join Yogi Abi for a Hatha Yoga flow grounded in the principles of AYAMA. Applied yoga anatomy and muscle activation is the teaching philosophy of Abi's teacher, Yogi Aaron. It combines traditional yoga practices with muscle activation techniques proven to strengthen our ability to contract our muscles on demand. Practicing AYAMA will leave you feeling stronger and help to alleviate pain in the body.

    This is a drop-in class. Registration is not required. The price per session is $15 (members) or $20 (non-members), which can be paid directly to the instructor via cash or check.

    About the Instructor:

    Abi was born & raised on Cape Cod Massachusetts. Abi has lived and worked in the greater Ellsworth area for the past four years. In May of 2024 Abi embarked on a journey to Costa Rica to study yoga as Blue Osa yoga retreat on the Osa Peninsula. There she received her 200 Hour yoga teacher training certificate. Yoga has been a big part of her life for many years and she believes that the healing power if yoga is something she is called to share with others through her work.
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  • Intermediate Stained Glass Series

    • 8 Mar 2025
    • 5 Apr 2025
    • 5 sessions
    • ArtWaves, Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 0
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    Intermediate Stained Glass Series with Dave and Lisa Roy

    Saturdays from 1 - 4 PM (March 8 - April 5) in the Kaleidoscope Studio *class time may extend until 5 PM

    In this intermediate class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, stained glass panel. Participants choose one of the intermediate panel designs designed by the instructors. Class consists of five 3 - 4 hour sessions, with an additional makeup session (on April 12) if needed. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, framing, and finishing with patina and wax.

    All tools and materials are provided! Previous stained glass experience is required.

    Panel Design Templates:

    *please note that the images below are examples and templates. Students can customize their own work by selecting their own glass colors and types.

         

          

          

    About the Instructors: Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at www.stubborncowglass.com

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  • Italic Calligraphy with Ernie McMullen

    • 29 Mar 2025
    • 3 May 2025
    • 6 sessions
    • ArtWaves, Fine Arts Studio
    • 2
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    Italic Calligraphy with Ernie McMullen 

    Saturdays, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, March 29 - May 3, in the Fine Arts Studio

    Join artist and educator Ernie McMullen for a six-session class on the art of Italic calligraphy

    Calligraphy is a visual art centered on writing with a pen or brush with the aim of giving beautiful and harmonious form to the written letter. The word derives from the Ancient Greek kalligraphia meaning beautiful writing. This course will be exclusively focused on learning the classical letters and numerals of the Italic alphabet as developed during the Italian Renaissance. 

    This class, designed for beginners, provides a structured approach to mastering one of the most elegant and expressive letterforms. The class will concentrate on developing a strong foundation in Italic script, focusing on stroke consistency, spacing, and fluidity while exploring its historical and contemporary applications. 

    Students will gain experience using dip pens with broad-edged nibs and ink to refine their technique through personalized instruction and feedback. Composition and layout strategies will also be covered, allowing participants to create balanced and visually interesting work.

    Each session builds upon the last, ensuring steady progress. Whether you are looking to transform your handwriting, explore a new artistic discipline, or refine your creative design abilities, this workshop provides an inspiring environment for learning this beautiful art form. Mastering the Italic hand requires focused attention, discipline and constant practice. In order to make reasonable progress, students should plan on writing every day between classes.

    Materials:

    A $50 materials fee is included in the registration price. Participants will be provided with all supplies, including paper, pens, nibs, and ink.

    About the Instructor:   

    Ernest McMullen is a landscape painter who finds his subject matter on the coast, surrounding waters and interior of Mount Desert Island, Maine. His abiding interest is in evoking the mysterious blend of form light and spirit found on the island with an approach that is firmly based in realist oil painting traditions. He was a founding faculty member at College of the Atlantic where he taught visual arts for 42 years.

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  • Cancelled - Hand Sewn Mug Rug

    • 29 Mar 2025
    • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • ArtWaves, Fine Arts Studio
    • 10

    Hand Sewn Mug Rug

    *Cancelled due to low enrollment

    Create your own hand-sewn mug rug to keep your beverages warm! This class will offer the basics of hand sewing and embroidery techniques to create a small, quilted mug rug using various fibers and thread. Participants will choose colors, patterns, and palettes to form a cohesive piece which can be enjoyed for years to come. Emphasis will be given to the importance of creative play, rest, and slowness.


    Personal fabric stashes and threads are welcome, however, all materials are provided. No experience with any techniques is necessary to join!

    About the Instructor:  Katama Murray (she/her) is an artist, educator, naturalist, and small business owner from the Blue Hill peninsula now residing in Deer Isle, Maine. Her mixed media work and company, Teach Peace Prints, are inspired by place-based making and our interconnectedness to the environment. While living and studying throughout regions of New England and the Midwest, she has always been influenced by the outdoors and the ways in which we coexist with the natural world. Utilizing locally foraged natural materials, she layers print and fiber processes to visually communicate ideas, observations, and perpetual experimentation. Through hands-on techniques, Katama teaches regional workshops focused on mixed media methods that encourage exploration and foster life-long learning. Katama is also the Handworks Teacher teacher at The Bay School and Visual Arts Educator at the Blue Hill Harbor School. With a passion for multidisciplinary making, she enjoys inspiring others to become more connected to the earth through the power of art and community. 

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  • Figure Drawing - April

    • 3 Apr 2025
    • 24 Apr 2025
    • 4 sessions
    • ArtWaves, Fine Arts Studio
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    Weekly Figure Drawing

    Thursdays, 12 - 3 PM in the Fine Arts Studio

    This open figure drawing sessions features a live model performing a series of 20 minute poses with no instruction. Easels, charcoal, and basic supplies are provided. 18 and over, under 18 allowed with parental attendance! Drop-ins welcome.

    Pricing per session is $15. Members can register at a discounted rate of $25 for the entire month. 

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  • Pysanky Egg Decorating

    • 6 Apr 2025
    • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • ArtWaves, Kaleidoscope
    • 0
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    Pysanky Egg Decorating

    Sunday, April 6, 9:30 - 11:30 AM in the Kaleidoscope Studio. 

    Join us for this family-friendly workshop where participants will learn the art of Pysanky and take home their own decorated eggs!

     Pysanky is a Ukrainian tradition of decorating eggs using dyes and beeswax to make intricate designs, patterns and images. This workshop is best for adults and older children who are accompanied by an adult.

    During the workshop, participants will use a traditional kistka, which is a tool designed to draw designs on the eggs using beeswax. We recommend this workshop for older children due to the fine motor skills needed for this activity. 

    About the Instructor: 

    Liz Cutler, founder of ArtWaves, is an experienced artist and educator dedicated to nurturing creativity in young minds. With expertise across multiple mediums, Liz creates an engaging and supportive environment where children can thrive. Her workshops are designed to inspire curiosity, focus, and a lifelong love of art.

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  • Handheld Spring Weaving

    • 11 Apr 2025
    • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • ArtWaves, Kaleidoscope
    • 9
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    Handheld Spring Weaving

    Friday, April 11, 3 - 6 PM in the Kaleidoscope Studio. 

    Learn to weave by hand using small, handheld wooden looms! This method of weaving allows the process to become more accessible for makers of all experience levels, while the smaller scale affords further opportunities for creating on the go, wherever you may roam. During this workshop, students will learn the basics of simple tapestry weaving on a mini loom using organic, foraged materials and naturally dyed fibers. Each student will warp their very own loom and experiment with "bookmark" weaving techniques to create texture, color stories, and patterns on the frame. We will embrace our surroundings and settle into stillness as we tune into the meditative qualities of weaving. Inch by inch, row by row, participants will gain an understanding of the creative capacity of small-scale weaving. Children 10 and over are welcome with an accompanying adult.


    About the Instructor: Katama Murray (she/her) is an artist, educator, naturalist, and small business owner from the Blue Hill peninsula now residing in Deer Isle, Maine. Her mixed media work and company, Teach Peace Prints, are inspired by place-based making and our interconnectedness to the environment. While living and studying throughout regions of New England and the Midwest, she has always been influenced by the outdoors and the ways in which we coexist with the natural world. Utilizing locally foraged natural materials, she layers print and fiber processes to visually communicate ideas, observations, and perpetual experimentation. Through hands-on techniques, Katama teaches regional workshops focused on mixed media methods that encourage exploration and foster life-long learning. Katama is also the Handworks Teacher teacher at The Bay School and Visual Arts Educator at the Blue Hill Harbor School. With a passion for multidisciplinary making, she enjoys inspiring others to become more connected to the earth through the power of art and community.

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  • Inner Field Trip®: Puppetry

    • 13 Apr 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • ArtWaves Dance Studio and Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 12
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    Inner Field Trip®: Puppetry with Lelania Avila & emily fetter

    Sunday, April 13, 9 AM - 12 PM in the Dance and Kaleidoscope Studios

    Each month participate in a Guided Adventure that includes meditation, reflection, art, movement and sound current healing: Inner Field Trip®. This is a longer version of the weekly Relax, Reflect, Recharge class, focused on our monthly theme. (Attendance at the weekly Relax, Reflect, Recharge class is not required.)

    During this three-hour session you will be guided through an experience of art, meditation and movement, with an emphasis on puppetry. The monthly theme is working with guilt to deepen our roots of Trust. Using found objects and our imagination, we will create puppets, and then use them to address the storylines of guilt, moving us to greater Response-Ability.

    Class starts in the Dance Studio for meditation and movement, then proceeds to the Kaleidoscope Studio for puppet making. We return to the dance studio where we complete the workshop with sound current healing.

    About the Instructor:

    Lelania Avila is a multi-media process artist who works in the media of animation/video production, block printing, calligraphy, collage, poetry and puppetry.  Lelania (she, we, tributary) playfully approaches challenges, embracing emotions as a guide to inner wisdom.  She builds community through the healing arts:  Art of Listening, Art of Slowing Down, Art of Interruptions!,  and the Art of Simply Being.  With gratitude to get to live, work and play in the homeland of the Wabanaki Confederacy, she is dedicated to becoming a better ancestor and global citizen.  She is currently working on a multi-media project called "The Ism-Schism from the Inside Out".

    emily fetter is a multidisciplinary artist guided by intuition and curiosity. Her practice embraces creative play as a means of fostering connection, centering celebration as both an art form and a way of being. With a background in various mediums, she explores movement, texture, and storytelling to bring imaginative worlds to life.

    (She’s also currently debating whether she should get a dog—so feel free to weigh in!)

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  • Young Artists’ Intensive

    • 21 Apr 2025
    • 25 Apr 2025
    • 5 sessions
    • Kaleidoscope Studio at ArtWaves
    • 7
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    Young Artists’ Intensive: Exploration of Design in a Variety of Media

    Monday - Friday, April 21st - 25th, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

    During registration you will select which days your child will attend. We encourage children to attend as many consecutive days as possible for continuity. Pricing is $40/day for non-members $50/day for members.

    This multi-day art immersion is designed for young artists in grades 4 through 8 who want to deepen their understanding of design, materials, color and artistic execution. Through a combination of guided instruction, collaborative discussion and self-directed projects, students will explore the fundamental elements of design to create intentional, well-composed artwork.

    Each day will begin with structured lessons covering materials, equipment, art history and theory. Students will then be guided through the process of planning and executing their own creative projects. From brainstorming and preliminary sketches to refining and completing their work, students will gain valuable insight into the full artistic process.

    This program is ideal for young artists who want to strengthen their visual storytelling skills, refine their ability to plan and execute their ideas, and gain confidence in their creative voice in a studio filled with possibilities..

    • All materials included

    • Participants should bring lunch, snacks, and water

    • No before/after care or transportation provided

    About the Instructor: Liz Cutler, founder of ArtWaves, is an experienced artist and educator dedicated to nurturing creativity in young minds. With expertise across multiple mediums, Liz creates an engaging and supportive environment where children can thrive. Her workshops are designed to inspire curiosity, focus, and a lifelong love of art.
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  • Stained Glass with Dave and Lisa Roy

    • 26 Apr 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • ArtWaves, Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 3
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    Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy

    Saturday, April 26, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM in the Kaleidoscope Studio

    In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Participants choose one of 6 introductory projects. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch.

    About the Instructors: Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at www.stubborncowglass.com

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  • Naturally Toned Cyanotype Prints

    • 1 May 2025
    • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • ArtWaves, Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 9
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    Naturally Toned Cyanotype Prints

    Thursday, May 1, 4 - 7 PM in the Kaleidoscope Studio

    Experiment with natural patterns and mindful making through a hands-on workshop focusing on cyanotypes and toning with natural dyes! This class will focus on the basics of cyanotype printing techniques with fabric and paper to create a series of prints and fabric patches, as well as toning or ‘over-dyeing’ prints with natural pigments from plants and food waste. Dive into the realm of this photographic printmaking process as a way to connect to the season and objects around us, in addition to exploring options for layering color and media with toning.

    This workshop offers an amalgamation of outdoor foraging, printmaking, photography, and fiber processes, thereby offering infinite possibilities for creativity within each mode of making. Participants will capture shadows through cyanotype printing, utilizing seasonally foraged plants of the region as well as everyday objects that hold memory or visual intrigue to print with on coated cotton fabric and watercolor paper. No experience with any techniques are necessary to join!

    About the Instructor: Katama Murray (she/her) is an artist, educator, naturalist, and small business owner from the Blue Hill peninsula now residing in Deer Isle, Maine. Her mixed media work and company, Teach Peace Prints, are inspired by place-based making and our interconnectedness to the environment. While living and studying throughout regions of New England and the Midwest, she has always been influenced by the outdoors and the ways in which we coexist with the natural world. Utilizing locally foraged natural materials, she layers print and fiber processes to visually communicate ideas, observations, and perpetual experimentation. Through hands-on techniques, Katama teaches regional workshops focused on mixed media methods that encourage exploration and foster life-long learning. Katama is also the Visual Arts Educator at the Blue Hill Harbor School. With a passion for multidisciplinary making, she enjoys inspiring others to become more connected to the earth through the power of art and community.

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  • Inner Field Trip®: Poetry

    • 11 May 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • ArtWaves Dance Studio
    • 12
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    Inner Field Trip®: Poetry with Lelania Avila and Shir Kehila

    Sunday, May 11, 9 AM - 12 PM in the Dance Studio

    Each month participate in a Guided Adventure that includes meditation, reflection, art, movement and sound current healing: Inner Field Trip®. This is a longer version of the weekly Relax, Reflect, Recharge class, focused on our monthly theme. (Attendance at the weekly Relax, Reflect, Recharge class is not required.)

    During this three-hour session you will be guided through an experience of art, meditation and movement, with an emphasis on poetry. This month we work with the energies of shame. Together we will explore compassionate acceptance, strenghtening our relationships with our inner selves. This workshop concludes with sound current healing.

    About the Instructors:

    Lelania Avila is a multi-media process artist who works in the media of animation/video production, block printing, calligraphy, collage, poetry and puppetry.  Lelania (she, we, tributary) playfully approaches challenges, embracing emotions as a guide to inner wisdom.  She builds community through the healing arts:  Art of Listening, Art of Slowing Down, Art of Interruptions!,  and the Art of Simply Being.  With gratitude to get to live, work and play in the homeland of the Wabanaki Confederacy, she is dedicated to becoming a better ancestor and global citizen.  She is currently working on a multi-media project called "The Ism-Schism from the Inside Out".

    Shir Kehila is a freelance writer, editor, and translator. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in the anthology Here for All the Reasons (Turner Publishing, 2026), Kiaros Rivista, The Boiler Journal, and others. She holds an MFA from Columbia, and received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, and the Monson Arts Residency.

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  • Landscape Embroidery: Felt Flags with Emma Murray

    • 12 May 2025
    • 19 May 2025
    • 2 sessions
    • Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 7
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    Landscape Embroidery: Felt Flags with Emma Murray

    Mondays, May 12 & 19, 5PM - 7PM, Kaleidoscope Studio 

    Learn the art of landscape embroidery and stitch your own beloved landscape onto a beautiful wool felt flag! We'll start with the basics of embroidery, from choosing colors to threading your needle and tying your knots, then move into how to depict light and topography with thread. You'll come away with a finished or mostly-finished wall hanging and the skillset to create bigger pieces utilizing this slow, meditative, calming medium. You're welcome to bring some images, printed or on your phone, of a landscape you love, or you're welcome to use one of the inspiration images I'll provide. 

       

    The class will take place over two two-hour sessions:

    • Monday, May 12, 2025, 5PM - 7PM 
    • Monday, May 19, 2025, 5PM - 7PM 

    All materials included in the $15 materials fee.

    About the Instructor:  Emma Mary Murray (she/her) is an artist, educator, and writer based on Mount Desert Island. Originally from Maine, she studied poetry and education at Colorado College and has built a diverse career spanning environmental education, marketing for outdoor industry non-profits, and elementary teaching.

    Her current focus is bringing creative ideas to life and sharing them with the community. Passionate about the intersections of education, art, writing, and the environment, she enjoys exploring projects that blend these disciplines. She is also deeply committed to fostering mentorship and connection in outdoor spaces.

    Beyond her work, Emma enjoys writing, reading, climbing, skiing, and spending time with her dog, Hatchy. She never turns down a competitive game of Bananagrams.

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  • Eco Printing with Plants

    • 5 Jun 2025
    • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • ArtWaves, Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 10
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    Eco Printing with Plants

    Thursday, June 5, 4 - 7 PM in the Kaleidoscope Studio

    Hidden color exists all around us, waiting to be transformed into works of art. Have you ever wondered how to utilize local plant species and food compost in a sustainable, creative way? Eco printing is the process of bundling and steaming both plants and food waste onto either fabric or paper, allowing the natural pigments to transfer to the prepared substrate. All of the colors, shapes, and textures that bond with the fiber come from the materials themselves. Eco printing offers unique variations and a world of possibilities that allow for full exploration, while mindfully collaborating with the natural world! Participants will print onto a set of mordanted fabric samples, including a cotton bandana, tote bag, and linen cloth. Create beautiful, one of a kind pieces that can be admired forever, while taking time to slow down and appreciate the richness and diversity of color dwelling alongside us.

    About the Instructor: Katama Murray (she/her) is an artist, educator, naturalist, and small business owner from the Blue Hill peninsula now residing in Deer Isle, Maine. Her mixed media work and company, Teach Peace Prints, are inspired by place-based making and our interconnectedness to the environment. While living and studying throughout regions of New England and the Midwest, she has always been influenced by the outdoors and the ways in which we coexist with the natural world. Utilizing locally foraged natural materials, she layers print and fiber processes to visually communicate ideas, observations, and perpetual experimentation. Through hands-on techniques, Katama teaches regional workshops focused on mixed media methods that encourage exploration and foster life-long learning. Katama is also the Visual Arts Educator at the Blue Hill Harbor School. With a passion for multidisciplinary making, she enjoys inspiring others to become more connected to the earth through the power of art and community.

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  • Inner Field Trip®: Puppetry

    • 8 Jun 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • ArtWaves Dance and Kaleidoscope Studio
    • 12
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    Inner Field Trip®: Puppetry with Lelania Avila & emily fetter

    Sunday, June 8, 9 AM - 12 PM in the Dance Studio and Kaleidoscope Studio

    Each month participate in a Guided Adventure that includes meditation, reflection, art, movement and sound current healing: Inner Field Trip®. This is a longer version of the weekly Relax, Reflect, Recharge class, focused on our monthly theme. (Attendance at the weekly Relax, Reflect, Recharge class is not required.)

    During this three-hour session you will be guided through an experience of art, meditation and movement, with an emphasis on puppetry. Experience Emotional Agility & Liberation! Using found objects and our imagination, we will create puppets, and then use them to explore storylines of Conflict that lead to Cooperation.

    Class starts in the Dance Studio for meditation and movement, then proceeds to the Kaleidoscope Studio for puppet making. We return to the dance studio where we complete the workshop with sound current healing.

    About the Instructors:

    Lelania Avila is a multi-media process artist who works in the media of animation/video production, block printing, calligraphy, collage, poetry and puppetry.  Lelania (she, we, tributary) playfully approaches challenges, embracing emotions as a guide to inner wisdom.  She builds community through the healing arts:  Art of Listening, Art of Slowing Down, Art of Interruptions!,  and the Art of Simply Being.  With gratitude to get to live, work and play in the homeland of the Wabanaki Confederacy, she is dedicated to becoming a better ancestor and global citizen.  She is currently working on a multi-media project called "The Ism-Schism from the Inside Out".

    emily fetter is a multidisciplinary artist guided by intuition and curiosity. Her practice embraces creative play as a means of fostering connection, centering celebration as both an art form and a way of being. With a background in various mediums, she explores movement, texture, and storytelling to bring imaginative worlds to life.

    (She’s also currently debating whether she should get a dog—so feel free to weigh in!)

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  • En Plein Air with Christine Lafuente

    • 11 Aug 2025
    • 14 Aug 2025
    • 4 sessions
    • Mount Desert Island
    • 8
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    En Plein Air with Christine Lafuente

    Monday - Thursday, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, August 11 - 14

    Join Christine Lafuente and experience the magic of Mount Desert Island as you paint En Plein Air. On the first day, a basic review of outdoor set-up, palette organization, composition, and atmospheric color theory will be covered at ArtWaves; however, most of the time spent together will be “hands-on” in the field with individual instruction at four select locations on the Island’s beautiful coves and shores.   

    The half-day sessions provide you the opportunity to work in the mornings with the instructor, leaving you the afternoons to continue to work independently and process the day’s lesson. We encourage participants to pack lunch, water and snacks for when they are in the field.

    *Please note: materials are not included or provided

    About the Instructor:

    A native of Poughkeepsie NY, Christine received an A.B. in  English from Bryn Mawr College in 1991.  She then moved to downtown Philadelphia to earn a Certificate in Painting and Printmaking from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  There she was awarded a Louis S. Ware Memorial Scholarship for European Travel.  While Artist-in-Residence at the Fleisher Art Memorial from 1997 to 2002, she began teaching and studied at the Barnes Foundation.  In 2003 she moved to Brooklyn NY, where she earned a Master's Degree in Fine Arts at Brooklyn College.  In November 2023, Christine did an Artist Residency at Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy. With the exception of 2020 when she sheltered-in-place in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Christine lives and works in Brooklyn throughout the year and spends summers painting in Maine.

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