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Modern Poster Style a Winner The bold colors and simple lines of the 1997 poster for the Common Ground Country Fair are attracting attention. “Oh, that’s really different. I really like it.” That’s how people are reacting, says Fair director Susan Pierce. “It’s a very different poster, a completely different style from anything we’ve had […]

Poster Design Winner Arika von Edler’s Joyful Goat Portraiture Arika von Edler has captured much of what MOFGA represents with her painting of a cheerful goat chewing on a cover crop of red clover and winter wheat, with a native pollinator in the background. “The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico shows the importance

By Jean English Susan Balch of Swanville had an idea in mind for the 2001 Common Ground Country Fair poster: She wanted to depict the Native American tradition of the three sisters – corn, squash and beans. However, “it just wouldn’t work,” she says. “There was too much stuff.” She decided she had to simplify

Common Ground Fair Poster Is a Glimpse Into an Artist’s Life Susan Kischitz’s background is as diverse as the tools on the poster she designed for the 2003 Common Ground Country Fair. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Susan is the product of a chemist-father who worked for Hooker Chemical Corp., and an old-fashioned Yankee home-maker

Lively Rooster Art by Holly Meade Animates 2010 Common Ground Country Fair Poster The 2010 Common Ground Country Fair poster art contest winner is Holly Meade of Sedgwick, Maine. An accomplished artist, Meade is well known for her children’s book work – the first in 1992 and almost 30 since then. A number of these

Vibrant Veggies Win Common Ground Fair Art Contest The vibrant veggies – some fresh, some freshly canned, all deeply colorful – on the 2011 Common Ground Country Fair poster will have your mouth watering. Artist Dacia Klinkerch of Raymond, Maine, not only grew and canned the produce depicted; she also used the crops for a

Maine Wildlife Biologist Wins Fair Art Contest Lyndsey Monroe Marston is a wildlife biologist, but a very domestic situation led to her selection as the 2012 Common Ground Country Fair art contest winner. Marston says that she did not train formally as an artist but loved drawing and painting from the time she was a

Grace Keown’s ‘Oxen Team’ Design Wins Common Ground Art Contest Grace Keown of Dixmont, Maine, has won MOFGA’s Common Ground Country Fair poster contest with her “Oxen Team” design, to be featured on posters, T-shirts, cloth bags and other goods sold at the 2013 Common Ground Country Fair . This is the second time Keown