First Friday Art Walk, Rockland ME, 5-8pm, 7 September 2018
Rockland’s Penultimate Art Walk for 2018 will be on Friday, 7 September. Many of Rockland’s galleries will be open, including (but not limited to): The Farnsworth Art Museum, Art Space, Yvette Torres Fine Art, The Strand Theatre, 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 showcase the work of Penny Markley, Leecia Price, Laurie Lofman Bellmore and Sandra Leinonen Dunn. The subjects of Penny Markley’s paintings are inspired by twelve years of visiting Monhegan Island for a week each June. Creating something unique on an island so thoroughly painted by others can be a challenge, but she continues to find interesting, beautiful scenes to explore in paint. Leecia Price is an encaustic and oil painter as well as a beekeeper. She combines beeswax with oil paints and dry artist pigments to create her contemporary paintings. She remains fascinated by the tactile properties of the wax, enhancing its translucency and shine with the effects of scraping, layering, incising, melting, and fusing with a blowtorch. Laurie Lofman Bellmore, is a self-taught jeweler with years of experience working with fine metals, dichroic glass, and vitreous enamels. Her exhibition includes new “Diptych Wall Pieces” and “Sea Splash Jewelry”, which reveal the spirit of our coastal surroundings. Sandra Leinonen Dunn is a Maine artist. Her style is a mixture of classical old-world realism and contemporary impressionism. Sandra paints florals, still life, and landscapes, all rich in color and painterly brushstrokes.
Yvette Torres Fine Art opens “Angelo Ippolito, Color as Light”, continues through September 16th.
The Strand Theatre will be screening BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1999) as part of our Music On Screen Series at 8pm
CRAFT Gallery opens its annual “Black and White” show on First Friday, focussing on mixed and traditional craft media rendered in black and white. The gallery also introduces guided all day tours to CRAFT Gallery artists studios on Tuesdays in October.
The Art Loft will be open and showing a selection of work by Katharina Gifford as well as a return of some works by Justin Kinney.
The Gautschi Center will host the opening of “Dream Tunnel”, a special exhibition of new paintings created by Brigitte Gautschi. Inspired by her summer in Lincolnville, being engulfed in nature, Brigitte continues to find her inner peace through her creativity. She describes the paintings in this show as “A tunnel of my dreams. Everything I was painting was round in the beginning, as if I was going into a tunnel deep inside myself.” Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artist and discuss the new works. Throughout the evening in the outdoor courtyard, the Elm Street Galleries are hosting a musical performance by Meghan Clarke.
Harbor Square Gallery will be welcoming new artist, Kim Bernard.
Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery will be having an opening reception for two new shows. Libbey Seigars of Whitefield Pottery will be exhibiting her hand-thrown, nature-inspired tableware. The Women Painters of Midcoast Maine & Friends’ show, Close to Nature is inspired by and focused on the landscapes and nature of coastal Maine.
The Jonathan Frost Gallery will be hosting the opening reception for a show called “Abstract and Semi-Abstract,” with artists Brenda Free, Terry Hire, Sally Lee and Linda Simmons-Arnold.
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 […]