First Friday Art Walk (Portland, ME)

First Friday Art Walk (Portland, ME) The First Friday Art Walk is a monthly arts and cultural event that takes place on the first Friday of every month in Portland, Maine. Still have questions?

FFAW is a program of Creative Portland (formerly PACA), the city's local arts agency. Portland’s Art Walk is a free self-guided tour of art galleries, art studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the First Friday of every month from 5-8pm. FOR ARTISTS

http://www.creativeportland.com/arts/first-friday-art-walk-information/artist-venue

FOR VENUES

http://www.creativeportland.com/arts/first

-friday-art-walk-information/vendors


FOOD VENDORS

If you wish to sell food during Art Walk, you will need to get a permit from the City. Start by contacting Ted Musgrave (Special Activities Coordinator) at the City of Portland: (207) 756-8275 or at [email protected]. PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS

If you wish to set up a table to distribute information during the First Friday Art Walk, you are afforded the same First Amendment protections as street artists and are bound by the same public safety regulations. We do ask that political and social activism groups honor the mission of the Art Walk to provide a low-barrier way for the public to engage with its arts community. Email us at info(at)creativeportland.com for more information.

Creative Portland is seeking a new full-time Operations & Program Coordinator position, in an opportunity to work four d...
08/30/2023

Creative Portland is seeking a new full-time Operations & Program Coordinator position, in an opportunity to work four days in office and one day at home.
Are you a detail-oriented, tech savvy, people person who is an excellent problem-solver, writer and customer service representative, who ALSO happens to love the ARTS and Portland, MAINE?

If so, please get in touch with us!
[email protected]

Operations & Program Coordinator Job Description Full-time position. Salary 42K plus (reimbursable marketplace) health benefitsCreative Portland is a 501c(3) non-profit organization and is the off...

Join us in Monument Square on October 1, 5-8pm for the First Friday Art Walk Summer Stage!
09/27/2021

Join us in Monument Square on October 1, 5-8pm for the First Friday Art Walk Summer Stage!

First Friday Art Walk Summer Stage in Monument Square showcases Maine musicians and performance artists live in Monument Square 5 - 8pm

Art Galleries are open to public. Check their websites or see schedule below.
01/01/2021

Art Galleries are open to public. Check their websites or see schedule below.

06/03/2020

03/31/2020
03/06/2020

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METRO (Greater Portland Transit District) buses are free from 4:00PM-8:00PM TONIGHT in celebration of First Friday Art Walk!

"Harp Instrument Petting Zoo"Portland Public Library with Portland Symphony OrchrestraATRIUM, 5 Monument Square, Portlan...
03/06/2020

"Harp Instrument Petting Zoo"
Portland Public Library with Portland Symphony Orchrestra
ATRIUM, 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME

PSO Principal Harpist Ina Zdorovetchi will host an PSO Instrument Petting Zoo at the Portland Public Library Friday, March 6 from 4 – 6 PM. She’ll play a short demonstration on her harp and then anyone and everyone who wants to can play the PSO Instrument Petting Zoo mini-harp.

METRO (Greater Portland Transit District) 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9

"The Fireman"Portland Public Art CommitteeCorner of Pearl & Congress StreetThe Fireman Statue, carved out of white grani...
03/05/2020

"The Fireman"
Portland Public Art Committee
Corner of Pearl & Congress Street

The Fireman Statue, carved out of white granite from North Jay, Maine, was designed and created by Edward Souther Griffin in 1898. Installed on the Western Promenade at the head of West Street in 1898, and moved around 1902 to the Fireman’s Relief Association lot in Evergreen Cemetery, it finally landed at the Central Fire Station on the corner of Pearl Street and Congress Street in 1987. The artist, Edward Griffin, was most remembered for his ship figurehead carvings that adorned the bows of many sailing ships from Maine to Massachusetts. The heyday of this work was from 1860 to 1885. When sailing ship construction died out, Mr. Griffin went from pine to granite for a new carving medium. The Fireman Statue was his first major stone carving commission. Edward Griffin, in addition to being a fine artist, was a veteran member of the fire department. He is probably remembered more for his work as a craftsman than as a fine artist because his beautiful woodcarvings were exposed to the elements and slowly destroyed. There is very little of his figurehead work still in existence except in private collections.

METRO (Greater Portland Transit District) Routes 1, 7, 8 & 9

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Portland’s Art Walk is a free self-guided tour of art galleries, art studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the First Friday of every month from 5-8pm. FOR ARTISTS http://www.creativeportland.com/arts/first-friday-art-walk-information/artist-venue FOR VENUES http://www.creativeportland.com/arts/first-friday-art-walk-information/vendors FOOD VENDORS If you wish to sell food during Art Walk, you will need to get a permit from the City. Start by contacting Ted Musgrave (Special Activities Coordinator) at the City of Portland: (207) 756-8275 or at [email protected]. PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS If you wish to set up a table to distribute information during the First Friday Art Walk, you are afforded the same First Amendment protections as street artists and are bound by the same public safety regulations. We do ask that political and social activism groups honor the mission of the Art Walk to provide a low-barrier way for the public to engage with its arts community. Still have questions? Email us at info(at)creativeportland.com for more information.