Santa Comes to Searsport Shores August 2-8

We don’t have to wait until winter to visit with Santa at Searsport Shores! He visits every August and again during Fiber College of Maine. Here’s a note from the “jolly ol’ elf” Hello Dear Friend, The cold dark winter here at the North Pole has ended and it is time for me to visit folks…

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Searsport Shores Sings!

[vimeo 134772835 w=500 h=275] Visitors at Searsport Shores are offered a challenge to sing the song “My House” by Kasey Musgraves. Successful performances of the entire song could win a free night of camping. This is Signe and the Bell Tones with their very own version of the song “My House”!

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Twin Invasion Camp & Create with Susan & Seasi Ober July 19 – 25

You might think you’re seeing double when the Ober sisters come to Camp and Create! Susan Ober is a quilter from West Haven, Connecticut. Her identical twin sister Nancy “Seasi” Ober is a potter from Kansas City, Mo. Susan’s primary art form is quilts, She has made around 100 to date; Seasi has been throwing…

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New Farm Stand!

Cross Patch Farms of Morrill, Maine has begun their 3rd season selling produce at the new and larger farm stand located on Route 1 in Serarsport just across from Searsport Shores Campground. The new building replaces a much smaller stand origianally built in 1973. Mr. Treat owned the property at that time, he had a…

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Hoop Dancer Jen Appleby July 16-19

Hello future hoop friends! My name is Jen Appleby and I will be bringing Wingspan Mindful Movement to Searsport Shores July 16-19th. I am a hula hoop dancer from Lisbon Falls Maine and I love helping kids and adults alike find joy in learning to hoopdance. I am a long time mover and have dabbled…

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Russell Kahn Artist-in-Residence July 12 – 18

“Think globally, act locally” is a motto that Russell Kahn lives by with his art. He has been an art educator in public schools for the past 20 years and shows his own art in local venues, however inspiration for ideas and media comes from all over the globe. His father is from Capetown, South…

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July 4th Celebration at The Shores

And hail the Day; May it forever shine, And prove our rights divine, To bless the Day.* [vimeo 132704582 w=500 h=281] *a verse from A Favorite Song. Sung on the Fourth of July, by a number of the true Sons of Columbia. Tune, ‘God save Great Washington.’” The Mail; or, Claypoole’s Daily Advertiser, 8 July 1791,…

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Books Books Books!!

Greetings from Searsport Shores! Gail and I are into the second day of our residency and enjoying exploring various book art creations with campers. Today we made our first small books with accordion folds. We then spent a lot of time thinking about the covers, using recycled patterned envelopes and notan cut outs to decorate…

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