Portland Museum of Art Announces Free Admission for Everyone 21 Years Old and Under

The Portland Museum of Art is proud to announce that it is changing its admission policy to offer free, unlimited admission to everyone age 21 and under beginning on April 11, 2018, opening the museum’s doors in perpetuity to teens and youth everywhere. The program is made possible through the vision and generosity of Susie […]

Harlow Gallery | March Workshops | Register Today!

PYSANKA: EGG-DECORATING Lead by Norma Ociepka Saturday, March 3rd | 10am-12pm | 100 Water St. Norma Ociepka has been teaching Ukranian egg decorating in the Waterville area for over 30 years. She learned the tradition to honor her families Polish Heritage. Join her at the Harlow for a step-by-step guided tutorial in the traditional Ukrainian […]

A Summer on the Land: MFT Gallery Exhibits Work by Last Year’s Fiore Art Center Residents

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery opens 2018 with a multi-media show that recalls the summer season. Six visual artists with strong ties to Maine, a historical writing resident, and the resident gardener, share the work they created during their 2017 residency at the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at MFT’s Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson. A […]

Farnsworth Presents First Ai Weiwei Exhibition in Maine

Farnsworth Art Museum Presents Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold Beginning on Saturday, March 24, 2018, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine will present a special exhibition of sculptural works by Chinese dissident-artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957). Ai’s gilded bronze Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold series will be on display in the museum’s […]

MDI – Open Call for Entry

One of the sure signs of spring is the Mount Desert Open, a showcase for all artists living on MDI. Shaw Gallery in Northeast Harbor will be hosting the seventeenth annual community art exposition. We invite you to participate. This is a painting, craft and sculpture exposition for local residents to show their work in […]

Ten-Year Survey Exhibition of Artist John Moore at CMCA

John Moore: Resonance, the first solo exhibition in a Maine museum of artist John Moore’s work will open at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland on Saturday, March 3. A public reception honoring the artist will be held on Saturday, March 17, from 4 to 6pm. The exhibition will remain on view […]

Richard Blanco + Jacob Hessler | BOUNDARIES

Boundaries is a collaborative project between Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco and contemporary landscape photographer Jacob Bond Hessler. Blanco’s poems and Hessler’s photographs together investigate the visible and invisible boundaries of race, gender, class, and ethnicity, among many others; they challenge the physical, imagined, and psychological dividing lines—both historic and current—that shadow America and perpetuate […]

Portland Museum of Art announces significant gift of works by Winslow Homer donated by the Berger Collection Educational Trust

The PMA is thrilled to announce a major gift of works by American icon Winslow Homer through the incredible generosity of the Berger Collection Education Trust. This gift strengthens our position as one of the leading institutions in the world to experience the art and legacy of Winslow Homer. “We are excited to welcome these […]

You are invited to Art House for Art and Wine

You are cordially invited to Art House’s afternoon fête, Saturday, March 3rd, 3-5 PM. for the opening for “Brenda Overstrom: Layers of Meaning” “My paintings are about layers and layering – words, marks and colors. I start by writing, drawing or painting on the surface – paper, canvas or panel. The words are revelations from […]

Seven Arts Annual Studio Sale

Its time once again for the SevenArts Studio Sale! It’s that time of year when the artists clear out their studios, finding forgotten gems, experimental pieces, and other work not usually available. The tables in the foyer will be filled with interesting and beautiful bargins. Come early and often as inventory will go quickly in […]