Winter 2025 exhibitions at CMCA

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) presents its winter season with the unveiling of two new thought-provoking exhibitions and held an opening reception on Feb. 1. New exhibitions that opened Feb. 1: “The Sun, Trying to Disappear” is a show that speaks of entanglement. The images in this exhibition flutter between icons and mistrusted […]

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Crescendo is about reaching new heights, riding the waves of life, climbing peaks, looking up to the zenith, witnessing the culmination of a project, peering over the crest, feeling the surge of emotions. 2025 is a 9 year in numerology, marked by a crescendo of power and experience, acclimation and completion, and new beginnings.  Artists […]

Maine Art Gallery presents ‘Fiore at 100: Maine Observed’

Joseph Fiore (1925-2008) was a widely respected artist and active member of the Maine Art Gallery during the 1960s and ‘70s. In celebration of the 100th year of his birth, the gallery is partnering with Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) on an exclusive and overdue major retrospective, “Fiore at 100: Maine Observed.” The show runs June […]

Midcoast Downeast Chapter of UMVA presented ‘Dark Skies’

The Midcoast Downeast Chapter of the Union of Maine Visual Artists, in collaboration with Waterfall Arts and Dark Sky Maine presented “Dark Skies: Artwork Honoring Dark Nights in Maine,” which ran from Jan. 17 to Feb. 28 at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. Not only did the exhibit gather a sizable crowd of over 280 people […]

Jeanne Maguire featured at Roux & Cyr Gallery

In March the Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery will host its first abstract contemporary artist as its featured artist of the month. Jeanne Maguire, a Maine-based abstract artist, will be the First Friday artist on March 7. Maguire’s show is titled “Feminine Archetypes” and her work is vibrant and expressive, capturing the emotion […]

Meetinghouse Arts celebrates Youth Art Month

Youth Art Month is right around the corner. Show your support and celebrate the young artists in this year’s youth show, “Healing Through Color,” on view March 6 to 9. Students from all instructional levels will be featured in the show, which emphasizes the importance of visual arts, creative expression, and access to the arts […]

The Wine Cellar Art Gallery features work by Mavis Davis

The Wine Cellar Art Gallery at John Edwards Market on Maine Street in Ellsworth is pleased to be hosting a variety of Maine artists, including Mavis Melissa Davis. Mavis Davis is a self-taught Maine artist who loves color and loves paint. In her words, “I believe beauty is a sign of God’s mercy to humanity; […]

George Marshall Store Gallery announces a call for art

George Marshall Store Gallery announces a call for art for “Cosmic Things,” a juried group exhibition inspired by the myriad ways the universe communicates with each of us. New England artists are invited to submit work that explores the signs, symbols, objects and patterns through which we receive and interpret meaning — recurring dreams, animal […]

Tour and reception for ‘Water and Mountains’ exhibition at Wastewater Treatment Plant

Nate Luce is thrilled to present “Water and Mountains,” an exhibition of new paintings, at the Rockland Water Pollution Control Department (40 Tilson Ave.). Water and Mountains is a satellite show to “Fruition,” his current two-person exhibition (with Allison Cekala) at The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA). While Luce’s work in “Fruition” includes paintings, […]

Amy Kustra exhibits work in New York

Amy Kustra, Maine painter, will be exhibiting several abstract paintings in the group art show “All the Light I See” at Van der plas Gallery, 156 Orchard St., New York, New York. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. March 28, and the show will remain on view through April 6.