Hilary Irons exhibits paintings in ‘Orb Weaver’ at Dowling Walsh Gallery
Dowling Walsh Gallery will host a solo exhibition of paintings by Hilary Irons titled “Orb Weaver” from March 5 to April 24. Hilary Irons is a painter, curator and writer living and working in Portland. She studied painting at Parsons School of Design and the Yale School of Art. Hilary is gallery and exhibitions director […]
MCA Essay Series: What Maine Craft Means to Me
By Emmanuel Sogunle I didn’t really notice that my world was filled with craft until recently. Thanks to the Lunder Institute for American Art, I was able to work on a project called the Makers Map. The Makers Map is an interactive map that identifies and locates makers and craftspeople to provide an online network […]
CIG HARVEY: A Discussion on Beauty
Dowling Walsh Gallery presents Donna McNeil, founding executive director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, in conversation with photographer Cig Harvey. Dowling Walsh Gallery artist Cig Harvey seeks to find the magical in everyday life. Rich in implied narrative, Harvey’s work is deeply rooted in the natural environment and offers explorations of belonging and familial relationships. The […]
‘Eternity in an Hour’ virtual exhibit by Caldbeck Gallery
Caldbeck Gallery presents new work by Elizabth Awalt and Elizabeth O’Reilly in the virtual exhibit “Eternity in an Hour.” Both artists offer imagery that provides refuge from the weather, the pandemic, and all the other things keeping us home this winter. View the show online at https://mcusercontent.com/c6bdac10295726afaab4a2246/files/8dc3ca64-c721-4fb5-afb9-abba687a50b0/Awalt_OReilly_2021_ecatalog.pdf. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm St., Rockland. […]
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art shows ‘New Beginnings’
Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art presents “New Beginnings,” a mid-winter online show highlighting new work by 12 artists. The show is a precursor to the gallery’s upcoming summer exhibitions. A range of media is highlighted, including collage on canvas, digital montage, oil on canvas, sculptures from stainless steel or reclaimed wood and found objects, and […]
Waldoboro’s Back Cove Gallery presents Jean Kigel’s ‘The Year of the Ox’ exhibition
Jean Kigel’s new Back Cove Gallery opens with a show of Asian brush paintings titled “The Year of the Ox.” This exhibit will take place online and at the gallery, located at 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro, throughout March. Over the past decades, Kigel’s Asian brush paintings have received an overwhelming response both locally […]
Archipelago Artist Profile: Basil Cake
By Lisa Millette Part of our ongoing series of Archipelago artist profiles, this profile looks at one of Archipelago’s artists, Basil Cake, who has been featured in the store and gallery since it opened. In early March, before Governor Mills issued a statewide lockdown, the Island Institute’s Lisa Millette traveled to the home of Maine […]
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery presents the 2020 Fiore Residents Exhibit
This past summer, Maine Farmland Trust’s Fiore Art Center offered four virtual residencies. Instead of working at the beautiful Rolling Acres Farm at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, ME, the residents worked from their homes, farms, gardens and studios. From January 5-April 9, 2021, the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery website will host an […]
Maine artists included in international Telephone project
More than 950 artists from across the world are creating original, interconnected artworks in a global game of Telephone. The online, interactive exhibition is scheduled to launch in April, and several Maine artists will participate. On its surface, Telephone is simple. Based on the children’s game, a message is “whispered” from art form to art […]
‘In the Abstract’ at Dowling Walsh Gallery
Dowling Walsh Gallery is hosting the group exhibition “In the Abstract” through Feb. 27. The exhibit includes works by Ann Purcell, Stephen Pace (1918-2010), Syd Solomon (1917-2004) and Kenneth Noland (1924-2010). Visit www.dowlingwalsh.com or call 207-596-0084 for more information.
