The Lewiston Is Our Hope Project invites our Lewiston-Auburn community members to share their visions of hope through art and storytelling. Led by Yun Garrison at Bates College in Lewiston, over 400 community members will be invited to contribute to a collective artwork in October 2025. Stay tuned for workshops and art tables.
By participating in this project, you will create:
One painted wood circle (3 x 3 inches) that will become part of a large public art installation, and
A 60-second audio story that will become part of our community’s hope story archive.
The final public art installation will be on display at the Lewiston Public Library this winter.
This is a community art and research project. We’ll ask for your consent before starting.
When are the following open workshops and art tables?
Drop-in art table: Drop-in space to create at your own pace
Open workshop: Structured group session with other people
* We will update this daily
(Last updated on October 29 2025, 7:00 PM)
10/21 3:30-5:00 Gather to Grow (208 Bates St, Lewiston, ME) Open art table
10/21 5-6:30 PM Ellard Studio (178 Lisbon St, 2nd Fl, Lewiston, ME) Open workshop
10/21 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Le Ronji Coffeehouse (30 Frye St, Lewiston, ME) Open art table
10/23 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM YWCA Central Maine Gym (130 East Ave, Lewiston, ME) Open workshop
10/24 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Gather To Grow (208 Bates St, Lewiston, ME) Open art table
10/25 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Lewiston Public Library Callahan Hall (200 Lisbon St, Lewiston, ME) Open workshop
10/26 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM Lewiston Farmet’s Market (2 Oxford St, Lewiston, ME) Drop-in art table
10/26 3-4:30 PM Ellard Studio (178 Lisbon St, 2nd Fl, Lewiston, ME) Open workshop
10/26 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Le Ronji Coffeehouse (30 Frye St, Lewiston, ME) Drop-in art table
10/28 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Le Ronji Coffeehouse (30 Frye St, Lewiston, ME) Drop-in art table
10/30 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Munka Studio (221 Lisbon St, Lewiston, ME) Open workshop
11/10 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Bates College Commons 1st Floor Lobby (136 Central Ave, Lewiston, ME) Drop-in art table
11/19 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM LA Arts (168 Lisbon St, Lewiston, ME) Open workshop. This is the final open workshop of the project.
So far, 260 people have participated in the project, with their ages ranging from 2 to 82 years old.
Team
Project Director
Yun Garrison
Community Steward
Fowsia Musse
Team Coordinator
Reynolds Huard
Team Member
Kelly Saldana
Team Member
Anna Luka
Team Member
Claudia Klingbeil
Team Member
Sophia Ramsey
Team Member
Mo Mcguire
Community Collaborators
If you are interested in collaborating for the project, please contact our team. We will create a workshop or art table for your group!
ArtVan
Bates College
Ellard Studio
Gather to Grow
Le Ronji
LA Arts
Lewiston Farmers’ Market
Lewiston Public Library
New Beginnings
Maine Community Integration
Maine Resiliency Center
Munka Studio
Spurwink
University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn Campus
YWCA-Central Maine
Contact us
Do you live, work, or attend school in Lewiston?
Let our team know if you’d like to sign up as a group, such as friends, family members, students, classmates, or coworkers, to participate in a workshop together.