Program areas at Waterville Creates
To enhance the creative and artistic vitality of our community through outstanding arts education and exhibitions and collaborative events and programs. Ticonic gallery + studios includes a versatile exhibition space that presents 6-8 shows per year, a dedicated clay studio that offers a range of classes as well as an open membership program, and a classroom that hosts year-round arts education programs for youth and adults. In 2022, ticonic gallery presented five exhibitions in the hathaway creative center before moving to the paul j. schupf art center in december, where it opened with common threads, a community-centered exhibition showcasing individual and collective stories through array of prints, written works, and portraits.
To educate, entertain, and build community through film. Celebrating the art of cinema and inspiring a love for film, the Maine film center (mfc) offers daily screenings of first-run art house films, hosts numerous special screenings and community events, and presents the 10-day Maine international film festival (miff) in july. In november 2022, mfc moved its daily cinema operations from its former facility at railroad square to the new paul j. schupf art center, featuring 3 new, state of the art screening rooms that opened to the public in december.
To enhance quality of life and build community through the performing arts. The 810-seat Waterville opera house presents live theatre, dance, concerts, and educational programming for audiences of all ages. In 2022, the Waterville opera house (woh) produced four plays, including a flea in her ear, tuck everlasting, the mousetrap, and the sound of music, presented a diverse and exciting range of live music, comedy, and variety acts, including keb' mo', the bacon brothers, tedeschi trucks, the glenn miller orchestra, and whose live anyway?, and hosted numerous community events, including multiple dance recitals and the bossov ballet's the nutcracker. Woh also resumed its youth programming in 2022 with a week of summer theatre camp and two school shows.