Jackie Boegel, Lupine Gallery Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency for Maine artists. In addition to two five-week residencies on Monhegan Island for Maine-based visual artists, the program offers a two-week residency for a Maine art teacher. “Thanks to the generous support of individual donors, the Horizon Foundation, the Maine Community Foundation, […]
The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is undergoing a significant transformation as part of a multiyear project focused on improved access to the museum’s collection titled “Your Museum, Reimagined.” The completed first phase of this comprehensive project, which opened to the public on January 22, includes the following: The Peggy L. Osher Art Study and […]
Over the past 40 years, Maine-based artist Duncan Hewitt has made his mark transforming often-overlooked domestic items—such as forks, pot lids, and windshields—into beautiful and enigmatic objects. Visitors can engage with these sculptures during the artist’s first major solo exhibition, “Duncan Hewitt: Turning Strange,” the latest in the Portland Museum of Art’s Circa series of […]
Painting by Andrea Peters If you missed East Boothbay artist Andrea Peters’ “Winter Colors” show at CMBG’s “Gardens Aglow,” you can see the paintings at Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor through Wednesday, March 2. “Whatever you call it, energy, spirit or soul, grasping that is my primary goal in painting, which then becomes a […]
Judy Nixon, treasurer of PGA, presenting check to Pam Gormley of Skidompha Library. The Pemaquid Group of Artists (PGA) has made a financial gift of $250 to the Skidompha Library; the funds support a year-long pass to the Portland Museum of Art, which is available to the public by reservation at the Library. The pass […]
Painting by Dan Graziano “Dining,” a solo exhibition by Dan Graziano, will be on display at Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery in Portland for the month of February. A Wine Opening Reception, during Portland First Friday Art Walk, takes place on Friday, February 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. The theme for this […]
Peg Worth on the Armistice Bridge in Belfast. There is a new granite bench, first on the left as you walk east across the Armistice Bridge in Belfast, that was dedicated to Peg Worth on Friday, January 15, 2016. Worth, the late artist and realtor, was honored by a group of her friends and family this past summer […]
“Landcape with Washwoman,” by Jan Frans van Bloemen The Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick is pleased to announce the launch of the Museum’s first online scholarly catalogue, Art Treasures, Gracefully Drawn: James Bowdoin III and America’s Earliest Drawing Collection (URL: http://www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/catalogues/oldmasters/). The catalogue highlights the 141 old master drawings assembled by the founder […]
Commission: “Watchful Eyes, II” by Paul Stone, oil on canvas, 32″ x 43″ Susan Starr, co-owner of Bayview Gallery in Brunswick asks, “Have you ever walked into an art gallery and found a painting that is perfect in nearly every way? The imagery appeals to you, the color palette is perfect for your home, and […]
Artists painting by the lake at Rolling Acres Farm. The newly established Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson will launch a residency for Maine-based visual artists in the summer of 2016. The program aims to connect the creative world of farming and art making. Rolling Acres Farm sits on 130 […]
Basket by Cynthia Bourque-Simonds This month’s “Art Matters” lecture entitled “Vessels” takes place on Sunday, February 21 at Deer Isle Artist Association (DIAA) Gallery in Deer Isle Village from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Featured artists include Cynthia Bourque-Simonds, Chris Joyce, and Melody Lewis-Kane. The event is free an opened to the public. “With my baskets, […]
Small Wonder Gallery and Frameshop on the Public Landing in Camden has officially been handed over to the second generation. The gallery was established in 1984 by Kathy and Michael Valente. Kathy and Michael are still involved in the business but are pleased to have given the reins to their daughter, Elizabeth Senders. Elizabeth has […]
The Arts Mean Business. That is the message being delivered today by The Belfast Creative Coalition, who announced it has joined the Arts & Economic Prosperity® 5, a national study measuring the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences. The research study is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, the […]
Tanya Fletcher with “Coming of Age III,” oil and sterling silver on birch panel “Tanya Fletcher:Coming of Age” was on display at Ocean House Gallery & Frame in Cape Elizabeth for the month of January. A reception took place on January 29. Fletcher’s current body of work consists of life sized figures rendered in oil […]
“Untitled” tempera on paper, by Rachel Benner, Grade 4 On Thursday, February 11, an Artist Reception marks the Fourth Annual Miller Student Art Show at Tidemark Gallery in Waldoboro Village. Coming right before Valentine’s Day is an all-student show titled “Young Hearts,” a joint project with art teacher, Nathan Fogg and his students, with help […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland invites you to create and experiment with original stamps on Saturday, February 6 at CMCA’s temporary South End location, 218 Main Street. Bring your family or come on your own from 2-4 p for ArtLab’s “Stamp n’ Stomp.” You’ll design an assortment of stamps with a […]
DAN DOWD Untitled, 2013, The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor opens three new exhibitions mid-January: “DAN DOWD: thick skinned,” “JON DAVIS: Three-Sided Dream,”and “RICHARD WHITTEN: Studiolo.” UMMA brings modern and contemporary art exhibitions to the region, presenting approximately 12 original exhibitions each year. UMMA’s winter exhibitions open to the public on […]
Winslow Homer (United States, 1836-1910), An Open Window, 1872, oil on canvas, 17 7/8” x 13 7/8”. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Partial gift from an anonymous Maine family and partial museum purchase with funds from an anonymous foundation, 2015.21. Andrew Wyeth (United States, 1917–2009), River Cove, 1958, tempera on masonite, 48 x 30 5/16 […]
Valerie Aponik “On The Rocks” 24×24 2015 Robin Rier “Mark Island and Rocks 18×24 2015 “Plein Air Points of View,” is a showing of Robin Rier and Valerie Aponik work painted on location along Down East Maine, while celebrating 9 years of painting together. Showing January 16 through February 24 at the University of Maine […]
Michael Stasiuk, “Five Bunnies Offering Cake and Tea” (Andrew Edgar Photography) The Museums of Old York’s George Marshall Store Gallery is celebrating its 20th anniversary year with an exhibition entitled “Be Prepared to Eat Cake.” The show includes the work of 43 artists, all who have exhibited at sometime during the past or represent one […]
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