11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival will be Oct. 23-26

Save the date! The 11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival will be Oct. 23-26 at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road in Yarmouth, Maine.

Entries will open Aug. 16 and close at 6pm Friday, Sept. 20. Sign up at the bottom of this page for email notification for the call for entries.

Jurors for the 2019 show will be Bob Keyes, arts writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and Peg Golden, founder and former owner of Greenhut Gallery in Portland.

If you’re an artist, see the Rules page for guidelines on entering. Please note  these were the rules for 2018, and they will be updated for 2019 before entries open. We strongly encourage artists to review the 2018 Show Catalog to see the variety and quality of work that was selected. Sold pieces as marked “SOLD” in the title. The 2018 catalog will remain online until Aug. 1, when it will be cleared for the 2019 entries.

The 10th annual Yarmouth Art Festival was a great success!

Thanks to the artists, volunteers, visitors, and buyers who made the 10th annual Yarmouth Art Festival successful.

The show was held Oct. 24-27, 2018 at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road in Yarmouth.

Hundreds of art lovers visited the show both during its regular hours and during the popular artists reception Thursday evening, Oct. 25. Enjoy an album of photos from the reception. 

Please see the Show Catalog to appreciate the quality and range of artwork.

The show was successful from a sales standpoint also.  Forty-nine pieces were sold for gross sales of nearly $14,000, before commissions. Pieces that were sold are indicated with the word “sold” in their title in the Show Catalog. (Artists will receive checks for their proceeds within 30 days after the show’s end)

Jurors for the 2018 show were Bob Keyes, arts writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and Peg Golden, founder and former owner of Greenhut Gallery in Portland. Bob and Peg have each agreed to serve as jurors again in 2019.

For the 2019 show, the call for entries will go out in mid-August, and see below to sign up for notification. See the Rules page (click “Rules” button at top of this page) for information on entering.

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 Food Pantry, St. Elizabeth’s Jubilee Center in Portland, and the Compassionate Housing Initiative for New Mainers.