At the June Wiscasset Art Walk, Topsham’s Heather MacLeod played her penne whistle. She crossed Main Street and joined in some impromptu playing with other musicians. Sept. 29, she was spectating instead of performing. “And I’m the roadie for the classical guitar,” she said smiling as she looked toward her partner, Jonathan Waldo, playing a few feet away.

Inside Sylvan Gallery on Water Street, with a guitar he made, Waldo sat playing mostly 19th century compositions.

In Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Main Street, Wiscasset’s Dusty Jones, with a pinot noir, and daughter Addie Bova Jones, 8, with a peppermint patty and what her father described as sparkling lemonade, took in the art, and the jazz Dave Lawlor was playing  on electric guitar. Like Waldo, Lawlor is a WAW veteran. “Lucia is so gracious,” he said as one of the reasons he keeps coming back. Organizer Lucia Droby mingled with participants and early on played opposite husband Rick Burns on a set of logs called an Amadinda on the sidewalk. Later, Nancy Roby, enjoying the art walk with husband Wallace, stopped and played the instrument. Near it were cajons, or box drums, attendees could also play. Burns built the drums. 

Wiscasset Art Walk’s last edition of the season also had artists new to the event. In Village Handcraft, 52 Water St., the wreaths hanging behind Emily Bell-Hoerth’s setup were made of flowers the Chewonki teacher and camp director grew and dried at home in Wiscasset. On the other side of the room, the shop’s owner Eric McIntyre was laying out cookies. He opened the shop last November and took part in the art walk throughout its 2022 season.