Cape Elizabeth Arts Commission

The mission of the Cape Elizabeth Arts Commission is to enhance and enliven the community by promoting awareness, involvement, understanding and access to the arts including; visual arts, music, dance, photography, writing, theater, film and video.

About Us

The Arts Commission is comprised of a seven member board. Board members are appointed by the Town Manager, and serve staggered three-year terms. Duties and responsibilities include: coordinating and serving as a clearinghouse for arts activities, selecting artists and preparing a calendar of Gallery exhibits; and distributing any funds that may be appropriated in the municipal budget. The volunteer Commission serves as a clearing house for local art activities by creating
programs that bring a vibrancy and energy to our local community and culture through the arts.

Meetings

The Arts Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, except for July and August, in the library's Community Room.

Exhibits

The CEAC volunteers manage, maintain, attend and chaperone Thomas Memorial Library Gallery Art Exhibits. The sales from these exhibits generate income for the Town of Cape Elizabeth's
Community Art Programs.

This Month's Art Exhibit

"These Places"

Paintings by Portland artist Francine Schrock, will be on display in the library's gallery space throughout the month of September.

The library's monthly art exhibits are curated by the Cape Elizabeth Arts Commission (CEAC.) See our FAQ page for information on exhibiting. Click here to download an informational flyer about the CEAC.

Would you like to exhibit your artwork?

If you are interested in exhibiting in the library's gallery space, you must complete an application form and submit it with a copy of your resume and high-resolution color hard copies of your
work to the Library Director:
Jay Scherma
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Rd.,
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107

The Director will submit them at the next regularly scheduled Arts Commission meeting. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please remember to pick up your samples after the Arts Commission has notified you, or enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Click here to download an application to exhibit.

Board

The Arts Commission is comprised of a seven member board. Board members are appointed by the Town Manager, and serve staggered three-year terms.

Julia Bassett Schwerin, 6 Cottage Lane #2 (12/31/2010)
Chris Gebhart, 98 Fowler Road (12/31/2011)
RuthAnne Haley, 49 Brentwood Road (12/31/2010)
Tina Harnden,9 Avon Road (12/31/2012)
Douglas A. McFadd, 25 Broad Cove Road (12/31/2011)
Aaron Mosher, 6 Leighton Farms Road (12/31/2010)
Wendy Seltzer, 280 Mitchell Road (12/31/12)


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