First Friday Art Walk, Rockland ME, 5-8pm, 3 August 2018
Rockland’s 2018 First Friday Art Walk season continues on Friday, 3 August. Many of Rockland’s galleries will be open, including (but not limited to): Landing Gallery, Art Space, Yvette Torres Fine Art, The Strand Theatre, Caldbeck Gallery, Craft Gallery, The Art Loft, The Gautschi Center, Harbor Square Gallery, The Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery, Jonathan Frost Gallery and Black Hole.
Art Space will feature new works by Janalee Welch, John Wood, Mary Beth Morrison, and Nancy Davies Tang. Mary Beth Morrison as their newest member. She is currently painting with soft pastels, loving their rich, vibrant pure color. She also loves plein air painting. Janalee Welch has worked as an artist for over 30 years creating art in a variety of media. She loves clean lines; geometric shapes; and striking color and contrast all of which she employs in her art as she takes her inspiration from nature. John Wood considers his paintings a reflection of himself. “I look at the world and paint those images that move me.“ John is mainly a landscape painter working in watercolor and oils. He also dabbles with painting animals and the human figure. Nancy Davies Tang is a self-taught glass artist who has developed an expertise in glass fusing over many years. She creates both beautiful dichroic glass jewelry pieces and dynamic glass sculptures reminiscent of the garden, fields, and ocean views around her rural Maine home.
Yvette Torres Fine Art opens “Angelo Ippolito, Color as Light”
The Strand Theatre will be showing a film as part of their MUSIC ON SCREEN series at 8pm: Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily recordings (a memoir by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant)
The Caldbeck will be open with exhibits: Kayla Mohammadi “New Paintings”, Barbara Sullivan “Seasonal Suite: work in fresco”, and Jill Madden “Out in the Field” small paintings in oil.
CRAFT Gallery continues with hit show“Teapots: Real and Imagined” through August.
The Gautschi Center will have new works on display by Brigitte Gautschi and offers an opportunity to meet the artist.
Harbor Square Gallery features work from their gallery roster, with new work from Joanne Willams, Avis Turner, John Bisbee and Michael Waterman.
Come vote for your favorite art item in the Fins, Feathers & Fur Juried Art Show: Maine Coastal Wildlife! You can vote for the People’s Choice Awards for adults and students on Friday, August 3 from 4-7 p.m. at the Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery housed in the wildlife refuge Visitor Center, 9 Water Street in Rockland. Art was selected on Saturday, July 28th by juror, Thomas O’Donovan of Harbor Square Gallery. Rockport Blueprint and Huston Tuttle donated gift cards for awards, along with winners receiving the Friends of Maine Coastal Islands NWR unique T-shirt. All proceeds of sales support the work of this wildlife refuge through the Friends’ group.
The Jonathan Frost Gallery will host the opening of “Three Photographers: Richard Barnett, Andrew Crane, and Tillman Crane.”
Black Hole continues to show “Summer Salon, 2018”
Dominique Ostuni’s solo exhibition, “Would an Angel Apologize for Spilling Champagne,” is on view through Oct. 3 at Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland. A centerpiece of the exhibition is “Excess Comes Naturally,” an elaborate mirror standing more than 8 feet tall. The work begins with an ordinary functional object, then overwhelms that function with porcelain, […]
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 […]