Rockland’s Art Walk season for 2017 continues on Friday, 2 June. Many Arts In Rockland members will be open from 5-8pm, including: The Farnsworth Art Museum, Asymmetrick Arts, Black Hole, The Strand Theatre, Craft Gallery, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Yvette Torres Fine Art, Art Space, Landing Gallery, Steel House Projects, Harbor Square Gallery, Jonathan Frost Gallery, CMCA, Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery, The Gautschi Center & Archipelago.
The Strand Theatre will be screening Levitated Mass at 8pm as a co-presentation with the Farnsworth Art Museum.
Craft Gallery will feature wood fired pottery by Jody Johnstone and layered paper collages by Abbie Read. There will be live music in the 12 Elm Street courtyard during the evening.
Dowling Walsh Gallery will have two shows: Alexandra Tyng and Sarah McRae Morton.
Yvette Torres Fine Art will be opening its season with ‘Paperwork’ including the work of six Maine artists: Anne Ayvaliotis, Barbara Brady, Kris Johnson, Frances Kidder, Diane Langley and Carol Sloane.
Art Space will be featuring 4 of their artists: Lori Davis, photographer, Keith Plummer, sculpture and jewelry maker, Teddi-Jann Covell, oil painter, and Judith Herman, watercolorist.
Landing Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of “Water & Stone: Schoodic & Mount Desert Island”, a solo exhibit of new paintings by Sarah Faragher from May 26 – June 25. Sarah will be present at the Artist’s Opening Reception if you would like to meet and talk with her.
Steel House Projects is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition, Meet/Greet, featuring work by Steel House members and teaching artists, organized by co-directors Alexis Iammarino and Maeve O’Regan. On view June 2 through June 24, these mixed-media works serve as an introduction to the inner-workings of the creative spaces of Steel House. Concurrently, the downstairs space of Steel House South will feature The Crooked and Wide, an open-call exhibition organized by Nate Davis and Ariel Hall. An assembly of “transgressive art,” the exhibition will include mixed media works, as well as performance, interactive, and technological experiences. Parental discretion is advised as this show includes algorithmically-processed pornography.
Harbor Square Gallery is in its 37 season and now proudly represents Michael Good Jewelry in downtown Rockland and will be featuring new work from Donald Rainville, Stephen Porter and our ongoing show of Serge Hollerbach.
The Jonathan Frost Gallery will have a reception Friday evening, with jazz piano by Steve Lindsay. The show “Sumer Is Icumen In,” featuring monoprints by Rachel Burgess and photographs by Lisa Mossel Vietze, will continue through July 1.
CMCA will have current exhibitions on view, Sam Cady: Parts of the Whole, David Driskell: Renewal and Form, and our new exhibition Jenny Brillhart and Sara Stites: Temporality. They will also have a surprise in the CMCA courtyard!
Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery will be exhibiting artists are: Karen Talbot, Rockland, Ret Talbot, Rockland and Kirk Rogers, Portland. They will also be promoting our Fin, Feathers & Fur: Maine Coastal Wildlife Juried Art Show for August.
The Gautschi Center, Caldbeck Gallery and Craft Gallery are offering a performance by Lincolnville’s “Good Vibrations” in the Elm Street Galleries’ Courtyard.
Archipelago will be open for its first art walk since redesign and renovations, with great food and wine. Art from: Amy Peters Wood, Kathleen Perelka, Andrea Peters, Nina Devenney, Kim Traina, Joe McBrine, Karen Gola, Vanessa Nesvig, Helena Melone, Lelani Havens, and more.
A full list of members can be found at www.artsinrockland.org.
The Deer Isle Artists Association announces the opening of its show titled “Colorful Composing,” on view from July14–26. The vibrant works in this show convey the emotive power and beauty of color through the mediums of painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, and woodwork. Featured artists in this show are Marianne Alweis, Sarah Baskin, Betsy Braunhut, Katherine […]
Local Color Gallery is pleased to welcome guest artist Sally Stanton from July 21 through August 23. She will talk about her work at the July Art Walk reception on Friday, July 24th, 4-7 pm. Stanton will speak at 5:30. Stanton says that her abstract figurative work is a departure from the non-representational paintings she […]
As Sylvan Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary season, it is pleased to present Exploring Light: New Paintings by Paul Batch on view July 18 through August 15. This new collection celebrates Batch’s enduring fascination with light and atmosphere across the Maine landscape, expressed through his distinctive blend of observation, memory, and painterly interpretation. Visitors will […]
‘Imagining an Archipelago’ features six newly commissioned works and includes contributions by more than 40 artists connected to Cuba, Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico Waterville, Maine — Contemporary art brings together histories separated by oceans and generations in “Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas.” The exhibition, […]
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art in Ellsworth presents an opening reception Wednesday July 22, from 5 to 7, for “William Irvine: Heading Home,” and “Ragna Bruno: Boundless.” William Irvine: Heading Home At ninety-five William Irvine continues to surprise viewers with something new like the tender embrace of Lovers by the Sea (30 x 40 inches), The Rough Sea (30 […]
Fridays, June 5 – September 25 | 9 AM–1 PM Waterfall Arts has kicked off the 14th season of its Summer Art Market, a beloved community tradition showcasing a rotating cast of talented Maine artists and makers every Friday throughout the summer. The market takes place from 9 AM–1 PM on the lawn at […]
Now in its 49th season, the Guild Fine Craft Show – produced by Shop Maine Craft – returns to College of the Atlantic with a dynamic indoor/outdoor event in downtown Bar Harbor, August 7 – 9. The show features a juried selection of fine handcrafted work by Guild level members of the Maine Crafts Association, […]
Shaw Contemporary Jewelry in Northeast Harbor is hosting its famous Every-other-Thursday night opening with four exceptional artists, from 5 to 7 p.m. on July 16. It is an opportunity to meet all four artists Dell Fox is a student of ancient cultures, She is inspired by Greek and Roman jewelry and the attendant ancient techniques. Her […]
The Ogunquit Art Association will hold its 72nd Annual Art Auction on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at Barn Gallery, continuing a tradition that stretches back for many decades and remains the largest annual art auction in Ogunquit. Collectors and art enthusiasts from across the Eastern Seaboard travel to Ogunquit each summer for this event, where […]
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