(Image: Historical Photograph of Liberty Corn Cannery, Circa 1911)
(Belfast, ME) To complement the current Art of Salvage and Cannery Photography exhibits, Waterfall Arts has scheduled a public talk on Maine Canneries exploring the history and future of local food processing plants in Maine on Friday, August 3rd beginning at 7:00 pm. Speakers include Paul Frederic, author of Canning Gold: Northern New England's Sweet Corn Industry, local historians, food processors and farmers.
In his book, Frederic examines how sweet corn canning helped shape the economy, landscape and people of rural Maine during the "corn shop century," 1860-1960s. Like many other canneries in Maine, the Liberty Cannery was active from the early 1900s to 1960. The buildings were unoccupied until David McLaughlin bought them in the early 1970s and re-purposed them for his salvage and sculptural work. Admission to the talk is free, but donations are welcome.
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(Image: Historical Photograph of Liberty Corn Cannery Boiler)
Other talks and events coming up in August include a panel discussion on David McLaughlin, the Artist on Friday, August 10th at 7:00 pm. Artists who knew McLaughlin and appreciated his art work include Nina Scott Hanson, Alan Crichton and others. Admission is free, but donations are always welcome.
The last day of David McLaughlin: the Art of salvage exhibit is Friday, August 24th. The gallery will be open from 9:000 am to 7:00 pm that day, and selected tools from the exhibit will be for sold at affordable prices.
The McLaughlin exhibit and related events are sponsored by Harvest Energy and Rockport Mechanical, the Maine Community Foundation, Cold Mountain Builders, the Davistown Museum and Liberty Tool, Liberty Graphics, Darby’s Restaurant, Bittersweet Landing Boatyard and the Lookner Family Foundation.
Waterfall Arts is located at 256 High Street in Belfast. Gallery hours through August 24th are Tuesday through Thursday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Fridays from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and by appointment. For more information, please visit www.waterfallarts.org or call 207-338-2222.
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