Carol L. Douglas shares fall exhibitions and an observation exercise
Rockport artist Carol L. Douglas has work in fall exhibitions and charity auctions in Maine and California, and her latest “Monday Morning Art School” article offers a drawing exercise focused on close observation. FALL EXHIBITIONS “Drawn to Creation: Two Views,” featuring Douglas and Naomi Aho, remains on view through Oct. 9 at Carol L. Douglas […]
Caldbeck Gallery opens ‘Two Friends Painting’
Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland will host a First Friday opening for “Two Friends Painting,” featuring Lois Dodd and John Walker, from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. The exhibition runs through Nov. 7. Continuing exhibitions feature Alan Bray, Jack Silverio and Tim Van Campen, Nancy Glassman and K. Min. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm […]
Lights Out presents ‘LIVE/LENS’ at Celebration Barn
Lights Out will open its final exhibition of the year, “LIVE/LENS,” Oct. 3 at Celebration Barn in South Paris, with live performances, art, a potluck dinner, an afterparty and a bonfire. Curated by Bethany Engstrom, the multimedia exhibition brings together performance, installation and video art. Doors will open at 4 p.m. for visitors to explore […]
CMCA names Grant Wahlquist interim director and opens ‘Because the Sky is Blue’
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland has appointed Grant Wahlquist interim director and will celebrate the opening of his exhibition “Because the Sky is Blue” with a free public reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. Wahlquist, who joined CMCA as curator in July 2025, brings nearly two decades of curatorial and […]
Jean Kigel reflects on the fall harvest
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro celebrates the fall harvest season this October with “The Harvest,” a painting of wooden ladders set against apple trees. The old-fashioned ladders represent the precariousness of farming in an era when more migrants than locals harvest Maine’s apples. A dark path leads ominously out of the orchard. Kigel […]
Art Space Gallery features three painters in October
Art Space Gallery in Rockland will welcome visitors from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 during the city’s First Friday Art Walk, with refreshments, conversation and an October exhibition featuring Sandra Leinonen Dunn, Margaret Creighton and Janalee Welch. All three artists are painters, working in a variety of media with distinctly individual approaches. Their work […]
Tandem Glass hosts Maine Craft Weekend open house
Tandem Glass in Dresden will host an open house Oct. 3 and 4 as part of Maine Craft Weekend, a statewide open studio tour. Guest artists will represent a range of media and discuss their work and processes with visitors. Among them is Mallory Waldman, the mother of Tandem Glass artist Terrill Waldman. Mallory Waldman […]
Indigo Arts Alliance shares news of art, legacy and community
Portland’s Indigo Arts Alliance is highlighting recent coverage, publications and projects involving its co-founders and artists in residence, from an exhibition exploring Black cultural memory to new books about land and justice. “Thresholds,” organized by Indigo Arts Alliance in partnership with the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, brings together work by Daniel Minter, […]
Dominique Ostuni explores luxury and labor in ‘Excess Comes Naturally’
Dominique Ostuni’s solo exhibition, “Would an Angel Apologize for Spilling Champagne,” is on view through Oct. 3 at Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland. A centerpiece of the exhibition is “Excess Comes Naturally,” an elaborate mirror standing more than 8 feet tall. The work begins with an ordinary functional object, then overwhelms that function with porcelain, […]
Waterfall Arts to open Lincoln Street Center studios to public
Waterfall Arts will invite the public inside more than 40 artist studios during the Lincoln Street Center Fall Open Studios from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at 24 Lincoln St. in Rockland. During the free event, artists will open their studios and welcome visitors into their creative spaces. Guests can explore Rockland’s historic former […]
