Keywords: Arts and crafts
Item 10156
Outdoor crafts lesson at Camp Runoia, 1951
Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1951 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print
Item 10154
Camp Runoia craft shop, Belgrade Lake, 1951
Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1951 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print
Item 32066
88-90 Alba Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frances J Getchell Style: Vernacular - Arts & Crafts Use: Bungalow
Item 32266
173-177 Ashmont Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Carrol B Skillin Style: Vernacular - Arts & Crafts Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 109547
Shoe Factory for Moses Crafts, Auburn, 1886
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Auburn Client: Moses Crafts Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 111981
Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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Site Page
Music in Maine - Community Music
"Community and social groups like the Grange craft cultures, rituals, and music. Granges throughout the United States used the same song books during…"
Story
Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.
Story
My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry
My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Footsteps of Angels"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.