Art Walk Lewiston Auburn

: Nisu Salvio of Lewiston watches Corra Tomlinson of Lewiston create a picture in the Grow L+A window during the Art Walk Lewiston Auburn on Friday. A crowd of people visited various art spaces and listened to live music along Lisbon Street. The next and final art walk of the season is scheduled for Sept. 26.

: Megan Hulbert and her mother Sarah of Auburn look at the art exhibit “The Poppy Fields of Maine” at Le Messager Gallery during the Art Walk Lewiston Auburn along Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Friday. The exhibit centered around clothing that was worn by those that lost their life to drug overdose. Family members donated each piece. “The artwork tells a better story than we can,” said Marty O’Brien, the founder of Grace Street Services, an addiction treatment center in Lewiston. Maine leads the nation in opiate addiction per capita, said O’Brien. Copies of death certificates and letters from the coroner’s office were also on display. Grace Street specializes in heroin addiction. “We have been very busy,” said O’Brien.

: Jane Cantral of Lewiston talks with Norway artist Diamond Duryea outside The Cupcakery during the Art Walk Lewiston Auburn on Friday. Cantral’s dog, Lili, sits on her lap.