WE'VE MOVED!

We have officially relocated to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center located at 93 Main Street in Waterville. Thank you to all who joined us for Joy to the Ville and our opening weekend activities! If you have not yet visited our new space, we look forward to welcoming you any time Monday through Sunday between 11:00 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Ticonic Gallery and Colby College Museum of Art's Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art are closed on Tuesdays and federal holidays.)

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ARTS

COMMON THREADS

Ticonic Gallery

93 Main St, Waterville

Running through Sunday, February 12, 2023

FREE

What does it mean to be part of a community? How can we forge meaningful connections with each other and the place we call home? Using a beautiful, screen-printed tent as a gathering place, artists Elizabeth Jabar and Colleen Kinsella brought artists and community members of all ages together to explore these questions through a series of collaborative workshops and conversations during the summer of 2022. Featuring an array of prints, written works, and portraits, this exhibition represents the individual and collective stories gathered throughout the process and provides a glimpse of the shared hopes, dreams, and ideas for Waterville.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Maine Arts Commission and realized in partnership with the Colby College Museum of Art and its Lunder Institute for American Art.

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WATERVILLE CREATES GIFT CERTIFICATES

Looking for holiday gifts? Give the gift of the arts this year with a Waterville Creates gift certificate! Use our gift certificates on films at Maine Film Center, plays and concerts at the Waterville Opera House, and art classes and events at Ticonic Gallery + Studios.

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FILM

EMPIRE OF LIGHT

Maine Film Center

93 Main St, Waterville

Now Showing

$12 adults, $10 students + seniors

This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Olivia Colman stars as Hilary, a lonely movie palace worker in seaside ‘80s England. Both Hilary and the theater have seen better days. But then the cinema gets some new life’s blood when it hires Stephen, a crackerjack young Black man, perhaps spinning his wheels a bit before moving on to something better. In a racist and sexist culture, neither person has a clear path, but Empire of Light makes us care for them deeply, as they come to do with each other.

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THE FABLEMANS

Maine Film Center

93 Main St, Waterville

Now Showing

$12 adults, $10 students + seniors

This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

The Fabelmans revisits the America of the ‘50s and ‘60s through the story of young Sammy as his parents move west from the East Coast to Arizona to California, chasing the American dream as his father Burt takes a job with a new technology company, while his mother Mitzy puts a career as a concert pianist in mothballs for the sake of her family… and Sammy discovers the wonder of film and creativity when his father puts an 8mm camera in his young hands.

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UPCOMING

JANUARY COMMUNITY DRAW

Ticonic Studio

93 Main St, Waterville

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

$10

This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Community Draw is back! Join us for our January session, a unique opportunity to practice your craft with live models. Bring your medium of choice - charcoal, pastels, paint, clay, etc. - and hone your skills in this supportive environment. This month's program, the first one in our new space, features Waterville native Chase Wheeler, a lifelong athlete and fitness enthusiast.

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JANUARY FIRST FRIDAY

Multiple Locations

Downtown Waterville

Friday, January 6, 2023

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

FREE

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity of Waterville by inviting people downtown to engage in multidisciplinary arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, participate in various workshops, listen to live music, eat delicious local food, and come together as a community.

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CORSAGE

Maine Film Center

93 Main St, Waterville

Scheduled to start January 6, 2023

$12 adults, $10 students + seniors

This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is known today for her beauty and fashion trends. But it’s 1877, and as she celebrates her 40th birthday, she must fight to maintain her public image, while being bound by convention, confining dress, and gender roles.

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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Maine Film Center

93 Main St, Waterville

Saturday, January 14, 2023

12:00 p.m.

$16 adults, $14.50 students + seniors

This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riviera has been visited by artists, celebrities, and royalty, but when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood for love. A string of scandalous deceptions soon surrounds not only the young couple but also the adamantly single Beatrice and Benedick. Following the award-winning success of National Theatre Live’s Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Antony and Cleopatra, director Simon Godwin returns with this irresistible comedy, broadcast live from the National Theatre stage.

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