Atmospheric Firing: Pottery by Betsy Levine of Prescott Hill Pottery at Maine Potters Market
For the month of July, Maine Potters Market is featuring the work of Betsy Levine. Betsy’s pots are organic and earthy, with a sensuality that comes mostly from the materials she choses and the atmospheric firing techniques that she uses. Her forms are simple, yet graceful, revealing the complex surfaces resulting from the interaction of clay and […]
Dance of the Tribes at Greenhut Galleries
Tom Paiement’s Dance of the Tribes is an exhibition of mixed media pieces inspired by his winter visits to Venice Beach, California. In 1965, Tom Paiement and 2 of his friends from college drove from Maine to California in his brand new convertible Corvair, across the Rockies, through Vegas, away from the east coast into […]
MCA Announces Important Dates and Deadlines
MCA Calendar: Important Dates and Deadlines JULY July 1-31: Center Exhibition: Catherine Worthington July 8: Book Signing with Roger L. Stevens @ Center 2016: LOOKING AHEAD August: 4-30: Center Exhibition: Peggy Lumpkins August 6: Book Signing with Margaret Gousse @ Center Aug 15: Sign-up: Downeast Magazine, November August 27: Portland Fine Craft Show 9am-4pm October 1 & […]
Shaw Jewelry Announces Summer Show Schedule
SUMMER SHOW SCHEDULE Each summer we present up to fifteen exhibitions including new work by established and emerging jewelry artists working in materials from precious to alternative. You may also find: estate jewelry, modernist painters, Inuit sculpture, abstracted landscapes, tiaras, marine-inspired pieces, jewelry of the maharajahs, regional artists, Tahitian pearls, kinetic jewelry, figurative drawing, big […]
PMA presents Innovators and Entrepreneurs: A Women in Business Forum
Thursday, July 28 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free for members and employees of Corporate members; $8 general public Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium Influential women have shaped the city of Portland throughout its history. In 1908, author and critic Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat forever transformed the PMA with her bequest of the McLellan House and […]
Exceptional Summer Art Camps at Waterfall Arts
Space is still available in Waterfall Arts’ exceptional Art Camps for ages 8 to 12 and scholarship funds are available as well. Week 1 of Art Camp is July 11 through 15 and Week 2 is July 18 to 22, Monday through Friday from 9am to 3 pm each day. There is a 10% discount […]
Paint the town in Waldoboro
Planning for this year’s Paint the Town, Waldoboro’s exclusive en plein air event and fresh paint auction, is well under construction! An event that promotes civic pride through the celebration of Waldoboro’s natural, architectural, and individual resources, Paint the Town is appropriately being held at one of the Historic Village’s most iconic landmarks. After a […]
Haynes Galleries presents “Luminous Light & Reflections”
THE LAND AND SEA SHINES UPSTAIRS AT HAYNES IN “LUMINOUS LIGHT & REFLECTIONS” The show presents land and seascapes that capture the beauty and narrative abilities of nature with an emphasis on Maine landscapes. The show will be on view until August 13 at Haynes Galleries in Thomaston. Housed in a beautifully restored 19th century sea captain’s […]
“Conservation Matters” at the 41st Annual Mount Desert Island Directions Fine Craft Show
“Conservation Matters” at the 41st Annual Mount Desert Island Directions Fine Craft Show, July 29-31, 2016 – Atlantic Oceanside Event Center in Bar Harbor, Maine. In celebration of the Acadia National Park Centennial, the Maine Crafts Guild is coordinating an event titled, “Conservation Matters.” Guild members have been challenged to design and produce works featuring […]
Artemis Gallery: Seal Harbor, Summer of 1916: 100 Years Later
Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor will be hosting a unique collection of drawings as part of the Gallery’s activities to commemorate Acadia National Park’s Centennial. There is double reason to celebrate this exhibit at Artemis: the drawings were made exactly the same year that the park was inaugurated and they have never been showcased […]
