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Save the date: Oct. 21-24, 2020

The 12th annual Yarmouth Art Festival will be held Oct. 21-24, 2020. The call for entries for this annual juried show will go out in mid-August via email (simply click here to sign up for email) and Facebook. Deadline is typically late September; the exact deadline will be included in the call for entries.

Be sure to review the 2019 Show Catalog  to enjoy the full range of art displayed during the show, and to contact any of the artists. Artists will want to review the Show Catalog especially to see the types of work that are juried in, and which pieces sold.

11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival again a success!

Thanks to everyone who submitted, exhibited, helped, visited and purchased at the 11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival. There’s no question this was by far the most well attended in the event’s 11 years, including Thursday evening’s reception, which was packed (click for photos).

A total of 46 pieces sold, a number that has been fairly consistent in recent years. That means a little more than a quarter of the exhibited pieces sold — a healthy percentage among such events.

Don’t miss Bob Keyes’ excellent profile of exhibiting artist David Pearce, a former ambassador to Greece and Algeria who lives in Yarmouth.  We definitely saw folks coming through who had read the article and wanted to see Pearce’s work. (Bob was a juror for the show this year)

Jurors  selected 170 pieces for the 11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival from a record 626 submitted. The Show Catalog  displays all the pieces, organized by artist. Sold pieces will have the word “SOLD” in the title.  Participating artists were from all over Maine, from Hermon and Indian Island in the north to Waterboro and Arundel in the south. Artists for 2019 are listed at the bottom of this page.

Jurors for the 2019 show were Bob Keyes, arts writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Anne Haas, art librarian at Bowdoin College, and Wes LaFountain, art curator, formerly at Greenhut Gallery, most recently at Phillips Exeter Academy.

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Artists from all over Maine participate in this show, in media including painting, sculpture, photography, and limited-edition printmaking. The jurying process strives to curate a unique show of high quality and variety.

If you’re an artist interested in the 2020 show, see the Rules page for guidelines on entering, preparing artwork, delivering, etc. The call for entries will go out in August 2020. See below to sign up for email notification.

The event was created in 2009  to showcase Maine artists in painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. Entry fees and sale commissions support St. Bart’s programs, including contributions and member support of local community services such as Friendship House, Yarmouth Community Housing Initiative, St. Elizabeth’s Jubilee Center in Portland, and the Compassionate Housing Initiative for New Mainers.