BeautifUl blackbird ArtLab | @ Villager Cafe
ArtLab for All @ Midcoast Villager Café
October 17 | 1:00–2:00 pm
Instructor: Jennifer Peppe
Drop-in | Free and open to all
Join us on select Saturdays for ArtLab for All at Midcoast Villager Café. Explore and experiment intersecting image and text using creative prompts for artmaking. Participants will use a variety of mark making materials, play with adding color, lines, and illustrate words. Explore the connections between creative imagery and text in these collaborative ArtLabs.
This month, Create a colorful cut paper collage inspired the ocean. In the book Sail Away poet Langston Hughes and artist Ashley Bryan celebrate the sea. Take home a free copy of the book as part of the Beautiful Blackbird Children's Book Festival.
Additional dates: November 7, December 19
Adult Makerspace | Charcoal Making + Drawing
Learn how to make your own charcoal for drawing with artist Ryosuke Kumakura. We’ll explore the process together, from collecting, preparing and firing the wood to testing the finished charcoal on paper. Along the way, participants will develop a deeper appreciation for charcoal and the poetic process of making something by hand.
Ages 18+ | Attendance capped at first 15 guests | Sliding admission $10-20 CASH ONLY
Halloween Mask ArtLab @ Tenderwild Farm
CMCA ArtLab for All: Halloween Masks
Saturday, October 31 | 10:00–11:30am
Instructor: Jen Peppe
Location: Tenderwild Farm, 33 Gurney Street, Rockport
Drop-in | Free and open to all!
Join us at Tenderwild Farm (33 Gurney Street, Rockport) to make your own festive felt Halloween mask. Decorate your mask with cut paper, colorful paints and more. All materials provided and all ages welcome!
Word and Image
Word and Image @ Rockland Public Library
First Tuesdays | 5:30–7:00 pm
18+ | Registration with RPL is required
Join us for a fun and casual monthly adult group gathering exploring word and image. Experiment with erasure, collage, subtractive drawing, painting and many more techniques to create new verse.
This 18+ event is a collaboration between the Rockland Public Library and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Registration with RPL is required.
Registration is available in person at the Rockland Public library or by calling (207) 594-0310 or emailing refdesk@rocklandmaine.gov.
2026 DATES: October 6, November 3, December 1
Word and Image
Word and Image @ Rockland Public Library
First Tuesdays | 5:30–7:00 pm
18+ | Registration with RPL is required
Join us for a fun and casual monthly adult group gathering exploring word and image. Experiment with erasure, collage, subtractive drawing, painting and many more techniques to create new verse.
This 18+ event is a collaboration between the Rockland Public Library and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Registration with RPL is required.
Registration is available in person at the Rockland Public library or by calling (207) 594-0310 or emailing refdesk@rocklandmaine.gov.
2026 DATES: October 6, November 3, December 1
Because the Sky is Blue Opening Reception + First friday
OPENING RECEPTION + FIRST FRIDAY
Friday, October 2 | 4pm–7pm
Join us for the opening of Because the Sky is Blue and CMCA’s final First Friday of the season.
Join us in the galleries and in the courtyard with music from DJ Alien Baby (Allison Cekala) and tacos by Taqueria Max.
Free + open to all.
First Friday at CMCA is generously sponsored by Camden National Bank.