Artists Will Be Able To Live And Work At A Planned Microcampus In Rockland

ROCKLAND, Maine ― An arts foundation plans to build apartments where resident artists can live and work next to its existing headquarters on a quiet dead-end street. The Ellis Beauregard Foundation is asking the city to rezone the site to allow for performance space there as well. The vision is to create a microcampus where artists can focus on their work and the community as a whole can experience art, lectures and film screenings onsite. “It will be tucked away in a neighborhood, but we like to look at it as another potential cultural asset in this beautiful creative economy here in Rockland,” Ellis Beauregard Foundation Executive Director Donna McNeil said. The foundation provides resources and financial support to artists, including a residency program through which artists receive a stipend and a workspace in Rockland.