Author: AnthonyMGSG22
Noted ceramic artist Matt Wedel to speak at CMCA
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts are collaborating to present an artist talk by noted ceramic artist Matt Wedel at CMCA, 21 Winter Street, Rockland, Maine, on Thursday, August 10, at 5:30pm. The talk is free-of-charge and open to the public. Wedel is currently the guest artist-in-residence at […]
Linden Frederick: Night Stories Exhibit and Summer Gala at CMCA
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) is celebrating its first anniversary in its Toshiko Mori Architect building with its Summer Gala on Friday, August 18, 2017. The evening also celebrates the preview opening of the much-anticipated exhibition Linden Frederick: Night Stories, a collaboration between the artist and 15 award-winning authors, including Anthony Doerr, Andre […]
Henry Isaacs: Working Color II at Gleason Fine Art
Cranberry Island artist Henry Isaacs paints with energy, passion, and self-assurance. His style—broken brushwork and a palette of delicate blues, greens, pinks, and yellows—marks him as one of the most recognizable artists painting in Maine today. In person, Isaacs is as engaging an individual as you will ever meet. He is both worldly and down […]
Announcing the 2017 Portland Fine Craft Show
The Maine Crafts Association presents the 3rd Annual Portland Fine Craft Show on August 26, 2017 on Congress Street in Portland. The show features over 100 juried fine craft exhibitors from the greater New England area. We’re grateful for support from our event sponsors, including MECA, DOMAINE, West End News, Artscope, CyberCopy, Daunis Fine Jewelry, […]
August Events at the ANNEX and Gallery B
Lyn Mayewski – An Exhibition of New Felted Animal Sculptures – a Fundraiser to Benefit Endangered Species The felted sculptures are primarily of endangered and threatened animals throughout Maine and the world. Half of the proceeds from sales will go to the World Wildlife Fund and the Climate Change Institute. @Gallery B, 5 Main Street, […]
Portland Museum of Art presents Winslow Homer Studio Tours
The Maine that you know and love started with Winslow. Before Winslow Homer arrived at Prouts Neck, no artist had connected Maine to the world’s popular imagination to the extent that he would soon after. His imagery depicted the region with uncommon passion, and drew artists and curiosity seekers to the state in a pilgrimage […]
Colby College to host Art & Land Conservation Symposium, August 3-4
Organized by the National Park Service, in partnership with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and Maine Arts Commission, the 2017 Art & Land Conservation Symposium will take place at Colby College in Waterville on August 3-4, 2017. This two-day conference will explore the critical role of 19th and 20th century visual […]
New Artwork at Pemaquid Art Gallery
As they have in past seasons, the exhibiting artists of The Pemaquid Artists Group have refreshed their panels with new works of art. Visitors to the gallery after the mid-season point will discover many new and exciting oils, pastels, acrylics and watercolors. In addition to larger framed works, gallery visitors will find smaller and very […]
Betts Gallery Opens Comfort Zone
Please join Betts Gallery at an opening reception on Friday August 4th, 5:30-8pm, for their late summer show entitled ‘Comfort Zone’. The show features paintings by two expressive midcoast artists, Kathleen Mack and Carol Sloane. Mack divides her time between Round Pond, Maine and Italy, and Sloane between Washington, Maine and Nova Scotia. In Mack’s […]
WET PAINT AUCTION COMING TO WALDOBORO AUGUST 5th
Paint the Town, Waldoboro’s annual plein air event and art auction, is returning on August 5th. Many well-known artists will rendezvous in one of the Mid-Coast’s hidden gems, and spend the day painting select views of the historic village and surrounding countryside. The fresh art will be auctioned off at day’s end, following an artists’ […]
