Community Programs
Monson Arts is dedicated to being a vibrant resource for art and creativity in the local community. In addition to programming community workshops and events, we are actively developing educational partnerships with area secondary schools under the belief that intensive programs in a professional art center can be a catalyst for how students perceive themselves as creative people.
2024 Community Programs
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Creating a Business Plan: A Hands-On Session for Artists, Makers and Creative Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, May 6th, 6pm-8pm
Business planning can feel at odds with your passion and desire for creating works of art. But it doesn’t have to! In fact, it can support and sustain your passion.
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Camden Shakespeare Fest @Monson Arts: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Saturday, July 26th with a 2pm curtain behind the Monson Arts Tenney House building, 47 Tenney Hill Rd.
Pull up a chair in the lawn at Monson Arts for this amazing theatre program in partnership with Camden Shakespeare Festival. Tickets on sale May 15th.
Rain date, Sunday, July 27th.
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Center Theatre Summer Drama Camp @ Monson Arts
Monday-Friday, July 7th through July 18th, 8am-2pm
This 2-week kids camp for 1st – 8th graders, is designed to build up, foster, and inspire kids in the performing arts as they work on producing a play using teamwork and creative problem solving.
Latest News > Community Programs at Monson Arts
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM BLOG POST #2: Generating Work
Over the last few weeks students in the Monson Arts High school Program have been settling into the sessions led by Alan Bray and Dawn Potter. And they’ve been busy, generating drawings and lines of words, listening to instruction but also jumping into the creative...
High School Program Blog Post #1: Creative Space To Learn And Grow
The Monson Arts High School Program is underway for the 2023/24 school year! This year we have 7 participating schools , including Greenville, Piscataquis Community, Foxcroft Academy, Penquis Valley, Nokomis, Dexter, and, our newest addition, Corinth Central High. ...
Q&A with teacher Meghan Sterling on upcoming Poetry Writing Workshop @ Monson Arts
Multi-time Pushcart Nominee, Meghan Sterling has been published in The Los Angeles Review, Rhino Poetry, Rattle, Colorado Review, Nelle, Meridian and many other journals. Her first full length collection These Few Seeds (Terrapin Books) came out in 2021 and was an...
Canoe Land at Summerfest July 15, 2023
July 15, “Canoe Land” will include demonstrations and a panel discussion featuring the work of five master artisans who are based in Piscataquis and Somerset Counties.
Camden Shakespeare Festival Returns to Monson
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Monson
Re-Starting the High School Art & Writing Program
Monson Arts is extremely pleased to announce the re-engagement of the High School Art & Writing Program, an important project that directly nurtures central Maine students pursuing creative studies. This Extended Learning Opportunity, or ELO, is made possible...
Monson Memories Workshop Success
A Chorus of Storytellers at the first Monson Memories Workshop A lively and lovely time was had at our rainy May workshop for the Monson Memories project! A dozen locals or folks with ties to Monson not only bonded about their formative experiences within the...
Community Programs for 2022
For the Summer of 2022, Monson Arts will be offering a set of programming to engage our local residents with opportunities to discover and express their creativity. Monson Memories- May 15, July 17, August 28 A series of three workshops lead by Maine writer...
High School Art and Writing Program Exhibit 2020
View an online gallery of photos documenting some of the highlights from the 2019-20 Monson Arts High School Art and Writing Program to go with the exhibit on display in the gallery windows through June (you can view safely from the street).
Summer 2019 Public Programs
See our lineup of fee public programs being offered this summer including evening talks by artist/ instructors, exhibits, demonstrations, and film screenings.