Visit Bucksport for Maine Craft Weekend
Maine Craft Weekend is Oct. 2 and 3 this year. Bucksport, a community located on the shores of the Penobscot River with a quaint and vibrant Main Street joins this year’s Maine Craft Weekend (MCW) as a Featured City. While in Bucksport, MCW attendees will find several events celebrating local art and craft. On Saturday, […]
Artist Spotlight: Pemaquid artists Sally Loughridge and Peggy Farrell
Two well-known, successful, local artists showing this season at the Pemaquid Art Gallery at Lighthouse Park in Bristol are Sally Loughridge and Peggy Farrell. Loughridge’s bold and colorful oil paintings and oil pastels contrast with the delicacy and intimacy of Farrell’s watercolors, with Loughridge depicting the drama and changes in Maine’s coastal natural world and […]
See The Barn Gallery Digital Exhibition: ‘OAA Expressions Late Summer 2021’
Once artists are juried into the Ogunquit Art Association (OAA), they may show whatever they like within their categories of painting, graphics, photography or sculpture. The organization’s original 1928 mission statement offered lifelong memberships and the opportunity “to display that which is, in his or her own judgment, his or her finest work, free from […]
New paintings by Alan Bray at Caldbeck Gallery
New paintings by Alan Bray are on view at Caldbeck Gallery from Sept. 18 to Oct. 30. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 1. In the artist’s own words: It is among the intricate structures of phenomena that I look for an innate order of things. It is the […]
‘All That Endures’ at Cynthia Winings Gallery
Cynthia Winings Gallery presents “All That Endures,” a group exhibition featuring work by Steve Bartlett, Louise Bourne, Avy Claire, Anna Dibble, Ingrid Ellison, Elizabeth Gourlay, David Hornung, Juliet Karelsen, M.P. Landis, Christine Lafuente, Heather Lyon, Buzz Masters, Bill Mayher, Tessa Greene O’Brien, Carol Pelletier, Ben Potter, Robin Reynolds, Jerry Rose, Lari Washburn, Patricia Wheeler, Cynthia […]
Last week of ‘Raven’s Call’ exhibit at DIAA
Inspiration abounds when living on a very special island, and the artists of the Deer Isle Artists Association are pleased to share their portrayals of “Island Character” in the final exhibit of the 2021 season, which runs from Oct. 5 to 17. Participating in this show are Ben Appelby-Maguire, Kristie Billings, Adell Donaghue, Mary Eaton, […]
Last chance to see current show at Archipelago
It’s that time of year! The leaves have begun to turn, apples are ripe for picking, and Maine fall weather is upon us. Archipelago staff is reflecting on the highlights of summer and looking ahead to a comfy and cozy fall season! The array of work in Archipelago’s gallery — a perfect capsule of Maine […]
Portland Art Gallery Q&A: Artist Jane Dahmen
Maine. In 1980, my husband, Joe, and I sailed the waters of Penobscot Bay while vacationing with our family. I sketched while we sailed, inspired by the vibrant blues, whites and greens of the surrounding landscape. Back home in Concord, Massachusetts, I turned the sketches into paintings. I live here full-time now, but I still […]
Running with Scissors Hosts Opens Studios & 6×6 Exhibit
RE-OPENING after 18 months; Running with Scissors Hosts Opens Studios & 6×6 Exhibit, October 1 – 3, 2021 Wander fun and family-friendly open studios and 6×6 exhibits at Running with Scissors artist studios during Maine Craft Weekend (MCW) and First Friday Art Walk (FFAW). Kick off the weekend at Belleflower Brewing Co. (66 Cove Street) […]
Courthouse Gallery presents ‘Master Effect: Jon Imber and Linda Packard’ with an artist talk
Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will present “Master Effect: Jon Imber and Linda Packard,” an exhibition highlighting the continuum between master painter Jon Imber and one of his students Linda Packard, on view Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 at the gallery and online at www.courthousegallery.com. In conjunction with the show, the gallery will host a […]
