As we approach Mother’s Day and Father’s Day this year, we have much to reflect on. The Maine Crafts Association has missed the familiar faces of its patrons and members as people locked down and changed their lives to become teachers, caregivers and more during the pandemic. Many of you have been the glue holding everything together for your children, your parents, your businesses and yourselves. The importance and strain of these roles has been exemplified with each long day.
While MCA wishes they could give you a whole new perfect world in a handbasket with endless wine and chocolates, the best they can offer are special storewide sales.
A Mother’s Day sale will run from May 1 to 9.
Visit Maine Craft Portland at 521 Congress St., Portland. Found on the first floor of the beautiful Maine Mechanics Hall, Maine Craft Portland is located in the vibrant Arts District of Portland. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sundays by appointment. Call 207-808-8184, or email portland@mainecrafts.org for details.
The Center for Maine Craft is located at the West Gardiner Travel Plaza at 288 Lewiston Road West in Gardiner. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call 207-588-0021, or email center@mainecrafts.org for details.
You can also shop online and find hundreds of artisan-made items sourced from the MCA retail galleries, shipped nationwide. Enter code THANKSMOM21 at checkout for 20% off your purchase. Code will be valid from midnight May 1 through May 9.
Art Agent Maine is the state’s dedicated art agency, founded and run by Aurora Winkler, who has spent more than fifteen years in Maine’s art world as a gallery manager, director, and curator. The agency represents working artists across Maine and New England, handling gallery submissions, outreach, catalogs, promotion, and exhibition curation so that artists […]
Shop Maine Craft presents “Stopping & Staring: New Works by Lisa Houck,” on view through Nov. 10 at the Center for Maine Craft in West Gardiner. The exhibition brings together linoleum block prints, mosaics and watercolors inspired by birds, trees, landscapes and the interconnected rhythms of nature. Across these media, Houck transforms familiar elements of […]
Triangle Gallery in Rockland will feature three exhibitions during the First Friday Art Walk from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. An artist talk with Carter Wentworth at 3 p.m. will begin the day’s festivities. Wentworth’s solo exhibition, “Sound of Rain Crossing the Lake,” has been extended through Oct. 31 in the upstairs gallery. In […]
The Kittery Art Association presents “Shifting Colors,” on view through Oct. 25 at its gallery in Kittery. The exhibition celebrates the beauty of change while exploring impermanence, memory and the cycles of life. Autumn serves as a season of reflection, transition and renewal. An opening reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill will host an informal artist talk with Elizabeth Adams at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 2, with the gallery remaining open until 7 p.m. Adams will discuss her work, her ideas about color and the ways textiles enter her process. The talk will allow time for questions, conversation and discussion with […]
The Union of Maine Visual Artists, based in Harpswell, will hold its statewide annual meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 17 via Zoom, with possible local gatherings for members who want to share lunch and watch together. Members interested in hosting a gathering can add it to the UMVA Members Calendar for inclusion […]
The Deer Isle Artists Association presents “Transitions,” on view through Oct. 18 at its gallery in Deer Isle Village. The exhibition explores changing seasons, evolving forms and shifting moods through painting, ceramics, glass, photography and metalwork. Featured artists are Christopher Brumfield, Ethan Cohen, Jean Gresham, Jill Finsen, Susan Keating, June Kellogg, Jadyn LaDeau, BC Martin, […]
Rockport artist Carol L. Douglas has work in fall exhibitions and charity auctions in Maine and California, and her latest “Monday Morning Art School” article offers a drawing exercise focused on close observation. FALL EXHIBITIONS “Drawn to Creation: Two Views,” featuring Douglas and Naomi Aho, remains on view through Oct. 9 at Carol L. Douglas […]
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