This past summer, MFT’s Fiore Art Center offered four virtual residencies. Instead of working at the beautiful Rolling Acres Farm at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, ME, the residents worked from their homes, farms, gardens and studios. From January…
Margot Anne Kelly is the Fiore Art Center’s virtual literary arts resident this September. Margot is from Port Clyde, where she is involved with a local food pantry and a community garden. With the current pandemic, she has been exploring…
The Fiore Art Center hosts two unique artists-in-virtual-residence this August: James R. Southard (Rob), a visual arts resident, and Sophie Kelmenson, an academic writing resident. Rob is currently working on a photo series about Kentucky farmers of all kinds. Though…
This July, Katie Addada Shlon joined the Fiore Art Center’s artist residency program as the performance artist-in-virtual-residence. Katie is a conceptual performance artist based in Baltimore, who uses handmade instruments as meditative tools for exploring the complex relationships we have…
During the summer of 2019, six visual artists, one academic writer, one poet, one performance artist, and one gardener lived and worked together at Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson, Maine. This collection of creatives were part of MFT’s Fiore Art…
Connect with fellow members and MFT staff as we dig into timely topics related to our food and farm systems. This winter and spring we'll read two books: Dirt to Soil (March), and Farming While Black (April). You can join…
Applications for the 2020 residencies at MFT’s Joseph A. Fiore Art Center opened December 31st, 2019 and close March 1st, 2020. Next summer the Center will host six visual art residencies: most residency placements will go to Maine artists, a…
Throughout the summer, MFT’s Fiore Art Center opens its doors to the public with festive, family-friendly open studio days. On the last Sunday of the month the artists and writers in residence welcome visitors into their studios to see what…
For over 10 years, MFT has worked with photographers, filmmakers and artists across the state to tell eye-opening stories about farming and conservation in Maine. For MFT’s 20th anniversary, a retrospective exhibit was curated, showcasing a small selection of works…
Anna has been with MFT for a full decade now, joining the small team in 2009 to start the MFT Gallery in Belfast. In 2016, her work evolved to encompass the Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres Farm, where she…