In 2024: Last Thursdays of the month, 4-7pm: June 27; July 25; August 29; September 26
STROLL WISCASSET’S HISTORIC VILLAGE, VIEW ART, SHOP the BOUTIQUES, and ENJOY the SPARKLING VIEWS of the SHEEPSCOT RIVER!
In the news: Wiscasset Art Walk Celebrates 10 Years +
Wiscasset Village Throws a Party with First WAW of the 2024 Season!
Galleries and shops are open to welcome visitors. Artists and community groups fill the sidewalks. Bowlicious food truck on the scene. Music indoors and out! Sample food from the many delicious options in the Village!
Hold Back the Night BLOCK PARTY! September 28, 2023, 6:30-8:30pm
As the sun set early in late Sept., the WAW transformed into a block party on Water St.! Music and contra dance lessons by T-Acadie, Jodie’s Restaurant selections, and anniversary cupcakes to celebrate ten years of Wiscasset Art Walk!
T-Acadie played contra dance tunes and taught some steps under the tent on Sept. 28, 2023.
MUSIC
During the 2023 season, Rick Turcotte played on the sidewalk; in the galleries, Jonathan Waldo on classical guitar and Suki Flanagan on harp.
Location
Wiscasset is conveniently located on Rte. 1 in mid-coast Maine and is an easy drive north from Portland, Brunswick, and Bath. It's just south of Boothbay Harbor, Rockland, and Camden. Put Wiscasset Art Walk on your summer calendar!
WAW time changes to 4-7pm
With the encouragement of Village shops, families, and other visitors, WAW will now be running from 4pm to 7pm each month during the 2024 season. Y’all come!
Making origami cranes, an international symbol of peace and love.
Wiscasset Art Walk partnered with Healthy Lincoln County on International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, using art-making and sharing of stories, to acknowledge the devastation of drug use and hope for recovery. It was a memorable evening! More info here.
MAKE YOUR OWN MUSIC
Our hand-made instruments - an amadinda-style xylophone and cajons (box drums) - return for Visitor fun!
In 2022, experimental instrument maker Jim doble made an amadinda from whole logs and woodworker rick burns made cajons - on the village sidewalks!
SIDEWALKS as STAGE in 2024
Wiscasset resident Laurie Rousseau is a hardy-gurdy musician and brings her musicality to Wiscasset Art Walk sidewalks on June 27, 2024!
Sidewalks as Stage in 2023
Chris Lannon and Rick Turcotte brought their high octane country blues sound to WAW on August 31, 2023.
Lambo Law: Guitar Duet played on the sidewalk at the June 29, 2023 WAW! Neil Lamb and Dave Lawlor - jazz guitarists extraordinary!
Lynn Cummings plays bodhran, Forest Weston on didgeridoo, and Heather MacLeod on penny whistle during the July 27, 2023 WAW !
Flowers, always flowers, thanks to the Garden Club of Wiscasset!
