Factor Fine Art

07/19/2025

Art in the Park today! Come on by to Factor Fine Art and see the rotating summer exhibition, then head across the street to Bow House Studio to their open house, meet Avery and see her teaching studios. The weather should be great, hope you can come for a visit!
Weekend hours at FFA are Saturday 11-4 and Sunday 12-4.

06/19/2025

https://mailchi.mp/ef3201fc94ad/summer-2025-exhibition-and-gallery-hours

Summer 2025 Exhibit and Gallery Hours!
We open this Friday, June 20th from 11am - 4pm.
Check our website for more info.
Hope to see you soon!

06/08/2025

06/05/2025

08/17/2024

Thank you everyone for the amazing and thoughtful birthday wishes!!! I love seeing all of your names and comments pop up, and it's a wonderful feeling knowing I have so many friends far and near who think of me on such a day. Virtual as it may be, it's a gift to stay connected and hear from all of you.
Lots of love ❤

06/18/2024

Summer 2024 Opening Reception! - https://mailchi.mp/048ee5a2b9c1/summer-2024-opening-reception
Friday, June 28th 4pm-7pm
Click on the link to view the Summer Newsletter and to see the details.
Hope to see you all here at Factor Fine Art!

02/04/2024

Yes, it's been radio silence for a while. Some of you have been asking where we've been, why are we not updating our social media and website...dropped off the radar.

Well the new teaching position at Fryeburg Academy has been all consuming, beyond anything I imagined. It's bean, yet another, massive project and challenging undertaking. But really so positive, a deeply meaningful and rewarding experience so far.

I still plan to open the gallery at Factor Fine Art back up this spring and summer with regular hours, and some great interns helping out from the Academy. I'll also plan to offer more workshops as well. Stay tuned for newsletters and announcements about all of that in the next couple of months.

I hope you're all well and hope to see you soon, either this winter or once the spring semester is over and I'll have more time here in my own studio and gallery.

In the meantime, here's a link to a nice article about my first semester at FA, go to pages 12 & 13 for the quick read.

https://fryeburgacademy.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/371/download/download_9553138.pdf

All the best as always ~

08/20/2023

Exciting news to share!

I have recently accepted an incredible offer to take over the Studio Arts Program as Full Time Visual and Fine Arts Instructor at the prestigious Fryeburg Academy, in Fryeburg Maine, about 15 minutes from Factor Fine Art in Bridgton.

The Academy is one of the top ten oldest and most respected private boarding high schools in the country, with a special and unique focus on the arts.

Many of you may be surprised by this, after my 20+ year teaching career in higher ed, but my evolving interests in working with a younger, more open-minded, enthusiastic and energetic student demographic, coupled with the Academy's immense support for the arts and arts programs, unmatched sense of community, interdisciplinary collaborative approach and the support, encouragement and opportunity to re-shape and build the studio arts program into a more internationally known and recognized force, as well as an opportunity to work with the PACE Galleries at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on campus to design and curate exhibitions of visiting artists from around the world, not to mention the timely and total renovations of all of the studio arts spaces, including the sculpture and ceramics studios at this very moment, the offer was one I couldn't refuse.

You may also be wondering what does this mean for Factor Fine Art here in Bridgton. I plan to continue to run the non-profit and gallery, with some limited hours into the fall and winter, and by appointment only for showings in the gallery, and will be scheduling 3 to 4 large annual events utilizing the space.
I'll be offering small, two-day workshops into next spring as well as re-starting the Drop-in figure drawing sessions.
I am also working on plans to offer Fryeburg Academy students, most specifically the special Arts Certificate Students, opportunities at Factor Fine Art for exhibitions, music performances, internships, etc. So still lots to work out.

I'll be starting full time tomorrow, Monday August 21st, so don't be surprised if I drop off the radar for a while as we finalize the studio renovations and I get into the swing of the new schedule.

More news to come regarding this thrilling and unexpected next step in my career as an artist and educator.

06/07/2023

There’s still time to sign up for my two day drawing workshop hosted by the Denmark Arts Center. Sessions are Tuesday, June 13th and 20th from 5 to 8 PM.
registration is on their website.
Hope to see some of you there!

https://denmarkarts.org/event-calendar/drawing-workshops-with-ian-factor-tuesdays-june-13-20-5-8pm/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

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