This Season's Featured Display is "Vintage Wedding Dress Display"- on open days only (Wednesdays-Fridays 1-4pm). Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society 416 Sunset Road, Route 15A, Deer Isle www.dishistoricalsociety.org

Painters of Maine Exhibit | Turtle Gallery

“Beacon of Bright Color” show runs from August 6 – August 18.

Heather Guidero visits Turtle Gallery with a treasure trove of her impeccable jewelry this month on Saturday and Sunday, August 17th and 18th

“Special Exhibit: Perfect” show runs from August 20 – September 1.

Welcome Center Volunteers will be selling tickets for the raffle a the Deer Isle Artisans Market (on Church Street next to the Deer Isle Town Office) on August 22. All proceeds will go to the repair, maintenance and operations at the Welcome Center.

In various areas around the Facility are our Victory Gardens. The tours will explain the plants needed for a family to survive during certain difficult periods of time in our History.

You’re invited to The Haystack Auction, an end-of-season fundraiser to support fellowship awards and ongoing School programming on Friday, August 23 starting at 5:30 PM.

Summer Music Series on August 26 at 6:30 pm with Wood Lily.

This special event will offer a variety of beautiful works small enough to fit in a suitcase, and perfect for collecting or gift-giving. A range of mediums will be on display, including painting, prints, ceramics, weaving, glass, and jewelry.

The Historical Society will be closing for the 2024 season at 4:00 PM today. The Archives will remain open...

Reception with the artists: “Dance Fever” brings the energy of creative movement to the Deer Isle Artists Association Gallery.  A range of mediums will be on display, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, wood, and jewelry, filling the gallery with dynamic beauty.

Healthy Peninsula will host a free hybrid event at the Blue Hill Library’s Howard Room, also streaming via Zoom at the Brooksville and Ellsworth Libraries as well as at the Deer Isle and Stonington town halls. The event will focus on how Home Sharing is one way to address Maine’s severe shortage of affordable housing.

Join us for Deer Isle Stonington's Annual Trick or Treat Parade. Saturday, October 26.

The Deer Isle Artists Association is pleased to announce the commencement of the Winter Artist-in-Residence Program on November 4 with artist Sarah Baskin.  Sarah paints impressionistic watercolor and oil landscapes, seascapes and figures.

Winter Artist-in-Residence Program artist Sarah Baskin will hold a free watercolor painting workshop at the gallery.

Sarah will hold an exhibition of her work in progress and artist talk at the gallery on Sunday, November 24, from 2-4 PM.

Based on the book by the same name, the film tells the inspiring story of a 12-year-old boy who, separated from his family by a fast-moving storm, must fight to stay alive during his nine-day adventure lost in the backwoods of Maine.

The holiday season brings the joy of art to the Deer Isle Artists Association with a special exhibit, “Art for the Holidays.”