End of Summer Sale Press

End of Summer Sale is almost here... So has anyone checked out the latest and greatest addition of the online newspaper: southportlander.com? Artascope has made their front page with our upcoming End of Summer Sale. We are very excited about art sale event. We have over 20 confirmed local artist participating in the outdoors sale. Perfect way to start September and maybe get in a little early holiday shopping. The studio and gallery will be open as well, so make sure to take a peek inside to see all the extra goodies! http://www.southportlander.com/

Artascope Studios
End of Summer Sale
Saturday Sept 13th 10am-4pm
(rain date Sunday Sept 14th)

Private Parties and Classes Galore

Over the summer, Artascope Studios hosted a plethora of a fantastic private parties and classes. We thought you might like to take a look at some of the events we have hand crafted for our community.

Mosaic Garden Stone with Grandma:
One very special grandma,featured in the pink flowered shirt,treated her grand kids and a friend to the Mosaic Garden Stone Party. They created elaborate scenes that we sure to make their gardens look spectacular.One of the grand kids designed a killer whale, another made a cool looking monster of some sort and the third worked hard on her sunflower scene. An excellent day for everyone!

Collage Charm Pendants:
Deb taught a private party in collage charm pendants a few weeks back for a group of friends. Everyone got into creating their own personal designs using some great papers and other materials from our stash. The group learned how to solder their images between two pieces of glass to make some very special necklaces. Everyone went home wearing their work to show off to their families.

Sewn Beaded Cabochon:
Suzanne taught a private sewn beaded cabochon class to one of our summer stars, Valerie. She learned basic peyote stitch in the round pattern to set a beautiful piece of dichroic glass! Valerie learned how to work with seed beads, a needle, thread, wax and a fun thread burning tool in order to create her elaborate piece. Quite a masterpiece.

Artascope Teacher News- Libby Barrett

Libby Barrett, one of Artascope Studio's talented teachers, has some exciting news to share! Her painted floorcloths and table runners as well as her giclée prints have been accepted into the Maine Crafts Association's Center for Maine Craft retail gallery. The Center will be located in the new West Gardiner Turnpike Authority Rest Stop and will open in November. The Center is based on a similar, wildly successful facility in Tamarack, West Virginia. We are so excited for Libby and know they will be a hit!


Libby Barrett has lived in Maine since 1971. Barrett received her BFA in graphic design from Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art) in 1988 and worked in that field for eighteen years. Looking for a more tactile involvement in her art-making, Barrett began painting and exhibiting floorcloths in 2002. In 2005 she took a six-month educational leave from her job to pursue an independent study making artist's books. Barrett continues to work in both mediums and exhibits her work internationally.

Libby says, "While making artist's books offers the opportunity to experiment with structure, materials, and processes, painting floorcloths fulfills my desire to play with design and color. I enjoy the different ways of thinking--a visual approach when painting floorcloths and a more conceptual approach when making books. "