Rockland’s 2018 First Friday Art Walk season continues on Friday, 1 June. Many of Rockland’s galleries will be open, including (but not limited to): Yvette Torres Fine Art, Archipelago, The Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery, Artspace, The Art Loft, The Gautschi Center, Harbor Square Gallery, Stanhope & Spencer, Craft Gallery, Landing Gallery, Caldbeck Gallery and Black Hole.
Yvette Torres Fine Art is opening for the season with ‘Women of Black Mountain College’
Archipelago will be opening “Turning Towards the Sun” which will show through July 27th and features the work of Jeff Barrett from Monroe (carved wood sculptures), Holly Brooks from Portland (watercolor and acrylic painting), Karen Gola from Sanford (glass bowls and dishware), Debe Loughlin from Waldoboro (cyanotype collages), Dylan Metrano from Monhegan (papercuts), Wayne Robbins from Bath (carved wood sculptures), and Agnes Robinson from Holden (stained glass mosaics). The show features a wide variety of medium including paintings, papercut pieces, glass mosaics, glass bowls and dishware, cyanotype collage, wood folk carvings and more.
Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery welcomes Lynn Travis of Lincolnville with paintings and drawings of flowers and landscpaes; Gwen Sylvester of Rockland, art of endangered plants and animals in Maine; and Sherrie York of Pemaquid with linocut images of birds and their watery habitat.
Stanhope & Spencer opens with a show of photography by Michael Kahn, produced by Harbor Square Gallery.
Craft Gallery opens with ”Nature as Muse” with featured gallery artists Lissa Hunter, Jacques Vesery and Dudley Zopp.
Landing Gallery will open “TREE and CLOUD”, and exhibition of new paintings by Sarah Faragher, opening on Friday, June 1 through July 1. The artists opening reception will be held on Friday, June 1 from 5-8 PM.
Wiscasset Bay Gallery will open “American Light,” an exhibition of new and selected photographs by Cordelia Edwards, on June 25. The opening will coincide with the village’s June Art Walk, when downtown Wiscasset comes alive with musical performances, events at local businesses and gallery openings from 4 to 7 p.m. Years ago, Cordelia Edwards was […]
The Turtle Gallery is proud to represent potter Tim Christensen. Christensen works in porcelain because it endures. Long after languages shift and technologies fade, porcelain remains — quiet, bright, and nearly eternal. Into this material, he carves the stories of living now: the chaos that surrounds us, the tenderness that saves us, the moments of […]
The Deer Isle Artists Association in Deer Isle Village is presenting its second show of the 2026 summer season, “Songs of the Sea,” on view June 16 to 28. The exhibition evokes the rolling landscapes and bracing seascapes of the Maine coast through a broad range of mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, basketry, jewelry, glass […]
Waterfall Arts in Belfast will open “Press Play,” a group exhibition featuring artists Tara Morin, Tori Marsh and Tom Jessen, on June 26. An opening reception and summer open house will be held June 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will run through Aug. 29. “Press Play is an invitation for our audience […]
The Zillman Art Museum in Bangor will celebrate its 80th anniversary with “Glitz and Glamor,” a gala from 5 to 10:30 p.m. June 27 in the garden at 40 Harlow St. The evening will feature music, dancing and hors d’oeuvres and beverages, with guests encouraged to dress as fancy, glittery or casual as they like. […]
Longtime friends Dennis, Marty and Andrew Gleason have once again mounted a show of new paintings by Henry Isaacs at Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor, featuring work from the past year. Alongside familiar images of the waters off the Maine coast, the show includes a new direction: nearly monumental-sized canvases painted in the wildflower […]
Shop Maine Craft will once again host Found Object, a community marketplace of seconds, supplies and activities, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 27 at Running With Scissors, 250 Anderson St., in Portland’s East End. The market brings together 40 local artists, makers and friends from Running With Scissors Art Studios and the Maine […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its iconic Rockland building at the 2026 Art Party on Wednesday, July 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. This annual fundraising event will honor the visionary leaders whose creativity, expertise, and dedication helped bring this award-winning building to life and shaped CMCA’s […]
Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor is presenting its second group exhibition of the season, featuring a selection of works by five Maine artists: Matt Barter, Annie Curtis, Abe Goodale, Bob Hiemstra and Lisa Kellner. The show is on view June 18 to 30. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. June […]
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