Courthouse Gallery Fine Art opens May 1 with ‘Annual Spring Show’
Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will open for the season on May 1 with its “Annual Spring Show,” which this year will highlight the work of 20 artists. Also on view is a solo show for printmaker Siri Beckman, whose enchanting prints are showcased in a new book by Down East Books. The gallery will […]
George Marshall Store Gallery opens another season on May 25
George Marshall Store Gallery’s next season kicks off with “Dock Level Spotlight,” which runs from May 25 to June 30, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. May 25. Works by the following artists will be on rotation in the dock level gallery throughout the season: Lizzie Abelson, John Bowdren, Dan Brenton, Kristy Cavaretta, […]
Local Color Gallery welcomes three new artists and will present a workshop during Print Day in May
Three new year-round artists joined Local Color Gallery in Belfast on April 23. A reception and open house was held o April 26 with artist talks. Ruth Heffron, of Belfast, works primarily in oil, often with cold wax added. She enjoys collage and printmaking as well. She views her paintings as poems that shine a […]
Student/teacher art show, plus upcoming classes at the Maine Art Gallery
Parents, teachers and children poured into the Maine Art Gallery, aka MAG, in Wiscasset for the opening of the K-12 student art show on April 12. For the first time in the years that the annual exhibit has opened the MAG season, students presented their work alongside that of their teachers. As grades 7-12 art […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery features new paintings by Hannah Secord Wade
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland will present the exhibition “Hannah Secord Wade: Base Tan / Stagecraft” from May 3 to 25. The exhibition features two new series of paintings by the artist, who lives in Woolwich. The exhibition opens to the public with a reception during Rockland’s First Friday Art Walk from 4 to 7 […]
Earth Day Show at Yarmouth Frame and Gallery celebrates the planet
Yarmouth Frame and Gallery’s Earth Day Show celebrates our beautiful planet by planting a tree wherever the buyer chooses for each work of art sold. The opening reception was held on April 20. The work will remain on view through June 22. This show includes work by Sharyn Paul Brusie, whose paintings have an underlying […]
Andrea Holland is New UMVA Treasurer
Andrea Holland, accounting manager for Lyman Morse Boatbuilding, Inc., has been named Treasurer of the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA). She replaces John Patrick Mullen who stepped down for health reasons. Andrea, a Belfast native, brings 17 years’ of experience at Lyman Morse and over a decade in the business before that. She has […]
The Paula Tognarelli Collection featured at MMPA
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts presents “The Paula Tognarelli Collection” from April 5 to May 25, with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. April 5 featuring music by Ry’s Trio. Personal art collections are always a form of self portraiture, and this new exhibition is no exception. It’s prodigious; about wonder, wit, […]
Maine Art Gallery offers classes to inspire, educate and hone creative skills
With just a few months left before Maine’s busy summer season of houseguests, travel and work around the house, it’s a good time to plan ahead and schedule activities to enrich our personal lives. With this in mind, the Maine Art Gallery has created a lineup of inspiring half-day classes for artists, would-be artists and […]
New book ‘The Prints of Siri Beckman’ features work by Maine engraver and woodcut artist
“The Prints of Siri Beckman: Engraving a Sense of Place” was recently published by Down East Books, now a part of Rowman and Littlefield. Carl Little has written the introduction. The book contains prints of more than 100 wood engravings and woodcuts and costs $39.95. To order a signed copy of the book, email [email protected]. […]
