The Commons Eastport-Eastport,Maine
The Commons is a place-based gallery of works by more than 90 local Downeast artists and artisans. Located in a lovingly-restored 1887 brick building on Eastport's waterfront, The Commons is locally owned and managed, and open year-round. Our byword is "natural"; our .......
Sewing Cats and Birds--Anne Dominick-Hancock,Maine
I am a photographer and fabric patchworker. As photographer I currently, with camera in hand, spend many hours searching, waiting, and hoping for just the right thing to happen--right in front of me, of course. Cats, horses, birds, and detailed nature are my favorite topics. I also process .......
Nancy Asante's 250 words on the beginnings of The Commons
I've been a teacher most of my life; the impulse to help others has always been second nature to me. When the nine of us women came together in the summer of 2003 to purchase the old Hayscale Building on the waterfront in Eastport, Maine, the easternmost city in the .......
Sculpting with Pastels
One of the beauties of pastels is its dry layering. This is one of the few DRY mediums. This means if the artist has a delicate touch and flexible wrist, one layer after another can be applied allowing for the previous layers to show between the particles of .......
