PHIPPSBURG — Friends of Seguin Island Lighthouse is hosting its first Seguin Island Art Exhibit at the island’s museum attached to Maine’s tallest and second oldest lighthouse.

There will be an opening event on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibit and sale will run through the annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day on Sept. 15.

Twenty-five artists will exhibit and sell their works of Seguin Island in oils, acrylics, watercolors and pastels. Local artists include Martha Baum, Mary Brooking and Claudette Gamache. Proceeds will go toward the preservation and maintenance of Seguin Island and its historic lighthouse.

Seguin Island Light is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Commissioned by George Washington in 1795, it continues to be a fully functional aid to navigation.

The island is located 2.5 miles from the mouth of the Kennebec River in Mid-coast Maine. It covers 64 acres and rises 140 feet above the sea. Accessible only by private boat or by ferry from several places along the coast, visitors come ashore to hike the island trails, climb the lighthouse, visit the museum, meet the keepers and take in the 360 degree views.

The island and lighthouse is open to all at no charge from May to October, though there is a fee for the ferry service. Five moorings are available.

For more information, including ferry services, visit www.seguinisland.org.