What to Expect at Wiscasset Art Walk Season Opener, June 27, 4-7pm
WISCASSET, MAINE – Come as you are to Wiscasset Village on Thursday, June 27, 4-7pm to experience the sights, sounds, and tastes of this pretty, vibrant, and historic town center along the Sheepscot River.
SIGHTS: Galleries welcome visitors to see work by contemporary New England artists, paintings from the 18th-19th centuries, quirky assemblages, sculpture, and prints. On the sidewalks, local artists and artisans display their latest creations for purchase.
SOUNDS: Wiscasset’s Laurie Rousseau is this month’s featured sidewalk musician, playing and demonstrating the Hurdy-Gurdy. Enjoy jazz guitar and harp in the galleries and a guitar and mandolin duo playing traditional fiddle tunes in Aekeir Brewing. All listening is free!
TASTES: Wine tasting in Treats, nibbles in galleries, and Bowlicious food truck to eat outside or inside the new Aekeir Brewing (BYOF). Enjoy any of these delicious menus before, during or after WAW: Red’s Eats, Water St. Kitchen, Jodie’s Restaurant, Sprague’s Lobster, In a Silent Way, and Jolie Rogers!
Wiscasset Art Walk returns on these last Thursdays of the summer months: July 25, August 29, and September 26 when new features will include LamboLaw jazz duo, the Long Branch Boys, the fine art of dueling, and Woodfield Farm horse and wagon rides around the Village. All free!
In 2024, the businesses that support the many free WAW activities and performers as Major Sponsors are Ames True Value, Big Barn Coffee, BIRCH Home Furnishings & Gifts, Carriage House Gardens, First National Bank, J. Edward Knight Insurance, Jodie’s Café and Bakery, Peter Eaton Antiques, Red’s Eats, Rock Paper Scissors, Sherri Dunbar/Tim Dunham Realty, and Water St. Kitchen.
For more information about Wiscasset Art Walk, visit www.wiscassetartwalk.org or email to wiscassetartwalk@verizon.net. Wiscasset Art Walk is a program of Wiscasset Creative Alliance.
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Aekeir Brewing bar area: New to Wiscasset Village and open during Wiscasset Art Walk, Thurs., June 27, 4-7pm, the brew pub welcomes visitors to bring their own food (BYOF) and will be featuring live music during the evening. (Wiscasset Art Walk photo)
Maine+Moon: Phippsburg artist, Jennifer Merz, working in paint, paper, and other media, will display her work on the sidewalks of Wiscasset Art Walk on Thurs., June 27, 4-7pm. (Image of Main+Moon courtesy of the artist.)
