2023 Maine Craft Apprenticeship Program Timeline

October 2022: Application Opens

10/4/2022: Prospective CAP Applicant Zoom Info Session #1, 12 – 1pm. RSVP here!

10/13/2022: Prospective CAP Applicant Zoom Info Session #2, 5:30 – 6:30pm. RSVP here!

12/08/2022- Application deadline

12/10/2022 – 12/31/2022- Jurors review all applications.

1/4/2023 – Notifications are sent to all applicants. Finalists are contacted to schedule interviews for January 18th & 19th (interview attendance is required to be considered for the program)

1/18/2023- Finalist’s interviews on Zoom

1/19/2023- Finalist’s interviews (back up date)

1/20/2023 Finalist contacted with results in preparation for public announcement

1/31/2023 CAP 2023 participants are publicly announced.

3/1/2023 Apprenticeships begin.

9/30/2023 Apprenticeships end.

9/30/2022 CAP Alumni Gathering @ Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

Exhibition Opening Reception: Mentors + Apprentices: Work from Maine’s 2022 Craft Apprentice Program /// Capstone exhibition at
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

October 2023: Exhibition dates: Mentors + Apprentices: Work from Maine’s Craft Apprentice Program /// Capstone exhibition at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (pending)

2023 Jurors

Lisa Gent, Owner – Lisa Gent Handcrafted Jewelry
Lissa Hunter, Multi-Media Artist
Rachel Montroy, Education and Community Outreach Coordinator NHLC

Applicant match-making tool.
Want to apply for the 2023 program but need a match?
Apprentices: Check our database of available mentor artists.
Mentors: Register to be added to the database.

PROSPECTIVE MENTOR ARTIST DATABASE