Calendar of Events

Closing Reception for Annex Arts’ Artists-in-Residence Drew Klassen and Shelley Mansel, painters from Ottawa and Nova Scotia. Come see what they made while in residence at Annex Arts.

Free and open to the public

Drew Klassen / June 15 - June 27, 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
Visual Arts
Drew Klassen, painter and educator, was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1964, and grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He attended Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While teaching English in Japan, Klassen established a strong studio practice and began to exhibit regularly upon his return to Canada in 1998. His work is held in numerous private and institutional collections in Canada and abroad. In 2010 he received one of five Established Artist Recognition Awards presented annually by the government of Nova Scotia.

Shelley Mansel / June 15 - June 22, 2019
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Visual Arts
A landscape and figurative painter, Shelley Mansel attended UCFV in British Columbia and received a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She has shown in solo, two-person, and group exhibitions internationally with works reviewed in magazines including House & Home and featured on HGTV. Her paintings are held in private collections in Canada, Germany, France, and the US, and in permanent public collections at St. Mary’s University Halifax and UBC Vancouver. She has received two Nova Scotia Creation Grants, a Presentation Grant, and has served on the selection committee for the Nova Scotia Culture Division’s Grants to Individuals Program.

Season Opening CGC cocktail party, 6 PM

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The annual Village Fair is on June 29th, come a week early and shop for the best selection.

Contact Dianne Yates for more info. 326-0663

Opening CYC Meeting and Potluck, 6 PM

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The Castine Arts Association invites you to enjoy Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Paul Sullivan.

Admission is free. Donations are graciously accepted.

Open House Reception, 4:00-6:00 p.m. Join the Historical Society as it kicks off the season, tour the exhibits, and enjoy light refreshments. This free event will be held at the Castine Historical Society’s Abbott School Gallery.

Exhibit Talk, 5:00 p.m. In this three-part series, Curator Paige Lilly will lead a tour and discussion on different aspects of the exhibit “Risky Business: Square-Rigged Ships and Salted Fish.” The event takes place in the Castine Historical Society’s Abbott School gallery. Free with light refreshments served.

Future Trends Series: Discussion on "The Future of Money" with Howell Jackson

Socratic Seminars: Discussion with Lana Gold & Holly Perry

Reception for Annex Arts’ Artist-in-Residence Kristy Cunnane - Bookmaker, illustrator, printmaker. Come see what she made while in residence at Annex Arts.

Free and open to the public

Kristy Cunnane / June 24 - June 30, 2019
Ellsworth, Maine
Visual Arts
Kristy Cunnane is an artist and educator who loves to cook and lives in the woods of rural Maine on a long old road called Happytown. Cunnane specializes in graphic and text-laden images that often mix humanity with the splendor of the natural world in witty and wonderful ways. In addition to spending much of her time teaching at a small Waldorf school in Blue Hill, Maine, where her days are full of lively children, she works as an illustrator, printmaker, and book artist and is a force behind “Table for Change,” an art and food dining experience which directs its proceeds towards specific charitable causes.

Demo/Workshop with Annex Arts’ Artist-in-Residence Kristy Cunnane - Bookmaker, illustrator, printmaker. Come see how she does it at Annex Arts.

Time TBD...Check back at our calendar at www.annexarts.org

The Annual Village Fair sponsored by the Dr. Mary Cushman Circle will be held
Saturday, June 29th from 9:30am to 1:30pm at the Main Street Church Castine. There will be crafts, raffle, silent auction, attic treasures, homemade baked goods, and rummage. Again this year, there will be furniture at Emerson Hall. Its a grand tradition to shake off those winter blues and start the season with old friends. All are welcome.

Drop off for donations is Thursday, 6/27.

Join us to meet author Chris Van Dusen at Compass Rose Books

Calling All Perkins Family Descendants - Perkins Family Reunion

Are you a descendant of John & Phebe Perkins, or descended from one of John's or Phebe's siblings? Mark your calendar and make plans to return to your roots this summer at the family homestead on the shores of beautiful Castine Harbor. The Wilson Museum will host a Perkins Family Reunion on Saturday, June 29 from 1 - 4 p.m., at the historic John & Phebe Perkins House at 111 Perkins Street in Castine, Maine. The afternoon's activities will include tours of the historic home with family portraits and memorabilia displayed, cooking demonstrations, unveiling and dedication of the home's National Register of Historic Places plaque, and more. This will be a great opportunity to bring memories, images, and stories to share, as well as a healthy curiosity to learn more about this important Castine family.

Keep informed of Perkins Family Reunion plans - call 207-326-9247 or email info@wilsonmuseum.org (Perkins Family Reunion in the subject line) to add your email to our mailing list and join our Perkins Family Reunion Group on Facebook. Help us spread the word - share this article or post to a genealogy or family reunion website.