Cheap Art Club: Project Relief Fundraiser
with Sam Hallowell

In lieu of recent ongoing violence of ICE in our communities in Maine, we're using this monthly class as an art-making fundraiser.

Come prepared to screen print pre-made designs and create pin-back buttons to benefit local mutual aid efforts for our immigrant neighbors. 100% of class proceeds and profit from items made in class will be donated to Project Relief, a Maine-based, 100% volunteer run, mutual aid organization dedicated to supporting immigrants by meeting basic needs, paying legal fees, etc.

Everyone can bring one item to print on and take home, all others will be sold to benefit project relief

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Come comfy, bring a snack (or something to share!), and get ready to play, explore, and make something — anything!

Cheap Art Club is all about that grade school art class energy — carefree, fun, and judgment-free. We focus on the process, not the product.* 

Using low/no-cost, recycled, and rescued materials, we’ll create art that’s for everyone — not for profit. Inspired by the Cheap Art Manifesto from Bread + Puppet Theater (because art should be accessible, joyful, and weird).

Sam is a multimedia artist, sporadic but enthusiastic reader, lifelong learner (college drop-out), and organizer for Bath Pride. Pre-pandemic, she studied book arts, printmaking, integrative health, and communications at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.

Her lifelong dream? To become an art teacher — higher education be damned! Sam’s passions include community building, stationery, placemaking, baking, social justice, and tracking down the best Reuben in the Midcoast. She lives in Woolwich with her adopted cat, Sage, her boyfriend, and a lovingly neglected collection of unread nonfiction books. 📚🐈

*pre-registration required

*18+