ARTISTS & ART STOPS
A different kind of perspective.
Exhibitions, studio visits, and conversations with the people behind the work. Explore the arts program and express interest.
Art along the wayTHREE TOWNS. ONE OPEN INVITATION.Farmington ↗ Kingfield ↗ RangeleyWESTERN MAINE, USA
TWO WAYS IN. ONE ARTRIDE.A little challenge.
A little challenge.
A lot to discover.
Choose an athletic challenge or a noncompetitive way to discover the region.
THE ATHLETIC SIDEPURPOSE. PRECISION. A REASON TO PUSH.THE CURIOUS SIDEART. FOOD. THE FREEDOM TO SLOW DOWN.
Compete↗
For riders drawn to the challenge.
Explore↗
For riders and visitors who want time for the region.
Find your kind of ArtRide
All proposed experiences01 / COMPETE
Road challenge
For riders drawn to the challenge.
In development
02 / COMPETE
ATV concept
A separate, conditional discipline. Access and feasibility come first.
Under consideration
03 / EXPLORE
Leisure bike rides
A noncompetitive invitation to slow down for art, food, and the landscape.
Proposed
04 / EXPLORE
Motorcycle tour
An all-makes touring concept for solo riders and motorcycle clubs, with time for builder culture, classic vehicles, regional art, food, and evenings together.
Proposed
05 / EXPLORE
Scenic drive
An independent driving concept for companions and visitors who want to discover western Maine without joining a ride.
Proposed
06 / EXPLORE
Taste of ArtRide
A food-and-art destination concept connecting the places where the region gathers, makes, cooks, and welcomes visitors.
Proposed
07 / EXPLORE
Classic cars & club cruises
A place for classic, antique, custom, hot-rod, and special-interest car owners and clubs.
Proposed
08 / EXPLORE
Custom motorcycles & builders
Harley riders, independent builders, vintage-bike owners, and riders of other makes belong in the story.
Proposed
09 / EXPLORE
Village, films & makers
The proposed social heart of ArtRide: owner vehicles, original art, local food, builder talks, live music, films, and a vintage-parts and maker market.
Proposed
THE PLACE / WESTERN MAINEThree towns.
Three towns.
Countless discoveries.
From a college-town downtown to mountain villages and lake country. Farmington, Kingfield, and Rangeley are the heart of the proposed ArtRide Maine experience.
Get to know the regionILLUSTRATIVE CORRIDOR · NOT A ROUTE · NOT TO SCALE
MORE THAN THE MILESCome for the ride.
Come for the ride.
Stay for everything else.
Art, food, and a place to put down your bags.
The region is part of the experience.
FOOD & DRINK
Good things, locally made.
A guide to cafes, bakeries, restaurants, and the people who feed the region is taking shape.
A taste of the regionSTAY A LITTLE LONGER
Make room for a few more days.
Research a base for a longer visit. The accommodation guide is being developed, with bookings handled directly by providers.
Find your baseLESS HURRY. MORE MAINE.A ride can be a day.
A ride can be a day.
A good trip takes longer.
Our multi-day concepts suggest how to make room for each town, without turning the trip into a packed schedule. Checked itineraries will follow.
THE MULTI-DAY IDEA- 01
Arrive & settle in
Choose your base. Confirm accommodation directly.
- 02
Find your experience
Compete or explore, with a plan specific to your mode.
- 03
Follow your curiosity
Make time for art, local food, and another town.
BUILT WITH THE REGION
LET’S START A CONVERSATION Have a place in this story?
Artists, local businesses, towns, and collaborators: help shape what comes next.