Meet Melinda Hoffman, Artist in Residence July 31-Aug 6

Melinda Hoffman loves mobiles…she also paints! We are so fortunate to have her visit “The Shores” to spend some time together creating magical mobiles. Here’s what Melinda has to say! …We are going to explore small books…I prefer Golden Books and we will be making them into mobiles. So to the upcoming campers, who will be…

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Do you like fine wine?

Of course it never rains here in Maine*, but if you should happen to be camping and it should happen to rain – and you like fine wine – you might consider heading to the Cellardoor wine tasting room in Lincolnville. It’s less than 20 miles from The Shores and it’s a delightful drive no…

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Artist-in-Residence: Maryly Matthewman.

 Maryly Matthewman.   Meredith, New Hampshire “Summer Dresses and Evening Shawls” Maryly is looking forward to her fourth Searsport Shores Artist -in -Residence. Learn how bead embellished, sun enhanced, colorful batik summer dresses can liven up your wardrobe with a technique that honors mistakes. And for chilly evenings, start a shawl. Marylyn is doing a…

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Japanese Crafts with Mihoko July 10 – 16

Mihoko Wakabayashi,  native of Japan, has been working on SAORI Weaving  for nearly 20 years.  SAORI is an improvisational style of weaving started in   Japan, Mikoho’s SAORI studio in Worcester, MA is the first official studio in   US, she has been teaching all ages and variety of abilities since 2000.      Mihoko will share a Japanese art everyday including SAORI weaving,  Japanese Paper Dyeing and Origami. These art are suitable for all ages,  children to elderly. They are simple but beautiful and interesting. Participants  will make something that they can take home with them.    SAORI Weaving is a moving meditation. There are no mistakes. Anyone can   weave on ready-made warp. With SAORI weaving you can make a small tapestry or a bracelet to take home in half an hour. Dyed paper will be great for wrapping gifts and make cards. Campers may also  learn the basic origami or possibly graduate to something more…

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Sail on a Schooner from Belfast!

We were recently treated to a two-hour evening sail on the schooner Timberwind out of Belfast Harbor and it was spectacular! Captain Lance and the crew host cruises every day but Wednesday from a dock right in downtown Belfast, just five miles from The Shores. Check out their website for all the information you need…

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Throwing Pots with Russell Kahn

Camp & Create Artist-in-Residence Russell Kahn          will be visiting Searsport Shores July 3 – 9 “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…

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Belfast Harbor Walk

When my wife and I have a spare hour or so, and we want to get a little exercise (but not a whole lot), one of our favorite things to do is to take the Belfast Harbor Walk. It’s a very simple and flat stroll, a little more than two miles in total length, starting…

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Book Artists Gail & Abbey

Meet Gail and Abbey Santner Searsport Shores Artists in Residence for the week of June 26 through July 2 Hello Searsport Shores Campers and Fans!  My name is Gail and my  daughter Abigail and I will be offering Book Arts activities relying on the  beautiful local scenery for inspiration and a few materials.  I have been  making folded and stitched books since 2009 and love the flow of  creativity that comes with working with others.  For me, the content of a book is critically important although I admit to having a collection of empty-paged books.   One time I made a book using old New York postcards to recreate my parents’  visit to the Big Apple as they would have written about it to friends and family. Another book I am proud of is my tiny “Six Word Stories” book that family members have contributed to capturing events and feelings in a few significant words.    Gardening in my yard and as a volunteer can take over my life in the  summer.  I have perennial gardens that I am perennially fussing over and a  vegetable garden that I try to make unattractive to deer.  Success is usually  “next year.”  I love the sense of promise that comes from planting seeds in  the springtime; the reality of pests eating my plants brings me down to  earth in the summer.  But when bees, butterflies, moths, and even a  dragonfly or two find my yard, I have a sense of accomplishment….just  like when I finish making a book .   Join us as in making various kinds of folded and stitched books as well as creating…

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A new face at The Shores

Let me introduce myself to readers of the Searsport Shores blog. My name is Rolf Olsen and I call this my ‘retirement summer job’! Last winter, I retired from a career of going to one office or another for more than 40 years, and my wife and I built a small home here in Searsport,…

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