An art event sponsored jointly by Spirits Alive and SEA.
Click HERE to Register
Artists
in all media are invited to register and submit original
creations inspired by the Eastern Cemetery by visiting,
learning and perhaps working on this historic site. In
June, July and August, we have set aside specific days and
hours when we invite you to take an introductory tour of
and explore this National Historic Trust site. (See dates
below.)
The goal
of this event is to (re)introduce and aquaint artists with
the Eastern Cemetery, have them create a body of work, and
bring that work to the community-at-large.
Work will be submitted early in September with the first
exhibition set for September 15, 2007 at the
North Star Café on 225
Congress Street across from the Eastern Cemetery during
Munjfest, the annual Munjoy Hill Festival. The exhibition
will then move to
Casco Bay Frames at the
Back Cove Hannaford Plaza in Portland and remain through
mid-October. A venue for performance artists will also be
announced.
Registration is
required and
free, and
artists are asked to donate 20 percent of the proceeds of
any work sold through the Beyond
the Gates exhibition.
Spirits Alive will will use its half of the proceeds
towards Eastern Cemetery headstone conservation, and the
SEA will allocate its proceeds to fund holiday lighting for
Portland's East End.
Beyond
the Gates Dates*
Saturday,
June 16th
2:00
pm to 5:00 pm
Tour at 2:00 pm; artists may work inside the
cemetery until 5:00 pm
Sunday,
July 22, 2007
10:00 am
to 2:00 pm
Tour
at 10:00 am; artists may work inside the cemetery until
2:00 pm
Saturday,
August 11, 2007
2:00 pm
to 5:00 pm
Tour
at 2:00 pm; artists may work inside the cemetery until 5:00
pm
*Participation in one of these 30-minute tours on one of
these dates is required for all registrants.
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