‘The Monson Sculpture Project’ installed along Route 15

The Monson Collaborative, a downtown MDF affiliate organization, has been working with the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium for the past three years to bring a large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition to Monson. This is the first project of this scale to take place in Piscataquis County. Artists Jesse Salisbury, Kazumi Hoshino, Tim Shay and Mark Herrington […]

Caldbeck Gallery features group exhibition

Caldbeck Gallery hosted an opening reception on June 27 for its show featuring work by Stew Henderson, Meghan Brady, Frederic Kellogg and Sam Cady. The show runs through July 27. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm St., Rockland. For more information, email info@caldbeck.com, go to www.caldbeck.com, or call 207-594-5935.

Three art scholarships awarded at R.W. Traip Academy

The Marcia Abigail Ryder Art Scholarship Fund at the Kittery Art Association (KAA) awarded three $1,500 scholarships to outstanding 2025 Traip Academy graduates: Delia Hartley, Meredith McGonigle and Makili Matty (left to right in photo), accompanied by Michael Kelso, KAA board president (far left), Kim Lightcastle, Traip Academy Arts Director (beside Michael), and Roger Cole […]

Center for Maine Contemporary Art to honor Suzette McAvoy at 2025 Art Party

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) is pleased to announce that its annual Art Party, to be held on July 2, will honor Suzette McAvoy, executive director and chief curator, emeritus. A pivotal figure in Maine’s arts community, McAvoy will be recognized for her decades of visionary leadership and lasting impact on the state’s […]

Dowling Walsh Gallery to present new work by Sarah McRae Morton and abstract works by Will Barnet

Dowling Walsh Gallery is pleased to present “Sarah McRae Morton: Time After Time,” an exhibition of new paintings by the Rockland-based artist. Widely admired and respected for her brilliantly crafted paintings that blend history, fact and fantasy, McRae Morton grew up in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she began painting at an early age. During […]

Carol L. Douglas: “The Immediate Landscape: a close observation of everyday beauty”

Opens Saturday, June 28, 4-7 PM Event Details: Exhibition Title: The Immediate Landscape Location: Carol L. Douglas Studio/Richards Hill Gallery, 394 Commercial Street, Rockport, ME, 04856 Dates: June 28-July 10, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 28, 4-7 PM Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 PM We spend, on average, 1-2 seconds per image looking at pictures on […]

Adrienne Kernan LaVallee shows work in ‘Color, Shape, Light’ in Kennebunk

“Creativity is the willingness to experiment and often. Sometimes one is successful, other times not, but as a painter I push myself to take chances with every composition. Building up textural passages and creating a lively flow of spectral dots and dashes, I seek to visually express the energy and movements found in nature, all […]

MMPA hosts art talks for ‘The New Abstraction’ exhibition

The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts will host artist talks from 5 to 8 p.m June 27 with Caroline E. Savage, Deb Dawson and Tara Sellios More talks will follow on July 18. “The New Abstraction” is currently on view through July 26. “Our tendency is to make something of the photograph, to try to […]

Guests enjoy events for with UMVA’s ‘Washed Away’ exhibition

While the UMVA “Washed Away” exhibition is up until June 21 at the Portland Public Library, juror Carl Little held a gallery talk about how he chose the work of 60 artists out of the 100 that entered the show on June 6. The following week, GMRI (Gulf of Maine Research Institute) held a fascinating […]

Gallery 302 will host a reception for guest artist Kristen Pobatschnig

Gallery 302 invites the public to a reception honoring guest artist Kristen Pobatschnig from 5 to 7 p.m. June 20 at 112 Main St, Bridgton. Visitors can meet the artist, view her latest work, and enjoy light refreshments in the welcoming gallery space. Kristen Pobatschnig is an acrylic painter known for her unique style of […]