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.

Local Color Gallery welcomes new guest artist and ekphrastic poets

Local Color Gallery in Belfast held an evening of art and poetry for its first Fourth Friday event of 2025 on Feb. 28. Sumner Roberts, local woodcut artist, presents a show at the gallery beginning that continues through March 22. A farmer and farrier for many years, Roberts says, “I finally held on to the […]

‘Take A Risk + Works On Paper’ at the Kittery Art Association

“Take A Risk + Works On Paper” includes daring and experimental works of art, many of which are on paper, where boundaries are pushed of this delicate medium. From bold sketches and intricate prints to innovative mixed media compositions, this exhibition highlights the courage and creativity to explore new techniques and ideas. This kind of […]

Jean Kigel Studio features watercolors

Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery, 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro, is featuring winter watercolors. Kigel finds endless inspiration and surprising patches of color in this season’s landscapes. Bundle up to visit her gallery, and warm up by the woodstove with cookies and tea. Gallery open daily during business hours. Call first recommended at 207-832-5152. […]

Local gallery supports New Hope Midcoast

The holiday season brought the joy of giving to the artists at Local Color Gallery in Belfast. Several of the artists created holiday ornaments ranging from “paint-brush angels” to “dangling print animals.” Anyone who stopped in the gallery and donated $50 for New Hope Midcoast during the holiday season received a hand-made ornament as a […]

Gallery 302 Calling all Pastel Artists

Calling all Pastel Artists: “Figures in Pastels – A live-model workshop for Experienced Artists” Join award-winning painter Terri Brooks for Figures in Pastels, a workshop designed for experienced pastel artists. Working from a live, costumed model, participants will refine their ability to capture the human form using layered pastel techniques. The class will focus on essential life-drawing skills, using […]