ART + NATURE = Generating Awareness, Powering the Arts, Sourcing Inspiration

MAY 2008

“When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.”
Yogi Berra

Nature Connection
April and May are the transition months. Signs of spring are everywhere; trees are beginning to bud and tulips and daffodils are emerging.
I have my own signs of spring; they crawl out from the woods on the first warm, rainy night, look like sticks on the road and are hard to recognize for what they are. Many hundreds are squashed by cars. They don't scamper across the road, they move very slowly, (and this is their downfall) they often stop for awile, as if they are enjoying the cool moisture of the pavement before resuming their quest. It is their quest, because they are crossing the road to get to that vernal pool or pond to mate, to carry on their species.
Some say the spotted salamanders are a gauge of the health of a forest. Every spring, for the last few years, I've had my eye out for them and I try and try to rescue a few of them from the dreaded cars.
So what's the 'art + nature' connection here? Well, usually I have some scrap of cardboard or something I can coax them onto to lift them to the other side of the road. They came early this year (there was still quite a bit of snow on the ground), and I was unprepared, so I used what I had available: a Waterfall Arts brochure. I'm proud to say, Waterfall Arts was directly involved in saving a half-dozen or so spotted salamanders from certain death. Not a bad night's work.
- Giff Jamison

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Summer Classes!!!
Our EXCITING summer schedule of classes, exhibitions, residencies and events is now available! There's plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy - click here to go to the complete schedule for adults, teens and kids - classes in both Montville and Belfast!

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Ongoing After School Classes, Mud Club & Wednesday ART Night Out!
Waterfall Arts offers a daily ongoing afterschool art program for ages 5-13;
come one day or every day! There's Mud Club, an open clay studio for teens every Wednesday afternoon from 2:30-5pm, open enrollment. And there's ART Night Out and Open Painting studio and Open Clay studio every Wednesday night.
Click here for details.

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Upcoming Artist Lecture
Monday, May 19
Richard Tremaglio, Architect
Starts at 7 pm $5 donation at the door. High School and College Students free

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Gallery Shows - through Friday May 30
Treading Lightly: One Foot at a Time
in the Clifford Gallery- 300 exuberant works of art relating to art+nature.
Click here to see our flickr slide show.
Closing Patio Party and Sale Friday Nay 30 from 5 to 8 pm
Proceeds support the youth scholarship program.
Blake Hendrickson and Earth Week Residents
Parts and Pieces - Wood Mosaic Assemblages
in the Fallout Shelter Gallery
Galleries are open from 10 to 5 Tuesday through Friday and Tues & Wed evenings.

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SAVE THE DATE!
The Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music, June 11
Among the many activities being held on this week-long festival, Waterall Arts will hold a colloquium involving festival musicians, visual and performing artists and the general public, aimed at sharing views, strategies and common concerns in the visual and performing arts, with participation by all resident composers and performers.
No charge, 4pm, Waterfall Arts, Belfast. Go to www.sealbayfestival.org for more information or call 338-2222

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Maine Community Foundation Awards Grant
We are very pleased to announce that the Maine Community Foundation has awarded Waterfall Arts a $5,000 grant in support of its 2008 Earth Week Residency program.
This mission-based program connects professional Maine artists with area students, resulting in art experiences which connect the artists, students and the community, encouraging awareness of the connections between art and nature.

You can register for classes by calling us at 207-338-2222

Richard Tremaglio

Earth Week Collaboration