CRAFT Gallery opens “Art in Black and White” on Friday, August 5th. Working in black ad white helps the artist as well as the viewer to look an object from a different perspective, unencumbered by the element of color. Wether it is drawing, weaving, stitching, shaping clay or blowing glass, black and white tells a story in its simplest language. David Jacobson’s glass pieces are a perfect example of the purity of form expressed in black and white with little embellishment. Quilter Daphne Taylor’s love of drawing and painting influences her embroidery in cotton and metallic threads on wool and silk. Hand quilting to Taylor is equivalent to the act of drawing. She has limited herself to black and white and gold thread for the pieces in this show. She has exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Her Quaker background reflects in the meditative thread lines in her quilts. Joining these two artists in this invitational show are Tim Christensen, Lissa Hunter, Sara Hotchkiss, Jan owen, Amy Smith and Susan Van Campen.
CRAFT Gallery introduces jewelry by Katharina Keoughan, a versatile artist and painter who has turned her creative energy to making jewelry out of the unlikely material of sheet foam. She cuts out abstract shapes and designs to fabricate necklaces, bracelets and earrings into stunning and bold wearable ornaments of art. All artists shown at CRAFT live and work in Maine, creating fine craft represented in private collections and major art institutions as valued works of art. The show will continue until September 1st. CRAFT Gallery is in the courtyard at 12 Elm Street in Rockland. FMI call 207 594 0167 and visit www.craftonelm.com
Dear Friend of Annex Arts, This past summer, as an experiment, we packed the Water Street studios and apartments with visiting artists all summer long. The results were magnificent, and the effects wide ranging. We felt the impact on the artists and our community immediately, and we want to make this our approach going […]
Beginning in January, the Deer Isle Artists Association will resume its Art Matters program that abruptly ended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Art Matters 6 will include three programs in the new year, which will be held on the first Sunday afternoons of January, February and March. Presentations by various DIAA Gallery artists […]
Centre Street Arts Gallery will host a “Ring in 2025” reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 24 and will welcome its newest artist, Kat Logan, who is new to the gallery but not new to the art and music world. Logan has received a Grammy nomination and is an accomplished painter who offers drawing […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery wishes everyone a happy winter solstice and a celebration of the timeless rhythms of nature. The annual winter solstice mandala was created again in 2024 in the gallery’s Sculpture Garden. “I had planned to light a fire in the center of my winter circle, even before knowing snow would arrive the night […]
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art announces that the exhibition “Networks of Modernism: 1898-1968” will travel to the University of New Hampshire’s Art Gallery where it will be on view Jan. 14 through March 16. The exhibition brings together more than 50 works from OMAA’s collection to tell a story of the artistic networks that […]
The year was packed with fine exhibitions, artist talks and workshops, all presented by the artists of the Ogunquit Art Association. Deidre O’Flaherty, president OAC/Barn Gallery, writes: “We began with the Student Show in May. The Open Regional Juried Show was selected by Andres Verzosa and Bob Keyes — a lively tag-team of judges. We […]
Amy Bellezza will show her work in a solo exhibition at the USM Glickman Family Library (5th Floor Gallery) from Jan. 14 to March 21. “Protecting the Farm: On Vegetarianism” will be on view from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and closed on Sundays. The conceptual […]
Wunderkammer, an online exhibition of artworks at the Cynthia Winings Gallery Presenting, Wunderkammer, a virtual ‘cabinet of curiosities’. Although the physical gallery is temporarily closed, I invite you to step into this virtual Wunderkammer—a curated cabinet of curiosities brimming with treasures. Discover artworks that could be the perfect addition to your collection or a meaningful gift this holiday […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art will offer a half-day workshop led by Ellis-Beauregard Foundation director Donna McNeil. The session, designed for artists seeking funding opportunities, will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the grant application process, from researching potential funding sources to drafting compelling proposals. The workshop will be held from noon to […]
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