ORR’S ISLAND, Harpswell — Captain Morrill’s Community Art Center will host an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 27th featuring artist Caryn Harris, Maine musicians, an exhibit about Malaga Island, and the final chance to bid on items in a silent auction to support of the programs of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (HHRC).

Captain Morrill’s is the realization of a childhood dream for owner Steve Black to create an environment in which local residents and others come together to celebrate their common interest in the arts. “Believing as I do, that creativity is an innate characteristic of all human beings, this community arts center offers a place where artists and art lovers of all ages celebrate creativity in all its varied forms.”

The event will feature a discussion and art work by Caryn Harris. She loves working in soft pastels and in a Signature Member of the Pastel Painters of Maine. Caryn also taught Beginning Watercolor and Beginning Drawing for Adult Education in Lisbon, Maine. She lives in Cumberland, Maine.

In addition, the day will include an exhibit about Malaga Island. The exhibit, In the Shadow of Memory: The Dispossessed of Malaga Island, is and outdoor installation created by fatherdaughter team, Steve and Annika Black. The exhibit seeks to convey the human toll of the forced expulsion and destruction of the poor, mixed-race community on Malaga Island by the State of Maine in 1912.

The community art center is open in the summer months and features a variety of arts and community programs. The silent auction came about through discussions with Black, who is a member of the Board of the HHRC, and other supporters of the HHRC’s work.