Each season Waterfall Arts invites special guest artists to serve as an Artist-in-Residence in its mission-based Artists/Nature/Community program. Residencies vary in length, but each includes a teaching, exhibition and community presentation component. Spring. Summer, Fall/Winter, Belfast and Montville.

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Spring 2008- Earth Week Residency
A week-long residency involving area teens and college students under the direction of artist Blake Hendrickson finished up with an exhibition of individual and collaborative work. The residency was funded by the Maine Community Foundation Waldo County Fund.

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Summer Residency in Montville - with artist Avy Claire
Building ”the nursery”
For a week in July volunteers worked side by side with Avy Claire, our 2008 artist in residence, to lay the design grid work for this long term project in the Montville forest. Visitors are welcome to walk through the site, stop at the office for a map.

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Fall/Winter Residency - Branching Out
Young people and professional artists are paired up to collaborate on artwork inspired by different aspects of nature. A very popular program! Look for details in October.

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

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Installations by Avy Claire
Summer 2008 AIR

Colby Students working with Blake
Earth Week Residency

Branching Out 2007 collaborators
Kevin Johnson and Harlan Crichton