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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The leaves will be popping out any day now on the

Two weeks left to apply for Fall residencies! Grea

Two weeks left to apply for Fall residencies! Great studios, all meals, and stipend to support your creative work.
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We remain hopeful that these 4 sessions still on our schedule August-November will be able to happen. We are committed to rescheduling any accepted residents in the event that we have to cancel.
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Deadline to apply is 11:59PM EST on May 15. Go to the link in our bio to apply today.
#monsonarts #monson_arts #artistresidency #writingresidency #monsonmaine #timeandspace

This excerpt from a group poem composed in our hig

This excerpt from a group poem composed in our high school writing workshop will be featured on the marquee at the Center Theatre in Dover Foxcroft through May 3 as part of their Keep in Touch campaign. These words were contributed by Eric Jacobs from Piscataquis Community High School. Be on the lookout for other samples of the amazing work produced in our programs for teens this year including a display of artwork on view through the windows of our gallery in Monson starting next week!
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Our programs for high school students aren't takin

Our programs for high school students aren't taking place now, but you can see what great work our students have done! Here's a video of Meagan Whitten reading one of her poems. Poet Dawn Potter @dawnlorrainepotter who has been teaching this program writes, "Meagan is a senior at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, and she plans to attend Unity College in the fall. When Meagan arrived in our Monson Arts class, she already had a strong background in poetry, and she continued to work hard on her craft throughout the year. But she also surprised herself by turning to prose, especially the personal essay. Much of her writing, both poems and prose, focuses on her own rural landscape and the people she loves. In this poem, she shows how writing about the familiar still gives us space to imagine and invent, and to sympathetically inhabit lives that are not our own"
#monsonarts #monson_arts #nokomisregionalhigh #creativewriting #teenwritingprogram #mainepoets

Crocuses and green grass from a walk in town yeste

Not quite mud season yet but dare we say the last

Not quite mud season yet but dare we say the last of the beautiful snowy mornings for this season? #monsonarts #alliscalm #monsonmaine #outlikealamb🐑

This fall Monson Arts began its first workshops fo

This fall Monson Arts began its first workshops for area high school students in the visual arts (taught by Alan Bray)and writing (taught by Dawn Potter). These have been suspended due to the COVID 19 virus. We will be back! It’s good to be reminded of the importance of creativity and the powerful work that has been made. Here’s a group poem “Our Bouquet” based on a form developed by Afaa M Weaver #monson_arts #monsonarts

Scenes from Wednesday's Not-Open Studios, appropri

Scenes from Wednesday's Not-Open Studios, appropriately sized and spaced. After an abrupt ending, we're so glad that our March residents were able to come together one last time before heading out yesterday. Grateful for the time we got to spend with these amazing folks and to hear that all have journeyed safely home. We have cancelled all programming through May 7 and our office will maintain limited hours until further notice. Please reach out by e-mail to info@monsonarts.org with any inquiries
#monsonarts #monson_arts #monsonartsresidency #notopenstudios #IOUtwoweeks @____dky____ @jessicadunnepaint @isaacfletcherweissdidthis @tseringtc @mgraber1 @eva_oddgirlout @haejin34 @mstephensonwanderer

We hope that you are still finding your inspiratio

We hope that you are still finding your inspiration in the world and that you are taking the time to do something you love this weekend. Stay safe! @isaacfletcherweissdidthis #monson_arts #monsonartsresidency #monsonarts #selfcare #artistsinthewoods #warmestsnowdayever

UPDATE: Artist Toolbox Talk as well as Open Studio

UPDATE: Artist Toolbox Talk as well as Open Studios on March 25 have been cancelled. Please see our website for full statement regarding program cancellations around COVID-19

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Tomorrow is the first day of a new residency sessi

Tomorrow is the first day of a new residency session and to get ready we've put new @monsonplastic collection bins in our houses and studios. We're excited to support this community recycling start-up that envisions creative uses for Monson's plastic waste including a public art installation of benches throughout town. You can learn more about Precious Plastic Monson and contribute to their current crowdfunding campaign (5 days left!) at preciousplastic.me
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Monson Arts is at Greenville Consolidated School t

Monson Arts is at Greenville Consolidated School today with science teacher, Isaac Crabtree and visiting artist Sara Falcone from The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT. Sara will be working with a group of Isaac's engineering students, sharing with them some creative uses for 3D printers and even some machines she has built herself. She will also be visiting students at Sedomocha school in Dover Foxcroft and Forest Hills School in Jackman while she is in the area this week.
#monsonarts #greenvillemaine #centerforbitsandatoms #steameducation #3dprinting #teenengineering #artintheclassroom #monson_arts

Open Studios this Wednesday, February 26 from 3-5

Open Studios this Wednesday, February 26 from 3-5 PM. Our doors will be open to see and learn about what the Monson Arts residents have been working on this month. Walk between 3 studio buildings downtown including our new Patten Barn studio. Stick around at 5PM for a lakeside reading of work by our writers-in-residence (indoors at the Moore Building).
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Over the course of renovations, there have been ma

The results are in: Monson Arts was second in toda

The results are in: Monson Arts was second in today's snow sculpture competition but took home the trophies for most people on a sled in the "Anything that Slides" race featuring this artful craft assembled from the box our ping pong table came in 🏓🏆 #thinkoutsidethebox #definitivelysecondplace #monsonarts #monsonartsresidency #snowroller #monsonmaine #joola

Happy Snowroller Day! This year's entry in the sno

Happy Snowroller Day! This year's entry in the snow sculpture competition, "Big Comfy Couch" was a collaboration by Monson Arts director Dan Bouthot with residents Calen Barca-Hall @cbarcaha and Sujin Moon @moonsujin0419 - check back for an update after the judging is complete. #atleastsecondplace #snowsculpture #monsonarts #monsonartsresidency #monson_arts #themonsons #snowrollerday #monsonmaine

Before they plowed the streets, they rolled them t

Before they plowed the streets, they rolled them to pack the snow. Learn all about it and other things that used to go on the snow (like "kicksleds") during Snowroller Day in Monson- a town wide winter celebration this Saturday. The Monson Historical Society will be hosting author Jeffrey Ryan who will speak about his book "Hermit: The Mysterious Life of Jim Whyte" at 2PM at the Monson Arts gallery. Lots of activities and the snowroller will be on display all day long.
#monsonarts #monsonhistoricalsociety #snowroller #monsonmaine #winter #monson_arts #hermit #lakehebron #townofmonson

"Connecting to the Figure in Found Objects" with m

The same summer that Barbara Sullivan created this

Check out our 2020 Summer Workshop catalog online

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