We are grateful for all the artists, staff, friends, supporters, and collaborators who helped make the 2017 residency season so special at Watershed. Please enjoy a few memories and photos from each of our 2017 summer sessions; we hope to see many of you back here again in the future! Summer Staff Arrival & Pre-Session… Read more »
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Thanks to our 2017 Summer Staff!
As we wrap up our summer season and begin our fall residency, we send off our outstanding 2017 summer staff team to their next adventures. Nine summer staffers joined us in mid-May and over the course of 15 weeks, they worked incredibly hard through six residency sessions and our busy summer program schedule. From art walks and… Read more »
Making in clay at the Jackson Memorial Library
Summer Office Assistant Laura Williams shares her experience teaching clay techniques to a group of youth in St. George, Maine. Before coming to Watershed, I taught and made in Chicago, Illinois at Magical Minds Studio, an after school program providing students with a space to learn about and make art. I knew when I accepted… Read more »
A Summer Celebration of Food & Ceramics
As the last days of July fly by and we welcome the start of August next week, we wanted to share a few photos from a Watershed mid-season celebration. During the final evening of our third 2017 residency session, our talented chefs, Adam Redd and Stephen Aleckna, treated residents and staff to a decadent five-course… Read more »
2017 Salad Days
Thank you to everyone who helped make 2017 Salad Days such a smashing success! On July 8, we welcomed nearly 600 guests to the Watershed campus to celebrate local food and handcrafted ceramics. The event is truly a collaborative effort and we are grateful to the artists, community restaurants and farms, business sponsors, board members,… Read more »
The Object’s Not the Point
Guest blogger Namita Gupta-Wiggers shares her plans and reasons joining summer residency Session II: The Object’s Not the Point, with The Brick Factory collective this summer. A few spots are still available for those interested in participating in this early summer residency from June 18-30. Additional session artists include Erik Scollon, Summer Zickefoose, Thomas Myers,… Read more »
The History of Watershed’s Clay
Ever wonder about how we go about making our clay at Watershed? Studio Manager Wm. Reeder Fahnestock shares the process we use, along with historical background and geologic context for Maine’s rich history of clay-processing and brick production. Maine’s Geological and Brick-Making History Maine’s mountains are considered some of the oldest on Earth. Comprising the… Read more »
Earth, Water, and Fire: 2017 Summer Session I Preview
In this guest post, artist and session leader Berry Matthews shares her plans and reasons for organizing Watershed 2017 Residency Session I: Earth, Water, and Fire. Several spots are still available for those interested in joining the group from June 4-16. Additional participants include guest artist Trisha Coates and AIA members Rosette Gault, Elizabeth Garber,… Read more »
Reawakenings: 2017 Summer Session IV Preview
Artist Whitney Forsyth shares her plans and reasons for organizing a residency session at Watershed. Spots are still available for those interested in joining the group from July 23 to August 4, 2017. Additional participating artists include Kate Dameron, Cathryn Thomas, Allison Lackner, Nancy Andrasko, Shawn Phillips, Beth Edwards, and Mike Teal. Learn more and register…. Read more »
The Art of Maine
Maine has a long tradition of influential artists and craftspeople finding space in our state to create and contemplate close to nature. Some stay for a few weeks, others make their homes here for a lifetime. The most recent issue of The Maine Quarterly shines a spotlight on some of Maine’s most influential artists, arts… Read more »