The Portland Masonic presents rapunzel, a large-scale drawing installation by Portland-based artist Sarah Baldwin, on Friday, June 5th, from 5-8pm. Baldwin’s work began as an investigation of the Brother’s Grimm fairy tale, ‘Rapunzel,’ and spread through the tales of its origin. For this installation, Baldwin reinterprets the classic story in the present day through a series of minimal ink drawings using hair as both the inspiration and medium of resistance. 

Baldwin writes, “What if Rapunzel cut off her own hair and used it to escape instead of waiting for rescue? I came across a question similar to this while conducting research for the project. The question prompted me to reconsider the role of female characters in fairy tales like Rapunzel and compelled me to take a closer look.”

rapunzel is informed by the Grimm fairy tale, its history and the tales of its origin. 

Baldwin’s installation will be on view one-night-only Friday, June 5th, from 5-8pm during Portland’s First Friday Art Walk.

The Portland Masonic  | 415 Congress St, Portland, Maine 04101
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Artist Sarah Baldwin’s 2-day drawing installation event: territory*wetlands to be hosted by Engine (Friday 9/12 & Saturday 9/13) in Biddeford. 

Baldwin, who is supported by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, is a New England native. She explores New England’s coastal wetlands in a series of ink studies and new media works. Through experimental studio technique, Baldwin captures the movement of tidal fluctuations that shape the wetland landscape. The result is series of ink drawings marking the movement of the tide. Baldwin will be demonstrating this drawing technique during a 2-day installation event at Engine, 265 Main St. Biddeford, Maine. Engine will be hosting the 2-day drawing event on Friday 9/12 from 2pm-6pm and Saturday 9/13 from 11am-4pm. 

“Informed by observation of the wetland environment, I mimic the actions of the tide. Repetitive washes of ink over vellum. Fabric soaked, dried, soaked and dried, like tidal refuse. Marks made in rows daily... cyclically. In accord with the estuarine landscape as it shifts each day, salted waves through the brackish murky depths of the red maple swamp.”  -sarah baldwin

Engine 
265 Main St. Unit 103 Biddeford, Maine
Friday 9/12 from 2pm-6pm and Saturday 9/13 from 11am-4pm
territory*wetlands

territory*wetlands is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Maine Arts Commission

territory*decay 
sarah baldwin: new media drawings
 in the Loft: Drift Gallery
August 24 - September 22
Opening Reception & Book Signing Party: 
Saturday, August 24, 5-8pm 2013
Drift Gallery 
375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth NH 03801
...on the grounds of the historic Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion

BUOY exhibits 
territory*decay:wetlands   
new media drawings: sarah baldwin

territory*decay an exhibition of new work by Sarah Baldwin is on view at BUOY in Kittery, Maine. The exhibition opens on Friday April 26th, with an opening reception from 6-10pm and runs until May 24th 2013. territory*decay features new media drawings by Baldwin focused on the coastal wetlands of Southern Maine.