Cahoots 2020 | Arts Are Elementary

CAHOOTS:

Celebrating 40 Years

of Arts Are Elementary Collaborating with Community Art

Saturday, September 26, 7-8 pm

A Free Virtual Event

Event will include a live silent auction, live music by Jud Caswell (right), memories, and more

Some of the pieces are on display in the window of Senter Place, 114 Maine St., Brunswick.

We encourage attendees to join us in supporting our local businesses by purchasing food and beverages to go to enjoy during our event. Both Lemongrass & Portland Pie are donating a portion of their proceeds on Sat. Sept. 26. Here are some of the local take out options.

Our silent auction opens Sat. Sept. 12 at 9 am. Bidding will close during the live portion of our event. The auction is a collaboration - these fabulous local artists have been offered 50% of the proceeds for their piece or experience.

Lemongrass

Portland Pie

Click Me to Register or email aaedirector@gmail.com

Lighthouse Morning by Charlotte Agell

Dimensions: 14.25" x 10.25"
Watercolor with India Ink
Unframed
Especially during this pandemic, I feel so very fortunate to live in Maine. So much of my writing/painting is a love letter to this state. Who wouldn't want to wake up here?

The Bekaa by Judith Long

Dimensions: 7” w x 10” h image; 16” w x 20” h framed.
Medium: Serigraph print (8 colors)
Inspired by a photograph of the Bekaa Valley in ARAMCO magazine, this 8-color serigraph print offers an abstract, geometric impression of the “bread basket” of Lebanon. This print is number 5 in an edition of 10. It was juried into the 11th Annual Yarmouth Art Festival in October, 2019 where number 3 was sold. It was one of 170 pieces chosen from 626 entries.

Fire Suite 2 by Burke Long

Digital photograph. Matted and Framed, 14" x 18" inches. 5" x 7" unframed
Fire Suite 2 is the second in a series of five different images I made to suggest the energy and heat of fire and human passions. By creating visual texture and layered dimensionality, I disguise the materiality of glass and evoke an imaginative world of light—movement, color, and shadow—without reference to specific objects.

Garden flags by Nancy Marstaller

This piece is a string of garden flags, consisting of 5 flags sewn on cloth binding and measuring about 9X40 inches. They are printed and painted with the artist's own designs and are made with waterproof inks and paints so can be hung outside. This can be hung outside for years before starting to fade. The artist started making these flag strings several years ago, to share her joy of the natural world and as a way to counter the negative energy that can sometimes overwhelm us. She was inspired by the idea behind Tibetan prayer flags: that every flutter sends out a prayer. She imagines every flutter or viewing of her flags sending positive energy into the world.

Fences, Penneville by Barbara Snapp

Dimensions: 16” x 20” unframed
Acrylic on canvas

Shadows of the Winter Moon by Craig Snapp

Dimensions: 12"x18" framed
Infrared Digital Photo on Metal

Monday's Wash Day by Marilyn Flanagan

Dimensions: 10.5" x 14.5" unframed, 19.5" x 23/5" matted and framed
Medium Type: Watercolor

Birch Woods by Marilyn Flanagan

Dimensions: 11" x 15" unframed, 19" x 23" matted and framed
Medium: Watercolor

The Red Heads by J. Felice Boucher

Photograph
Dimensions: 9 1/8" x 13 1/8" framed

2 Hour Painting Lesson with Artist Ed McCartan

Spend a two hour session in Ed McCartan's studio where he will give a demonstration and encourage you to use his paints, brushes and canvas to do a work of your own. No pressure, just fun. Date and time to be worked out with you. This is an example of his work, Garden Party, acrylic on canvas.

Dawn Prindall will Paint a Response to Your Student's Art

One of our fabulous resident artists, Dawn Prindall, will paint a response to your student's art work. This is an example of one of her responses.

Dawn Leeman Prindall has happily “doodled” throughout life working as an artist, a set-designer, a community liaison, an educator, a part-time waitress and more. Whatever endeavor Dawn pursues, she is inspired by life on Orr’s Island, Maine and by her vibrant friends and family. She has illustrated several published books with author Virginia Brown.

SEA GEOMETRY NO.120 by Richard Keen

Dimensions : 5" x 5"
Medium Type: Encaustic and oil on canvas

Photography Lesson with Burke Long

Four hours with Burke Long in his homemade studio or a walk about. Winning bidder chooses the preferred location, inside or outside. Session to be scheduled and subject to Maine’s pandemic regulations.

Emphasis on slowing down, looking closely, composition, and crafting with light. For a beginning or somewhat experienced photographer who uses a digital camera with manual controls.

Attean Lake by Sharon Bond

Dimensions: 8" x 10" unframed
Medium: Acrylic
Originally from Savannah, GA, Sharon has lived in mid-coast Maine for 10 years. She started drawing and painting at an early age, and is largely self-taught. She cites Vermeer, Sargent, and Monet as important influences, as well as the beauty of nature.