The UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) board of directors recently held a reenergizing retreat and expanded its board of directors to better serve artists in the state.
UMVA is reputed to be the oldest arts organization in the state with a 50+ year history of advocacy for Maine art and artists. This volunteer-run group is seeking a volunteer webmaster for their website (www.theumva.org) as well as a treasurer and bookkeeper (who receives a small stipend). UMVA also welcomes non-artists to join to help us promote member artists and the arts in Maine. If you’d like to help us promote Maine Arts & Artists, please send an email through www.theumva.org/contact-us. They will be creating an advisory board in the near future.
UMVA publishes the Maine Arts Journal, an on-line quarterly publication (https://maineartsjournal.com); the New England Emmy Award-nominated film series Maine Masters, 19 compelling profiles of some of Maine’s most distinguished and often less recognized artists; and the UMVA Portland Gallery, at the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St., which features new shows every month by a wide variety of local artists and invited guests. An artists’ reception is generally held on the First Friday of every month.
The 19th episode of Maine Masters premiered in 2021 and featured artist Natasha Mayers. “TRUTH TELLERS: Robert Shetterly’s Odyssey to Defend Our Democratic Ideals” is now in distribution following a year’s Impact Tour where a highlight was the screening at the National Portrait Gallery. A new Midcoast Chapter has been formed to better serve artists in the Midcoast region and it has produced two shows this past winter at the Camden Public Library and Waterfall Arts in Belfast.
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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