Monson Arts’ Blog
Employment Opportunity
Monson Arts Employment Opportunity Nov 17, 2025 Maintenance and Studio Support Monson Arts is a residency and workshop program in Monson, Maine. An initiative of Maine’s Libra Foundation, Monson Arts began programming in 2018. It was started as a way to spur economic...
Monson Arts High School Program Graduate Returns as Resident
Mackenzie Goodine is the first graduate of our high school arts program to return to Monson Arts as a resident! Mackenzie returned through The Monson Seminar, a residency for Pell-eligible, first-generation college students pursuing creative and research-based...
The Illustration Institute in Monson
Monson Arts was honored to host the Illustration Institute for a week-long residency full of community-focused activities! The Illustration Institute is located on Peaks Island off the coast of Maine. Their mission is to raise appreciation and awareness of...
Resident Showcase: Abby Wang
Abby Wang is an Asian-American artist from Campbell, California. She graduated from Bowdoin College, where she received her BA in Visual Arts in 2023. At Monson Arts, she worked on her graphic novel memoir that details her diagnosis with stage four Non-Hodgkin's...
Quarries: Muse & Material, & Giant Sculptures in Monson
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,...
To Gather in Fragments – 2025 Monson Arts High School Gallery Opening
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...
2025 High School Gallery Exhibition
Our high school students did incredible work at Monson Arts during the 2024/25 school year. Six participating high schools in the area have students in our high school visual arts and writing program. Students come to Monson Arts two times a month to spend a day...
Resident Showcase: Victoria Shaheen
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...
Resident Showcase: Ajibola Tolase
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...
Abby Burgess Wins The Telling Room Prize for Piscataquis County
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 questions...
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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.