Call for nominations: Maine Craft Artist Award
The 2021 Maine Craft Artist Award will be announced in May with an award presentation and exhibition later in the year. In 2009, the Maine Crafts Association began to honor individual Maine craft artists each year by awarding recognition for a body of work that is exceptional. This award will confer the prestige and acknowledgement […]
Maine Craft Interview Project: Jordan Carey interviews Owen Kelly
The Maine Craft Interview Project brings emerging craft artists together with established Maine craft artists in an interview, led by the emerging artist. The project serves to support and engage emerging artists by providing a platform and structure to access firsthand craft career experiences one-on-one. The emerging artist designs interview questions and interviews an established […]
SHOP Maine Craft [by artist]
SHOP Maine Craft: The MCA Online Gallery offers a diverse selection of handcrafted items made exclusively by the artist members of Maine Crafts Association. With hundreds of artists to choose from and 16 shopping categories (organized by medium and location of work), there are dozens of pages of unique Maine craft wares for you to […]
Ogunquit Museum of Art 2021 exhibition schedule
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) launches its 2021 season with exhibitions that cover a variety of mediums and forms of artistic expression from painting to sculpture, found objects to photography. The museum opens May 1 with three exhibitions that continue through July 16: “One Hand Clapping: Jo Sandman,” “Remember the Ladies: Women Painters […]
Hélène Farrar upcoming shows and news
Hélène 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. “While I am slowing down, I also seem to be speeding up,” she writes. “The studio is bustling. Paintings are being created for the […]
CMCA’s ArtLab for All Ages to be held March 6
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) invites artists of all ages to take part in an ArtLab for All Ages workshop on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. March 6 on Facebook Live. Led by ArtLab educator Alexis Iammarino, participants will create a series of colorful painted collages. Taking creative lead from from Biennial […]
How to plan for business growth during slow e-commerce times
By Anca Gooje Now that the busy holiday season is over and you have filed your sales tax, it is time to take some time to focus on long-term growth for your business. How should you do that? The beginning of the year is the ideal time for taking a deep breath and setting goals […]
Hilary Irons exhibits paintings in ‘Orb Weaver’ at Dowling Walsh Gallery
Dowling Walsh Gallery will host a solo exhibition of paintings by Hilary Irons titled “Orb Weaver” from March 5 to April 24. Hilary Irons is a painter, curator and writer living and working in Portland. She studied painting at Parsons School of Design and the Yale School of Art. Hilary is gallery and exhibitions director […]
MCA Essay Series: What Maine Craft Means to Me
By Emmanuel Sogunle I didn’t really notice that my world was filled with craft until recently. Thanks to the Lunder Institute for American Art, I was able to work on a project called the Makers Map. The Makers Map is an interactive map that identifies and locates makers and craftspeople to provide an online network […]
CIG HARVEY: A Discussion on Beauty
Dowling Walsh Gallery presents Donna McNeil, founding executive director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, in conversation with photographer Cig Harvey. Dowling Walsh Gallery artist Cig Harvey seeks to find the magical in everyday life. Rich in implied narrative, Harvey’s work is deeply rooted in the natural environment and offers explorations of belonging and familial relationships. The […]
