Acadia National Park Invites Five Artists in Residence for 2025

News Release Date:
December 17, 2024

Contact: John Kelly, 207 288-8703

BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Five artists have accepted invitations to participate in the Artist-in-Residence program at Acadia National Park in 2025. Each invited participant is asked to lead one outreach activity for park visitors and complete a finished work of art for display in park gallery spaces, as well as a permanent online catalog.

Invited participants include:

• Nathan Allard, Somerville, Maine, for visual art from Maine
• Samantha DeFlitch, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for poetry
• Abigail Donovan, Eugene, Oregon, for visual art from "Away"
• Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh, Chappaqua, New York, for writing
• Caitlin Smith, Farmington, Minnesota, for at-large artist in music

Learn more about their backgrounds and creative interests at Artists-in-Residence.

Founded in 1993, the program is dedicated to creating new and interesting ways for visitors to experience Acadia through the arts. Since 2023, the program's operational costs have been fully funded by donations from sales proceeds at America's National Parks (Eastern National) stores throughout the park.

The next call for residency opportunities in 2026 will be open July 1 - September 30, 2025.

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