ABOUT US

Silverfish is a community art organization in Portland, Maine whose goal is to hold space for collaborative projects and programming, and to create accessible opportunities for marginalized artists.

We hope to forge relationships with our neighborhood at large. By giving members guidelines that help us coordinate with each other, we provide them with the space they need to host events and make meaningful connections.

Over time, we hope to pool our resources to make sure our members have the tools they need for their art practices to thrive.

Read more about how to become a member of Silverfish Community Art Center here.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: We have an elevator and stairs available. Wheelchair users take note, there is a step around the same height as a curb in the entryway to the building that a wheelchair must be lifted up to get over. Please refrain from wearing strong fragrances or essential oils to respect a community member with a fragrance allergy

Benji Grignon , Evelyn Hudson
Evelyn Hudson , Benji Grignon
Ashling Coviello , Evan Farrell , Kyle Ross
Jak King, Bee Daniel , Jude Lake , Sam Kemmerer , Ramone Lampos , Zosia Grace , Evan Farrell
Montana Van Duijn
Benji Grignon , Rev.web

MEET OUR ADMINS

  • Ashling Coviello

    FOUNDER & LEASE HOLDER

    Ashling (they/them) is an organizer from New Hampshire who now lives in Southern Maine. They got their start organizing with mutual aid orgs and direct action cooperatives in Manchester, Dover, and all around New England.

    They started tattooing a few years ago, which grew from their printmaking practice. Ashling is community taught as a tattooer and in many other respects. They love the world they live in.

    @screamingstars___ on Instagram

  • Gelsey Amelia

    EVENTS COORDINATOR

    Gelsey Amelia (she/they) is a queer multidisciplinary artist whose work uses performance, illustration, plants, ritual & installation to explore themes of transmutation, gay eroticism, nature, ancestry, mythology, & utopian/dystopian visions. Her work often includes celebration and sharing meals in spaces she intentionally creates to foster healing and solace. She is a founding organizer of New Fruit art collective and is looking forward to collaborating with the Silverfish community.

  • Evan Farrell

    SOCIAL MEDIA & MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

    Evan (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist from Vermont, who focuses primarily on exploring personal and historical experiences of queer love, intergenerational trauma, and relationships to land.

    They mostly tattoo but have a passion for painting, drawing, textiles, and movement/dance. They are committed to community building and creating time and place to have the uncomfortable conversations that are inevitable when opening up a community creative space.

    @emberinhand on Instagram

  • Ramone Lampos

    ACCOUNTING

    Ramone Lampos (they/them) is an experimental multidisciplinary artist currently based in Chicago. Completed through slow repetitive process, their work in all its forms has the ethereal quality of relics and dreams.

    They frequently travel to the northeastern states to tattoo and connect with artists in and around the Portland scene, and were one of the many who inspired the founding of Silverfish. Handstuck tattooing for 10 years, they have a versatile style that integrates image/object collection and drawing. They strive to make beautiful and highly customized artwork at an accessible price, with care for the wellbeing of the people they work with.

    @heavypet on Instagram

CONTACT US

a member of our team will get back to you within 7-10 business days

For all programming inquiries, please fill out our event proposal form, this section is for questions and comments only, thank you!