ACTUVATION: Sonic meditation by JOJO ABOT ‘23

ACTUVATION: Sonic Meditation with JOJO ABOT
Friday, December 1, 2023, 4-6pm
At Surf Point

Offering pieces from her opera “A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING” as well as recently channeled meditations, interdisciplinary artist JOJO ABOT ‘23 invites us into a sonically immersive journey that serves as a portal to personal expansion, presence, reflection, connection, mindfulness, gratitude, expansion, oneness, love and so much more. As JOJO ABOT explains: “A collective meditation is only as powerful as we call and allow it to be, knowing that we are the light, the hope, and salvation we hope to see. Join us…”

Tea will be provided, feel free to bring your favorite mug. Please wear something comfortable and be prepared to sit on the floor or in a chair. Bring your own blankets or yoga mat. A few blankets or chairs will be available for those who need them. No prior experience of meditation is required. This is an immersive sonic experience. This is not an opportunity to visit the entire Surf Point facility. This event will take place in the Beverly Hallam studio. Parking and bathrooms are available on-site. Kids are welcome but this is a seated performance.

This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited, so registration is required. Donations are welcome. Address and directions will be provided to registrants on Thursday, November 30.

For questions, email info@surfpoint.me.

About JOJO ABOT

JOJO ABOT is an interdisciplinary healer exploring evolving themes of spirituality, identity and community through music, film, fine art, fashion, photography and various other expressions. Committed to a philosophy of "Message Over Medium", the artist aims to provoke larger conversations and actions towards collective elevation, healing and harmony. An Ewe woman born in Ghana and currently based in LA, JOJO ABOT offers intimate invitations into the practice of true freedom, love and re-membering through sacred ceremonies of togetherness, reflection and transformation engaging the self as the starting point to unity, universal connection and ascension. Serving as a bridge between the physically and metaphysically, her offerings invite us into a spiritual dance that allows for a coming together of ancestry, traditions and global cultures.

Visit JOJO ABOT’s website here.

About Surf Point

Surf Point is a nonprofit organization that supports visual artists and art professionals with a year-round, nomination-based residency program on the coast of York, Maine.

Wild Knoll Visit followed by Nightingale Vocal Ensemble Performance of Work inspired by May Sarton at York Public Library

Carly Glovinski ‘21 Artist Talk at the Wild Knoll Foundation Garden. Photo by Kerry Constantino.

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Schedule of events:

11:30am - 12:30pm - Wild Knoll Foundation Garden Visit at Surf Point featuring artist talk by Carly Glovinski ‘21.

1:00pm - 2:30pm - Nightingale Vocal Ensemble Performance at the York Public Library

The Nightingale Vocal Ensemble will perform the Maine premiere of Andrew List's vocal quartet, clarinet, and piano cycle titled "Journey of Seasons" for its 2023-24 concert season here at York Public Library. The Massachusetts premiere will be held on November 16 at the Berklee College of Music. Featuring poetry by Queer, Belgian-American writer, May Sarton, "Journey of Seasons" uses the image of a garden as a metaphor for the self amidst life's seasons. In tandem with the performance, we will invite a modern poetry scholar to present on Sarton and her impact on 20th century American literature.

May Sarton lived the last twenty-two years of her life in York, Maine at her "house by the sea" she called Wild Knoll. Although she increasingly experienced multiple challenges during this time, her writing continued strong which resulted in several volumes of poetry and journals as well. Her last volume of poems "Coming Into Eighty" was published in 1994. May Sarton died in York, Maine, in July of 1995 at the age of 83. Read more about Wild Knoll HERE. 

THOSE WHO REGISTER FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL INVITATION TO VISIT THE Wild Knoll Foundation Garden  BEFORE THE CONCERT, ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 11:30AM TO 12:30PM. This gorgeous site alongside the ocean is typically open to the public by appointment. This is an optional activity available to program registrants only, but not a required part of the program.

Read more about the event here.

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Community Day #7

Beverly Hallam
Study for Pink and Red Poppies (2007)
Ink & acrylic on paper
7.5” x 10”

COMMUNITY DAY #7

Saturday, October 28, 12pm-3pm

We are thrilled to host our 7th Surf Point Community Day on Saturday, October 28, with several exciting ways to participate:

1-2pm: Join Surf Point alum and art historian Olga Herrera ‘22 for a talk about Surf Point’s founders and history based on archival research. (Among her many impressive achievements, Olga has curated “Maria Luisa Pacheco: Geographies of Abstraction—Madrid, La Paz, New York” at the Art Museum of the Americas, opening Thursday, October 19.)

12-3pm: Watercolor painting in Beverly Hallam’s light-filled, spacious studio. Examples of Hallam’s floral paintings will be on view, and a simple bouquet & vase will be set up for you to paint from observation. Surf Point alum Tessa Greene O'Brien '22 and other Surf Point alumni will be there to gently guide. Watercolors and paper will be provided; feel free to bring your own! Kids welcome.

12-3pm: Self-guided tours of Wild Knoll Foundation Garden, a public art project by alum Carly Glovinski ‘21, inspired by writer May Sarton, and a short walk from the Surf Point building.

12-3pm: Plant sale! The end of October and first week of November are still a great time to get herbaceous perennials in the ground. For a small donation, pick up some plant divisions from Wild Knoll Foundation Garden. Proceeds will help support the next growing season of this living work.

Other highlights:

• All are welcome, including dogs on leash

• View works by Surf Point alumni from our recent (reviewed) exhibition at the George Marshall Store Gallery, checklist with prices here.

• Peruse the books in our 1,000 volume art library

• Walk the trails on our 46-acre property

• Explore the tidal pools and oceanfront

• Visit Buoy Gallery; George Marshall Store Gallery; and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) and make a day of it! On view in Ogunquit are a portrait of SPF co-founder Mary-Leigh Smart and a painting by her mother, artist Mary B. Call.

Community Day is free and open to the public. Please complete this form to register. Address and directions to Surf Point will be emailed to registered participants on Friday, October 27. Email info@surfpointfoundation.org with any questions or if you would like to volunteer.

Olga U. Herrera is an art historian, independent curator, scholar and a A Surf Point Resident in September 2022. Currently she is the Managing Director of the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiatives at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on the intersections of globalization, networks of cultural production, and circulation of modern and contemporary art of the Americas. She is the author of American Interventions and Modern Art in South America (University Press of Florida, 2017) winner of the 2018 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication; Toward the Preservation of a Heritage: Latin American and Latino Art in the Midwestern United States (University of Notre Dame, 2008); and editor of the books Scherezade García: From This Side of the Atlantic (AMA, 2019), and iliana emilia García: The Reason/The Object/The Word (AMA, 2019). Herrera earned a Ph.D. in Latin American modern and contemporary art history and theories of globalization from George Mason University. Her upcoming co-curated exhibition Maria Luisa Pacheco: Geographies of Abstraction—Madrid, La Paz, New York will open at the Art Museum of the Americas on October 19, 2023.

AND…save the date for SURF POINT COMMUNITY DAY #8:

Saturday, April 27, 2024!

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Visit to Surf Point with New Art Dealers Association

Explore the grounds of Surf Point Foundation— Maine’s most coveted oceanfront artist residency program—with Executive Director, Yael Reinharz.

Film Screening with Erin Johnson '21 at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art

5pm - 7pm at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA), 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit, ME 03907

Join Samantha Butler, Program Manager of Surf Point Foundation, and Erin Johnson, Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art, for a discussion on artist Beverly Hallam and arts patron Mary-Leigh Call Smart, and for a screening of Johnson’s film inspired by them called “To be Sound is to be Solid.” 

This talk and screening are free with admission to OMAA and free for OMAA members. Click here to join as a member.

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Erin Johnson, Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art 

Erin Johnson (b. 1985, US) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in New York who was recently named one of
the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine. Her short films and immersive installations explore notions of collectivity, dissent, and queer identity. In her shape-shifting videos, constellations of artists, biologists, and film extras address the imbrication of science and nationalism. Johnson received an MFA and Certificate in New Media from UC Berkeley in 2013, attended Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2019, and recently completed residencies at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY), Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL), Lower Manhattan Community Council (LMCC), Hidrante (San Juan, PR), Lighthouse Works (Fishers Island, NY) and Surf Point (Maine). Her work has recently been exhibited or screened at Sanatorium (Istanbul), REDCAT (LA), MOCA Toronto (Toronto), Munchmuseet (Oslo), Times Square Arts (New York), deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Boston), and Billytown (The Hague). She is represented by Galleria Eugenia Delfini (Rome) and is Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Samantha Butler, Program Manager of Surf Point Foundation

Samantha is an arts organizer and multidisciplinary artist based out of Biddeford, Maine. Samantha has a rich history of developing engaging, artist-centric programming, especially supporting emerging artists; she co-founded New System Exhibitions and has worked with Maine arts institutions including SPACE, Running with Scissors, and the Portland Museum of Art. Prior to her current role at Surf Point Foundation, Samantha was the manager of TEMPOart where she led the organization through its annual public art commission. Read about Samantha’s practice supporting creative communities in Maine Magazine. Samantha’s studio work spans various media in the visual and performing arts. She values collaborative and improvisational methods of making and has worked as a set designer and art director for theatrical and commercial video productions. Samantha holds a B.A. Cum Laude from Connecticut College where she studied the representation of gender and sexuality, American Studies, and Studio Art.

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Community Day #6

Saturday, June 24: Community Day at SPF

10am: All-levels yoga with Nikki Yanok, designed to open channels of creativity and energize the body. Bring a mat, blanket/towel, props you like. No previous experience is necessary. Please register.

11am: Outdoor guided meditation with Nikki Yanok on the Wild Knoll terrace to ground the body and stimulate the mind.

12pm: Artist talk with Carly Glovinski and Acadia Tucker at Wild Knoll to learn more about the Wild Knoll Foundation Garden commission.

1pm: Tour Surf Point’s building and learn about our program and history with Director Yael Reinharz and Program Manager Samantha Butler.

Other highlights:

• Bring family, friends, dogs (leash and pickup)

• Peruse the books in our library

• Walk the trails on our 46-acre property

• Explore the tidal pools and oceanfront

• View works by SPF alumni from our recent (reviewed) exhibition at the George Marshall Store Gallery, checklist with prices here.

• Visit Buoy Gallery; George Marshall Store Gallery; and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) and make a day of it! On view in Ogunquit are a portrait of SPF co-founder Mary-Leigh Smart and a painting by her mother, the artist Mary B. Call.

• Contact us if you would like to volunteer!

Community Day is free and open to the public. Please complete this form to register. Address and directions to Surf Point will be emailed to registered participants on Friday, June 23. Email info@surfpointfoundation.org with any questions.

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Surf Point Foundation Board Member Nikki Yanok

Beverly Hallam Exhibit at the York Public Library, May through July 2024

Save the date for an exhibition of Beverly Hallam’s artwork at the York Public Library, May through July 2025.

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SPF Selects: A More Human Dwelling Place alumni exhibition at the George Marshall Store Gallery

Antonio McAfee ‘22
Crackling I, 2021
16 x 20 in
Archival photographic print, 3D image with glasses

SPF Selects: A More Human Dwelling Place
April 22-May 28, 2023
George Marshall Store Gallery 
140 Lindsay Road, York, Maine 
Opening: Saturday, April 22, 2023, 3-5pm 
Closing: Saturday, May 27, 2023, 5 - 7pm
Gallery: Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm (and by appointment)

Surf Point Foundation (SPF) and the George Marshall Store Gallery (GMSG) are thrilled to invite you to SPF Selects: A More Human Dwelling Place, SPF's first alumni exhibition curated by SPF Board Vice Chair Myron M. Beasley. The exhibition features 30+ artists who have attended SPF's residency from 2019-2022. Included in the show are works in fiber, fresco, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video, as well as work by SPF co-founder Beverly Hallam.

The show's title is inspired by James Baldwin's 1962 essay "The Creative Spirit" in which Baldwin writes: The role of the artist is to make the world a more human dwelling place.The exhibition celebrates SPF and GMSG's mutual goals to foster meaningful connections within the visual arts community.

Participating Artists

Karen Adrienne (ME)
Dalia Amara (NY)
Bryana Bibbs (IL)
Matt Bodett (IL)
Cole Caswell (ME)
Caleb Cole (MA) 
Dennis RedMoon Darkeem (NY)
iliana emilia García (NY)
Bryan Graf (NY)
Beverly Hallam (ME)
Séan Alonzo Harris (ME)
Anna Hepler (MA)
Isaac Jaegerman (ME)
Gregory Jamie (ME)
Kathleen Kolb (VT)
Crystalle Lacouture (MA)
Joe Mama-Nitzberg (NY)
Mary Mattingly (NY)
Antonio McAfee (IN)
Tyrone Mitchell (NY)
Danielle Mysliwiec (MD)
Tessa Greene O'Brien (ME)
Lisi Raskin (NY)
Daniela Rivera (MA)
Christophe Roberts (NY)
Jessica Straus (MA)
Barbara Sullivan (ME)
Don Voisine (NY)
Shiao-Ping Wang (NH)
Beatrice Wolert (NY)

Proceeds to be shared by Surf Point Foundation, George Marshall Store Gallery, and artists. For price inquiries, please contact Executive Director Yael Reinharz at yael@surfpointfoundation.org.

View full list of artwork here. 

Read more about the exhibition on the George Marshall Store Gallery website.

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