May 5th, 2013

In partnership with The Abbe Underground, 545 & Co. proudly presents The 2013 Mount Desert Elementary School and 2013 Waponahki student art shows, featuring the musical stylings of student band POW (Play Out Workshop)! The following works are just a few of the many beautiful pieces displayed during our afternoon of fun at The Abbe Museum: 

Through the fearless colors and expressions of these young artists, we are invited to glimpse the world in new and different ways.

Mount Desert Elementary School art teacher Carol Shutt shows us a few impressionist oil-pastels created by her students during the MDES Arts Week.

Getting ready, putting the final touches of our first exhibit.	Guests begin to arrive...
Sunday Funday here we go!	It's a beautiful spring day out in the Abbe Museum Courtyard.
Guests Joanna and Julia enjoy the warm weather.	Everyone is eagerly waiting for POW to go on!
Delicious snacks donated by Amigo del Diablo.	Snacking and chatting.
POW [the Play Out Workshop] sets up their equipment in the Abbe Museum courtyard.	POW serenades the warm spring afternoon with their smooth and funky grooves.
What do we have here?	The Abbe Underground!

Many thanks to Leary's Landing for lending us their bar and to Amigo del Diablo for their generous donation hot and fresh chips and salsa, crispy beef chimichangas, and wings!

*For a full pictorial tour of our Backyard Sunday Funday, please visit our Facebook gallery. 

Backyard Sunday Funday!

Join us for an afternoon of springtime fun! This month, we're partnering up with The Abbe Underground to bring you an afternoon of original art and music. Last May, we showcased work produced by Mount Desert Elementary School students during their annual Arts Week - This year they will be joined by the 2013 Waponahki student art show!

Leary's Landing will be providing a cash bar (21+) so be sure to bring your IDs.

We'll see ya there!

RABBIT, RABBIT!

On May 1st, a gloomy and rainy spring day became a riot of color and cheer at Sidestreet Café as we showcased the work of student artists from the Mount Desert Island Elementary School Arts Week!

Imagine spending an entire week of school making art? In late April, Students at MDES were just that lucky; with the help of Art Teacher, Carol Shutt, students spent an entire week experimenting and creating with color and a multitude mediums. Throughout the week, special guest artists from the community made appearances and ran workshops like book and furniture making!

Bold SHAPES	Big COLOR
Student Artist at work on a live-comissioned one-of-a-kind masterpiece.	For only $10 you could comission your own. $5 went to the artists, and $5 to 545 & Co.
Enjoying the show.	Books, Boxes, and miniature Masterpieces.
Zigs-and-Zags.	Undersea creature.
MDES Art teacher, Carol Shutt, converses with guests.	Admiring a miniature felted fruit bowl.
Who doesn't love art?	A guest catching up on the times, MDES student newspaper The Mustang Times, that is.

During the event, MDES student artists worked busily on live-commissioned one-of-a-kind masterpieces. For $10 you could walk away with your very own! As it is our belief that artists should be able to make a living by doing what they love to do, the evening's stars walked away with half the proceeds.

Big thanks to Side Street Cafe, our talented student artists, Carol Shutt and all of YOU for making this month's Rabbit, Rabbit a great success! We can't wait to see you next month! (Wait till you see what we've got planned!)

For a full tour of the event, visit our Facebook Gallery.

Sneak Peek...

Tuesday, May 1st 4:30PM-6:30PM @ Sidestreet Café 49 Rodick St. Bar Harbor

For our May event, we're showcasing diverse work created by student artists during Mount Desert Elementary School's Arts Week!

 FEATURING

• Emerging student artists producing on-the-spot commissioned masterpieces for just $10! 
• Up and coming journalists from the MDES school paper, The Mustang Times, documenting the whole evening! 
• Snacks provided by Side Street Café, sweet treats from Milk & Honey, and a fabulous cash bar!

 
We'll see ya there!

Photography by Rocky Mann.