One Longfellow Square Seeks Executive Director

One Longfellow Square (OLS), located at the gateway to Portland, Maine’s thriving arts district, is one of the most influential "listening rooms" in New England. Each year they showcase over 200 performances ranging from folk to bluegrass, jazz to classical, film, theatre, spoken word and more.

In 2011, OLS began transitioning to a nonprofit organization with a goal of collaborating with other programs to provide a voice, a classroom, and a stage for underserved creative youth in Greater Portland and beyond. OLS is thoughtfully positioning itself as a community music and arts venue.

The Executive Director is the chief executive/staff officer of the organization and is responsible for the leadership and management of all aspects of OLS’ operations to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization. The Executive Director will work with OLS’ Board of Directors, staff and volunteers to carry out the operational, programmatic, development and expansion work of the organization. Complete information can be found on the Maine Association of Nonprofits site.

Applications will be accepted until Friday, July 13

Please send all inquiries to the OLS Board President, Elisabeth Osborn Chase

resumes@onelongfellowsquare.com.

All applications must include a resume, three (3) references, cover letter, and salary requirements.

FS2012: Design, Community, and the Sublime,

The Maine College of Art and the Furniture Society invite you to join them June 13-16 at the Maine College of Art in Portland for FS2012: Design, Community, and the Sublime, a conference dedicated to Maine's craft artist community.

Tours will be offered on Wednesday the 13 to: 

• Thomas Moser Studio, Pineland Farms and Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village 
• Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and Lie Nielson Toolworks 
• Watershed Center for Ceramics Arts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

From the 14 to 16 the conference will offer gallery receptions, keynote speeches by Sherwood Hamil and Angela Adams, workshops, moderated discussions, lectures and valuable opportunities to meet some of the foremost furniture and craft artists in Maine. 

A full listing of all that will be offered can be found here:

http://www.furnituresociety.org/furn/docs/conf/2012/fs2012_program.pdf

You can register for the conference here: 

https://www6554.ssldomain.com/furnituresociety/zen/index.php?main_page=quick_order&zenid=5t72ejunu5lcf1lduv25mgrt14

This conference was supported, in part, by the Maine Arts Commission.

 

38th Old Port Festival this weekend!

Q stage at the 2010 Old Port Festival

This Sunday (June 12, 11 am - 5 pm) downtown Portland will host the 38th annual Old Port Festival. The event will begin at 11am with a parade down Exchange Street. This will be followed by 6 stages with live music, over 90 artist booths, kids activities, and all the attractions downtown Portland has to offer. More information can be found on the Portland Downtown District website, or call 772-6828.

Fractured Atlas Workshops, October 5 and 6

Fractured Atlas is a nonprofit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. They help artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, low-cost insurance, education, and more, all in a context that honors individuality and independent spirit.

Adam Natale, Director of Membership & Program Development at Fractured Atlas, will talk about some key services, programs, and resources that can help artists and organizations with the business side of their work -- the "unsexy" side that artists generally do not like thinking about.

Workshop engagements are free and open to the public, they include:

Tuesday, October 05, 6:30pm
SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St Portland, ME 04101
http://space538.org/event_details.php?id=580

Wednesday, October 06, 7:00pm
Studio 4, 256 High St. Belfast, ME 04915
http://www.waterfallarts.org/Maine-Art-Centers/waterfall-arts-calendar/details/122-speaker-adam-natale-artist-survival-guide

More information about the organization can be found at http://www.fracturedatlas.org/

Arts for Transit

It could be New Year’s Eve revelers, veins of a maple leaf, one hundred ravens on a fence or a stack of suitcases; these are all images incorporated into public art you might see while riding the subway in New York City.
Amy Hausmann, the assistant director of the MTA’s Arts for Transit Program, elaborated on these and many other works on Friday night to a good crowd at SPACE Gallery in Portland.
Hausmann’s lively talk was the inaugural event in the Maine Arts Commission’s Public Art Series that celebrates 30 years of the Percent for Art Program. Maine has been funding public art installations at most publicly-funded constructions for thirty years, a few years longer than either the MTA or the City of New York.
It was exciting to see all the possibilities that public art can offer. For more, don’t miss the next lecture, also brought to us by the Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance. Jean Shin, New York-based artist who was commissioned by the MTA for a work, Celadon Remnants, will be speaking Saturday, June 6, at 6 PM at SPACE Gallery.
And for even more, check out the rest of the series!
Photo:Cara Slifka