Contact Monson Arts

MONSON ARTS
PO Box 67
Monson, ME 04464

For general inquiries, e-mail: info@monsonarts.org
phone: (207) 997-2070

Monson, Town Center

Instagram @monson_arts

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Studio visits on a lovely summery day! We heard lo

Studio visits on a lovely summery day! We heard lovely samples from our writers and learned about the delicate work around copper, watercolor, paper cutting and graphite. Lots of methodic processors here!

Our high school students have done incredible work

Our high school students have done incredible work here in Monson throughout the school year. They will have a show at the Monson Arts Gallery next month with an opening reception on May 9, 5 pm - 7 pm. Please join us and support our young visual artists and writers!

Visit our website to learn more about the high school program: https://monsonarts.org/gallery/2025-high-school-gallery-exhibition/

#monsonarts #highschoolartshow

We welcomed our second cohort of artists for the S

We welcomed our second cohort of artists for the Spring Session, yesterday. We finally had a sunny arrival day, and the snow had melted enough to visit the beach on our tour of Monson this morning! Spring has officially sprung in central Maine.

#monsonarts #artresidencyprogram #monsonmaine

@alanarthurbray has an exhibition opening on April

@alanarthurbray has an exhibition opening on April 30th at Garvey Simon Gallery in New York.

Don’t forget that you can sign up for a painting workshop with Alan this summer here at Monson Arts: https://monsonarts.org/workshop/building-a-painting-2/

#repost from @garveysimon

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We are getting excited about our upcoming Alan Bray solo show, “Inhabited Landscape” at DFN Projects, opening May 30, 202, 5-7pm. 16 East 79th Street, NYC Garden Level.

Pictured here:
Alan Bray
Fallow
casein on panel
15 x 24 in.

Alan Bray’s casein-on-panel landscapes are cool, elegant, and blessedly devoid of prettiness… [They]evoke nature’s majesty but drain away its wildness, suggesting something of the poise and repose of Giotto or Mantegna.

-The New Yorker

https://www.garveysimon.com

#caseinpainting #landscapepaintings #maineart #maineartist #maineartists #garveysimon #nycgallery

PAPER IN 2 & 3 DIMENSIONS: PRINT, STITCH & WEAVE J

PAPER IN 2 & 3 DIMENSIONS: PRINT, STITCH & WEAVE
June 22 – June 28
with Crystal Cawley

Enjoy a week of playing with ways to transform paper by printing, stitching, and weaving it. You will set wood type letters and numbers to print letterpress patterned papers that will serve as our raw materials. You’ll learn how to prep paper for hand stitching and practice embroidery stitches that work beautifully on paper.

More details at: https://monsonarts.org/workshop/paper-in-2-3-dimensions-print-stitch-weave/

This Friday and Saturday are the last two days to

This Friday and Saturday are the last two days to view Roberta Jarvis’ solo exhibition “These Complicated Woods.” Don’t miss this show if you haven’t seen it in person! The Gallery will be closed for Easter Sunday.

#monsonarts #robertajarvis #monsonmaine #maineartist #maineartgallery

Final studio visits with an incredibly dynamic gro

Final studio visits with an incredibly dynamic group of visual artists and writers. Thank to everyone who joined us.

#monsonarts #artresidencyprogram #monsonmaine

We had a nice tour at Sheldon Slate this week, inc

We had a nice tour at Sheldon Slate this week, including a chance to talk with all of the crew! Thank you John, Jim, Garrett and Johnathon! The artists always value learning the overlap of creativity in custom design slate manufacturing.

Our high school students got to visit with Laura Z

Our high school students got to visit with Laura Zelaya, a kinetic sculptor from Argentina. Laura shared the magic behind her moving sculptures and spoke to them about how enriching traveling to different parts of the world has been for her.

@kinetic_automata_laurazelaya #monsonarts #highschoolprogram

WRITING IN THE WILD with Sarah Holman and Meredith

WRITING IN THE WILD with Sarah Holman and Meredith McCarroll

July 27 - Aug 2, 2025

For writers at all levels.

Writing in the Wild is a five-day generative workshop that celebrates the profound effect nature has on the creative process. Numerous studies point to evidence of improved focus, enhanced creativity, and more flexible thinking in people who spend time outside. The woods, waters, and trails in Monson, Maine are the ideal place to experience this connection and produce some wildly powerful new writing!

To learn more visit https://monsonarts.org/workshop/writing-in-the-wild-2025/

#monsonarts #writingworkshops #writinginthewild #monsonmaine

We had engaging studio visits this week with our f

We had engaging studio visits this week with our first spring cohort!

#monsonarts #artsresisency #monsonmaine

Applications for Fall Residencies are now OPEN! Li

Applications for Fall Residencies are now OPEN! Link in Bio.

DREAMSCAPE SOUNDSCAPE: A SOUND DESIGN WORKSHOP wit

DREAMSCAPE SOUNDSCAPE: A SOUND DESIGN WORKSHOP with Nic Neves - July 27 – Aug 2 (SALT Session)

In this weeklong sound design workshop, students will transform their dreams into immersive sonic experiences using field recording techniques, Ableton Live, and music composition. The week will begin with documenting and shaping a dream narrative, and refining it for pacing and clarity. From there, students will explore the sonic potential for their dreams, workshopping the kinds of sounds, textures, and music that will make the dreamscape feel most alive.

Intermediate experience: Some audio recording experience and basic understanding of either Pro Tools, Reaper, or an analogous DAW. Music skills are good too, but not required.

This workshop is offered in collaboration with @the_salt_institute

To learn more visit: https://monsonarts.org/workshops/

#monsonarts #workshops #monsonmaine #thesaltinstitute

RESIDENT SHOWCASE: VICTORIA SHAHEEN Victoria is a

RESIDENT SHOWCASE: VICTORIA SHAHEEN

Victoria 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 Cranbrook Academy of Art. Shaheen has attended residencies in the U.S. and abroad and has exhibited work at galleries including Wasserman Projects in Detroit, John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI and Arrowmont School of Crafts in TN. Shaheen currently lives in New Jersey and works in New York City.

Read about her experience at Monson Arts on our blog: https://monsonarts.org/artist-residencies/resident-showcase-victoria-shaheen/

#monsonarts #monsonmaine #artresidency

Look at this spread! @monson_pottery come join us

Look at this spread! @monson_pottery come join us until 6pm today! Thursday!

THINKING ABOUT LANDSCAPE, June 22 – June 28, 202

THINKING ABOUT LANDSCAPE, June 22 – June 28, 2025, with Alan Bray

This residency will be open to all painters and draftsmen at all levels of experience. We will work with any water based media you prefer as well as drawing. My primary medium is casein tempera but any water based medium is fine. The emphasis will be on the process of determining how an idea can ripen and change as it matures and evolves into an actual work of art.

@alanarthurbray

To learn more visit: https://monsonarts.org/workshops/

#monsonarts #alanbray #paintingworkshop

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