Blue Hill, Maine - Local artist and gallery-owner Margret Baldwin will host a five-week series of art history film screenings at the Blue Hill Public Library, each paired with an optional, related hands-on workshop two days later. The film screenings are Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM, January 10th through February 7th. The related workshops are each subsequent Friday at 7:00 PM, beginning January 12th and going through February 9th.
These events are free and open to all, but space in the hands-on art workshops is limited. Registration for the art workshops will be taken at the film screening the previous Wednesday, and is limited to those who attend the films.
The complete schedule is as follows: January 10: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, paired with a cave painting art project on January 12; January 17: Michelangelo: Love and Death, followed by a subtractive sculpture art project on the January 19; January 24: Mr. Turner, followed by an atmospheric painting art project on January 26; January 31: Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh with a brushstrokes art project on February 2; February 7: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child will cap off the series with a graffiti art project on February 9.
Margret is a certified art instructor with 25 years in the public school system and private teaching experience. She expanded her exposure to art and artists through her curatorial experience during eight years of employment at the Blue Hill Public Library. She has exhibited widely and in the summer runs her neighborhood “Little Gallery” in Surry.
These events are sponsored by the library and supported by an “Arts and Humanities” grant from the Maine Humanities Council and Maine Arts Commission. For more information, contact Hannah at the library at hannah.cyrus@bhpl.net or 374-5515.
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