BRUNSWICK

In a 1,200-square-foot Fort Andross studio, bees buzz in one corner. A volcano erupts in another.

“We had to find a theme where all of our ideas could converge and blend,” artist Matt Anderson said.

Anderson is the artist-inresidence guiding the latest Spindleworks project, titled “Habitat,” which will open Friday in conjunction with the Lincoln Street nonprofit gallery’s annual All Species Parade and a separate exhibit at Frontier Café.

“The thing about ‘Habitat’ is that we can include our own human environments as well,” Anderson said.

Artist Diane Black took on that challenge. A suspended sculpture depicts a complicated network of plumbing gone awry. Adjacent, she quickly changed gears, depicting birds alighting on branches anchored by tree stumps from Anderson’s backyard.

In the other corner of the space, a cardboard volcano stands waiting beneath an inflatable cloud.

On Friday, visual and audio artist Angela Alderete will stand behind the volcano she helped design with Mitch Pfeifle, while audio and video projections bring the sculpture to life.

The sounds of birds and other animals will play in the background throughout the exhibit, Alderete said.

Anderson said this installation is his first using traditional paint and sculpture techniques combined with multimedia elements like sound and video to add to the work.

It’s also the first year that Spindleworks has taken on such a large installation.

Alyce Ornella, an artist mentor with Spindleworks, said the special project is funded primarily through a grant from the Senter Fund and an online capital campaign through the website Kickstarter.com.

“This may be the only year that we do this,” Ornella said.

In the first year using online fundraising for such a project, Spindleworks raised $3,150, surpassing the $2,800 goal, with more than 70 funding sources.

At the outset, Anderson said, filling the space seemed daunting, but ideas sprung from collaboration poured in quickly.

“Sometimes I put the brakes on my own projects, but here we just keep moving ahead,” Anderson said. “The ideas are flowing like a river.”

Meanwhile, artist Kim Christensen’s ideas are buzzing like a bee. Her cardboard bee designs will be suspended from the ceiling of the space, inspired by the coming of spring and summer.

“The bees aren’t here yet,” Christensen said, “but they’re coming.”

The project will be on display Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will be open through the month of May on each following Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Also on Friday, in conjunction with Brunswick’s second Friday Art Walk, the All Species Parade will proceed along Maine Street, starting at 4:30 p.m. A reception will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Spindleworks’ Whatnot Gallery at 7 Lincoln St., and the “Purr and Caw” event will include visual art as well as spoken word and musical performances from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

For more information on upcoming events, visit spindleworks.org.