By Louisa | Published:
March 21, 2013
For me, one of the only things that comes close to making art is viewing art. That’s why I am so excited for the 4th annual Show and Tell Gallery! Through March 27th, we’re accepting art submissions from children and teens on the autism spectrum. We’re eager to see a wide variety of art in [...]
By Chris S. | Published:
October 25, 2012
Last April, I received a large manila envelope from Skillin Elementary School. Inside I found a stack of handwritten letters from every student in Diana Violette’s second grade classroom asking me to build a live penguin exhibit here at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Each letter offered a persuasive argument for the exhibit, [...]
We’re in the home stretch of exhibit construction for Child Inventor Service, an exhibit that explores engineering through the eyes of Sandy, a young problem-solver, and her clubhouse full of exhibits and inventions. This is our first all-new, permanent exhibit since we opened We Are Maine in 2006, and we couldn’t be more proud! All of our [...]
By Lucy | Published:
April 10, 2012
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine’s Show and Tell Gallery opens on April 13 with a special party for artists and their families. The exhibit, which features paintings, drawings and sculpture created by 27 local children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), opens in April in honor of Autism Awareness Month, and will [...]
Nathan Walker is one of the artists whose work is currently showing in our stair tower gallery. The paintings on display are from his work as an illustrator and include works that were featured in Highlights Magazine and the new children’s book Floaty Feet. I wanted to interview Nate to learn the difference between an [...]
Rebecca Q Yankes is a freelance illustrator and artist who currently has work up in our stair tower gallery. The work she is exhibiting highlights her interest in natural science. Recently I asked her about her process and what inspires her, and learned that the creative process is as much analytical as it is aesthetic. [...]
By Becky | Published:
July 11, 2011
Hello, I’m Becky Gall, one of the Greenhouse Education Interns here at the Museum. During the fall and spring, I’m a student at the University of Maine, Orono, studying Human Nutrition and Dietetics. I’m lucky to be part of such a great team this summer, working outside sharing what I know about nutrition and gardening [...]
By Stacy | Published:
April 11, 2011
Stacy Normand is a Cultural Programs intern at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. She is blogging about the Youth Imagine Project. Read her previous posts here. It seems like everywhere we look, someone new wants to help with our new greenhouse! Alias, one of our Youth Imagine volunteers, has decided that he wants to help [...]
By Stacy | Published:
March 28, 2011
Stacy Normand is a Cultural Programs intern at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. She is blogging about the Youth Imagine Project. Read her first post here. Have you peeked out into our backyard lately? Have you noticed a new addition? We have a greenhouse now! Isn’t that exciting? We have started planting lots of [...]
By Chris S. | Published:
August 18, 2010
The latest addition to Galen Richmond’s evolving sound sculpture was installed this month. Coming to visual art from a background in music, his work frequently involves sound sculptures built from discarded electronic parts. This work is an interactive experiment in the transformation of electricity to sound and a look at how different electronic components shape [...]
