Cool Painted Papers Class Cancelled

Due to lack of enrollment, the class for Saturday, August 24th, has been cancelled. This class will be offered again this Fall and is available as a special request, with one day notice. Email any interest to: theartincubator@gmail.com, or call 207-975-5228 and leave a message and I will get right back to you.

Classes for August & September

Cool Painted Papers:  August 21 and August 24  10:00 -2:00  $45.00

Are you looking for something to jazz up your collage? Ever dabbled in making cards and journals? Do you enjoy free style art? Then this is a class for you. We will spend a fun filled day creating painted papers, using colored paste, found objects and texture tools. You will leave with my recipes, a mini starter kit of tools, and a stack of one of a kind papers that are uniquely you.

Easy Monotype Printing: August 28 and August 30 10:00-2:00 $45.00 

Printmaking just stepped out of the kitchen. In this exciting workshop, we will explore the wonderful qualities of prints made on a bed of gelatin.  The results, will have you whipping up a batch of gelatin, on a regular basis, and spending endless hours being mesmerized by your work. You never know what you will get, but I guarantee lots of serendipitous moments.

Simple Book Structures: September 4 and September 6  10:00 - 2:00 $45.00 

Jump right in, or if you prefer, gently dip your toes in the Book Arts pool, by learning the simple accordion fold and the wonderful varieties that can be achieved from this technique. From the beginning pamphlet stitch to the more complex Coptic binding, Iʼm ready to share my knowledge of making wonderful books.

These adult classes require pre-registration. Send an email to theartincubator@gmail.com or call 207-975-5228. More information and additional classes can be found at 

 Midcoast Surface Design Workshops. 

Paste Paper

If you look closely at the pictures of the studio workspace, you will see one of my artistic passions in life, Paste Paper. When you come to take a workshop, you will leave with the recipes, a starter kit of tools, and learned skills to create this fun, surface designed, painted paper...it's like finger painting for adults. Here's my little bit of show and tell.

This Spring, The Art Incubator will be offering classes in this easy technique. Hope you can come play! 

Historic Downtown Rockland, Maine

The Art Incubator is located above Mace's (website is currently under construction) at 367 Main Street, Rockland, Maine, in the heart of the Historic Downtown. Lyn Snow Gallery is on the left and Dowling Walsh Gallery is on the right.

We are directly across the street from the Farnsworth Art Museum

This picture was taken before the Robert Indiana installation and the jazzy white awnings.

Here's the view to Harbor Square Gallery and the Island Institute on the opposite corner.

There's so much to see and do...I'll be sharing friends and favorites as we go along...after all, we have been here for over 29 years!

New Year

Welcome to The Art Incubator Blog, designed to inform, inspire and connect creative spirits to develop a community of artists. With the help of my friends, this forum will serve as a learning and teaching platform to share ideas, experiments and wonder. This is my first attempt at using Blogger, and my teacher has given me the tools to get started...Let's see what we can do together.

This is an image of the physical space that The Art Incubator occupies. Over 800 square feet of workspace, kitchen, bath and relaxing room to explore, discover and acquire artistic skills.

More pictures to give you a feel of this wonderful space...

Just imagine the inspired art that could be discovered here.