WISCASSET — Hands-on artmaking is the theme of the Wiscasset Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 29.

The Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., will be the pop-up studio for Scrapwood Renaissance artist Eric Graffam and painter Jessica Chaples.

“My sculptures are born out of what other people throw away, give away, or forget about,” said Graffam in a news release from Art Walk organizer Lucia Droby, “and, in turn, I take those items and give each piece a new life — a renaissance. Rather than ending up in a landfill, the old, rusty bits I find become whatever sculpture they tell me to make; whether it be a king fish, a seagull with attitude, or a mechanical crab.”

Graffam worked for years as a photographer and art director in the catalog industry, but a decade ago began experimenting with found object sculpture, and Scrapwood Renaissance took wing.

Jessica Chaples is a trained painter and illustrator and provides verse for husband Eric’s sculpture pieces. “When I create my art,” she said, “I am always looking at color, texture, and energy of line. I enjoy experimenting with different painting approaches and building up the surface of the canvas or board.”

The Village galleries, Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Ingram Art and Antiques, and Sylvan Gallery, will offer art for viewing.

Sylvan Gallery opens its exhibition, “Neil Hughes and Crista Pisano: Interpreting Landscapes – Two Points of View,” with both award-winning artists in the gallery to talk with visitors. There will also be Downeast Brass on the sidewalks, music in the galleries, and community tables and select vendors on the sidewalks.

For more information, visit wiscassetartwalk.org or email [email protected].

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