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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2024 Contact: Chris Melville, cmelville@watervillecreates.org How Art Is Building Community and Combatting Isolation in Central Maine: The Together Project at Waterville Creates At a time when the Surgeon General has declared loneliness an epidemic, an artist in Central Maine has teamed up with a community-based arts organization to leverage art’s…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2024 Contact: Chris Melville, cmelville@watervillecreates.org David Byrne Leads Two Sold-Out Programs at Waterville Creates Waterville, ME—Waterville Creates is pleased to welcome musician and artist David Byrne for two sold-out programs on Saturday, March 30, at the Waterville Opera House and Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville. At 7:30pm…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                 February 23, 2024 Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org Youth Art Month Multi-Site Exhibition returns to Waterville Creates and Greene Block + Studios WATERVILLE, Maine—Ticonic Gallery, a division of Waterville Creates, is delighted to partner with Greene Block + Studios to celebrate Youth Art Month (YAM) with a spectacular, multi-site exhibition of artwork by local students in…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                 January 8, 2024 Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org Waterville Creates Welcomes Five New Fulltime Employees WATERVILLE, ME—Waterville Creates is pleased to announce the arrival of five new fulltime staff members. Since moving into the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Main Street in Waterville in December 2022, Waterville Creates has consolidated the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                            November 20, 2023 Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org  Maine Film Center Director to Participate in Mashariki African Film Festival in Kigali, Rwanda  Waterville, Maine – Mike Perreault, executive director of the Maine Film Center (MFC), will serve as a juror for film competitions at the Mashariki African Film Festival from November 5 to…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                            November 16, 2023 Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org   Mark Tipton and Les Sorciers Perdus to perform a live, newly-composed score to accompany “The Trail of ‘98”  WATERVILLE, Maine – The Maine Film Center and the Colby College Museum of Art are thrilled to announce a one-night only event featuring a screening of the…

October 23, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org Waterville Opera House Announces 2024 Season WATERVILLE, Maine —The Waterville Opera House (WOH) is delighted to announce its 2024 theatrical season. Two amazing musicals and two entertaining plays will reignite the stage of the historic 121-year-old theatre in downtown Waterville. “I’m excited to bring this…

October 12, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org  Waterville Creates Invites Proposals for Temporary Public Art Installations WATERVILLE, Maine – Waterville Creates invites proposals from individuals or groups for temporary outdoor public art installations for display in Downtown Waterville between June 1 and October 31, 2024. Proposals may be submitted by individual artists, artist collaboratives, and/or arts organizations. The…

October 12, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org Groundbreaking Study Reveals Economic and Social Impact of $13.5 million Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector in Waterville WATERVILLE, Maine ­–Waterville Creates today announced that the City of Waterville’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $13.5 million in economic activity in 2022, according to the newly released…

August 17, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org Maine Film Center Announces National Cinema Day Showing of “Shrek”  WATERVILLE, Maine – The Maine Film Center is excited to announce its participation in National Cinema Day with two showings of a beloved family classic: “Shrek”. “Shrek” will be shown for one day only on Sunday, August…

August 4, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org  Waterville Creates Announces Potluck Exhibition WATERVILLE, Maine – Waterville Creates is excited to announce Potluck, an exhibition centered on the work of printmaker, ceramicist, storyteller, and restaurant worker Jenny Ibsen. Potluck will be on view to the public in the Ticonic Gallery from August 2–October 2, 2023. In…

July 25, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Ferlito, jferlito@watervillecreates.org Filmmakers Honored at 26th Maine International Film Festival WATERVILLE, Maine – The Maine Film Center (MFC) announces the winners of the Tourmaline Prizes and the Audience Favorite Award at the 26th annual Maine International Film Festival (MIFF). This year’s MIFF featured nearly 100 films, 23 of which…