Paul J Schupf Art Center: 5-7pm Opening Reception for “Potluck”- food, drinks, and celebration! Ticonic Gallery is pleased to present Potluck, an evolving exhibition centered on the work of Jenny Ibsen, a relief printmaker, ceramicist, storyteller, and restaurant worker based in Portland. The metaphor of the potluck touches upon issues of care, sustenance and sustainability, and labor, all…

Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30–4pm to make the craft with help from library staff! Due to time and staffing constraints, kits will no longer be available for pickup. We hope that you can join us for Tuesday afternoons! June 6: Rainbow Lantern…

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10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Family Fun for the 20th birthday of KMTrails- Free food cart, bounce house, corn hole, snow cones, popcorn, and CAKE! 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Nature Journaling with Waterville Creates 12:00 PM – Police Dog Demo and Private Dog Training Demos (pending Police dog availability) 2:00 PM – KM…

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At the Paul J Schupf Art Center: It is opening night for the Maine International Film Festival! For more info on opening night of MIFF: https://miff.org/ 5pm Join the Colby College Museum of Art for a walkthrough with the artist Paula Wilson, whose work is on view in Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World into…

This week, join the Colby College Museum of Art to create an art project inspired by the artist Sol LeWitt, on view at the Colby College Museum of Art’s campus location. One of the ways Sol LeWitt works is to create a set of instructions, and then collaborate with others to complete what he calls…

The collage illustrations by Alma Fullerton in the book Community Soup, use natural objects like sticks, leaves, and grasses. Each collage she creates has textures that can look sometimes bumpy, or smooth, or rough, or soft. Come create collages with texture, using natural objects and much more! Book: Community Soup by Alma Fullerton Please note…

Did you know you can make stamps out of vegetables? Inspired by the book Our Little Kitchen, we will use vegetables from the farmer’s market to carve designs and patterns for stamps! Each participant will create a vegetable print flag to bring home. Book: Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki Please note the new location…

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Who are the community helpers? We sometimes forget all the workers who keep the city clean, who mow the grasses, empty the trash, or plow the snow. Come help us create a woven art work of thanks for our community helpers! Each participant will help with a collaborative work and create a mini weaving to…

What do you love about your friends? Inspired by the story of friendship in the book I Am You, we will create friendship collages to give to our friends and loved ones. Book: I Am You A Book About Ubuntu by Refiloe Moahloli Please note the new location as Art in the Park and the…

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Celebrate Pride on First Friday! What are First Fridays? First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the…