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Profile of Surf Point Foundation by Allison Paige in Decor Maine’s June 2023 Art Issue.

Jorge Arango’s review of Surf Point Foundation’s first alumni exhibition, “SPF Selects: A More Human Dwelling Place” at the George Marshall Store Gallery, featured in the Portland Press Herald.

Surf Point Foundation featured in Downeast’s "11 Maine Residencies Where the Arts Thrive," May 2023.

Hallam and Smart were far ahead of the trend. Although the residency program didn’t begin operating until this fall, they created the Surf Point Foundation in 1988 with a vision of transforming their 6,000-square-foot seaside home and surrounding 44 acres into a residency for artists, art historians, architects, critics and designers after they were gone.