Monson Arts’ Blog
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM BLOG POST #3: Delving Deeper
The latest rounds of the Monson Arts High School Program saw students take the first steps in editing creative pieces through peer feedback and layered exercises, taking these focused moments and going back to the canvas and page to build more complicated works. In...
Resident Showcase: Loretta Violante
Loretta Violante is an interdisciplinary artist living in New York City and recently earned an MFA from The City College of New York. Loretta did a Monson Arts Residency in October 2023. 1) What was the best part for you about being at Monson Arts? It's so difficult...
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...
Resident Showcase: Amber Zora
Amber Zora, is an interdisciplinary artist based in Rapid City, SD and did a Monson Arts Residency in October 2023. 1) What was the best part for you about being at Monson Arts? I don’t know how to name one thing. The support from the Monson Arts crew and the support...
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. ...
University of Maine Farmington “Monson Seminar” Final Presentations Success
UMF undergrad students, who were in residence at Monson Arts for 3 ½ weeks, presented their individual project’s summation to their peers, teachers, Monson Arts staff, and online parents/friends/advisors on August 23rd in the Monson Arts Tenney House building....
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.
Preview our 2024 Residency Schedule
Monson Arts plans to welcome a total of 100 residents in 2023. Check out our complete lineup of residency dates for next year. Winter applications will be open August 1 – Sep 15.
Camden Shakespeare Festival Returns to Monson
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Monson
WELCOME
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.