PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART OPENS EXHIBITION OF WORKS INCLUDING RARELY SEEN WATERCOLORS BY JOHN SINGER SARGENT
On August 17, 2018, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) opens Americans Abroad, 1860-1915, an exhibition of watercolors, prints, and paintings by American artists who travelled to Europe for training and inspiration in the late 19th century. The exhibition of 24 works by artists such as Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, […]
Plein Air Painters at Open Lighthouse Day
Local Artists Paint “Plein Air” at Open Lighthouse Day The Pemaquid Group of Artists will be an active participant at the Open Lighthouse Day event on Saturday, September 8 at Lighthouse Park. The celebration of the Pemaquid Lighthouse and its historical significance will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Admission to the park […]
Black and White Show opens at CRAFT Gallery
The Annual Black and White Show opens at CRAFT Gallery The annual “Black and White” show at CRAFT Gallery explores limiting the artist’s palette to black and white in order to focus on form, texture, design and proportion. Portland artist Marjorie Moore, new to CRAFT, exhibits her drawings from her Drought, Fire and Ash series, […]
Nancy Winter’s Rustic Sculpture At the Blue Hill Bay Gallery
Nancy Winter’s Rustic Sculpture At the Blue Hill Bay Gallery from September 1 to September 30 As we enter the fairest season in Blue Hill we offer fair goers a little whimsy. Comfortably tucked in amongst our many fine paintings are wonderful little rustic sculptures from the hand of Nancy Winters. For thirty years Nancy […]
Upcoming Gallery Show at Maine Farmland Trust, “I Went To the Animal Fair: Finding Common Ground”
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery’s new show, I Went To the Animal Fair: Finding Common Ground, features Belfast artist Kerstin Engman’s oil paintings on the first floor, with works by Andre Benoit, Frances Hynes, Leslie Moore, and Julie Cyr on the second floor. Kerstin’s works for this show are inspired by the animals, goods, and people […]
JESSICA LEE IVES: IMMERSED IN NATURE | Gleason Fine Art
Jessica Lee Ives (nèe Stammen) grew up in Camden, Maine. She received her BFA from the renowned Cooper Union School of Art and was named one of Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College Women of the Year in 2003. After September 11, 2001, Ives worked as an artist-in-residence at Ground Zero in New York City, which […]
First Friday Art Walk, Rockland ME, September 7
First Friday Art Walk, Rockland ME, 5-8pm, 7 September 2018 Rockland’s Penultimate Art Walk for 2018 will be on Friday, 7 September. Many of Rockland’s galleries will be open, including (but not limited to): The Farnsworth Art Museum, Art Space, Yvette Torres Fine Art, The Strand Theatre, Craft Gallery, The Art Loft, The Gautschi Center, […]
Maine Art Hill – the last 3 person show of 2018
Maine Art Hill is having a three artist show featuring new works from Claire Bigbee, Ingunn Milla Joergensen, and John LeCours. The show will run from September 1-20, 2018 at Shows on Maine Art Hill at10 Chase Hill Road, Kennebunk, ME and is open everyday at 10am. Bigbee, a Maine resident, takes her inspiration from […]
Late-summer exhibitions | George Marshall Store Gallery
Walking into the George Marshall Store Gallery from the heat and glare of the late summer sun one is struck by the calm monochromatic tones and simple shapes of Ernest Montanegro’s, Lisa Noonis’ and Dan Dowd’s work. The first glance belies the complexity of these three artist’s sculptures, collage-paintings, and found object instillations. Most of […]
Under the Spotlight | The Gallery At Somes Sound
Each week a piece of studio furniture will be featured under the spotlight, handcrafted by a furniture maker represented at the Gallery at Somes Sound in Somesville. You will have the opportunity to critique the featured piece, offering suggestions and asking questions. At your discretion, a personal follow-up will be made to you by the […]
