Eastport Arts Center
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Henna Workshop is July 14—Learn More in Video with Instructor, Ashley Hinson Dhakal
Coming next week—Tuesday, July 14—our Summer Workshop Series will present An Introduction to Henna Tattoos with Ashley Hinson Dhakal! Hear Ashley describe the workshop, and see some inspiring images in this video (and THANKS to volunteer Bill Johnson for the original music!!). Find full workshop information here; please sign … [Read More]
Chopin Nocturne Featured in EAC’s Virtual Concert & Keyboard Talk
EAC staff and volunteers have been working to produce a virtual concert and keyboard talk with pianist Gregory Biss. Previous videos were Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Etude #3 by Philip Glass, Mozart’s Rondo in A Minor, and Biss’ own composition, Nocturne, written in 1991. This week we add … [Read More]
‘Life in Washington County’ Releases Pair of Videos in Second-to-Last Week
This week’s Life in Washington County releases, premiering Friday, July 10 at 6 pm (ET), are Shadow Puppets, with text by Ric Craig, performance by Mark Macey, music by Alice Schuth and visual art by Manuela Brice; and Eastport Dogs, with text by Anne Stanley, performance by Beth Goodliff, … [Read More]
Improv Act Adds Surreal Flavor to 2012 Follies, Persists in 2020 with Pandemic Performances
And now, for something completely different!Les Trois Etoiles, a Washington County-based improvisation group, gave a boat-rocking show at EAC’s 2012 Moose Island Follies. Performers included Clifton Moser, Gordon Phillips, Duane Ingalls and Eugene Nichols. Ingalls, Moser and Nichols are now at the core of a resurgence of activity by … [Read More]
Argirs Exemplify Follies 2019 Vibe, Continue with Moose Island House Players in 2020
We at EAC can’t help but feel a bit gloomy on what in any other year would be the eve of our annual Moose Island Follies. As a diversion and an encouragement for all of our creators out there in the community to keep on creating, we present this … [Read More]
EAC Video’s Latest Trailer Full of June Sights
Coming to EAC Video are short videos featuring Nia Aretakis, Eugene Nichols, and the art installation by Sue Riddle at Peavey Memorial Library. Here’s a teaser (which also features music by Duane Ingalls, a Stage East Life in Washington County contributor, and video by Patricia Gardner-Theriault, librarian):
Meet Ann Cannizzaro, Instructor for Our July Summer Arts Camp (Sign up by Sunday, 7/5!)
EAC’s first session of Summer Arts Camp—’I Wonder with Watercolors’—is July 7, 8 and 9, and will be offered via Zoom for children ages 6-13. Read all about it here, and check out the video promo made by instructor Ann Cannizzaro and her daughter, Nia Aretakis. Due to supplies … [Read More]
‘Writing and Creativity in Times of Crisis’, a talk with Katherine Stanley Available to Watch Anytime
The Eastport Gallery hosted the first of its literary talks for the season as a virtual experience on its social media page on Thursday, June 25. Katherine Stanley, a writer living in Costa Rica with family ties to Eastport, will talk with gallery member Lora Whelan, diving into the … [Read More]
Step Into ‘Beach Fairy Houses’ with Sara Myrick’s Video, Plus Read About Full Workshop Scholarship
Sara Myrick, who’ll teach EAC’s Summer Workshop Series opener, ‘Beach Fairy Houses’ reviews in this video what participants will receive in their supplies kit for the workshop, which is coming up via Zoom on June 30, 2020. Also covered are materials participants will want to gather at home, and … [Read More]
Edward French Gives Virtual Version of Annual Pipe Organ Demonstration & Talk
“It’s always encouraging and refreshing to witness the enthusiasm and curiosity of young students in learning about music and tracker-action pipe organs,” said Edward French, who has presented demonstrations of EAC’s pipe organ for groups of local schoolchildren for more than 12 years. French, best known as editor of … [Read More]
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