Schoodic Arts Festival

July 19 - August 8, 2026

2026 Workshops and Performances to be announced soon!

Celebrate the 28th Festival with us!

Past Festival Events - 2025

Sunday, July 20

Opening Celebration

Hammond Hall 12-2pm

Featured

Festival Opening Celebration - Ice Cream Social

Festival Opening Celebration - Ice Cream Social

Tuesday, July 22

The Big Event Calendar

Abstract Landscape in Gouache, Watercolor, Mixed Media with Kat Logan - FULL

Abstract Landscape in Gouache, Watercolor, Mixed Media with Kat Logan - FULL

Painting Silk Mandalas with Helena Melone

Painting Silk Mandalas with Helena Melone

Sketchbook Journal - Carrying It, Opening It, Filling It with Wendilee Heath O’Brien

Sketchbook Journal - Carrying It, Opening It, Filling It with Wendilee Heath O’Brien

Drawing Like the Masters with Silverpoint with Kat Logan

Drawing Like the Masters with Silverpoint with Kat Logan

Drawing for Beginners with Mary Laury

Drawing for Beginners with Mary Laury

Wednesday, July 23

The Big Event Calendar

Needle Felted 2-D Owl with Lyn Slade

Needle Felted 2-D Owl with Lyn Slade

Collaborative Collage on Cloth: Block Printing on Fabric with Helena Melone - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Collaborative Collage on Cloth: Block Printing on Fabric with Helena Melone - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Mindful Flow: Sparking Creativity with Neurographic Art with Camille Kouyoumdjian - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Mindful Flow: Sparking Creativity with Neurographic Art with Camille Kouyoumdjian - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Learn to Paint in Oils in a Day! with Kat Logan - FULL

Learn to Paint in Oils in a Day! with Kat Logan - FULL

Watercolor Basics with Mary Laury (Multiple Day)

Watercolor Basics with Mary Laury (Multiple Day)

Thursday, July 24

Featured

Beginner Cape Breton Step Dance with Angela Szucs - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Beginner Cape Breton Step Dance with Angela Szucs - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Needle Felted 2-D Oceanscape with Lyn Slade

Needle Felted 2-D Oceanscape with Lyn Slade

Learn to Draw and Paint BIRDS with Kat Logan - FULL

Learn to Draw and Paint BIRDS with Kat Logan - FULL

Intuition and Art, Finding the Sacred, Collage and Mixed Media with Kat Logan

Intuition and Art, Finding the Sacred, Collage and Mixed Media with Kat Logan

Friday, July 25

Featured

Meetinghouse Theatre Lab presents: “Never Say No to Adventure” by Merle Bragdon - a Staged Reading

Meetinghouse Theatre Lab presents: “Never Say No to Adventure” by Merle Bragdon - a Staged Reading

Needle Felted Sea Life Panel with Maureen Andrew

Needle Felted Sea Life Panel with Maureen Andrew

Learn to Draw Your Self Portrait with Kat Logan

Learn to Draw Your Self Portrait with Kat Logan

Wet Felted Vessels with Maureen Andrew - FULL

Wet Felted Vessels with Maureen Andrew - FULL

Contemporary, Expressive Drawing with Charcoal with Kat Logan

Contemporary, Expressive Drawing with Charcoal with Kat Logan

Puppetry in Performance with Mark Lerman - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Puppetry in Performance with Mark Lerman - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Saturday, July 26

The Big Event Calendar

Amy Love - Performance

Amy Love - Performance

The Acadia Barn Cats - Matinee Performance

The Acadia Barn Cats - Matinee Performance

Decorative Oyster Shells with JoAnn Townsend - FULL

Decorative Oyster Shells with JoAnn Townsend - FULL

Wading into Wax! - Beginner Encaustic Painting with Edith Beatty (Multiple Day)

Wading into Wax! - Beginner Encaustic Painting with Edith Beatty (Multiple Day)

Sunday, July 27

The Big Event Calendar

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers: The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow - Matinee Performance

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers: The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow - Matinee Performance

Basics of Celtic Design with Arthur Ketchen - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Basics of Celtic Design with Arthur Ketchen - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Shibori with Diana Quinn

Shibori with Diana Quinn

Tuesday, July 29

The Big Event Calendar

Beginner Irish Soft Shoe Dance with Angela Szucs - Registration closed

Beginner Irish Soft Shoe Dance with Angela Szucs - Registration closed

Woodturning I with Mike Summerer - FULL

Woodturning I with Mike Summerer - FULL

I Can See Clearly Now with Wendilee Heath O’Brien

I Can See Clearly Now with Wendilee Heath O’Brien

Jumping into Wax! - Intermediate Encaustic Painting with Edith Beatty (Multiple Day)

Jumping into Wax! - Intermediate Encaustic Painting with Edith Beatty (Multiple Day)

Wednesday, July 30

The Big Event Calendar

Whimsical Shorebirds with Steve Valleau (Multiple Day)

Whimsical Shorebirds with Steve Valleau (Multiple Day)

Wontons to Potstickers: Hands-on Dumpling Workshop with Chris Toy - FULL

Wontons to Potstickers: Hands-on Dumpling Workshop with Chris Toy - FULL

Silk, Silk, and more Silk! with Sandi Cirillo

Silk, Silk, and more Silk! with Sandi Cirillo

Handmade Ramen from Scratch with Chris Toy - FULL

Handmade Ramen from Scratch with Chris Toy - FULL

Thursday, July 31

The Big Event Calendar

Woodturning II with Mike Summerer - FULL

Woodturning II with Mike Summerer - FULL

Mobiles and Stabiles with Chris Toy - FULL

Mobiles and Stabiles with Chris Toy - FULL

Carving Chopsticks from Local, Salvaged Furniture Wood with Chris Toy

Carving Chopsticks from Local, Salvaged Furniture Wood with Chris Toy

Needle Felted Sea Creatures with Maureen Andrew

Needle Felted Sea Creatures with Maureen Andrew

Friday, August 1

The Big Event Calendar

Chelsea Berry - Performance

Chelsea Berry - Performance

Shibori Encore with Diana Quinn

Shibori Encore with Diana Quinn

Create Imaginative Mermaids & More in Clay with Randy Fein (Multiple Day)

Create Imaginative Mermaids & More in Clay with Randy Fein (Multiple Day)

Making Cinematic Photographs with Derek Hayes - Registration Closed

Making Cinematic Photographs with Derek Hayes - Registration Closed

The Joy of Carving Tiny Stamps with Norma Vela - FULL

The Joy of Carving Tiny Stamps with Norma Vela - FULL

Saturday, August 2

The Big Event Calendar

John John Brown: Songs, Stories & Art - Lessons from Strangers - Performance

John John Brown: Songs, Stories & Art - Lessons from Strangers - Performance

Artist Talk: Derek Hayes - Images as Mirror and Window

Artist Talk: Derek Hayes - Images as Mirror and Window

Creating Color with Wendilee Heath O’Brien - FULL

Creating Color with Wendilee Heath O’Brien - FULL

Embellished Felted Bowls with Sandi Cirillo

Embellished Felted Bowls with Sandi Cirillo

Wet Felted Landscapes with Sandi Cirillo

Wet Felted Landscapes with Sandi Cirillo

Sunday, August 3

The Big Event Calendar

Just Friends - Matinee Performance

Just Friends - Matinee Performance

Collage, Paper and Paint Oh My! with Lynn Amsterdam

Collage, Paper and Paint Oh My! with Lynn Amsterdam

Sunrise to Sunset: Watercolor for Beginners with Lori Scarlatos - FULL

Sunrise to Sunset: Watercolor for Beginners with Lori Scarlatos - FULL

Introduction to Printmaking with Pam Smith - FULL

Introduction to Printmaking with Pam Smith - FULL

Tuesday, August 5

The Big Event Calendar

Gyotaku Fish Printing with Diana Quinn

Gyotaku Fish Printing with Diana Quinn

Poster Art to Change the World! with Sonny Dean - Registration Closed

Poster Art to Change the World! with Sonny Dean - Registration Closed

Capturing Shadows: Paper & Fabric Cyanotype Prints with Katama Murray

Capturing Shadows: Paper & Fabric Cyanotype Prints with Katama Murray

Open Woodturning Session with Mike Summerer - FULL

Open Woodturning Session with Mike Summerer - FULL

Watercolor Painting Beyond Basics with Mary Laury

Watercolor Painting Beyond Basics with Mary Laury

Texture in Abstract with Lynn Amsterdam - Registration Closed

Texture in Abstract with Lynn Amsterdam - Registration Closed

Wednesday, August 6

The Big Event Calendar

Nuno Felted Scarf with Audra Christie

Nuno Felted Scarf with Audra Christie

Connecting to Place Through Nature Journaling with Emma Murray

Connecting to Place Through Nature Journaling with Emma Murray

Intermediate Songwriting with Chelsea Berry (Multiple Day)

Intermediate Songwriting with Chelsea Berry (Multiple Day)

Adjustable Handled Tote Basket with Martha Chessie - FULL

Adjustable Handled Tote Basket with Martha Chessie - FULL

Needle Felted Landscapes with Audra Christie

Needle Felted Landscapes with Audra Christie

Stitch a Flag: Landscape Embroidery with Emma Murray

Stitch a Flag: Landscape Embroidery with Emma Murray

Thursday, August 7

The Big Event Calendar

Watercolor Illustrations with Brooke Robinson Drew

Watercolor Illustrations with Brooke Robinson Drew

Painting Flower Portraits in Watercolor with Mary Laury

Painting Flower Portraits in Watercolor with Mary Laury

Pottery Handled Collectors Basket with Martha Chessie - FULL

Pottery Handled Collectors Basket with Martha Chessie - FULL

Friday, August 8

The Big Event Calendar

Gordon Thomas Ward - Performance

Gordon Thomas Ward - Performance

Mixin' it up with Vincent van Gogh with Sandi Cirillo

Mixin' it up with Vincent van Gogh with Sandi Cirillo

Plant Imprinting on Fabric with Sandi Cirillo

Plant Imprinting on Fabric with Sandi Cirillo

Saturday, August 9

The Big Event Calendar

Winter Harbor Music Festival - Performance

Winter Harbor Music Festival - Performance

Children’s Art Tent

Children’s Art Tent