Well-known artists from Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire will gather in Kennebunkport for the fourth annual Paint the Port "fresh paint day" and art auction presented by Heartwood College of Art and Kennebunkport Historical Society on Sunday, June 22.

Over 60 artists will gather for the day to paint at historic and scenic locations throughout Kennebunkport and Cape Porpoise. The public is welcome to watch as participating artists work on location. 

The paintings will then be auctioned off live that evening, following a cocktail reception with delectable hors doeuvres, at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport. Proceeds will benefit both the Kennebunkport Historical Society and Heartwood College of Art.

Among the many well-known artists who have participated in this popular event are Anne Gable Allaire, Paul Bonneau, Anne Burnett, Lynne Blanchard Carr, Mary Anne Cary, Margaret Cummings, Iona Desomond, Gayle Fitzpatrick, Claudette Gamache, Dewitt Hardy, Joe Havens, Madeline Hopkins, Nancy Davis Johnson, Berri Kramer, Janet Ledoux, Philip McCurdy, Vanessa Nesvig, Stuart Nudelman, Suzanne Payne, Ellen Pelletier, Carol Santora, Ann Marie Therrien, Scott Tubby, Gwen Wagor, Aloma Wallace, Prentiss Weiss, Susan Wilder, Richard Winslow, Wade Zahares and others.

Tickets to Paint the Port are $15   Ticket holders will be admitted to the reception/preview  ~  4:00 to 5:30 and will be given a bidding number for the live auction at 5:30   Tickets may be purchased at Heartwood College of Art and Kennebunkport Historical Society   For more information about Paint the Port, please call 985-0985 (HCA) or 967-2751 (KHS)