Lincoln Arts Festival’s annual boatyard art show and sale, Arts & Yachts, opens Thursday evening, Aug. 21, with a gala artists’ reception from 5-7 p.m., open to the public. The event continues Friday, Aug. 22 through Sunday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

Located at Hodgdon Yacht Services (formerly the Boothbay Region Boatyard) on Southport, the Arts & Yachts event will highlight both the work of visual artists and the yacht-making skills of the boatyard.

Twenty-five Boothbay region artists will show paintings and sculpture, jewelry and furniture, fiber arts and glass, wood, ceramics, photographs and prints. The exciting thing about this show for visitors is that it is designed for interaction and participation as well as observation and shopping. Villard Studios will host free hands-on printmaking tutorials throughout the weekend featuring a traditional American woodblock printing process they use and teach in their studio. The activities are both child and adult-friendly.

Artists will demonstrate jewelry-making, bamboo fly-rod skills, and painting under three “feature” tents within the show, and several artists will demonstrate their working processes throughout the weekend. See work by jeweler Christine Peters Hamilton (Boothbay), furniture by Eben Blaney (Edgecomb), and fiber arts by Leslie Volpe (West Boothbay Harbor).

Don't miss the work of favorite Boothbay Harbor area painters John and Lynne Seitzer, Tom Whittle, John Butke, and Mark Reilly; fiber arts by Jill Butke and Ursula Smith; Ame Mundy's turned wood, Mike Lewis' painted wood sculptures, Tom Knobloch's photographs and Dick MacDonald's glass.

In addition to the arts activities, visitors will be able to get an inside peek at some of the beautiful yachts on display at the boatyard.

To reach the show at Hodgdon Yacht Services, follow the ART SHOW signs all along Route 27 South, across the Southport Bridge onto Ebenecook Road.

For more information, call LAF at 207-633-3913 or visit www.lincolnartsfestival.net.