Exhibitions at Don Gorvett’s Perkins Cove Gallery

The exhibition titled Rumination and the Aesthetic in Drawing | Form & Substance is the first time collaborative exhibition of the drawings of Ralph Gorvett and the ceramics of David Schneider to be held in Don Gorvett’s Perkins Cove Gallery in Ogunquit Maine.  Ralph Gorvett, the brother of Don Gorvett, has had presents in Don Gorvett’s galleries in Gloucester, […]

UMaine Museum of Art announces Fall Exhibitions

Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists highlights a diversity of creative approaches and genres—from representational to conceptual—by artists from throughout New Brunswick. Also varied is the wide range of media in the exhibition that includes ceramic, photography, oil painting, assemblage, mixed media, sculpture and printing processes. The works in Contemporary Currents underscore the refreshingly pluralist […]

“Dietlind Vander Schaaf: Exhalation” at Vestibule 594 Gallery

“Exhalation”, a solo show by Dietlind Vander Schaaf, will be held at Vestibule 594 gallery at 594 Congress Street (next to Starbucks at the Hay Building) through October 29. The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 2 from 5-8pm. Dietlind Vander Schaaf holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and an […]

THE MAGIC OF RUSSIA AT THE GREEN LION PRINT GALLERY

  Cafe Editor’s note: Sorry to run this late! Some of Russia’s best artists have focused their creative energy mastering printmaking, especially etching – and the results are breathtaking, but hard to find in this country. The Green Lion Gallery at 23 Centre Street in Bath is helping to change that, with an exhibition of […]

Anne Heywood invited to China Biennial International Pastel Exhibition

  Anne Heywood, artist/owner of the Heywood Gallery in Waldoboro, has been invited to be the guest artist of the 2nd China (Suzhou) Biennial International Pastel Exhibition at the Ming Gallery of Art in Suzhou, China with her original painting/diptych “Sunset Reflections”. This exhibition will run from October 22nd to November 21st. Anne Heywood is […]

Equal Protection of the Laws: America’s Fourteenth Amendment

The Kennebec Valley Art Association (KVAA) in partnership with The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (HHRC) present “Equal Protection of the Laws: America’s Fourteenth Amendment”, an art exhibition which contemplates the importance of the 14th Amendment. Themes depicted relate to many areas of American society covered by the amendment: including due process, liberty, […]

Remembering Julian Sacks at Tidemark Gallery

It was a wonderful day when Julian joined our little gallery and it was a terrible day when we lost him. But he left us with such wonderful gifts; his wisdom and warm friendship, corny jokes, a special recipe for pickled herring and bright landscape paintings of the many places he loved. Where ever he […]

“Back to School Special” and “Things Remembered” at George Marshall Store Gallery

The George Marshall Store Gallery recently opened two new exhibitions for the month of September. Aptly named for the season is “Back to School Special” which features work by the faculty of the University of New Hampshire Department of Art. Also on view is “Things Remembered” by Portsmouth artist Michael Stasiuk, who combines fragments of […]

PHILIP FREY: PARALLELS at UMaine Museum of Art

From September 23 – December 31, 2016 Parallels features a new assortment of oil paintings by Maine artist Philip Frey. The artist, most known for his expressive images of the Maine landscape, provides varied glimpses of other subjects and approaches in this exhibition including cityscapes, portraits and abstract compositions. Frey explains that these works address “a […]

Explore the streets of Portland with PMA Go

On September 2, the Portland Museum of Art launched PMA Go, a web-based, art-collecting game inspired by Pokémon Go. Instead of capturing Wartortles, Kakunas, and Vileplumes, players can amass an art collection of Homers, Renoirs, and Wyeths that generates real world rewards. While many art museums—including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney […]