Waterville Creates! is delighted to present Lost +
Found: Photographs by Susan Metzger, a new exhibition featuring the bu
colic Maine landscape, opening at Common Street Arts on Monday, April 15.
Susan Metzger is an artist who has a keen interest in historic
preservation, open space, rural tradition, architecture, and the humble and
mundane. In the exhibition Lost + Found, Metzger turns her lens t
o the landscape and communities geographically adjacent to Waterville. Metz
ger invites the viewer to pause and consider these simple and beautiful sub
jects – from the classic Maine farmhouse to the open fields, farmland, and
outbuildings that comprise the Central Maine countryside. These images hark
en to a shared past and encourage imaginations to flood with questions abou
t the who, what, and when in these photographs.
Associated
Programming
Thursday, June 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Join Com
mon Street Arts for a conversation entitled Past + Present: The Rural M
aine Landscape between artist Susan Metzger and Robert Sanford, Profes
sor of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of Southern Mai
ne and author of the recently published Reading Rural Landscapes, A Field G
uide to New England’s Past. Together, Susan and Rob will discuss thei
r artistic and archeological approaches to the historical and present-day r
ural Maine landscape. Audience participation is encouraged. For more inform
ation, visit www.commonstr
eetarts.org/events.
“This exhibition is about exploring ou
r natural and built environments and closely examining the features that de
fine our Central Maine landscape. From fruit trees to farmhouses, what elem
ents do we continue to see today that we might have seen one hundred years
ago—this exhibition helps us rediscover some of the natural features in our
landscape” says Patricia King, vice president at Waterville Creates!
The Sterrs Gallery at Common Street Arts is open Monday through Fri
day from 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Hat
haway Creative Center, 10 Water Street in Waterville. To learn more about t
he Lost + Found exhibition, please visit: http://www.commonstreetarts.org.
Ab
out Waterville Creates!
Waterville Creates! is a non-profit
on a mission to promote, support, and grow greater Waterville’s arts and cu
ltural scene. Collaborating with regional arts and culture institutions and
their supporters, together we are strengthening our community as a vibrant
creative center, increasing access to creative opportunities. Learn more a
t www.watervillecreates.org
and learn more about our ongoing community capital campaign for the Downtow
n Arts Center at www.downtownar
tscenter.org.