Arts
While Oxford County is well known for its lakes and mountains and all the recreation opportunities associated with them, it is less well known for its cultural landscape which is just as rich and diverse. Our cultural landscape includes music and art festivals and performing arts and art exhibition venues. These and other arts and cultural events and organizations in and near Oxford County generate tax revenues, create jobs, attract investments and stimulate our local economies in addition to enhancing and enriching the overall quality of life here.
Deertrees Theatre & Cultural Center
Leura Hill Eastman Peforming Arts Center
Oxford Hills Music & Performing Arts Association (OHMPAA)
Fare Share Commons Art Collective
Edge of Maine Art Gallery and Frame Shop
Sunday River Artisans Gallery at Dream Realty
Community Gallery at Sunday River Brew Pub
Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts (RAAPA)
Skye Theater Performing Arts Center
Brick Church for the Performing Arts
Artistic Endeavors Gallery and Framing
For more information about cultural events, museum exhibits, art and craft shows, fairs and festivals, and performances in Oxford County, visit the Maine Lakes and Mountains page of the Maine Office of Tourism’s website.
And, if this isn’t enough choice and variety, there is more to come! In the summer of 2012 the Maine Mineral, Mining and Gem Museum will open in Bethel. The Museum’s founders have assembled the world’s largest collection of Maine mineral specimens, gemstones and historical memorabilia.