Join us on Saturday, October 31, to wheatpaste posters across the city for ARISE!—a poetry and augmented-reality poster project dreamed up by TempoArt-commissioned poet Arisa White and artist Pame Chévez. Throw on your favorite Halloween costume and help us turn the city into a living poem! Whether you’re a seasoned street artist or just looking
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Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 9:00 am–4:00 pm North End Boat Launch → Maine Maritime Museum, Bath Free and open to the public · Registration required · Lunch provided What stories surface when we look at Maine’s maritime history from the waterline and when we peer between the ribs of the ships that built its
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TEMPOart announced late last year that it has selected three Maine-based artists for its 2026 season of temporary public art installations. Last year marked a major milestone for the organization’s 10th anniversary – along with this milestone comes a new, expanded approach to commissioning public art in Portland. The 2026 cohort includes Aquarius Funkk, Veronica
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Indigo Arts Alliance is an organization focused on supporting contemporary Black and Brown artists and opening doors to artists of color worldwide. It’s doing all of this from its home in an unlikely place: Maine. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Watch the video segment here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/maine-arts-residency-gives-black-and-brown-artists-a-platform-to-develop-their-craft https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/maine-arts-residency-gives-black-and-brown-artists-a-platform-to-develop-their-craft
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A Conversation Across Mediums (Part 1), by Shanta Lee Some say that pop music artist Prince lived it. Others say Octavia Butler was the early scribe of it. Artists like Sun Ra manifested it through sound. The “it” in question is Afrofuturism. You may have heard the phrase or you may have some idea of
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This episode features Arisa White, an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College. As the creator of the Beautiful Things Project, Arisa curates poetic collaborations that are rooted in Black queer women’s ways of knowing. Arisa is also working on an opera. Please enjoy her sharing of her artistic endeavors and her
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The Golden Crown Literary Awards are presented every year during the Annual Conference and recognize excellence in women-loving-women and sapphic literature.
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As the creator of the Beautiful Things Project, Arisa curates poetic collaborations that are rooted in Black queer women’s ways of knowing. She is a Cave Canem fellow and serves on the board of directors for Foglifter and Nomadic Press, as well as the Community Advisory Board for Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Arisa is
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