Mother-daughter exhibit at Sohn’s Gallery features work by Deborah Jellison and Lauren Jellison

A beautiful and intriguing mother-daughter collaborative art show has just opened at the Sohn’s Gallery in downtown Bangor. This show, featuring the work of the well-known artist Deborah Jellison and her daughter Lauren Jellison, displays their own personal connections to nature through lovingly rendered mixed-media portraits, ethereal paintings of animals and plant matter delicately flecked […]

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts hosts receptions in new space featuring work by Cole Caswell and Carol Eisenberg

Visit Maine Museum of Photographic Arts’ new space during an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. May 5. Cole Caswell and Carol Eisenberg are the featured artists from May 3 to June 25. The exhibit showcases Cole Caswell’s multiple approaches to photography. The images on display include contemplative seascapes, studies of the sun and […]

Courthouse Gallery opens for the season on May 2

Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art opens for the season on May 2 with “Jessica Lee Ives: The Biology of Water” and their annual Spring Show, which highlights new work by 20 artists. The shows, which are on view at the gallery through June 3, are free and open to the public. They can also be […]

Haley Art Gallery to host artist talk with Barbara D’Antonio

Haley Art Gallery will host an artist talk by Kittery-based artist Barbara D’Antonio at 1 p.m. May 7. D’Antonio will provide background on her works that are included in her current solo exhibit, “Reimagined Memory,” which are primarily figurative. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibit will remain on view through […]

Work by Maine artists and artisans showcased in May Day May Day event

Hey Sailor! and Trove presented “May Day May Day” on May 1, showcasing the work of Stockton Springs artist Frederick Kuhn at Hey Sailor!, 25 E. Main St., Searsport. Kuhn is a contemporary artist whose use of color and design creates delightful art that is joyful and unexpected. The five works featured in the event […]

Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery present ‘Peach Blossom Skies’

During May, Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro presents “Peach Blossom Skies: Asian brush, Watercolors, and Oils.” As the colors of May skies change, Kigel captures their warmer hues in her paintings. Her show starts with the skies over the Great Wall in China and moves to the skies over Muscongus Bay and the […]

CMCA Announces 2022 summer exhibitions

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art announces four summer exhibitions that open on May 28 and remain on view through Sept. 11. CMCA will host a free, public artists reception from 3 to 5 p.m. May 28, including light refreshments. Reggie Burrows Hodges | Hawkeye Main Gallery The acclaimed Maine-based artist will premiere a series […]

Printmaking demonstrations in Belfast

Printmakers at Local Color Gallery in Belfast will participate in Print Day in May from noon to 4 p.m. May 7. On this annual, global celebration of printmaking, tens of thousands of printmakers around the world make prints and share their experiences with others. Sally Brophy, Sandi Cirillo, Mary Faith Morison, and Leslie Moore will […]

Artist Russell D’Alessio creates his first NFT

Artist Russell D’Alessio, owner of D’Alessio Gallery in Bar Harbor, recently announced his first NFT. “NFTs are a perfect natural progression for the digital works that I have been creating over the last decade, so I am pleased to introduce my first NFT collection, ‘Once in A Blue Moon,’ on foundation.app,” Russell D’Alessio says. “This […]

Andrea Peters’ painting becomes a part of the Jane Wellehan Collection donated to Bates College

East Boothbay artist Andrea Peters has quietly joined the ranks of Maine’s most recognized and respected artists. Peters’ paintings are in dozens of collections, both private and public. Museum and gallery directors own her paintings, as do well-known artists, such as Jamie Wyeth and Henry Isaacs.  Peters’ most recent feather in her cap was a […]