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Surf Point is an artist residency located along the coast of York, Maine. Operating since 2019[1], artists and art professionals are selected to apply through a peer-led nomination process. The program hosts 3-4 artist and art professionals at a time for three-week live-work residencies. The mission of Surf Point is to provide “time, space and support for members of the visual arts community to think, connect and create.” [2] Since its inception, Surf Point has hosted over 120 artists and art professionals.

History

Surf Point is the former residence of art patron Mary-Leigh Call Smart [3] and painter, photographer, printmaker and educator Beverly Hallam [4]. In 1970 Smart bought 46 acres on the ocean in York, Me with Hallam. With architects Carter + Woodruff, they designed a modern duplex home called “Surf Point”, living there from 1971 until their deaths.

In the 1980s, Smart and Hallam began to envision what would become of the property after their death, arriving at the residency model that exists today.

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