The City of South Portland's Art in the Park is an annual event dating back to 1980. Held on the second Saturday in August in Mill Creek Park, the show features original art and photography by up to 170 artists. Admission is free to the public. The show opens at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 4:00 p.m.

Student Exhibit

9am-3:30pm | FREE

Art in the Park is proud to showcase art by students in South Portland schools. The students' work will be on exhibit from 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM in the Student Tent across from the Judges' Tent

​Every year, the Committee chooses student art works to use in promotional materials for the show: posters that are distributed throughout the community, the show T-shirt, the cover of the program, and ads in the Portland Press Herald.

​In lieu of individual awards for elementary and middle school students, Art in the Park gives a $50 Class Award to each art teacher to supplement class supplies.

​South Portland Public School will also be collecting new art supplies!

Scholarship

Every year Art in the Park gives a $1000.00 scholarship to a student graduating from South Portland High School who is going on to study art in college. Arthur Hahn, for whom the scholarship is named, was one of the founders of Art in the Park and a well-known promoter of the arts in the Greater Portland area.

Kids in the Park 10am-2pm - FREE

For kids there will be story reading with South Portland Library, bracelet making with Portland Museum of Art, crafts with South Portland Park Rangers, face painting, balloon twists and more with Party Palooga.

Food Court

11am-3pm | Sales through food trucks

2023 food vendors included:

Eighty Eight Donuts (available in the morning for coffee!)

Totally Awesome Vegan Food Truck

Mainely Burgers

Bamboo Bistro

Meet on the Street

Little Ipoh

Mainely Hotdogs

​Open from 11am - 3pm, the food court features good things to eat ranging from sandwiches and hamburgers to ethnic cuisine to frozen treats. Located in the Broadway/Ocean Street area of the park near Kids in the Park, the food court offers tables and chairs for you to enjoy your meal, or you can relax on the grass under a tree and listen to musicians play in the gazebo. 

CornerFEST will be a great night out with your neighbors - sampling food and beverages from neighborhood eateries, shopping the mini-marketplace stocked with art and craft vendors, and listening to local live music. It is a family fun event with an open house to the various organizations located in Woodfords Congregational Church.

I will have a booth at this event. Stop by and say hello and check out the fun this event has to offer.

East End Vend is a small outdoor market in Portland, Maine. Makers and artists participate as vendors alongside farmers and foodies. East End Vend markets are held on multiple dates, and offer a wide variety of art, craft, and other Maine products in a laid-back and community neighborhood setting.

Stop by this Friday, June 18th, anytime between 3-7pm, for our first vend of the season! I will have a table set up with prints, greeting cards, totes, bookmarks, and more. Come say hello!

Rosemont Artists Guild Holiday Fair.

Come stop by and check out the beautiful arts and crafts of over 30 different local makers and artisans.

Pottery, stained glass, jewelry, fine art, sculpture, wood turning, and much more.

Buy local!

Portland Harvest Festival is a non-profit event celebrating our city and the coming of Fall. Come join us for a time of food, live music, local craft vendors, and activities for the whole family! We will have games, raffles, giveaways, horse and carriage rides and much, much more!

Our fundraising efforts this year will be directed to help benefit
refugee children and families at the Family Shelter through the
City of Portland, Social Services Division.

I will have a table set up at this event. Come visit me and partake in a local art experience. Hope to see you there!