NEWS

How we’re dealing with COVID-19

April 9, 2020

Running an arts organization during this time is incredibly challenging when there is so much need on the front lines. Long term sustainability is what we are focused on right…

Engine launches free Cultural Exchange Box program

April 1, 2020

In response to Governor Mills’ mandate to Stay Home, Stay Healthy due to the pandemic, Engine is adapting its Cultural Exchange Program that had launched just prior to Biddeford Public…

Closed until further notice.

March 17, 2020

Engine is closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’d like to see the current show, Nano, please view items on our online marketplace. And, buy things…

Nano, an exhibition of super-tiny works, featured in Maine Today

February 24, 2020

When Laura Dunn started making tiny clay pots, she couldn’t stop – and she couldn’t resist always trying to make them even smaller. We’re talking tiny, tiny pots. The smallest…

Writing Workshop on Poetry & Mental Health Awareness with Maya Williams

February 21, 2020

Artist and performer Maya Williams will be leading a writing workshop on mental health awareness and poetry for high school students on Saturday April 11, from 2-4pm at Engine, 163…

Nano, a super-tiny art exhibition

February 8, 2020

Nano, opening February 8 extended through April 25. UPDATE: This exhibition will be extended through April 25, and–fingers crossed while socially distancing–we’ll be able to open to the public to…

ENGINE LAUNCHES FALL APPEAL

November 15, 2019

Hello and Happy New Year! 2020 is a pivotal and exciting year for Engine! We turn TEN in January! Ten years of helping downtown Biddeford find itself, ten years of advancing the…

2ND ANNUAL YORK COUNTY MINI MAKER FAIRE SLATED FOR NOVEMBER 3

October 12, 2019

Engine presents its biggest event of the year, the 2nd Annual York County Mini Maker Faire. The day-long event will be held on Sunday, November 3, 2019 from 10am-5pm at…

VOTE FOR THE MURAL

September 27, 2019

The finalists have been selected for the 230 Main Street mural in downtown Biddeford. The Biddeford Public Art Committee, a committee of Engine, has selected four very different murals. The…

ENGINE TO RECEIVE NEA OUR TOWN GRANT

September 27, 2019

Arts-based Community Development Investment for Biddeford, Maine Engine One of 57 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Projects Selected Nationwide Biddeford, Maine— National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman…

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