Treehugger recently highlighted the work of several artists working in a new medium- “eco-grafitti”. It’s cool stuff, read more here.

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This morning, as I grabbed my morning coffee, I noticed a familiar face on the front page of the NY Times Art Section. Denver’s Big Blue Bear was the cover girl (animal?) for an article about public art in the convention city.

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You may not want that yellow 1950’s vinyl chair, but I am sure John and Linda knows who will love it. Portland locals, Linda Wary and John Meyers, located a few blocks form Eli Phant, are collectors extraordinaire. They hunt religiously for the yard sale items that will fit perfectly in their next project, even if they don’t know what that next project is.

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On September 13th at Lincoln Park, over 70 vendors (maybe including you?) will set up their wares at the PICNIC Music and Arts Festival. There will also be live music from some of the best indie acts in Portland, including Metal Feathers, Cougars Kill Cobras, Dead End Armory, Huak and more!

To apply to be a vendor at the festival- fill out the online form. We’ll see you there!

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On my way to the Adirondacks, I made an overnight stop in Burlington, and at the last minute made reservations for breakfast Friday morning at Shelburne Farms. Check out my photos and first impressions on this special spot.

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As part of my trip across New England last weekend, I made a quick coffee stop in Montpelier. There I noticed a fun temporary public art project- Sculptcycle 2008. The unique art partnership has brought the work of more than 20 Vermont Artists to the streets of the state capital. Check out some pictures I took of the sculptures on my trip.

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A few weekends ago Sally and I brought the last couple bags of fleeces we had put aside to get processed at Hope Spinnery. Check out some of Peter’s pictures of the space, and read about this incredible Maine business.

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Thursday evening I joined Sally and the Portland Public Art Committee on Cushing Island to thank Carrie Marsh for the time and energy she dedicated to the committee during her time at City Hall. Carrie served as Portland’s Urban Designer from 2004-2008, pursuing Portland’s long history of sensitive planning and smart design. The City Council [...]

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Street Art is certainly turning a corner in little old Portland, Maine. For the past two years I have seen an emergence of street art and a consistently improving quality of work and content.

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Our intern Bitzy Mitchell designed the winning entry for the Portland Buy Local T-shirt design contest. Check out the design and what she said about it.

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The last few weeks we’ve been getting kind of crafty trying to get some branding and graphics together for our new retail store- Eli-Phant. I’ve included pictures of some of our projects, and even a quick how-to.

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In which Bitzy Mitchell introduces herself to the Port City World.

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Yesterday Bitsy (our new intern for Port City Studios) and I went over to watch Vivian Beer finish up the installation of her two public art pieces at Winslow Park. As co-chair of the Winslow Park Selection Committee with Jay York, I was part of the group that selected Vivian’s work for this location. It was a fun process, and it is particularly exciting to see the pieces in place.

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Submit a design for the Portland Buy Local T-shirt design contest. I’ve included submission instructions and guidelines in this post.

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I was in New Orleans over the weekend as part of a convening of grantees of the Andy Warhol Foundation. Walking around the Warehouse/Arts District I spotted this urban infill project.

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Seen at the Porch in the Seventh Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Not Our Problem Dude - Seen at a the Barrister’s Gallery in New Orleans. The story is that the NOPD is known to say, Not Our Problem Dude. The signs are cut out of sheet metal from junk cars and assembled into messages of all sorts. Artist Unknown

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This post was on the Wooster Collective a few weeks ago and I finally put 2 and 2 together. The graffiti art on the back of the train is an image of Elizabeth Cotton, original composer of the song “Freight Train” Watch the You Tube video!

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Salt Institute For Documentary Studies held it semi-annual student exhibition at Space Gallery on May 26th. The exhibit featured radio, writing, and photography pieces of stories from Maine. It was pretty funny watching a crowd of people stare at an empty stage while the radio pieces were airing. Check out Salt here.

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