Courthouse Gallery presents ‘Five Maine Artists’

Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will present “Five Maine Artists,” a show highlighting new work by artists living and working in Maine: Philip Frey, Matt Barter, Christina Thwaites, John Neville and Philip Barter.  Three are seasoned artists — Barter (Philip), Neville and Frey — whose work has intrigued audiences for decades, while Thwaites and Barter […]

Maine Art Gallery features work by John Lorence and colleagues in ‘Acquired Symbols’

“Acquired Symbols” at the Maine Art Gallery features work by John Lorence and colleagues. All of the artists in the show have a connection with well-known Maine artist John Lorence. The show, originally scheduled for 2020, evolved during a discussion among the participants, who agreed that art is often a symbolic expression of what is […]

Bowdoin College Museum of Art announces public reopening on July 1

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art announced that it will reopen to the public on July 1, after more than a year of pandemic-related closure, and will present four new exhibitions.  “Re | Framing The Collection: New Considerations In European And American Art 1475–1875,” in the Museum’s Bowdoin Gallery, explores the intertwined stories of Europeans […]

News from Helene Farrar Art

Helene Farrar has taught and worked in the visual arts for 20 years while exhibiting in commercial, nonprofit and university galleries in New England, New York City, Pennsylvania, Italy and England. Work by Farrar will be featured in outdoor shows and a midsummer open house and studio sale. UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS: “At The Edge […]

Artemis Gallery opens for the season with group show

Artemis Gallery is open for the 10th season with a show welcoming new artists to the gallery. New artists include Geoff Disston, Abe Goodale, Amy Graham, Bob Hiemstra and David LaPalombara. View work by new artists at http://artemisgalleryme.com/welcoming-new-artists. The show will be on display throughout June. Regular, bi-weekly group shows will start July 1. Find […]

Bobbie Applegate and Cindy Sherman will co-manage Pemaquid Art Gallery

Now in its 93rd year of continuous operation, the Pemaquid Art Gallery annually welcomes several thousand people to its Lighthouse Park location, where it has operated for the past 61 years. The gallery exhibits original artwork by juried members of the Pemaquid Group of Artists, offering a wide array of oil, pastel, watercolor, gouache and […]

Maine Craft Interview Episode 4: Naomi David Russo Interviews Heide Martin

  The Maine Craft Interview Project is a Maine Crafts Association initiative bringing artists at different career points (and sometimes generations) together in an interview led by the emerging artist. The emerging artist designs interview questions and interviews an established artist of their choosing. In its fourth episode, Naomi David Russo interviews Heide Martin. Interviewer […]

Graham Walton exhibits at Salt Pond Studio

  Salt Pond Studio welcomes Nobleboro artist Graham Walton whose work is on exhibit from June 10 to 20. This fine young artist presents his stylized and colorful interpretations of the Maine coast, along with wonderful paintings depicting interior scenes in his unique interpretive style. Also a singer-songwriter, Walton has a long heritage on the […]

Multimedia artist Julie Crane stirs up the DNA of art 

Maine artist Julie Crane is bringing her unique perspective to Local Color Gallery this June and July. Her multimedia pieces depict creatures in an atmosphere of objects with amplified scale. Microscopic elements from the ocean mingled with seed pods and the trails of birds’ flight patterns enter into the layering of marks. Crane’s work considers […]

Mars Hall Gallery opens its 2021 season 

Mars Hall Gallery opens its 2021 season on June 18 with a group show titled “Pandemic Productivity.” With nowhere to go and an abundance of time, artists have been very productive. This exhibit will showcase new works by Nancy Baker, Ian Baird, Jeanette Steele-Esposito, Kris Johnson, Stephen Jonassen and Eleanor Zuccola, along with oils and […]