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Jun
29
Sat
Wavy Days Beer Fest @ Thompson's Point
Jun 29 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wavy Days Beer Fest @ Thompson's Point | Portland | Maine | United States

WAVY DAYS BEER FEST 2024 WILL BE BACK AT THOMPSON’S POINT IN PORTLAND, MAINE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH

Sample beers from over 55 breweries from across the country at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine. Hosted by Mast Landing Brewing Company.

Mast Landing Brewing Company’s Wavy Days Festival is a multi-day celebration that brings together exceptional breweries from across the country. The weekend centers around Wavy Days Beer Fest on Saturday, June 29th at 12:00pm at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine.

Your ticket includes an unlimited sampling of beers from 55+ breweries, a special Wavy Days tasting glass, access to 9+ food vendors, music, and more!

In an attempt to give all attendees a VIP experience at Wavy Days Beer Fest, there will not be VIP tickets sold for this event.

Stay tuned as we announce guest breweries and more fun details about the event!

All attendees must be 21+ to enter. Sorry, no pets.

*The limited amount of discounted Early Bird Tickets have sold out*

Aug
24
Sat
Portland Fine Craft Show 2024 @ Free Street Parking Lot
Aug 24 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

2024 PORTLAND FINE CRAFT SHOW

Saturday, August 24, 2024 | 10am – 5pm
Free Street Parking Area, 120 Free Street, Portland ME
Admission is free and open to the public!

Featuring approximately 100 juried exhibitors from Maine and the Northeast exhibiting fine craft in the following media categories: baskets, ceramics, fiber-decorative, fiber-wearables, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, printmaking, stone and wood, as well as outreach booths featuring New England and Portland arts organizations, international artists new to Maine, guilds and schools by special invitation, and several sponsor booths. The Portland Fine Craft Show remains one of the only Maine craft shows open to artists not living in Maine, and has a reputation for being well-organized and high quality, with high attendance.

2024 SHOW JURORS

Exhibitors of the Portland Fine Craft Show are selected using a jury process by three members of the New England craft community with the assistance of Juried Art Services.

PATRICK COUGHLIN – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & PROGRAM CHAIR OF CERAMICS AT MAINE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN

Patrick Coughlin is an interdisciplinary American artist. He has exhibited work in China, Italy, Japan, and throughout the United States. Patrick is an Associate Professor and Program Chair of Ceramics at Maine College of Art & Design.. Prior to Maine Patrick Worked in Jingdezhen, the ceramic center of China. He was an assistant in the design studio, working with local artisans to create ceramic designs for a global market and managing the Education Center, facilitating international exchange and instruction.

Patrick has attended residencies in Japan, Italy, and the United States. In addition, he has been a visiting lecturer at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, and TAFA-Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in Tianjin, China. Patrick was a year-long resident artist for the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in NYC, a 2021 Fleisher Wind Challenge recipient, and was selected as a Windgate Visual Artist Fellow from The Center for Emerging Visual Artists.

TANYA CRANE – PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE, METAL SMFA AT TUFTS

Crane received her MFA in Metalsmithing + Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015, and her BFA in Metal from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Currently, Crane is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. She is the 2018 SNAG Emerging Artist selected to present at SOFA Chicago, the 2017 recipient of the Society of Arts and Crafts Artist Award, a Haystack Mountain School Artist Residency 2017 recipient, and a participant in the Smitten Forum Metalsmithing Residency at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico 2018. She exhibited her work in a solo exhibition, Tributaries: Polarity, Exposing the Tensity, at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Her work was recently acquired for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection and the Stewart Foundation for Modern Design in Montreal, CN.

ANTHONY ANDERSON – FOUNDER, EDITOR, PUBLISHER OF MAINE GALLERY + STUDIO GUIDE 

Anthony Anderson has been the editor and publisher of Maine Gallery + Studio Guide for 23 years. He is a University of Maine graduate with a BS in Communications. He lives and works in Lucerne-in-Maine with wife Suzanne Anderson, a jewelry designer for “Artful Home,” and a MECA grad. Anderson spent his early summers in Venice, in the shadow of the Guggenheim, and has been a life-long lover of art and beauty.