Many Arts In Rockland members will be open, including: Archipelago, the Farnsworth Art Museum, The Strand Theatre, Caldbeck Gallery, The Art Loft, Michael Good Gallery, Craft Gallery, Yvette Torres Fine Art, Asymmetrick Arts, CMCA, The Gray Fox Gallery, Jonathan Frost Gallery, the Gautschi Center, Maine Coastal Islands Gallery & Black Hole.
Archipelago’s summer exhibition will be open showing works by artists Jean Kigel, Caroline Loder, Dylan Metrano, Lacey Goodrich, Wayne Hall, Michele O’Keefe, Stephanie Crossman, Jeff Barrett, Carolyn Kemp, Lin Lisberger, Christina Vincent, Geoffrey Warner, and others who share their love of Maine through many mediums including wood, paper, pottery, and furniture.
The Farnsworth Art Museum will be open to the public, free of charge.
The Strand Theatre will have a “First Friday Film” at 8pm that night, co-presented by the Farnsworth Art Museum: Francofonia.
Caldbeck Gallery will hold a reception for solo shows for Lois Dodd, Alan Bray, Todd Watts, and Kayla Mohammadi.
Jonathan Frost Gallery will be showing “The Primacy of Drawings II”, opening at 5:30pm.
At the Art Loft, Chuck Paine will demonstrate oil painting from 5-8pm. Chuck teaches a walk-in class at the Art Loft on Tuesday evenings. His work consists of coastal imagery, sailing, and Maine life. “If it’s old and crumbling and reminiscent of a way of life that is slipping away, I will try to capture it before it is gone.”
Michael Good Gallery will be holding their 17th Annual Summer Celebration event, presenting abstract paintings by Fred Good. Drinks and light refreshments will be served on our back deck with live music by cellist Kristin Techer.
Craft Gallery will open “Art in Black and White”: Drawing, weaving, stitching, shaping clay and blowing glass tell the story in black and white.
Yvette Torres Fine Art will be showing “Robert Lahotan in Maine, The Late Paintings”.
CMCA continues to show it’s current Jonathan Borofsky, Alex Katz and Rollin Leonard exhibitions.
Maine Coastal Islands Gallery will be showing the work of three new artists: Michael Boardman of North Yarmouth, Leon Vanella of Newcastle and Janet Glatz of Durham.
A full list of galleries can be found at www.artsinrockland.org.
Wiscasset Bay Gallery will open “American Light,” an exhibition of new and selected photographs by Cordelia Edwards, on June 25. The opening will coincide with the village’s June Art Walk, when downtown Wiscasset comes alive with musical performances, events at local businesses and gallery openings from 4 to 7 p.m. Years ago, Cordelia Edwards was […]
The Turtle Gallery is proud to represent potter Tim Christensen. Christensen works in porcelain because it endures. Long after languages shift and technologies fade, porcelain remains — quiet, bright, and nearly eternal. Into this material, he carves the stories of living now: the chaos that surrounds us, the tenderness that saves us, the moments of […]
The Deer Isle Artists Association in Deer Isle Village is presenting its second show of the 2026 summer season, “Songs of the Sea,” on view June 16 to 28. The exhibition evokes the rolling landscapes and bracing seascapes of the Maine coast through a broad range of mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, basketry, jewelry, glass […]
Waterfall Arts in Belfast will open “Press Play,” a group exhibition featuring artists Tara Morin, Tori Marsh and Tom Jessen, on June 26. An opening reception and summer open house will be held June 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will run through Aug. 29. “Press Play is an invitation for our audience […]
The Zillman Art Museum in Bangor will celebrate its 80th anniversary with “Glitz and Glamor,” a gala from 5 to 10:30 p.m. June 27 in the garden at 40 Harlow St. The evening will feature music, dancing and hors d’oeuvres and beverages, with guests encouraged to dress as fancy, glittery or casual as they like. […]
Longtime friends Dennis, Marty and Andrew Gleason have once again mounted a show of new paintings by Henry Isaacs at Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor, featuring work from the past year. Alongside familiar images of the waters off the Maine coast, the show includes a new direction: nearly monumental-sized canvases painted in the wildflower […]
Shop Maine Craft will once again host Found Object, a community marketplace of seconds, supplies and activities, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 27 at Running With Scissors, 250 Anderson St., in Portland’s East End. The market brings together 40 local artists, makers and friends from Running With Scissors Art Studios and the Maine […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its iconic Rockland building at the 2026 Art Party on Wednesday, July 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. This annual fundraising event will honor the visionary leaders whose creativity, expertise, and dedication helped bring this award-winning building to life and shaped CMCA’s […]
Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor is presenting its second group exhibition of the season, featuring a selection of works by five Maine artists: Matt Barter, Annie Curtis, Abe Goodale, Bob Hiemstra and Lisa Kellner. The show is on view June 18 to 30. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. June […]
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