Orono Artsapalooza has now become STILLWATER Artsapalooza!  The goal of Stillwater Community Arts is to promote, sustain, and cultivate the arts in the greater Orono-Old Town area and so in keeping with that spirit it made sense to change the name of our first kick off event to a bit of a more geographically inclusive name, so Stillwater Artspalooza it is, and you never know, maybe it will become a rotating annual festival, and take place in downtown Old Town next year!

In other exciting news we have two new sponsors for Stillwater Artsapalooza: Harvest Moon and Fiberphilia, and a three new artists: Nancy Prisk, Nestor Gonzalez, and Molly Webster!

So mark your calendars for Stillwater Artsapalooza on June 25, 2011 in downtown Orono from 6:00p.m.-10:00p.m.!  It’s going to be a FABULOUS time!!

Hi all,

We are so excited to have almost solidified our list of performers and visual artists for Stillwater Artsapalooza!  While we’re still waiting for a few more confirmations we wanted to give you a sneak peek of who will be providing the fabulous entertainment at Stillwater Artsapalooza.  We also wanted to take the time to thank our generous sponsors for making all of this possible.

A sneak peek at some of the Stillwater Artsapalooza performers:

Lauren Onsrud           Nathan Lesser        The Blast Addicts           Rich Kenefic            Velma

Orono High School One Act Play            Orono Middle School Jazz Band           Story Slam

Orono High School Speech and Debate Team   Janice Hambelton     DADGAD Coffeehouse

And a huge thank you to our generous sponsors:

Bangor Savings Bank                       Verve                          The Roost                      Maine Maven

The Church of Universal Fellowship               The Town of Orono             Curtis Law Firm

Harvest Moon                    Fiberphilia

So, mark your calendars for a fantastic showing of the visual and performing arts in downtown Orono on June 25 from 6p.m.-10p.m.!  Hope to see you there!

I just had the pleasure of watching Orono High School’s Speech and Debate team perform at their Read-In taking place at the Orono High School Library as I type!   I was astounded by their talent; talk about arts at its finest! They were creative, interesting, exciting, and funny, all in the span of 15 minutes, no wonder they’re the best in the state of Maine!!

Stillwater Community Arts is so happy that they’ve agreed to be one of the many performance groups at Stillwater Artsapalooza!  What a treasure this team is and how lucky we are to have them in our vicinity!

So mark your calendars for Stillwater Artsapalooza!!  Saturday, June 25 from 6-10p.m. in downtown Orono, it’s sure to be an impressive display of local talent!

Stillwater Artsapalooza is a festival of visual and performing arts that will serve as Stillwater Community Arts’ inaugural event.  Stillwater Artsapalooza will highlight over 50 different local visual and performing artists with exhibits and performances in eight different venues in downtown Orono on Saturday June 25, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.   Stillwater Artsapalooza will feature coordinated rotating performances by local artists including drama, music, dance, visual art displays, poetry readings, and story telling.  Stillwater Artspalooza will utilize four downtown businesses and four town-owned buildings as venues.

Stillwater Artsapalooza will be open to all ages and is aimed at promoting the 50 local artist participants from the Orono area.  We are so excited for this exciting showcase of the arts and hope to see all of you there!

If you are interested in participating in, sponsoring, or volunteering for Stillwater Artsapalooza please contact us at stillwatercommunityarts@gmail.com!