Casco Bay Kelp Farm Tour with Seaweed Week!

Foggs Water Taxi and Charters Maine Wharf, 72 Commercial Street, Portland, ME, United States

Ever wondered about life on a kelp farm? It's kelp harvest season in Maine and this is a unique opportunity to see a working kelp farm! On Seaweed Week's official…

$40

Casco Bay Kelp Farm Cruise

Have you ever wanted to visit a kelp farm at harvest time? Join us for Seaweed Week's first-ever Casco Bay cruise departing from Portland, ME. On this 3-hour trip, we'll…

$40

Cooking with Kelp Workshop at Canopy Farms

Zao Ze Cafe and Market 5 Abby Rd, Brunswick, ME, United States

Want to support local seaweed farmers but not sure how to work with kelp at home? Interested in gaining the recipes and know-how to create restaurant-quality dishes in your own kitchen? Join the folks at Canopy Farms for this cooking class focused on Maine kelp. Registration: Direct message Canopy Farms here: https://www.instagram.com/canopyfarms/

Flatbread Community Night with the Maine Aquaculture Association

Flatbread Co. 72 Commercial Street, Portland, ME, United States

Head to Flatbread on Portland's waterfront for oven-fired pizza, kelp-topped salad, and beverages as part of a community night to benefit the Maine Aquaculture Association! The Maine Aquaculture Association (MAA)…

Friends from the Field Webinar: A Field Guide to the Seaweeds of Maine

Zoom https://bit.ly/3vf0EhC 

Join Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Island Heritage Trust for a Friends from the Field Webinar! Glen Mittelhauser (director of Maine Natural History Observatory), Jordan Chalfant (MNHO board member), and Dr. Amanda Savoie (researcher at the Canadian Museum of Nature) are writing a user-friendly photographic field guide to the seaweeds of Maine. The project has…

Sun + Seaweed: Cyanotype Workshop with Oriana Poindexter

Après 148 Anderson St, Portland, ME, United States

Small Group Cyanotype Workshop led by Oriana Poindexter, with local seaweed species ID presentation by Carissa Maurin, Aquaculture Project Manager at Gulf of Maine Research Institute and seaweed provided by Nautical Farms. Join artist and marine scientist Oriana Poindexter for an interactive art-science workshop to learn the cyanotype, or sun-printing, process. Learn this early alternative…

$125

Seaweed Row with DoryWoman Rowing: Open-Water Rowing in Stunning Belfast Bay

DoryWoman Rowing is excited to offer this totally one-of-a-kind experience where you can learn about Maine seaweed while rowing in a wooden dory in Belfast Bay! You can row or be a passenger (please note on booking form). An extra special guest will be on board, Kim Grindle of Isleboro Oyster, an aquaculturist who grows…

$150

Seaweed ID Beach Walk

Dyer Cove, Cape Elizabeth 225 Two Lights Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME, United States

TIME CHANGE!! NEW TIME IS 9:00-10:30 AM. The Seaweed Week species ID beach walk is back for our 5th annual event! How many species of seaweed are there in Maine?…

Shifting Sands: Beaches, Bathers, and Modern Maine Art

Ogunquit Museum of American Art 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit, ME, United States

Gallery season opening featuring seaweed artists! Exhibition: April 29 to July 16, 2023 at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Curated by Donna Cassidy, Professor Emerita at the University of Southern Maine, Shifting Sands explores the unique place that the beach holds in modern art. The beach is now viewed as a fragile environment subject…