NORWAY — For 50 years the Norway Arts Festival has been primarily focused on visual art from talented Western Maine artists. But exciting changes are coming this year and the event will now be known as the Norway Music and Arts Festival. Festival organizer Jonathan Leavitt, from Moovin On Productions, explained the change. “Essentially it […]
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A Better Deal for Artists
NORWAY/PARIS — Artists who want to exhibit in regional shows are being offered a great deal by two established art shows this summer. Judy West Schneider, director of the Norway Arts Festival and Aranka Matolcsy, director of the Moore Park Art Show in South Paris met last week in Moore Park to further a plan […]
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Norway Arts Festival awarded $2,500 grant from Maine Community Foundation
NORWAY — The Norway Arts Festival has received a $2,500 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to support its 2017 event. “This grant will help the Norway Arts Festival return to its multi-day format and bring new events and demonstrations,” said Judy West Schneider, beginning her second year as the Festival’s director. On July 8, […]
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Norway Arts Festival receives $2,500 grant for 2017 event
NORWAY — The Norway Arts Festival received a $2,500 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to support its 2017 event, scheduled for Saturday, July 8. Judy West Schneider, heading into her second year as the director of the festival, said the money will help pay for advertising, setting up workshops and some volunteers. She said […]
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A little creativity — for little ones
The Advertiser Democrat painting booth was very popular with the little ones Saturday at the Norway Arts Festival.
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Norway Arts Festival kicks off Friday with tribute to Bernard Langlais
NORWAY — The year before renowned Maine artist Bernard Langlais died, Scott Vlaun was an 18-year-old environmental studies major teetering on the edge of dropping out of school. That summer, a professor invited him to Langlais’ home in Cushing, where interns were working at the sculptor’s shop. Amid reliefs, paintings and towering wooden sculptures, Vlaun […]
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Norway festival puts the spotlight on art
NORWAY — The annual Norway Arts Festival gets underway Saturday, July 11, with arts, music, food and a look into the past. The Marigold Tea Room will be re-created during the arts festival, Roy Gedat, president of the Norway Historical Society, said. The Marigold Tea Room was a favorite place to eat in Norway Lake Village […]
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Norway Art Festival shrinks, benefit auction Sunday
NORWAY — The annual Norway Arts Festival is shortening its length but returning to its roots this year. In recent years, the event, co-sponsored by the Western Maine Art Group and Norway Downtown, has been a three-day festival filled with art, music, crafts, dance and theater performances anchored by the sidewalk art sale. This year, the […]
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Triathalon will return, with public approval
NORWAY—Lace up your running shoes, pull on your swim suits and tighten your bike helmets because the annual Norway Triathalon is coming back to town. If approved during a public hearing, it will take place during the Norway Arts Festival on Saturday, July 12. According to Lee Dassler, who has a hand in putting on […]