Throughout December, handmade Christmas ornaments are on display at Local Color Gallery in Belfast. Each one is made by a gallery artist from a variety of materials and is suitable for hanging. In return for a $50 donation, buyers can take their choice.
The sale will benefit New Hope Midcoast (formerly New Hope for Women). New Hope serves Waldo County and several others and works to end domestic abuse, dating violence and stalking. Believing that a life free from abuse is a basic human right, they educate and empower communities to support a more just and effective response to misuse of power to demean or control others. New Hope operates a confidential 24/7 helpline, provides legal support to victims of violence, arranges emergency sheltering, and offers hospital accompaniment.
Local Color Gallery also welcomes popular Belfast painter Sheep Jones as its guest artist for three months. A mainstay of the Belfast art scene and beyond, Jones is known for her whimsical paintings featuring layers of color and texture, imaginative themes, and quirky figures of people, birds and bugs.
Commenting on her work, she says, “I am always looking for the puzzle pieces to suggest a narrative. Disparate images come together and start to hint at some kind of sense. The thing is, all people have stories. Often they look at one of my paintings and recognize in it their own story, their own past, and their own dreams.”
Jones’ work will be shown at Local Color from Nov. 19 through the end of February. Different works will be shown each month.
Local Color Gallery is at 135 High St., Belfast. Learn more at localcolorgallerymaine.com.
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Waterfall Arts in Belfast is showing “Make Your Mark,” an immersive, community-driven exhibition in the Clifford Gallery through May 29. The opening reception was held April 18. Conceived by program director Amy Tingle, the show draws inspiration from street art and the call-and-response nature of public creative expression. The exhibition features participatory installations including doodle […]
Centre Street Arts Gallery in Bath will hold its spring reception May 15 from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring work by the gallery’s 22 member artists. Centre Street Arts Gallery is at 11 Centre St., Bath. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Email centrestartsgalleryllc@gmail.com or call 207-442-0300 for more information.
Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor opens its 15th season with a group exhibition and reception on May 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. The show features work in stone sculpture by Obadiah Buell, woodblock print by Nicole Herz, oil paintings by Liddy Hubbell and David LaPalombara, photography by Parker Stewart and bronze sculpture by Rebekah […]
The Kittery Art Association, in collaboration with the York Public Library, presents “Eleven Views from Here,” on view May 2 through June 30 at the York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York. An opening reception is May 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition features selected works by 11 KAA artists representing the […]
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland will open “By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth” with a public reception on May 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibition runs May 2 through Oct. 16 in the Hadlock and Wyeth Study Center Galleries, with additional programming in the Wyeth Center from June 13 through […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is showing “5AM in the Pinewoods,” a solo exhibition of paintings by Joanna Logue, through May 9. Logue, a native of Australia who has lived on Mount Desert Island since 2017, takes inspiration from daily hikes in Acadia National Park near her home in Somesville. The changing colors of the […]
The Maine Crafts Association will present STITCH: Runway Show + Style Market on June 4 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St., Portland. The annual fundraising event celebrates Maine’s slow fashion designers, textile artists and makers. Six Maine-based designers will present original handcrafted wearable work in a live runway show […]
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