Maine Crafts Association is grateful to be learning how to navigate COVID-19 and see Maine reopening in a thoughtful, careful way. They are also grateful to see the continued efforts, conversations and actions of the communities in support of Black Lives Matter, equality and diversity. MCA is working with its board, staff, members and peers on a national level to be part of positive change in our local communities, the craft field and our country. Input and feedback about this is welcome.
MCA Retail Galleries & Resource Centers are now open to the (mask wearing, sanitizer loving) public. Hours are limited but will increase based on how sales and safety goes. To ensure the spaces are open upon arrival, call to check hours beforehand or make an appointment. Open hours, appointments and curbside delivery are all available.
Keep up to date via MCA newsletters and social media for the upcoming launch of SHOP Maine Craft: Maine Crafts Associations Online Gallery, as well as updates and adaptations to MCA’s September and October MCA Guild Fine Craft Shows and other new initiatives.
JULY EVENTS
Ongoing: [SOURCE+BUY] Maine Craft from Home
July 2: Happy SECOND Anniversary to Maine Craft Portland!
July 6: MCA Retail Galleries open to the public.
July 6: [SOURCE+SELL] Craft Classifieds Launch
July 24: CANCELLED — Maine Craft 2020 Gala at Camp Beech Cliff
July 24-26: CANCELLED — MCA Guild Fine Craft Show: MDI
July 27: Master Craft Award Facebook Live Announcement
LOOKING AHEAD
Aug 14-16: CANCELLED — MCA Guild Fine Craft Show: Belfast
Aug 22: CANCELLED — Portland Fine Craft Show
Sept 19-20: MCA Guild Fine Craft Show: Scarborough
Sept 26-27: POSTPONED (new date TBA) — Big Ink Printmaking @ Center for Maine Craft
Sept 29: Get Ready with CERF Plus: How to Protect Your Career From Emergencies – Workshop @ Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Oct 2: CANCELLED — Craft Apprentice Program Capstone Exhibition Reception
Oct 3-4: Maine Craft Weekend 2020
Oct 24-25: MCA Guild Fine Craft Show: Brunswick
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is featuring “IDK,” an exhibition of paintings by Tollef Runquist that explores the intersection of personal reflection, archetypes, fantasy and play. Runquist’s paintings combine images and symbols drawn from lived experience, emotional landscapes and cultural influences, creating an intuitive dialogue between imagery and meaning. “My work explores a space where […]
Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport is presenting a full schedule of fall exhibitions and performances, including a members show, a collaborative exhibition by longtime artist friends Tim Sample and Linda Rowell-Kelley and several concerts. The gallery’s fall members exhibition, “Nature’s Palette: Art Inspired by the Season,” will remain on view through Oct. 18. Featuring paintings, drawings, […]
Local Color Gallery in Belfast will feature printmaker, collage artist and sculptor Jeff Wahlstrom from Oct. 19 to Nov. 22. An Art Walk reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23, with an artist talk at 5 p.m. Based in Bangor, Wahlstrom creates block prints and watercolor collages inspired by the natural […]
Women Eco Artists Dialog (WEAD), based in Berkeley, California, is accepting submissions for its 2027 members exhibition, “Prototyping Futures of Making: Water, Data, and Living Systems.” The exhibition will explore the relationships among water, data, ecological systems and emerging technologies, asking how artists can engage with living systems as sites of collaboration, construction and consequence. […]
Triangle Gallery in Rockland is presenting three exhibitions through Oct. 31, including an extended solo exhibition by Carter Wentworth, a group fiber arts show and a fall exhibition of work by gallery artists. Wentworth’s “Sound of Rain Crossing the Lake” will remain on view in the upstairs gallery through the end of October. “Interwoven,” a […]
Waterfall Arts in Belfast will present “Found in Translation,” a mixed-media exhibition featuring Maine artists Deborah Jellison, JoAnne Houlsen and John LeBlanc, from Oct. 23 to Nov. 28. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23. The exhibition brings together three artist friends whose work explores familiar Maine landscapes, objects […]
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art in Ellsworth is presenting “Form Meets Surface,” an exhibition highlighting porcelain ceramics by potter Mark Bell and collaborative works created with painter William Irvine. The artists, both established in their respective fields, have worked together since 2015 to create porcelain vases and plates that combine Bell’s ceramic forms with Irvine’s painted […]
Barn Gallery in Ogunquit concluded its 2026 exhibition season Oct. 12, but the venue will continue to welcome visitors for two performances in the 19th annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival. Pianist, composer and vocalist Zahili Zamora will return to Ogunquit with her Afro Cuban Jazz Trio for a performance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. […]
The Brunswick Guild Fine Craft Show will return to the historic Fort Andross Mill in Brunswick on Oct. 24 and 25, celebrating its 10th season with work by 40 juried Maine craft artists. Presented by Shop Maine Craft, the indoor show will feature basketry, ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber art, furniture, glass, jewelry, mixed media, […]
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