Rockland’s First Friday Art Walk for June 2016 will take place from 5-8pm on 3 June. Many Arts In Rockland members will be open, including: Caldbeck Gallery, The Gautschi Center, Craft Gallery, Yvette Torres Fine Art, The Art Loft, The Strand, Maine Coastal Islands Gallery, Harbor Square Gallery, Carver Hill Gallery, Archipelago Fine Arts, Asymmetrick Arts, Landing Gallery, Jonathan Frost Gallery & Black Hole.
Caldbeck Gallery will be showing George Mason’s “Relief Tapestries”, and Nancy Glassman’s watercolors and oils. Both artists’s work is about the Georges River Watershed.
Craft Gallery opens with “In Bloom”, a show of fine art and craft inspired by blossoming nature, featuring watercolors by Susa Van Campen and rugs by Sara Hotckiss.
Yvette Torres Fine Art will be having its first show of the year: a solo exhibit of paintings by Francis Grant
The Art Loft will be open with a table set up for people to “give art a try.”
The Strand Theatre will be screening ‘Hockney’ as a First Friday Film, co-presented by the Farnsworth, at 8pm.
Maine Coastal Islands Gallery continues to show work from Laurie Sproul, Jean Ann Pollard, Beth Parks and Doug Smith. The gallery is located on Water Street, a short walk south from Park St., and is an ideal place to start or end a tour of the Rockland galleries.
Carver Hill Gallery will open “FEMMetonymy” a show of three women artists using clothing as a vehicle to challenge convention, tell a story, express an opinion, open a dialogue and elicit an emotional response. Featuring, Maryjean Viano Crowe, Virginia Fitzgerald and Lesia Sochor.
Jonathan Frost Gallery will open its show, “Leo Brooks and Jonathan Frost: Works on Paper”
Asymmetrick Arts is collaborating with Win Wilder Hall, to host ‘Hole History: origins of the American style donut”.
A full list of galleries can be found at www.artsinrockland.org.
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Waterfall Arts will invite the public inside more than 40 artist studios during the Lincoln Street Center Fall Open Studios from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at 24 Lincoln St. in Rockland. During the free event, artists will open their studios and welcome visitors into their creative spaces. Guests can explore Rockland’s historic former […]
“Made in Maine,” the Maine Art Gallery’s annual member show, features more than 100 works of art across two floors of the historic Old Academy building in Wiscasset. The exhibition is on view through Oct. 18. Sara Stites of Thomaston, a new member, is showing at the gallery for the first time. Her oil painting […]
High Peaks Artisan Guild in Kingfield features Western Maine watercolor artist Karen Jordan Paul throughout September. Paul draws inspiration from wildlife found throughout Maine, particularly wild birds and fish. The guild celebrated Paul as its featured artist of the month during the Sept. 4 Kingfield Art Walk. High Peaks Artisan Guild is at 245 Main […]
Turtle Gallery in Deer Isle presents “Material Storytelling,” a three-artist exhibition featuring new work by Sheep Jones, Michele Ratté Delphin and Barbara Sullivan, through Oct. 11. The three artists use distinct materials and techniques to explore narrative, light and the quiet poetry of everyday objects. Jones brings her signature combination of oil and cold wax […]
Photographer Melonie Bennett will discuss her exhibition and debut monograph, “Holy Cow!,” from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland. The event will include an interview, reading and book signing. Photographer and writer Robert Diamante, a friend and fellow photographer, will interview Bennett. “Holy Cow!” presents an […]
Centre Street Arts Gallery in downtown Bath will open its fall show during the Bath Art Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 18. The gallery represents 20 local artists and will feature new work in its fall exhibition. Visitors can meet the artists, explore the show and enjoy refreshments during the reception. Centre Street […]
Maine artist Daryne Rockett will present “Restoring Liberty,” an exhibition of monotypes and mixed-media work, from Oct. 2 to Nov. 24 at the McDade Gallery at Bangor Public Library. The exhibition brings together two interconnected bodies of work examining freedom, democracy, justice and hope. In a series of layered monotypes, the Statue of Liberty appears […]
Maine Craft Weekend, an annual statewide celebration of craft, community and creativity, will return Oct. 3 and 4. The free, self-guided tour invites visitors to discover the people, places and stories behind Maine’s craft communities. Hundreds of participating artists and locations will host open studios, workshops, pop-up markets, exhibitions, fairs, artist talks, special events and […]