EVENTS
Bodies in Motion at Zoot! A UMVA event.
Shanna will be displaying “Water Lily” (2025) OIl on canvas, 12 × 24” in the UMVA group show.
BODIES IN MOTION PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Hillary Steinau: Finding the Way Home, Celestial Drift, Venom in Bloom
Cynthia Motian McGuirl: Little Deaths, Horse People
Jess Lauren Lipton: Hydra, The Kiss
Charlie Newton: Rapids, Waterfall
Maryjean Viano Crowe: Water Ghosts, Lake of Memory
Mackenzie Martin: Beckoning
Jorge Pena: Always the Bridesmaid
Rachel Robbins: Fire on High
Shanna McNair: Water Lily
Kristi Marsh: Kelp Farmer
Jeanne Maguire: Perseverance
Emily Sabino: Rain Prayer #5 (Motherwort)
Timothy Crawford Wilson: Fate Spins the World of Destiny
Jon Taner: Small Nude from Belfast
Sue Garret: Pizzaz II
Jean Kigel: Surface of the Sea
Sally Stanton: Shrapnel
Sandy Willcox: Seaweed #3
Liz Kalloch: In the Ruins
Joy of the Lens at Topsham Public Library
The Friends of Topsham Public Library are hosting “Joy of the Lens” in the Crooker Gallery at Topsham Public Library!
The annual Joy of the Lens exhibit, inaugurated in 2009, features original photographs by current Maine residents, both amateur and professional, aged 16 or older. The three entry categories are: Color, Black & White, and a special “Challenge” posed by the previous year’s winner of the Peoples’ Choice Award. Awards are made in all three categories with an additional Peoples’ Choice Award announced at the close of the exhibit. This signature event is co-sponsored by the Trustees and the Friends of the Topsham Public Library.
There’s a reception on Saturday, April 4 from 1-3 p.m. at the library! Or you can view the art for the month—from March 30-April 30. This is going to be great! Shanna will be displaying “Snow Moon Enchantment” (2026, framed Baryta paper print, 24”x17”) for the night photography challenge.
High Frequency Press and The New Guard authors read April 9, 6-7:30 p.m. Shanna will be reading from "Soul Retrieval." Free! Snacks! (Copy)
High Frequency Press and The New Guard authors read March 12, 6-7:30 p.m. Readers (in order of appearance) Readers (in order of appearance) Anne Witty, Shawn Keller, Nancy Coleman, Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven. Shanna will be reading from "Soul Retrieval." Join us!
Shanna McNair on Hot Radio Maine
Shanna will be on Hot Radio Maine with the spectacular interviewer Hayley Smith-Rose! We’ll talk about The Writer’s Hotel, High Frequency and—moi! Looking forward. Please note April 10 is a guess on when it will air. Stay tuned!
Lit Mag News interview with Becky Tuch! We’ll talk about The Writer’s Hotel, High Frequency Press and The New Guard!
Becky Tuch’s Lit Mag News is a touchstone in the literary world! I’m thrilled that she’ll be interviewing me on March 26. Very exciting! Stay tuned! We’ll talk about The Writer’s Hotel, High Frequency Press and The New Guard! I can’t wait.
Grab the link below to join/register. Free and fun! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CLurN9-ERVa-OZNjeQNxpA#/registration
High Frequency Press and The New Guard authors read March 12, 6-7:30 p.m. Shanna will be reading from "Soul Retrieval." Free! Snacks!
High Frequency Press and The New Guard authors read March 12, 6-7:30 p.m. Readers (in order of appearance) Stephanie Cotsirilos, Margot Anne Kelley, s b del llano, Robert T. Kelley, Julie Price Carpenter, Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven. Shanna will be reading from "Soul Retrieval." Join us!
Joy of Art at Topsham Public Library
The Joy of Art show at Topsham Public Library is a state-wide celebration of artists and their art—and it is also a many-tiered contest, January 9-February 4 with a reception on January I entered two of my pieces, “Dress Up” (2024, Self-Portrait, pastel) and “I’m Gonna Phoenix” (2005/2025, street grate rubbing with pastel).
Thanks to all who wished me luck! “Dress Up” won in the Drawing category! I found out at the library on January 17th—walked in and saw a blue ribbon and well, there were tears. I’ll just say that. Big thanks to the Friends of Topsham Public Library!
The show is ongoing until February 4th! You can vote for your favorite until then. Maybe “Dress Up” will win again!
Brunswick Pop Up Art Exhibition
The Union of Maine Visual Artists is holding a pop-up exhibit at Curtis Memorial Library in the Morrell Room Room Gallery in Brunswick, Maine! Forty artists! My pastel drawing, “Dress Up” was selected for the show. Very exciting! The reception is on February 14th from 12:00-4:00 p.m. Come one, come all!
Shanna McNair: Art show reception and reading from her illustrated debut autofiction literary novel “Soul Retrieval” at Topsham Public Library (Dec 11). Exhibit is ongoing until January 9.
Shanna McNair: Art Show and Reading of "Soul Retrieval" at Topsham Public Library Dec. 11 6-7:30 p.m. Image: “Chiron Return” Face and hand prints; acrylic on linen, 16” x 20”
You Know This by Heart: New and Selected Work by Shanna McNair is an art exhibit/reading for McNair's debut novel, "Soul Retrieval." Reception/reading at UMF Emery Center, Sept. 25, 2025, 5-8:30 p.m.
You Know This by Heart, New and Selected Work by Shanna McNair: an art exhibit/reading to celebrate McNair's debut illustrated novel, "Soul Retrieval." Reception/reading at UMF Emery Center, Sept. 25, 2025, 5-8:30 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING AT SHERMAN'S IN TOPSHAM!
Husband and Wife book signing at Sherman’s! Shanna McNair (Soul Retrieval) & Scott Wolven (Hundred Proof) will be on deck to sign books and answer questions.
High Frequency Press Co-Founders Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven: a husband and wife book launch! June 26, 7-8:30 p.m. at Print: A Bookstore in Portland, Maine.
Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven: a husband and wife book launch! High Frequency Press Co-Founders will read and sign books June 26, 7-8:30 p.m. at Print: A Bookstore in Portland, Maine.
Shanna McNair and High Frequency Press Book Launch
High Frequency Press Book Launch Party at the fabulous KBG Bar Red Room in Manhattan! Come celebrate the Spring Catalogue. Shanna McNair is reading from her novel, “Soul Retrieval” alongside Scott Wolven and other HFP authors.
Delta Writers in Jonesboro, Arkansas
The Lounge at Huntington Square in downtown Jonesboro, AR. A special Delta Writers event hosted by Scott McDaniel. Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven are featured fiction writers alongside McDaniel, a poet.
Shanna McNair will read from her forthcoming novel, “Soul Retrieval” at Blue Portland Maine with the Co-Conspirators Presents.
Shanna McNair to read from her forthcoming novel, “Soul Retrieval” at Blue Portland Maine with the Co-Conspirators Presents.