2026 Kittery Art Association Silent Auction September 5 – 19, 2026 We are so excited to kick off our 2026 Silent Auction in September! 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Kittery Art Association. Bidding for the auction will take place online, and opens on September 5th. The auction will run through September 19th. Bid to win over 60 works of original artwork, sculpture, prints, and gift certificates to some of our favorite local businesses. We also invite you to visit our gallery during our regular open hours to view the artwork in person. Register for the Auction Today! www.givebutter.com/c/KAA-AUCTION2026 Founded in 1958, the Kittery Art Association is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of volunteers committed to our mission: To cultivate a passion for the arts, create a lively arts community, and nurture, celebrate, and promote the work of local artists. The KAA Gallery at 2 Walker Street in Kittery, Maine, is our cultural center. The building offers fine acoustics for programs in our Music Series and two galleries for exhibits year-round. Our community consists of approximately 300 local artists who exhibit and volunteer with us. Their work is multidisciplinary – we accept artists and art appreciators of all levels and mediums. By participating and purchasing work from our silent auction, your contribution ensures the continuity of our key initiatives: • Providing scholarships for deserving high school graduates pursuing further education in the arts. • Subsidizing classes and workshops that serve children and adults in our community. We currently offer an array of adult arts workshops, youth art camps, art lessons for students of Mitchell School, an art club for homeschooled students whose parents are stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. • Supporting our annual K-12 Student Art Show in collaboration with the Kittery School System. This exhibit features the work of young artists from Mitchell School, Shapleigh, and Traip Academy. In 2026 we exhibited nearly 800 pieces of student artwork. • Funding non-juried exhibitions that feature the work of hundreds of local creators each season. • Continue to collaborate with nonprofits and neighbors in our community. • Continue to offer a full schedule of Plein Air Outings to our members at various locations throughout the Seacoast. Thank you for your support in keeping the arts alive in our community! Pictured:
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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