EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, June 22, Nott House
8 Maine Street, Kennebunkport (from 8 am to 1 pm)

Paintings on view at the Nonantum Resort at 4 pm, hors d'oeuvres reception at 5 pm, live auction starts at 6 pm

Tickets are $15, available at the Society.
Cash bar available.

The Kennebunkport Historical Society and the Heartwood College of Art have teamed up to provide an exciting, day-long fundraising event for the whole family to enjoy. Paint the Port involves artists from throughout New England, who come to paint a scene - they can use watercolor, oil, pastels or even photography - which is then auctioned off that same evening. Paint the Port offers a unique opportunity to explore the area - both Kennebunkport and Cape Porpoise - through the eyes of an artist.  Many folks make a day of it and hop from artist-to-artist to examine the works-in-progress on foot, by bike, by car or even by boat, stopping for a bite to eat or a picnic along the beautiful Maine coastline.

It begins in the early morning with artists coming to the Nott House on 8 Maine Street in Kennebunkport to register their participation, pick up their packed tote-bag lunch, gather their Paint the Port "Artist at Work" signpost, and push the pin on the map of where they'll be.

Anyone looking to locate the artists can do so by coming to the Nott House to see for themselves where the various artists are located on the map. Kennebunkport Historical Society volunteers are on-hand from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Nott House to sell tickets and to answer any questions. The artists are usually easy to spot around town because they have their signpost with bright balloons floating to indicate that they are participating in Paint the Port.

From 2:00 pm, tickets for the reception and auction will be available for purchase at the Nonantum Resort.  By 3:00 pm, the artists bring their artwork to the Nonantum Resort to dry. The artwork is available to view starting at 4:00 pm. A catered reception follows at 5 pm and the evening is then capped-off by an auction of the works starting at 6:00 pm.

Tickets are available prior to and on the day-of the event.  They include admittance to the catered reception and allow the ticket holder to obtain a bid number for the auction.  Tickets are available for purchase at the Kennebunkport Historical Society office at 125 North Street in Kennebunkport (207) 967-2751 and Heartwood College of Art at 123 York Street in Kennebunk (207) 985-0985.

Paint the Port, which began in 2005, is an annual event held in late June.

This year's event sponsored by:

TBD

We hope to see you at Paint the Port!