March ArtLab for All Ages

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art invites you to join guest artist Alanna Hernandez in an in-person ArtLab for All Ages Abstract Mandalas, 2 to 4 p.m. March 5. Taking inspiration from the work of Will Sears and Grace DeGennaro in the current CMCA exhibition “Walk the Line,” Hernandez will lead participants to form abstract, […]

Bjőrn Runquist to offer four-session workshop at Salt Pond Studio

Salt Pond Studio in Friendship will host a four-session intensive workshop, Composition, Values and Color, with Midcoast artist Bjőrn Runquist. The course will include daily demos of all the principles studied. Participants will work from still life studies and landscape photos and will work outside, weather permitting. There will be assignments to complete during the […]

Mark your calendars for the Seconds & Supplies Sale

Join Shop Maine Craft for another year of the highly anticipated Seconds & Supplies Sale. You will once again find Shop Maine Craft set up in the parking lot of its hosts, Running With Scissors, in the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland. This is an outdoor flea market style event, with great deals on studio […]

Guild Fine Craft Show: Belfast returns with a new venue

Shop Maine Craft is excited to announce the return of Guild Fine Craft Show: Belfast after two years hiding out from COVID, and with a brand new venue: Waterfall Arts. Waterfall Arts, founded in 2000, is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational nonprofit organization. It is a community arts center located in Belfast that meets its […]

Gintarė Jautakaitė exhibits first art show at Bangor’s Sohns Gallery

To the average American, the name Gintarė (ghin-TAH-rey) doesn’t generally ring a bell. Mention her name in Europe, however, and you can almost certainly expect to get some exclamations of praise. Gintarė Jautakaitė was born in Lithuania and, as a very young child, exhibited an extraordinary talent for singing. After winning a singing contest at […]

Bowdoin College Museum of Art announces first museum retrospective of photographer Marcia Resnick

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the George Eastman Museum, announces the first-ever museum exhibition of the photographer Marcia Resnick. One of the most innovative American photographers of the 1970s, Resnick is today most well-known for her portraits of the creative community in downtown New York […]

Photographer Jona Frank collaborates with designer Alex Kalman to create ‘Jona Frank: Model Home’ immersive installation at Bowdoin College Museum of Art

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art announced that photographer Jona Frank is working with the designer Alex Kalman to create an immersive environment evoking her suburban childhood in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for the forthcoming exhibition “Jona Frank: Model Home.” On view from Feb. 24 through June 5, the exhibition will be accompanied by a […]

Indigo Arts Alliance and The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design Present ‘Visions for our Future; Echoes of our Past’

Indigo Arts Alliance and its partner The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design announce the opening of “Visions for our Future; Echoes of our Past: Dianne Smith, Nyugen E. Smith, and Carl Joe Williams,” curated by IAA deputy director Jordia Benjamin and studio and program coordinator Ashley Page, on view […]

Portland Art Gallery Featured Artist: Jill Hoy

Maine: When I was 9 years old, my parents bought an 1880s ship captain’s house in Deer Isle Village. I grew up summering there, and have continued to spend extended portions of my year in Stonington on Deer Isle. Our family moved a great deal when I was growing up. Maine became my bedrock. It […]

Maine Art Gallery announces class schedule

  This year’s classes at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset are surely a call to action for creative individuals, whether one is a relative beginner or a skilled artist. In May and June, classes include sketchbook journaling, a plein air demo and a plein air class. In September, students can explore the use of […]