Lewiston, Maine, December 18, 2024.

The LA Arts Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Courtney Reed-Marsh has been selected as its new Arts Agency Administrator. Reed-Marsh joins Gerald Walsh, LA Arts Agency Manager, to support the organization’s mission of engaging and inspiring a vibrant community through arts and culture. They began their new role on December 16.

As LA Arts continues to expand its offerings, Reed-Marsh will be responsible for the agency’s marketing and communications initiatives, coordination with partners and constituents, and office management. They will also provide programming, fundraising, and gallery support.

Reed-Marsh has worked with arts and arts-adjacent organizations in the private, nonprofit, and educational sectors. They have run public-facing and back-end operations of programs for writers and visual artists. Most recently, they served as Director of Communications for the performing-arts-focused startup incubator ARTech in New York City. Reed-Marsh has extensive experience in arts administration, event production, and implementing marketing, communications, social media, and PR strategies. With an MFA in writing, they bring a broad range of brand storytelling and content development skills to this role. Reed-Marsh is excited to join LA Arts and looks forward to supporting the local arts community.

In addition to this new staff position, LA Arts welcomed three board members in 2024.

Natalie Pollock joined LA Arts in February. She is a Business Development Manager and Branch Manager at Kennebec Savings Bank.

Todd Savage joined LA Arts in May as Treasurer and Executive Committee member. He is a Commercial Loan Officer and Regional Vice President at Maine Community Bank.

Peggy DeBlois joined LA Arts in August. She enjoyed careers in marketing, journalism, and teaching before devoting her time to writing. The Toll Road North is her first novel.

“At LA Arts we are growing in our capacity to bring the people of our community together in beautiful, stimulating, and healing experiences of the arts,” says Jim Parakelis, Board Chair. “We are fortunate to have found in Courtney Reed-Marsh an arts agency administrator whose experiences and creative skills complement those of our arts agency manager, Gerald Walsh, so that together they can drive our organization forward. And, we are equally fortunate to have added three outstanding members to our board—members who have already brought to our work needed perspectives, along with dedication to the arts and our community.”  

Sketchy Friends usually meets the first Monday of every month. Details of each session can be found on their Facebook page. 

Excellent interview from the July 2024 Issue of Amjambo Africa on page 29! Click the image for the full pdf of the newspaper. 

Artists, dancers, musicians converge on downtown Lewiston Friday night.

June 2024 was one of our biggest ART WALKS! Check out this great photo album by Sun Journal Photographer, Russ Dillingham from the when we closed down the block!!!

WE WERE ON MAINE PUBLIC RADIO!

Elaine Gammon and Gerald Walsh of LA Arts are this week’s guests on State of the Art. They chat with Host Heather McDougall about the upcoming Summer Art Walk LA series, that kicks off on Friday, May 31st in downtown Lewiston, and continues on the last Friday of the month from June to September.

From family-friendly events and monthly exhibition openings, to a fresh call for artists, we hear all about the return of this annual art walk tradition for the Lewiston/Auburn communities.

APRIL 23 SPOTLIGHT on our growing partnership with the Auburn Senior Center. This workshop series is off to a great start!

Community Plate, a nonprofit organization focused on bringing communities together through food and storytelling, held its ninth potluck at LA Arts.

Eamon White shows some of his early work Friday evening to Julianna Monts at his show, Full Circle, at LA Arts on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. The show traces a circle from White’s earliest drawings and paintings, through his printmaking and shoe design pieces, and finally his work as an educator, where he has shared his passion for shoe design. White’s show also features work from his father and grandmother. White credits the time he spent creating art with his family as his most significant artistic influence. White will return to LA Arts on April 8 with another shoe designer, Dara Kheang, to present a free shoe customization and design workshop. The workshop is open to all ages. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal