11 Maine Arts Residencies Where Creativity Thrives
Since the days of the rusticators, artists have looked to Maine as a creative sanctuary, a place offering inspiration and opportunities both to indulge in solitude and embed in arts-friendly communities. Here are 11 contemporary residencies that attract artists from around the globe...
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle: Founded: 1950, by a consortium of Maine craft artists, originally in Montville. Architect Edward Larrabee Barnes’s tiered campus of cedar-shingled buildings connected by boardwalks opened in Deer Isle in 1961.