BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - 2025 marks 150 years of platforming and supporting local artists for organization the Bangor Art Society.

To celebrate the mark they’ve made on the Queen City, they invited the community to make marks of their own!

On Thursday night from 6 to 7 p.m., the Bangor Public Library’s Cyr Gallery is hosting an open house of the exhibit ‘Patterns and Textures of Bangor.’

Featuring Bangor Art Society artists and 50 community creations, all submissions are made by ‘crayon rubbing.’

This artistic technique places a piece of paper over a textured surface or object and using a crayon, rubs the paper to imprint the subject underneath.

Folks were encouraged to venture downtown and beyond for inspiration, using historical signs to manhole covers for their creations.

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