Author: AnthonyMGSG22
Expand your reach through craft shows
Many artists and makers sell their goods online, but craft shows are good ways to increase income and exposure and get valuable feedback. Don’t be overwhelmed by the prospect; preparation is the key to successful craft fairs. FIND OUT WHAT THE VENUE PROVIDES If the venue provides tables and chairs, there’s no need to transport […]
Portland Art Gallery interviews Darthea Cross
Looking at Darthea Cross’ paintings of rock formations floods me with memory. My childhood summer playground was not the beach but the granite ledges that surrounded the small Maine island where my family spent every August. I spent hours creating imaginary worlds on those ledges, becoming familiar with each crevice and vein of pink granite […]
COA hosts performance artist
Performance, video and installation artist Heather Lyon (‘99) is spending a month working at College of the Atlantic this fall as the 2022 COA Kippy Stroud Artist in Residence. Lyon developed work in COA’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery and within landscapes on Mount Desert Island during September. She performed her work on Sept. 20. Lyon, […]
Pemaquid Gallery artists paint onsite at Maine Open Lighthouse Day
Pemaquid Gallery member artists were active participants at the Maine Open Lighthouse Day event on Sept. 10 at Lighthouse Park in Bristol. The annual celebration of the Pemaquid Lighthouse showcases local artists and gallery members painting onsite. The 2022 exhibiting members of the Pemaquid Group of Artists include Barbara Applegate, Debra Arter, Bruce Babb, Julie […]
Exhibit of abstract art at the Maine Art Gallery continues to Sept. 17
The seven artists and their mentor whose works are currently on display at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset have named this exhibit “Collective Imagination.” The title is an apt description, as the artists have actually formed a collective for the purpose of inspiring and critiquing each other’s work. For the past seven years or […]
Louise Bourne show at Annex Studio Space
Louise Bourne held an opening reception on Sept. 2 at the Water Street Studio.
Local Color Gallery welcomes new artists Gagan and Parker into the gallery
Local Color Gallery is pleased to welcome two new painters, Sara Gagan and Nell Parker, as year-round artists to the gallery. Gagan’s oil paintings often portray animals, and might be described as representational but with a twist. She often incorporates elements of collage for color, texture, or symbolic meaning. Images of human-made tidbits, other natural […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery September shows
Work by Will Sears, Marilynn Gelfman Karp, Madeleine Morlet and Betsy Eby will be on view at Dowling Walsh Gallery through Oct. 1. An opening reception was held Sept. 2. Dowling Walsh Gallery is at 365 Main St. in Rockland. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by […]
‘Time to Travel’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
Jean Kigel’s Studio and Gallery in Waldoboro is featuring “Time to Travel,” paintings related to travel, both close by and far away. Recently, many any of us are experiencing the urge to stretch our boundaries after shuttered ourselves for so long. Kigel is showing Asian brush paintings and oils from her travels from the Far […]
Adult Workshop: Magic Materials
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art will host its Adult Workshop: Magic Material in-person from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 20. Participants will use a variety of recycled materials to create mixed-media relief works. Inspired by upcoming installation “Ian Trask: Mind Loops,” made from reclaimed items, guests will create active compositions from materials, encouraging reuse […]
