Wiscasset Art Walk wraps for season
In the last Wiscasset Art Walk of the season Sept. 27, Wiscasset artist Barbara Welborn works on a sketch. Behind her is a double-canvas, 30-inch wide, 4-foot tall multi-media self-portrait inspired by her native Alaska. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset's Mark Sorensen enjoys the Sept. 27 art walk with Daisy "the wonder dog." SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
On Main Street after dark Sept. 27, New Hope for Women's community-based advocate for Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, Mary Hanley, holds up a tee shirt that carries the words of a domestic violence survivor. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Susan Ballentine and brother David Jolin, both of Spokane, Washington, check out the menu on the Taco the Town food truck at the Sept. 27 Wiscasset Art Walk. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset artist Krishnabai, with her Pomeranian Anima, talks with Art walk attendees. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Lincoln County Historical Association Executive Director Kerry Cushing, right, of Newcastle mans the organization's display. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Gail Opatz of Winona, Minnesota talks with BIRCH co-owner Greg Uthoff. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset's Michele Johnson with her 6-month-old, Isabella. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Married with Chitlins performs. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
In the last Wiscasset Art Walk of the season Sept. 27, Wiscasset artist Barbara Welborn works on a sketch. Behind her is a double-canvas, 30-inch wide, 4-foot tall multi-media self-portrait inspired by her native Alaska. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset's Mark Sorensen enjoys the Sept. 27 art walk with Daisy "the wonder dog." SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
On Main Street after dark Sept. 27, New Hope for Women's community-based advocate for Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, Mary Hanley, holds up a tee shirt that carries the words of a domestic violence survivor. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Susan Ballentine and brother David Jolin, both of Spokane, Washington, check out the menu on the Taco the Town food truck at the Sept. 27 Wiscasset Art Walk. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset artist Krishnabai, with her Pomeranian Anima, talks with Art walk attendees. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Lincoln County Historical Association Executive Director Kerry Cushing, right, of Newcastle mans the organization's display. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Gail Opatz of Winona, Minnesota talks with BIRCH co-owner Greg Uthoff. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset's Michele Johnson with her 6-month-old, Isabella. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Married with Chitlins performs. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
David Jolin and Susan Barrentine didn't know about the final installment of this year's Wiscasset Art Walk Sept.27. The Spokane, Washington siblings and other family members were southbound to Freeport on vacation around Maine and Massachusetts.
"We were just passing through. It was a happy surprise," Jolin said about the event after the family ordered at the window of Brunswick-based food truck Taco the Town. Married with Chitlins was singing and playing nearby.
Barrentine praised the event's art, food, music, open storefronts, "and incredibly friendly people. This is absolutely amazing."
The last one of the year was also one of the driest. Co-organizer Lucia Droby, also stopping by the food truck after dark, noted the walk got rain this year, for the first time. "And we had it for a second time, and we almost had it a third time. So it was different, but people really hung in, and I think our art and music has been as wonderful as ever."
New Hope for Women returned with artwork from domestic violence survivors. New Hope's community-based advocate for Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, Mary Hanley, also had pamphlets and noted New Hope offers free presentations. To learn more, call 882-6222.
Lincoln County Historical Association Executive Director Kerry Cushing of Newcastle was sharing about LCHA and seeking new members.
Barbara Welborn was in the pop-up gallery that featured her works including a double-canvas, 30-inch wide, 4-foot high multi-media self portrait, "Jungle Prom," she said had to do with living in Anchorage, Alaska, where she was born. The Wiscasset artist is a member of the arts nonprofits Spindleworks in Brunswick and SpinOff in Gardiner.
Sitting at a sidewalk table for the henna tattoos she creates with the plant-based dye, fellow Wiscasset artist Krishnabai had her Pomeranian Anima with her. His name is Sanskrit for the power to be very small, she said.
BIRCH co-owner Greg Uthoff said the business did well with this year's walk. The walk still draws local shoppers, he said. And it draws tourists to the area, he added. "So it’s a great event for them, too.” Winona, Minnesota’s Gail Opatz bought photography prints at BIRCH and said she was seeing some local history and a lot of beautiful places on the walk.
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