Author: AnthonyMGSG22

Maine Crafts Association Announces Additional Opportunities for Fine Craft Exhibitors

New in 2020, the Maine Crafts Association is managing four fine craft shows previously managed by the Maine Crafts Guild. MCA Guild Fine Craft Shows have a different application process from the Portland Fine Craft Show. To participate in the four MCA Guild Fine Craft Shows, artists must be juried members of the MCA Guild […]

Cove St. Arts Presents ‘Portland 2020’

Please join us for the opening reception on February 6 from 5-7 of Portland 2020, an open juried photography show curated by Bruce Brown. The exhibition explores Portland today as Maine celebrates its bicentennial with photographs from over 50 different artists.

Pemaquid Group of Artists Gifts Coastal Kids Art Supplies

Priscilla Condon of Coastal Kids accepts a check for art supplies from Anne Jackson, vice president of the Pemaquid Group of Artists.

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery Presents ‘Farm Tools Project’

  The Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast, features the Farm Tools Project, a collaboration between Fiore Art Center Residency alumni Sarah Loftus (2017) and Michel Droge (2018). Loftus and Droge explore the relationships between farmers and the land with a series of cyanotype prints of hand tools pulled from barns, fields, and greenhouses at […]

Application Process for the 2020 Monhegan Artists’ Residency Now Open

Maine visual artists are invited to apply for the 2020 summer season residencies on Monhegan Island.  This year there are two openings:  a two-week residency for art teachers from June 27th – July 10th and a five-week residency from September 5th through October 10th  open to artists working in all media.  Applicants should consult the MARC website: www.monheganartistsresidency.org for detailed information about the program […]

Greenhut Galleries Presents ‘Focus: Printmaking III’

    Greenhut Galleries, in Portland Presents Focus: Printmaking III on view from Feb 6- March 28 with an opening receptions on Feb 8 from 1-3. The participating artists employ a wide variety of printmaking techniques and many belong to Maine printmaking organizations including Peregrine Press, Circling the Square Press, Printcraft, Running With Scissors and […]

Betts Gallery Presents ‘City Country’

  Betts Gallery in Belfast is starting off the new year with a show of paintings by Sheep Jones and her sister Julie Cyr, who passed away in December 2019. The show entitled ‘City Country’ runs from January 24th through February 21st. Coming home to Maine, the Waterville natives, settled in Belfast after years of […]

Spotlight Artists Grace DeGennaro and Marc Leavitt at Cove St. Arts

  Cove St. Arts in Portland is showing works by Marc Leavitt and Grace DeGennaro. Marc Leavitt’s Mithuna series weaves East and West together. “Mithuna,” in Tantric art, refers to couples sculptured in close embrace. The series is an ongoing exploration of gender, nationality, and human sensuality. Grace DeGennaro’s compositions are based on traditional symbols and […]

2020 Festival of Art – Senior College at Belfast

Senior College at Belfast is pleased to announce that the 18th Annual Senior College Festival of Art will take place on June 4th – 7th, 2020.   Please mark your calendars and plan to join the fun! Professional and amateur Maine artists aged 50 and up are invited to display one piece of their artwork […]

The UMaine Museum of Art’s presents BrainyArt Trivia Night at the Museum

TUESDAY, February 11th, 2020 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM Ages 21+, $5 Suggested donation Join the University of Maine Museum of Art for Season 4 of BrainyArt! In this fun, quiz-based evening, participants have two chances to win big. A team that correctly answers the most trivia questions will win the Team Challenge, and be awarded […]