This season, gallery b will hold eight shows in the gallery and more than 10 artists-in-residence at the Annex Studios on Water Street.
STRAWBERRY MOON
Opening May 25, 5-7 p.m.
FAMILIARS
Opening June 14, 5-7 p.m.
BEING HERE
Opening July 1, 5-7 p.m.
SWIM, II
Opening July 13, 5-7 p.m.
FLOWER MOON
Flower Gala: July 26, 6-8 p.m.
EARTHSEA
Opening Aug. 9, 5-7 p.m.
SUPERMOON
Opening Aug. 20, 6-8 p.m.
SWS24
Opening Nov. 16
Annex Arts will be welcoming several artists-in-residence this summer and many opportunities to meet them, take workshops, see demonstrations, and celebrate the arts.
“BEING HERE” artist, curator and arts organizer Tessa Greene O’Brien, is artist-in-residence for the month of June. O’Brien has invited several artists to join her in-residence during this time, and has introduced us to artists who will be included in exhibitions hosted by gallery b. Joining O’Brien in residence will be Emily Ferrante, New Orleans; Jeane Cohen, New York; Annika Early, Belfast; Alice Jones, Portland; and others. “BEING HERE” will be on exhibit July 1 to 9.
“Strawberry Moon,” on view May 25 to June 12 at gallery b, features new works by Kelly Carmody, Jenny McGee Dougherty, Tessa Greene O’Brien, Hilary Irons, Alice Jones, Raquel Miller, Jenna Pirello, Sarah Sackville, Christina Thwaites, Carla Weeks, Hannah Bureau, Louise Bourne, Sandys Moore, Goody-B. Wiseman and others.
Gallery b. will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day from June through August. View the new artworks online at gallerybgallery.com.
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art in Ellsworth is presenting three exhibitions featuring Philip Barter, Gregory Dunham, Heidi Daub and Richard Keen. “My Maine” is the first retrospective of Maine painter Philip Barter since his death in 2024. Known for his stylized renderings of trees, rivers, mountains and clouds, Barter developed a distinctive visual language through bold […]
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland will host an artist panel from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 21 in conjunction with “Investigations into the Metaphysical,” on view through Oct. 3. The exhibition brings together work by Brendan Bullock, Marianne Bernstein, Brenton Hamilton, Peter Shellenberger, Fern Nesson, Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Elizabeth Opalenik, Luc Demers […]
High Peaks Artisan Guild in Kingfield is featuring the work of multidisciplinary artist, sculptor and jeweler Samuel Goldstein throughout August. Goldstein, who lives in the Western Maine mountains, has spent more than eight years creating small sculptural pieces and jewelry from precious minerals and stones including rainbow fluorite, alabaster, lapis lazuli and Oregon sunstone. His […]
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation in Boothbay Harbor is accepting submissions for “ARTinME 2026,” its fourth annual juried exhibition celebrating large-format art. The exhibition, on view from Sept. 30 to Nov. 7, is open to full- and part-time Maine artists working in large two-dimensional formats in a variety of media and styles. Two-dimensional works must […]
The Deer Isle Artists Association is presenting “Small Works,” its popular annual exhibition showcasing work by artist members, through Sept. 13 at its gallery in Deer Isle Village. The exhibition features small works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, weaving, woodwork, glass and jewelry. Buyers may take purchased work home immediately, […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill will open “Seen at the End of the World,” co-curated with Christine Lafuente, on Aug. 23. The exhibition will feature work by Scott Baltz, Stanley Bielen, Avy Claire, Christine Lafuente, Carol Pelletier and Stuart Shils. In the Project Space, the gallery will present “Uncharted Seas,” featuring work by Kate […]
Local Color Gallery in Belfast will welcome guest artist Nell Parker for “New Topics: Spirits in the Land,” on view from Aug. 25 to Sept. 20. The exhibition features linocut and woodcut relief prints that explore animist possibilities within the local landscape through Parker’s pictorial heritage rooted in Western art history. Her work draws on […]
George Marshall Store Gallery in York is showcasing an evolving selection of work by regional artists alongside “Critters,” a group exhibition on view through Aug. 30. Among the works currently highlighted is Amanda Case Millis’ monotype “Three Mornings on Monhegan II,” inspired by one of the artist’s visits to Monhegan Island. Michael Stasiuk’s sculptural “Black […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is presenting four exhibitions through Aug. 29: Scott Kelley’s “The Whale,” Bo Bartlett’s “Eye of the Beholder,” Richard Estes’ “Woods and Waters” and “Sea Change: A Group Exhibition.” Kelley’s “The Whale” celebrates the 175th anniversary of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” a novel that has fascinated the artist since he first encountered […]
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