Barn Arts

Barn Arts is a non-profit based on Mount Desert Island, ME that supports artists and students.

Barn Arts was founded in 2008 to create opportunities for artists from around the world to develop new works of performance on Mount Desert Island in Maine. The organization has grown in each of the last seven years as it has become increasingly involved in the local community. Since 2008, over one hundred artists have come to Bass Harbor to create and continue work on new performance pieces and t

he collective has performed or taught at schools, libraries, community centers, and in the national park. The work takes the form of theater productions, concerts, discussions, film screenings, workshops and variety shows and uses elements of music, film, puppetry, comedy, and dance. Barn Arts is also passionate about creating and performing original shows for young people and families. Barn Arts teaching artists lead theater-making workshops that develop skills, techniques and ideas for performance, teamwork and self-expression for all ages.

07/30/2023

THE PETRA AND MO SHOW opens of Friday! This interactive puppet for all ages is touring in midcoast and downeast Maine from August 4-13.

All shows are by donation. Bring a blanket or folding chair and come early for the pre-show art party!

Performance times and locations are:

Fri, 8/4 - Whitefield Library, 4pm
Sun, 8/6 - Hammond Hall, 2pm
Mon, 8/7 - The Community School, 5pm
Wed, 8/9 - Round Top Farm, 4:30pm
Sat, 8/12 - Rockport Library, 10:30am
Sun, 8/13 - Pumpkin Vine Family Farm, 12pm

Special thanks to for making this production possible!

07/29/2023

THE PETRA AND MO SHOW opens on Friday! This interactive puppet musical for all ages is touring in midcoast and downeast Maine from August 4-13.

All shows are by donation. Bring a blanket or folding chair and come early for the pre-show art party!

Performance times and locations are:

Fri, 8/4 - Whitefield Library, 4pm
Sun, 8/6 - Hammond Hall, 2pm
Mon, 8/7 - The Community School, 5pm
Wed, 8/9 - Round Top Farm, 4:30pm
Sat, 8/12 - Rockport Library, 10:30am
Sun, 8/13 - Pumpkin Vine Family Farm, 12pm

Special thanks to for making this production possible!

07/09/2023

This Friday! Come see a team of incredible young artists perform together. There will be dancing! 🦖🍦🎭

01/30/2023

Vintage Classroom 2023 is coming! Barn Arts is collaborating with again this year to bring the past to life for students throughout the MDIRSS district. This year we’re expanding this program - which recreates a day in a one-room schoolhouse in 1894 - to include students from Swan’s Island, the Cranberry Isles, Frenchboro, and The Community School thanks to an Expansion Arts Grant from . The program begins in May and will reach nearly 100 students from 9 different schools on 5 different islands!

07/01/2022

It's gonna be showtime!

01/21/2021

The newest episode of BarnWaves drops Friday night! We're going live on Instagram at 8pm to celebrate - will you be there?

12/18/2020

NEW ART ALERT!

Check out our contribution to MDI WINTER BEACH STORY - the island-wide community clean up and arts event happening right now!

To take part, choose a spot on the island that's important to you and take a picture or video of yourself cleaning up trash and singing, dancing, playing an instrument, reciting poetry, puppeteering, or showing off your creativity however you'd like.

Then, tag Barn Arts () and use to link us all together while we're apart.

Have fun and see you soon!

mount desert island wide community event! everyone on the island is invited to choose a part of the shoreline that means something to them and take the time ...

12/17/2020

Barn Arts presents MDI WINTER BEACH STORY - an island-wide community event to celebrate our shores by cleaning up trash and making art.

MDI WINTER BEACH STORY will begin after this snowstorm and last for one week. During this time, everyone on the island is invited to choose a part of the shoreline that means something to them and take the time to clean, sing, dance, paint, draw, or perform, and then share pictures and videos on social media.

Participants can use the hashtag to link together the community actions and creativity that make this island such a special place to call home.

And check out this still from the Barn Arts contribution to MDI WINTER BEACH STORY - a new music video that drops on social media tomorrow!

07/25/2020

Today is a Saturday, that means the Barn should be filled with creative works that absolutely baffle the mind with chaotic energy. As of today, this would have been the year mark for me for many things. However, these pictures only tell the story in front of the lens and right now that's all we need. The story we tell today, not what could have happened, not what might happen tomorrow, its the way we respect today and can make the best of this one day set out in front of us.

Address

130 Tremont Road
Bass Harbor, ME
04653

Website

http://www.barnarts.me/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Barn Arts posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Establishment

Send a message to Barn Arts:

Shortcuts

Want your establishment to be the top-listed Arts & Entertainment in Bass Harbor?

Our Story

The Barn was built in 1887 and a hundred years later it was turned into Once Upon a Time - an antique store owned and operated by Doris Simon. The Barn was repurposed as a theater space in 2008 by Barn Arts co-founder Andrew Simon, Doris's grandson. In the last ten years, the space has featured performances of all kinds and hosted audiences of all sizes as it has become a center for community for locals and visitors to Mount Desert Island.

Barn Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization with a mission to bring people together.