All local art for sale. Across the street at MECA, catch FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK Tim Bevington's rock'n roll exhibit downstairs at the Bob Crewe Gallery. Of course SPACE and The UMVA "The ego seeks Gallery are nearby and Think Tank, Mechanics' Hall & to divide and OCT 5 SPOTLIGHT Craft Association are directly across Congress separate. and definitely worth a visit. Jo Goiran has a fascinating The spirit exhibit at Sanctuary Tattoo (#5 on the map) and seeks to unify The Rabkin Foundation (# 12) showcases beloved and heal." Dorothea and her sister in a special photo exhibition. - Pema Chodron First Friday Art Walk is expanding! Don't forget to stop 2 0 1 8 into Maine Historical Society, Portland Public Library, and The Chamber, all on your way down Congress to PORTLAND DANCE MONTH the Maine Jewish Museum. First Friday also extends October 10 - November 11 out to Woodfords Corner, beyond Longfellow Square, This month-long framework is designed to celebrate dance and performance Creative Portland will welcome a rousing trio, down Free Street to Pinecone + Chickadee, and locally while building audiences for the artform. The Greater Portland area Acoustic Driftwood, into our gallery at 84 Free Street through the to Casco Bay Artisans on the will have the opportunity to attend eighteen performances in six different from 6:30-8pm while you enjoy the last few weeks water. For a complete listing of art walk participants, venues along with five dance workshops and one artist fundraising class, of our "(Almost) Black & White" juried exhibition. log onto portlandartwalk.org. all open to the community. International dance artist Riley​ Watts ​has partnered with performance artist and non-profit consultantSara ​ Juli to​ organize a framework to highlight the vibrant dance and performance culture in Greater Portland. Opportunities to strengthen inter-institutional be on the look out for... relationships, expand audiences through shared marketing, and highlight the increasing momentum of professional dance events happening across the BUILDINGS FOR ALL TIMES AND SEASONS: city compiment events ranging from dance workshops to works-in-progress THE WORK OF THOMAS J. SPARROW showings to formal concert evenings. Mechanics' Hall | 519 Congress Street, 3rd Floor October 10 | 7pm 18 PERFORMANCES • 6 DIFFERENT VENUES 6 EXCITING WORKSHOPS • 1 AMAZING MONTH OF DANCE On Wednesday, October 10th, Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth will lecture on the making of Mechanics’ Hall and the portlanddancemonth.com untold story of its architect, Thomas J. Sparrow. This is a ticketed event to benefit a new era of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Association (MCMA) and support the work of its current mission Pathways to inspire and enrich the community by promoting ingenuity, Institute of Contemporary Art at creativity, innovation, and the diffusion of useful knowledge. Ticket Maine College of Art | 522 Congress Street sales will contribute seed money towards retaining an Executive Exhibition Opening October 5 | 5–8pm Director to sustain the work of MCMA's current mission. General Admission is $25. Tickets will only be available for purchase online at Migration, mobility, and displacement is the story of our mainemechanics.org. Photo credit MCMA. era. The artists in Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways challenge the idea that migration is an exception mainemechanics.org Photo credit: Maine Charitable Mechanic Assocication or a crisis, showing viewers that migration is now the norm, inscribed in our landscapes, memories, bodies, and Lead Sponsor: Sponsors: imaginings.

In addition to the exhibition, Making Migration Visible is a state-wide initiative featuring events by dozens of partnering Eric Gottesman, Jordan Is Not A Country/Desert Fence, pigment print organizations offering parallel exhibitions, film screenings, Creative Portland's mission is to support the creative economy through the arts by providing essential resources, by fostering performances, lectures, community dinners, poetry, and more. partnerships, and by promoting Portland's artistic talents and cultural assets. As the official nonprofit arts agency, we support economic development efforts by strengthening and stimulating our workforce, creative industries, and enterprises. meca.edu/traces Creative Portland | 84 Free Street | 207-370-4784 | [email protected] | creativeportland.com Creative Portland | 84 Free Street | 207-370-4784 | [email protected] | creativeportland.com MARYLAND

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CODMAN CONCORD Woodford's Corner 1 OUTER CONGRESS 11 The Apohadion Theater 23 City Hall 64 The Dogfish Bar & Grille

SAUNDERS NORWOOD HERSEY 1 Thompson's Point 12 The Public Works 24 Coffee By Design 65 CLIFTON The Dooryard 2 25 Congress Square Gallery 66 VANNAH WEST END ARTS DISTRICT The Fresnel Theater VARD

ARTS & CULTURE MAPNEVENS 2 PelotonLabs 13 Able Baker Contemporary 26 Congress Square Park 67 The Jewel Box

BOULE WOODFORD 3 PrintCraft 14 Art House Picture Frames 27 coworkHERS 68 The UMVA Gallery with WOODFORD 4 Seventy FiveBAXTER State Street 15 AURA 28 Creative Portland 69 Think Tank Gallery

BEACON MELROSE ARLINGTON 5 The Fire Museum 16 Bakery Studios 29 Dorothea & Leo Rabkin 70 Todd Webb Archives

REVERE 98 17 3 CLIFTON 6 The Francis And Bolster, Snow & Co. Blue 3 Foundation OLD PORT 99 18 71 ART WALK LISTINGS FOREST 7 Victoria Mansion Bomb Diggity Arts 30 First Parish Church Casco Bay Artisans LINCOLN COYLE

LINCOLN 12 WEST BAYSIDE 19 Border Patrol 31 Finn Teach Mini-Gallery 72 Dobrá Tea

BELMONT COYLE 8 Fork Food Lab 20 Bridge Gallery 32 Grant Wahlquist Gallery 73 Dockfore Join in a free self-guided tour of local art galleries, art DEERING 100 studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the first COYLE 9 New System Exhibitions & New Fruit 21 Broken Crow Collective 33 Greater Portland Landmarks 74 Gallery INDIAN Friday of every month from 5 to 8pm. 10 Studio Still Life 22 Children’s Museum & Theatre 34 Jan Ter Weele Studio 75 Greenhut Gallery ASHMONT 35 Le Bureau 76 ASHMONT LINDEN Higher Grounds COTTAGE DARTMOUTHFOREST PARK 36 Lincoln Park 77 Maine Potters Market PROSPECT BEACON 11 95 9 FOREST 37 Longfellow Square 78 Portland Art Gallery LONGFELLOW 96 97 HOLWELL NOYES 38 Maine College Of Art 79 Process / Art At Akari 2 OAKDALE 8 LONGFELLOW DEERING 39 Maine Craft Portland 80 The Blazin' Ace 6 DARTMOUTH DEVONSHIRE WILLIAM

PITT 90 Maine Historical Society & 81 12 40 The Telling Room 3 The Longfellow Garden 82 The Press Hotel

10 41 Mainely Frames & Gallery 83 Vena’s Fizz House 42 Maine Surfers Union 3 EAST END 43 Mechanics’ Hall (MCMA) 84 Abyssinian Meeting House 44 Merrill Auditorium 85 Coffee By Design 94 45 Monument Square 86 Maine Jewish Museum 59 88 46 One Longfellow Square 87 Maine Narrrow Gauge Railroad 34 54 Pinecone+Chickadee 88 Mayo Street Arts 31 63 13 47 18 56 19 44 48 Port City Music Hall 89 Ocean Gateway 37 25 35 41 69 40 52 17 61 26 39 43 53 30 27 23 49 Portland House of Music 90 Portland Pottery 46 67 91 86 50 Portland Media Center 91 Print: A Bookstore 48 68 45 24 21 20 60 38 57 92 29 Portland Museum Of Art 92 St. Lawrence Arts 51 50 55 32 82 51 22 64 36 93 15 Portland Public Library 93 28 66 49 52 Urban Dwellings 65 42 5 58 53 Portland Regional Chamber 94 Venn + Maker 47 72 62 54 Portland Stage 3 EAST BAYSIDE 33 79 74 55 Portland Symphony Orchestra 95 Running With Scissors 16 14 84 Publication Studio 96 Urban Farm Fermentory 70 85 56 78 75 57 Public Market House 3 OAKDALE 4 58 Roux & Cyr International 97 University of Southern Maine 7 3 3 Fine Art Gallery 3 WOODFORDS CORNER 80 83 76 59 Sanctuary Tattoo 98 SPEEDWELL projects 77 81 60 SPACE 99 The Bakery Photo Collective 73 89 87 61 State Theatre 100 Portland Ballet 62 Stockbridge Collection 3 METRO Bus Station 63 The Art Department 101 Richard Boyd Art Gallery 71 First Friday Art Walk Participants

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