COVID-19: MCA Updates & Information for Our Members and Community
CLOSED: Center for Maine Craft + Maine Craft Portland March 17, 2020: Our retail galleries + resource centers, the Center for Maine Craft and Maine Craft Portland, will be closed from this date forward. We will reopen as advised by our local and health officials. REDUCED: Maine Crafts Association operations and staffing March 17, […]
Island Institute Update: Responding to COVID-19 in Our Communities
As we all recognize the daily disruptions and challenges ahead for each of us, our communities are grappling with many unknowns. For decades, the Island Institute has been building networks to connect communities with practical information and support to solve problems. We have a firm commitment to our island and coastal communities to continue this […]
MDI Open 2020: Call For Artists
Calling all artists to submit work for this year’s Mount Desert Island Open. Come be part of a non-juried art exposition, now in its 20th consecutive year at Shaw Jewelry in Northeast Harbor. All artists are invited to participate. Criteria for inclusion: a close association with Mount Desert Island, and an item you would […]
Greenhut Galleries: 10% off Gift Certificates
Based on the Governor’s new executive order, we will only be open by appointment for at least the next two weeks. To make an appointment, please shoot us an email ([email protected]). We will soon provide updated information on our current and upcoming exhibition schedule. As always, you can shop our entire inventory […]
Portland Art Gallery Selects Artwork in a Calming, Neutral Color Palette
For your enjoyment, a curated selection of artwork in a neutral palette presented by Portland Art Gallery. View more at portlandartgallery.com.
A Message from Archipelago
Art connects us, inspires us, and reminds us of both our humanity and our immortality. As artists and makers who share our art and selves with our communities, we offer a valuable service to those around us every day. Being self-employed, we also connect with each other to establish our networks, build the local economies around […]
Tim Greenway’s Mackworth Island Transformed: Rocks Reimagined at Cove St. Arts
Prompted by the current crisis, Cove St. Arts in Portland is trying something new: a virtual exhibition, complete with an accompanying video on our website: https://www.covestreetarts.com/exhibitions-1/mackworthislandtransformed Tim Greenway’s Mackworth Island Transformed: Rocks Reimagined explores the transformation of space within the context of both the physical and the psychological. Using the popular location of […]
CMCA’s April ArtLab for All Ages to be Live Streamed
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland will host its monthly ArtLab for All Ages workshops via Facebook Live throughout the period its doors are closed to the public in response to CDC guidelines on COVID-19. To encourage creativity and connection during this time of social distancing, artists of all ages are invited to join […]
MCA Call for Nominations 2020 Master Craft Artist Award
Maine Crafts Association is seeking your expertise, knowledge and endorsement of Maine craft artists! Help us select the 2020 Master Craft Artist by nominating an artist who fits the bill. We are now accepting nominations to be reviewed and selected by Juror Susan Joy Sager, author of Selling Your Crafts & Creative Careers in Crafts. The 2020 Master Craft Artist […]
CMCA Executive Director Suzette McAvoy to Retire in September
The Board of Trustees of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland has announced that its Executive Director and Chief Curator Suzette McAvoy, who has led the organization through a transformative decade of growth, will retire on September 1, 2020, marking her 10th anniversary with the art center. “It has been a tremendous […]
