Shanna Compton
@shannacompton.bsky.social
Artist printmaker & poet.🦻Getting inky in Blue Hill, Maine. 🖼️ S.N.O.W ‘25 at Sidle House (Nov) + Landscapes of the Heart at Craignair (Nov–Jan) 📚 Freelance book designer & cover artist for small presses. // See also @bloofbooks
www.shannacompton.com
www.shannacompton.com
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Artists Helping Artists: November Food Drive – UMVA
theumva.org
Artists Helping Artists @umva-members.bsky.social
To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link.
❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.)
theumva.org/event/artist...
To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link.
❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.)
theumva.org/event/artist...
Reminder to Mainers: Vote NO on Question 1 tomorrow, Tues Nov 4. Protect absentee voting for the 40% of Mainers who rely on it.
If we miss this boat, it will be that much harder to remove Susan Collins from her senate seat.
See ya at the polls. 🗳️📬
If we miss this boat, it will be that much harder to remove Susan Collins from her senate seat.
See ya at the polls. 🗳️📬
We had a DANCING MAILBOX PARTY during Creative Portland's First Friday Art Walk on October 3rd and it was a blast! Enjoy the video and VOTE NO on Question 1!
#NOon1 #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting #VotingRights #NOVoterSuppression #rocktheVOTE #yourvotecounts
@lwvme.bsky.social
#NOon1 #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting #VotingRights #NOVoterSuppression #rocktheVOTE #yourvotecounts
@lwvme.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reminder to Mainers: Vote NO on Question 1 tomorrow, Tues Nov 4. Protect absentee voting for the 40% of Mainers who rely on it.
If we miss this boat, it will be that much harder to remove Susan Collins from her senate seat.
See ya at the polls. 🗳️📬
If we miss this boat, it will be that much harder to remove Susan Collins from her senate seat.
See ya at the polls. 🗳️📬
Reposted by Shanna Compton
Speaking of members and the food drive, join us in Camden on November 8!
Shanna will collect donations during the meeting (and members may also take what they need from the bins).
See the UMVA event calendars for details on both!
theumva.org
Shanna will collect donations during the meeting (and members may also take what they need from the bins).
See the UMVA event calendars for details on both!
theumva.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Speaking of members and the food drive, join us in Camden on November 8!
Shanna will collect donations during the meeting (and members may also take what they need from the bins).
See the UMVA event calendars for details on both!
theumva.org
Shanna will collect donations during the meeting (and members may also take what they need from the bins).
See the UMVA event calendars for details on both!
theumva.org
Artists Helping Artists @umva-members.bsky.social
To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link.
❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.)
theumva.org/event/artist...
To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link.
❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.)
theumva.org/event/artist...
Artists Helping Artists: November Food Drive – UMVA
theumva.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Artists Helping Artists @umva-members.bsky.social
To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link.
❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.)
theumva.org/event/artist...
To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link.
❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.)
theumva.org/event/artist...
Been painting quite a bit, after years of not (mostly printmaking). Feels good, but for some reason I only put that stuff on Instagram.
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Been painting quite a bit, after years of not (mostly printmaking). Feels good, but for some reason I only put that stuff on Instagram.
Reposted by Shanna Compton
"How to Survive Confusion" from my latest book Hold Your Own (Copper Canyon Press 2024).
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"How to Survive Confusion" from my latest book Hold Your Own (Copper Canyon Press 2024).
Reposted by Shanna Compton
"White House" from my first book of poems: Houses (Horseless Press, 2015).
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"White House" from my first book of poems: Houses (Horseless Press, 2015).
40 down. But it’s rainy & cold so they are being very slow to dry. [Linocut covers for a poetry chapbook coming from @bloofbooks.bsky.social]
I love having art hanging from the rafters in here. But it’s also all over the walls, stacked on the shelves, etc. I need a big flat file in the worst way.
I love having art hanging from the rafters in here. But it’s also all over the walls, stacked on the shelves, etc. I need a big flat file in the worst way.
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
40 down. But it’s rainy & cold so they are being very slow to dry. [Linocut covers for a poetry chapbook coming from @bloofbooks.bsky.social]
I love having art hanging from the rafters in here. But it’s also all over the walls, stacked on the shelves, etc. I need a big flat file in the worst way.
I love having art hanging from the rafters in here. But it’s also all over the walls, stacked on the shelves, etc. I need a big flat file in the worst way.
🚫👑 Here is my free hi-res poster design you might want to print up for some reason this week 🚫👑
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m4riy...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m4riy...
Dropbox
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October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🚫👑 Here is my free hi-res poster design you might want to print up for some reason this week 🚫👑
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m4riy...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m4riy...
The nor’easter is blowing in. No rain yet but the Old Man’d Beard knows.
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The nor’easter is blowing in. No rain yet but the Old Man’d Beard knows.
Framing stuff for my last 2 shows of 2025. Riverwalk will be at Craignair in Spruce Head, Maine. (🥂opening 11/19.)
I love this beautiful custom frame, but I think I’ll cut a roomier mat window to show the signature line, or float mount to show the deckled edges?
#Collagraph #PrintSky #Printmaking
I love this beautiful custom frame, but I think I’ll cut a roomier mat window to show the signature line, or float mount to show the deckled edges?
#Collagraph #PrintSky #Printmaking
October 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Framing stuff for my last 2 shows of 2025. Riverwalk will be at Craignair in Spruce Head, Maine. (🥂opening 11/19.)
I love this beautiful custom frame, but I think I’ll cut a roomier mat window to show the signature line, or float mount to show the deckled edges?
#Collagraph #PrintSky #Printmaking
I love this beautiful custom frame, but I think I’ll cut a roomier mat window to show the signature line, or float mount to show the deckled edges?
#Collagraph #PrintSky #Printmaking
Today I get to paint though. And later a fall foliage hike.
October 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today I get to paint though. And later a fall foliage hike.
I was down for a full 36 hours with my c*vid shot, once again. Fever, chills, mostly sleeping. I keep hoping it will be easier each time, but it isn’t. Still worth it though. I’ve had c*vid once and it was mild. As someone with genetic kidney disease I can’t risk it. (Get it while you still can.)
October 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I was down for a full 36 hours with my c*vid shot, once again. Fever, chills, mostly sleeping. I keep hoping it will be easier each time, but it isn’t. Still worth it though. I’ve had c*vid once and it was mild. As someone with genetic kidney disease I can’t risk it. (Get it while you still can.)
I love Maine deeply and it took us about 20 years to figure out how to get here. I intend to live here for the remainder of my days.
But also: Right now I fantasize daily about leaving the US
But also: Right now I fantasize daily about leaving the US
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I love Maine deeply and it took us about 20 years to figure out how to get here. I intend to live here for the remainder of my days.
But also: Right now I fantasize daily about leaving the US
But also: Right now I fantasize daily about leaving the US
LTC insurer’s new game is “crediting” days we’ve paid out of pocket as elimination days, processing them before the elimination days I documented for them to count.
This stalling is tactic called “the drag.”
But I don’t quit & I keep tight notes, so you might as well just pay my momma now.
This stalling is tactic called “the drag.”
But I don’t quit & I keep tight notes, so you might as well just pay my momma now.
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
LTC insurer’s new game is “crediting” days we’ve paid out of pocket as elimination days, processing them before the elimination days I documented for them to count.
This stalling is tactic called “the drag.”
But I don’t quit & I keep tight notes, so you might as well just pay my momma now.
This stalling is tactic called “the drag.”
But I don’t quit & I keep tight notes, so you might as well just pay my momma now.
Yo Mainers, NO ON 1 next month.
Between 30 and 42% of Mainers have used absentee ballots in recent elections. (Which is why this *already secure* option is being threatened with scaremonger language & utterly ridic “I was mailed a box of ballots by mistake” story.
NO ON 1. Protect voting access.
Between 30 and 42% of Mainers have used absentee ballots in recent elections. (Which is why this *already secure* option is being threatened with scaremonger language & utterly ridic “I was mailed a box of ballots by mistake” story.
NO ON 1. Protect voting access.
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yo Mainers, NO ON 1 next month.
Between 30 and 42% of Mainers have used absentee ballots in recent elections. (Which is why this *already secure* option is being threatened with scaremonger language & utterly ridic “I was mailed a box of ballots by mistake” story.
NO ON 1. Protect voting access.
Between 30 and 42% of Mainers have used absentee ballots in recent elections. (Which is why this *already secure* option is being threatened with scaremonger language & utterly ridic “I was mailed a box of ballots by mistake” story.
NO ON 1. Protect voting access.
Just got a book royalty check. $7.88 ✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Just got a book royalty check. $7.88 ✨
Ideally no things should cost money
September 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ideally no things should cost money
It shouldn’t cost money to run for elected office
G’night
G’night
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It shouldn’t cost money to run for elected office
G’night
G’night
The Medicare rep asked me if I was “using John Hancock as a metaphor or…?”
September 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Medicare rep asked me if I was “using John Hancock as a metaphor or…?”
Graham Platner is real. Standing right next to me. The vibe is goooood.
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Graham Platner is real. Standing right next to me. The vibe is goooood.
“This is my city. This is my city.”
Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.
September 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“This is my city. This is my city.”
If you happen to be near Blue Hill #Maine this week, my friend Caroline Sulzer and I will be sharing poems & artwork at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday.
Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨
Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you happen to be near Blue Hill #Maine this week, my friend Caroline Sulzer and I will be sharing poems & artwork at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday.
Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨
Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨
Can you believe anybody invites me to read my filth and nonsense inside library buildings no you’re so much smarter than that & i can tell by the number of weapons festively displayed on your holiday card
September 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Can you believe anybody invites me to read my filth and nonsense inside library buildings no you’re so much smarter than that & i can tell by the number of weapons festively displayed on your holiday card
If the microplastics run for office maybe they’d be less poisonous & outstay their welcome on earth less aggressively than the ooze we lumpily continue to hold over own heads and ask please not to drip disgustingly down upon us especially not in the eyes think about it
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If the microplastics run for office maybe they’d be less poisonous & outstay their welcome on earth less aggressively than the ooze we lumpily continue to hold over own heads and ask please not to drip disgustingly down upon us especially not in the eyes think about it
Oh ok the country is a green greasy headache with a side of mulch-vomit smell arrow combo bomb stitch-ripped undersided frenemies murder larp got it
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh ok the country is a green greasy headache with a side of mulch-vomit smell arrow combo bomb stitch-ripped undersided frenemies murder larp got it