$10-$20
Suggested Donation for Performances
(nobody turned away)
(nobody turned away)
2024
Harley
Healy and Emma Jane are arriving at The Cannery
after a year and a half of collaboration. On their
way here, they recorded impromptu performances (en
route and at Denver union station, Washington DC
union station, and Lake Michigan). Here, they are
responding to themselves, in a performance which
culminates on this evening. Their collaboration
takes many forms including but not limited to
dance, site specific building/unbuilding, writing,
instrument construction, and shadow play.
M P
Landis' visual compositions series lay out a mosaic
of 12 x 9 pieces. Each piece thought of as a note:
the whole composition left to the performers to
interpret how they may choose to.
Guitar player,
improviser, field recordist, E.Jason
Gibbs' compositions are built from field
recordings, and explore the relationship between the
built and natural worlds and how humans impose
themselves on environments. His work for guitar is
improvised (drawing on minimalism, noise, free jazz
and fingerstyle).
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 M P Landis is an artist living
and working in Maine. He's lived and worked in
Provincetown, MA and Brooklyn, NY. In NYC along with
his studio practice, he was very active in the NYC
downtown music scene, phographing and painting both
on and off the stage, and collaborating with
musicians, writer, dancers and other visual artists.
In 2015, he and his family moved to Portland.
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 David Watson is an experimental musician. He plays guitar and bagpipes, working inside and outside of traditions. |
 Harley Healy and Emma Jane O�Mara in
residency at the Cannery are keen to participate
in this evening of Compositions Five and Six.
They will perform using made instruments, recorded
sound, and found objects.
Stay Tuned for more information about their performance on Wednesday July 31! |
Downeast Restorative Justice sponsored training with
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2-day training fee is $195. MB2M offers discounts or full scholarships to anyone who needs one.
The
1st of a performance series throughout the season.
!Stay Tuned!
!Stay Tuned!
M P
Landis' visual compositions series lay out a mosaic
of 12 x 9 pieces. Each piece thought of as a note:
the whole composition left to the performers to
interpret how they may choose to.
This first performance is a prelude and eve of M P's opening (June 30) and show at Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill.
This first performance is a prelude and eve of M P's opening (June 30) and show at Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill.
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Composer, soprano, and
improvisor Anna Dembska has been creating and
performing concert music, music theater, and
site-specific events and installations for over
forty years.
These days her work is
strongly influenced and inspired by the continuum of
nature and taoist philosophy through the practice of
tai chi, especially push-hands and its principals of
responsiveness and patience, connecting, following,
and adhering.
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M P
Landis is an artist living and working in Maine. In 1989 Landis moved to Provincetown, MA to concentrate on making visual art, his intention since early childhood. Soon after he moved to Brooklyn, NY where along with his studio practice, was very active in the NYC downtown music scene, phographing and painting both on and off the stage, and collaborating with musicians, writer, dancers and other visual artists. In 2015, he and his family moved to Portland. Since 1990 he has been in over 40 solo exhibitions and numerous 2-person and group exhibitions and is included in many publice and private collections. |
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id m theft able is a composer,
improviser and performer that works within and
without the realms of noise, avant-improvisation,
sound poetry, performance art, et c. et c. et c.
using voice, found objects, electronics, and
whatever else is available.
He has given over a
thousand performances across 4 continents, in 40
countries in settings ranging from the scummiest of
squats to the fanciest of festivals.
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Karin
Spitfire is an activist artist who uses whatever
medium necessary to get her message across, ranging
from performance to poetry, from artist books to
sculpture. |
invite
your children, grandchildren, elders, neighbors
and friends!
also
an invitation to share some sprouting seeds,
beginnings of a project,
doesn't
have to be a craft project!
...a sweater, a poem, a tune, a seed, a thought, a proposal for action...
...a sweater, a poem, a tune, a seed, a thought, a proposal for action...
Come by ~when you can~
for the day / for the potluck / to say hi / early & later / whenever
Bring a project that you are working on, or find inspiration here.
(limited supplies for basket weaving, spinning, sewing and knitting will be on hand)
for the day / for the potluck / to say hi / early & later / whenever
Bring a project that you are working on, or find inspiration here.
(limited supplies for basket weaving, spinning, sewing and knitting will be on hand)
2023
closing
event
Live
readings and conversation with two
writers ZOOM'ing in from Maine
State Prison.
(Zoom attendance
option available, please inquire for
link)
Moderated
by poet, Bea Gates
Collin K,
2018
Poetry
has always been part of
Lalee's life. Introduced to
poetry and to traditional oral
story telling as a child in
his native country (Somalia),
and seeing poetry as an
identity and a form of deeper
communication with the
universe and who/what it
contains, Lalee only lately
started exploring writing
poems in English.
Leo
has had a painful and complex
relationship with writing over
the course of his life. In
recent time he has been able
to use poetry as a cathartic
means of capturing and
processing moments of pain and
reflection, giving him an
avenue of artistic voice,
unique from his public-facing,
political, or scholarly works.
Last
chance to visit (quick
peek)!
FROM WITHIN exhibit
Friday
4-6 & Sunday
1-3
Through
December 3
an
Inclusive Community
Conversation
JOIN US
for a dynamic,
invigorating
discussion
about the
state of
justice,
inside and
outside the
system, inside
and outside
our own
selves, and
the powerful
promise of the
arts to effect
change.
Facilitated
by Larraine
Brown and
Norman Kehling
of AIMe
AIMe
- Artivism in
Maine employs
the arts and
culture as
powerful tools
to effect
social,
economic and
environmental
justice
throughout
Waldo County
and Maine.
HIIT (Helping
Incarcerated
Individuals
Transition) is
a
significant project
sponsored by
AIMe and
founded by
Norman
Kehling. Mr
Kehling was
sentenced to
forty four
years and
served
thirty years
at Maine State
Prison, seven
of those in
solitary
confinement.
Both education
and the arts
are important
in Mr
Kehling's life
as a free man.
Most important
is his
commitment to
work for the
rights of
those who are
still
incarcerated.
Ongoing
FROM WITHIN
exhibit Hours:
Friday
4-6 &
Sunday 1-3
Through
December 3
50
Years of hope
as resistance
From
San Francisco
Poet Laureate
Tongo
Eisen-Martin:
“Like witnessing a holy physics, … Gates makes all phenomena music. You will exit this collection transformed.”
“Like witnessing a holy physics, … Gates makes all phenomena music. You will exit this collection transformed.”
In
1975, Bea
Gates
returned to
Maine. Having
designed and
printed native
tongue
(hopalong
press, 1973),
she bound the
edition at
Gray
Parrot’s
Hancock
bindery. In
1976, she
moved hopalong
press from the
Berkshires to
the Larson’s
old canning
factory in
South
Penobscot
where she
founded
Granite Press
(1975-1989) as
poet, Book
Artist &
feminist
publisher.
There could be
a book about
moving
equipment and
building print
shops, but Bea
has written
more poetry
than prose,
now surfacing
in her new
collection—The
Burning Key,
New &
Selected Poems
(1973-2023)
from Thera
Books
featuring new
&
uncollected
poetry,
letterpress
limited
editions,
selections
from books
including
Lambda Poetry
Finalist In
the Open and
award-winning
translations.
Maine
Arts
Commission
Poetry Awardee
and MacDowell
fellow, Gates
taught writing
&
literature for
over twenty
years in the
Goddard MFA.
She has taught
in
undergraduates
and graduate
programs,
including
CCNY, Colby
College, NYU,
and continues
to teach
workshops and
one-to-one for
mixed
generations,
young adults,
and lgbtq folk
in rural &
urban
communities.
She initiated
SIDELINES:
Poems in
Translation in
more than one
language at
the Cannery in
2018. Her mail
still comes to
Penobscot. One
of two
remaining
Readings, out
of eight in
Maine! this
year.
a
three-part
exhibit
featuring art
by
incarcerated
individuals
Opening
Reception
3pm
we will be
joined on ZOOM
by artist John
Lanpher
Exhibit
Hours: Friday
4-6 &
Sunday 1-3
Through
December 3
Check
back for
related
upcoming
events
(e.g.
A community
Conversation
in Nov 19
w/special
guests)
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John
Lanpher III of
Southwest
Harbor picked
up a painting
and drawing at
the age of 36. The collection on display includes 10 works created on the outside and 10 works created on the inside of the Hancock County Jail. A selection of paintings by artists, incarcerated residents and formerly incarcerated residents, on loan from HIIT (Helping Incarcerated Individuals Transition) Also on display, from a Freedom and Captivity event is a selection of mbira's built at the Cannery workshop What does liberation look like? in October of 2021 |
an
electroacoustic
field of sound
and motion
Al
Margolis:
clarinet,
violin,
objects,
contact mics
Tom
Law:
Max/MSP,
treble viol
CillaVee:
movement,
voice
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Al
Margolis (aka
If, Bwana) is
some sort of
evil genius
working with
sources
radically
altered up to
an utterly
unrecognizable
state,
anarchic
manifestations
moving in
compact
determination.
He was active
in the 1980s
American
cassette
underground
through his
label Sound of
Pig Music, and
co-founded the
experimental
music label
Pogus
Productions,
which he
continues to
run.
https://ifbwana.bandcamp.com Tom Law improvises music with custom Max/MSP software and a viola da gamba Whenever possible, he also processes and live-samples the sounds of his collaborators. He is a native of South Carolina, where he opened the figmental Conundrum Music Hall in 2011, and closed it in 2015. He now resides in Saugerties, NY. bigsphinx.com CillaVee (Claire Elizabeth Barratt) is an interdisciplinary artist from the UK. She is the director of Cilla Vee Life Arts and The Center for Connection + Collaboration based in Asheville NC. She has an MFA in Creative Practice from the Transart Institute for Creative Research with Plymouth University, where she developed Living Art - a pedagogy for performance art. cillavee.com |
Featuring
Aldrich,
Norton &
Ross
Saturday,
July 8
A
CRANBERRY
ISLES
SOUNDSCAPE
Saturday,
June 10 -
Saturday, July
8
opening reception, featuring
E.
Jason Gibbs,
in concert
Saturday, June
10
concert
E.
Jason Gibbs
doors
open at 6 pm,
music at 7 pm
Continued
installation
hours:
Thursdays -
Sundays, from
12:00 to 6:00
PM
an
immersive
soundscape
installation
by the Island Soundscape Project
by the Island Soundscape Project
ollaborative
sense-making.
hours:
Thursdays -
Sundays, from
12:00 to 6:00
PM
opening reception, featuring
doors
open at 6 PM /
music at 7 PM
A
Cranberry
Isles
Soundscape
is a
four-channel
soundscape
installation
made from
audio
materials
gathered on
the five
islands
comprising the
Cranberry
Isles, a Maine
township which
lies just
south of the
much larger
(and well
known) Mount
Desert Island.
The project
was undertaken
with the
support and
encouragement
of the Great
Cranberry
Island
Historical
Society, where
it is part of
their
permanent
museum
collection. It
was also made
possible in
part by a
University of
Maine Arts
Initiative
grant.
A Cranberry Isles Soundscape was researched, recorded and composed between May, 2022 and April, 2023 by the Island Soundscape Project. The Island Soundscape Project is N.B.Aldrich, Adriana Cavalcanti and Steve Norton, who wish to acknowledge invaluable contributions from research assistants Merrilee Schoen and Sabrina Sudol.
A Cranberry Isles Soundscape was researched, recorded and composed between May, 2022 and April, 2023 by the Island Soundscape Project. The Island Soundscape Project is N.B.Aldrich, Adriana Cavalcanti and Steve Norton, who wish to acknowledge invaluable contributions from research assistants Merrilee Schoen and Sabrina Sudol.
concert
June
10, 7 PM
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| Guitar
player,
improviser,
field
recordist,
E.Jason Gibbs'
compositions
are built from
field
recordings,
and explore
the
relationship
between the
built and
natural worlds
and how humans
impose
themselves on
environments.
His work for
guitar is
improvised
(drawing on
minimalism,
noise, free
jazz and
fingerstyle).
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