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The UMaine Museum of Art’s presents SPRING ART FACTORY

SATURDAY, MAY 5th 2018 from 11 a.m. – 3p.m. FREE and open to the public. UMMA welcomes all ages to ring in spring with UMMA’s Annual Spring Art Factory. There will be several stations set up in the lobby and classroom of the museum. Stop by any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to […]

Maine Farmland Trust’s Joseph A. Fiore Art Center Announces 2018 Residency Awards

Jefferson. Early this April, a jury panel consisting of Stuart Kestenbaum, Susan Larsen and Ariel Hall awarded eight recipients with a 4-6 week residency at Maine Farmland Trust’s Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson. In its third year, the Center received 66 applications for its summer arts residency program. The categories included […]

7th Annual Maine Pottery Tour

Maine is home to many clay artists – potters & sculptors, all working with earth, water, air & fire to make beautiful, useful, and intriguing objects. It takes a certain kind of person to work in clay – patience, perseverance and a sense of humor help! And although each potter works with the same basic […]

CMCA Wins Governor’s Award for Tourism Excellence

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) has won the 2018 Governor’s Award for Tourism Excellence, the highest honor given by the Maine Office of Tourism. Received at the tourism industry’s annual awards luncheon on Wednesday, April 4, in Portland, the award recognizes CMCA’s contributions to the statewide economy and its efforts to create an […]

The Maine Crafts Association will open MAINE CRAFT PORTLAND

  The Maine Crafts Association (MCA) will open MAINE CRAFT PORTLAND, a retail gallery and resource center in the historic Maine Charitable Mechanic Association (MCMA) building, known as Mechanic’s Hall, in downtown Portland, Maine this summer! The new MCA space will promote craft in Maine through exhibitions and public programming, and directly benefit Maine craft […]

Art House Picture Frames presents Sarah Baldwin

Art House Picture Frames A lock of hair saved in a box and a bottle of ink. Beginning with the Brother’s Grimm Fairy tale Rapunzel, artist, Sarah Baldwin explores stories with the common themes of forbidden food, desire, punishment and the element of magical hair. Through a multi-sensory re-telling of these stories, she invites you […]

Art Show and Talk at the Camden Library

“Gratitudes in Poems and Paintings” May 2 -31, 2018 Reception: May 11, 3:30 – 5:30pm Camden Public Library Linden O’Ryan will begin a talk at 4:00pm on May 11. She will discuss the evolving creative process of her art work over the last 20 years. 20% of sales will be donated to the library. Refreshments […]

Greenhut Galleries presents Matt Blackwell and Kathi Smith

Greenhut Galleries presents a two person exhibition. Matt Blackwell and Kathi Smith May 3 – 27 Opening reception Thursday, May 3th from 5 – 7pm Matt Blackwell artist talk Friday, May 4th at 2pm Kathi Smith artist talk Saturday, May 12th at 2pm Matt Blackwell Matt Blackwell’s vibrant mixed media paintings burst with color, texture, […]

The Harlow seeks Art for Dog Days, an Art Show for Dogs

HALLOWELL, MAINE — The Harlow invites Maine artists and dog lovers to submit work for Dog Days, a light-hearted art exhibition celebrating our loyal canine companions. During this exhibit, dogs will be welcomed into the gallery to enjoy the art which will be displayed at dogs’ eye level. Artwork submitted does not necessarily have to […]

Hemlock Hospice: landscape ecology, art, and design – Speaker Series at Maine Audubon

Thursday, May 10 at 7pm Co-presented by David Buckley Borden, artist/designer, and Aaron M. Ellison, Senior Ecologist, Harvard Forest, this Speaker Series event will look at the intersection of ecology, art, and design as viewed through the lens of the Hemlock Hospice project. This immersive, site-specific science-communication project tells the story of the ongoing demise […]