About THE CLIFF
Built from a one hundred year-old barn and farmhouse, the Clifford Arts & Student Center (originally named the Unity Centre for the Performing Arts) is the Ecology Learning Center's vibrant new public performing arts theater, public art gallery, and art studio. We host regular music and film events as well as educational workshops for students and community members!
The Center, which includes a 200-seat theater, commercial kitchen, dining space, and ceramics studio, was built in 2000 by generous philanthropists Bert and Coral Clifford and lead construction work by John Sullivan. In 2024, the facility was gifted to the Ecology Learning Center by Unity Environmental University, in collaboration with Unity Foundation.
Team
Matthew Hawkins
MANAGER
Matthew is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter, and root beer enthusiast. Originally from New Jersey, he's now based in Brooks, Maine and enjoys playing music on the side of the road, at the laundromat and at The Cliff.
Ouda Baxter
MANAGER
Ouda Baxter is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on Fiber Arts, Sculpture and Installation, an art educator and a deep music enthusiast who grew up all over the world as a Third Culture Kid, but with deep roots in midcoast Maine through her grandparents. She will be co-managing the Cliff along with Matthew, focusing on Community Events, student-led engagements, Art events, and the Ceramic Studio. She looks forward to cultivating the Cliff as a hub for arts and culture in Waldo County.