Annex Arts

 

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SUPPORTING ARTISTS, BUILDING COMMUNITY

Located in the heart of Castine, Maine, Annex Arts is an artist residency program and a center for workshops, panel discussions, screenings, and community events. We offer residencies in visual and media arts, literary arts, and performing arts.  

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Our Mission

Our mission is to support artists and the arts as agents of personal, institutional, and community change. Our residency supports the creation of new work and facilitates meaningful opportunities for public interaction with our artists and programs. We aim to connect community with new ideas, perspectives, and approaches as a way of weaving vibrancy, resilience, and social connection into the fabric of our daily lives.

HOW DO WE DO THIS?

Annex Arts offers residencies to visual, media, literary, and performing artists. We offer free space to live and work on the coast of Maine during the months of June, July, and August and design free public programming inspired by our visiting and local artists and their work all summer long.

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Artists-in-Residence Archive

Meet the artists, writers, and scholars who have inspired us and made our programs exceptional.

October 2019

  The two+ weeks I spent in Castine were the first stretch of uninterrupted time that I have had to work in that way for 17 years, and it was mind-blowingly productive for me.

I really liked the feeling of being part of a greater community while I was there. I liked that I was able to meet some of the local artists, specifically the painters. My mind was opened up to possibilities that I hadn’t imagined before.

Sara MacCulloch / Annex Fellow 2019

 

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