Jul 10, 2025 | Gallery, Uncategorized
The gallery exhibition this summer features materials that are familiar to the town of Monson. Quarries have long been a source of inspiration for artists, photographers, and sculptors, and Monson has been drawing in artists since the mid-1800s. This exhibition,...
May 14, 2025 | Community Programs, Gallery, Partnerships, Uncategorized
Our Monson Arts High School students have an incredible show in the Monson Arts Gallery. Thank you to everyone who supported our young artists at last Friday’s reception. The exhibition showcases visual art and writing from 20 students across six high schools in...
Mar 28, 2025 | Artist Residencies, Uncategorized
Victoria Shaheen is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the search for the modern Utopia, industrial processes, and value systems found in raw materials. She received her BFA from the Corcoran College Of Art + Design in Washington, DC and her MFA from the...
Feb 21, 2025 | Artist Residencies, Uncategorized
Ajibola Tolase is a Nigerian poet and essayist. He graduated from the creative writing MFA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His chapbook, Koola Lobitos, was published as a part of the New Generation African Poets Series, edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris...
Feb 13, 2025 | Community Programs, Uncategorized
Abby Burgess is a Piscataquis Community Secondary School senior living in Sangerville, Maine. She started her poem “Can you hear it in the silence?” while attending Monson Arts’ High School Program. While Abby was in Monson this week, we asked her a few...
Jan 28, 2025 | Artist Residencies, Uncategorized
As an autistic adult, my paintings and drawings illustrate my social range. On one end, there are the most abstract works where the brush strokes are aggressive, bold, and seemingly without reason. In these works, there is a dichotomy between my analytical...
Time and space to create.
Monson Arts is a new artists’ residency and arts center in Monson, Maine. Programs include residencies for artists and writers, intensive shorter workshops, and educational partnerships with area secondary schools.