Upcoming Shows & Events

I'll be at Ingrid's German Market, on occasional Saturdays through June, 9am-noon. 117 Buck Street, Downtown Bangor behind the Bangor Auditorium. A fun food and craft market with European flair. Info: 207.947.4232

Creature Feature: A Special Smallworks Show & Sale of Animal Paintings by Sarah Brandon, Linden O'Ryan & Christina Heiniger
A cheerful art show with especially affordable prices to benefit the Grand Theatre.
Preview Show: May 1st - 31st
Sale: Sat. May 31st, 10am - 2pm
Grand Theatre Lobby, 165 Main Street Downtown Ellsworth

10 NEW Smallworks by Each Artist Special One Day Price of $125 each
One Additional Piece by each artist for $50 will be unveiled the day of the sale.
With Special Guest Mia Kanazawa Selling Her Felted Puppets on the 31st only.
* 10% of art sales will be donated to The Grand Theatre, the area's arts and cultural center.*

To preview the work I'll be selling in the show, please visit my Etsy Shop.

Galleries & Stores

You can find Christina's artwork and/or puppets at the following galleries and stores:

You can sometimes find work at my Etsy Shop that I don't have on my website.

Class Opportunities

I'm teaching 2 classes through Ellsworth Adult Education.

"Introduction to Color" will be offered on Mondays beginning Jan. 28th and "Basic Painting" will be offered Thursdays beginning Jan. 31st. Both classes meet from 6-8 P.M and run 6 weeks. Please visit www.ellsworthadulted.org to register online or call 667.6499 to register by phone.

I will be offering more puppet making classes for Children this winter and spring. Please call me at 664.2404 if you'd like to be put on the "interested" list to receive a flyer. Or email me.

Studio Hours

Summer Studio Hours by appointment Saturdays, Sundays or Mondays or by chance. Located at 15 Wood Run, Lamoine, Maine. Please email or call 207.664.2404 for more information.

Directions to Fern House Studio (please call ahead before visiting)

Directions from High Street, Ellsworth or Down East Maine:

1. From High Street head out of Ellsworth on US Rte 1 (as if going to Hancock) for about 4 miles
2. Turn right onto the Mud Creek Road (just before Shirley’s Yarns and Crafts). [if coming from Sullivan/ Down East, turn left onto the Mud Creek Rd.]
3. Go to the end of the Mud Creek Road (about 3 miles), turn left at the stop sign onto rte. 204 (Pinkham’s Flats Road)
4. Continue about a mile. You’ll see a sign for the Walker Road on the right... take this turn. (If you get to Marlboro, you’ve missed the turn).
5. Go about a mile on the Walker Road... you’ll see my mailbox with “15 Wood Run” on it on the right. Turn left onto the dirt road, Wood Run, across from the mailboxes.
6. Mine is the first house (on the right). You’ll see a purple sign that says “Fern House Studio”. The studio is the small building on the right of the driveway.

Directions from Mt. Desert Island:

1. Take Route 3 towards Ellsworth.
2. Shortly after the Acadia Zoo, make the right - hand turn onto Route 204 to Lamoine
3. Continue on rte. 204 until you come to a stop sign (a few miles)...At this stop sign, take a right onto Route 184 south .
4. Continue on for 1.7 miles, and you’ll see the Lamoine Grammar school on the your right. Then very shortly, .2 miles, after the school, bear left, sort of crossing the road, onto the Mill Road.
5. Go 1.1 miles to the end of the Mill Road...at the stop sign, take a right onto the Walker Road (you are almost there)
6. After going a short distance (.3 -.4 miles) on the Walker Road, you’ll see my mailbox with “15 Wood Run” on it on the right. Follow directions from #5 above.

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