Surf Point is a non-profit organization on the coast of York, Maine that supports diverse visual artists and art workers through a residency; stewards 46 acres of coastal and forested land; hosts public programs; and promotes and shares research on its historic legacy.
In keeping with the vision of its founders, arts patron Mary-Leigh Smart and artist Beverly Hallam, Surf Point offers nominated artists and art professionals three-week live-work residencies in a boldly Modernist home on the coast of York, Maine.
Founded in the conviction that the visual arts—and its practitioners—are essential to human experience, Surf Point fosters a diverse and inclusive community where members from all backgrounds can thrive.
Surf Point’s 47-acre property is governed by a conservation easement managed by the York Land Trust. The oceanfront is rocky and the ocean movement can be very dramatic. The land is forest and marshland, some of it abutting the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.