We did it! (with your help).
It’s OFFICIAL
Waterfall Arts has purchased Lincoln Street Center.
We are excited to finally be able to publicly share a successful completion to our campaign to save Lincoln Street Center, Rockland’s historic High School, and Maine’s largest artist community—preserving 40 artist studios and one of the oldest theaters in the country.
You can read the recent article published in the Midcoast Villager here.
Over the past three years tenants and community supporters have engaged in hundreds of conversations with community leaders, philanthropists, and local artists—creating awareness of the need for new building ownership to preserve affordable studio space for working artists as well as well as protecting one of the oldest theaters in the country.
“What we set out to do almost three years ago felt next to impossible. However, the combination of what this historic landmark means to the community and the artists it supports, along with the magnetic allure of possibility that it represents, were so powerful that this fueled a natural and unstoppable spark which helped to engage many parties. We really couldn’t have asked for a better result.” —Amy Files, LSCA Board Chair
The Lincoln Street Center community is beyond excited and grateful to those who made this possible—Kim Fleming at Waterfall Arts, their board, and major donors.
We would also like to celebrate and thank all of the community members, city leaders, artists and tenants who rallied together to contribute to this exciting outcome, including the individual donors who, via the Lincoln Street Center for the Arts, collectively pledged nearly $100,000 to the campaign to purchase the building.
Click here to read a more complete list of acknowledgments and a parting message from the Lincoln Street Center for the Arts organization.
With so much gratitude,
The Lincoln Street Artist Community