‘Storm Recovery: Watercolors of Salvage’ on view at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro presents paintings of a rite of spring. In this case, spring housecleaning is nature’s scouring the shores. The show, “Storm Recovery,” features a watercolor of rusty chains titled “Salvage.” In this painting, mooring chains from docks and floats, having been wrenched loose by recent storm surges and extracted […]
Christopher Brumfield is artist in resident at DIAA in April
Christopher Brumfield, who divides his time between Blue Hill, Maine and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will be the Deer Isle Artists Association artist in residence for the month of April. The residency will culminate in a gallery-wide installation and closing reception from 4 to 6 p.m. April 27. Although a relatively new member of DIAA, having […]
Exploring art through poetry at Local Color Gallery
In honor of National Poetry Month in April, Judy Kaber teams up with Belfast’s Local Color Gallery to present a two-part workshop on ekphrastic poetry, followed by a poetry reading in the gallery where the final poems will be read and displayed next to their inspirational art work. Kaber is a teacher and writer, as […]
International Slow Art Day celebrated in Portland
All are invited to attend a complimentary immersive slow art event featuring the works of 14 Maine artists, all of whom are UMVA members on April 13 in Portland. The event is curated by Mary Harding, of the George Marshall Museum Store, who will be onsite. Reservations are limited. Visit www.slowartdaymaine.com to learn more and […]
Saltwater Artists Gallery adds five new member artists
Saltwater Artists Gallery announces the addition of five new member artists for the 2124 season: painters Ericka O’rourke (oil), J.C. Airnoldi (oil), Barbara Coburn (egg tempera and watercolor) and Rachel Bubier (acrylic) and potter Stephanie Haynes (Wishbone Clay). The gallery is located at 3056 Bristol Road, New Harbor, and will open on May 24. Hours […]
‘Extraordinary Earth’ at the Kittery Art Association gallery
In the spirit of Earth Day, the Kittery Art Association honors the planet that we call home. Celebrate this gorgeous, vast, textural blue and green planet with the show “Extraordinary Earth,” on view at the KAA from April 11 through May 12, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. April 12. In conjunction […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery presents “Jacob Bond Hessler: Sancuary”
Dowling Walsh Gallery invites the public to an Opening Reception for “Jacob Bond Hessler: Sancuary” on March 1, from 4 to 6 pm. “The modern world has sped our lives up for the sake of convenience but the sacrifices have been great. Our ancestors spent huge portions of their waking lives outside convening with and […]
Addison Woolley Opening Reception Sat., March 2, 1-5pm
Remember the excitement of turning 16? That was the number of years ago that a loose affiliation of painters, photographers and printmakers called the Addison Woolley Gallery was founded by Susan Porter. This Saturday, March 2nd, Addison Woolley artists Diane Hudson, Jim Kelly, Fran Vita Taylor, Jan Pieter & Andrea van Voorst Van Beest, and Dave Wade […]
Katy Helman is the DIAA artist in residence in March
The Deer Isle Artists Association is pleased to announce that its March artist in residence will be Katy Helman. Helman is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and a new member of the DIAA. Helman primarily paints in oils but occasionally works in other media, such as prints, collage and embroidery. Her art […]
Local Color Gallery hosts guest artist Karen Olson
Local Color Gallery’s current guest artist is Karen Olson, a photographer and paper artist whose unique prints and paper sculptures have been popular additions to the gallery in the past. Olson’s work will be displayed beginning Feb. 21. A reception was held on Feb. 23 with live music by The Outhouse Association. Olson will also […]
