The Lighthouse Strikes Back

Wow! Okay, this should be a fun show -- submit your art now!!! (see below for more info from Chris Dingwell at Sanctuary)From Chris:

HEY EVERYONE,
I wanted to let you know about our JUNE art exhibit -- "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE"

I'm very excited to announce that we are going to be doing a group show of really crazy, whacky, totally screw-ball LIGHTHOUSE ART! the show goes up in June; June 4th to be exact, and anyone can participate.

The only stipulations are:

The work must be about or include some form of LIGHTHOUSE image

It must of course be your own original artwork

It must be non-traditional in some form; how is up to you, as long as it goes beyond the usual Maine Lighthouse postcard art. Using such images for the sake of satire is of course totally appropriate as well.

We already have a bunch of great local artists on board, but we always need more! Show us what you have. If you are intending to submit three-dimensional work, please contact Chris Dingwell at the gallery first, otherwise no pre-approval is necessary. All work must be delivered to the gallery by Wednesday, JUNE 4th. Work that doesn't meet the criteria will not be included.

For more information, contact
CHRIS DINGWELL
Sanctuary Tattoo and Art Gallery
31 forest Ave.
Portland, Maine 04101
207-828-8866
e-mail: chris[at]sanctuarytattoo.com

Tales from Lighthouse Keeper's Children

Many of you may be familiar with the purportedly haunted Wood Island lighthouse. Recently, some surviving children of one of the lighthouse's keepers from the distant past sat down to tell some of their tales to an appreciative audience in Saco. You can read about it here at the Haunted Lighthouses blog, where tales of Spectral Keepers of the Lights and news about haunted lighthouses are faithfully kept alight. Click here to read the article.

For more on the investigation of Wood Island's hauntings, click here.

Photo from the CyberLights website, which has more photos of the lighthouse, video, directions, etc.