Category: Announcement
Grant opportunities for artists
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is pleased to announce a national $50,000 award to a contemporary choreographer. The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is proud to partner with Portland Ovations (portlandovations.org) to present the work of the awardee through their Raising the Bare initiative. For more information, go to www.ellis-beauregardfoundation.org/contemporary-dance-award. The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation also announces project grants for Maine artists […]
Call for Entries: ‘Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show’
Since 2004, the Ogunquit Arts Collaborative/Barn Gallery has invited local artists who are not members of the Ogunquit Art Association to submit work for its “Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show.” For a small fee, any artist can enter paintings, graphics, sculpture or photographs for review by the current juror. These jurors have been museum […]
Saltwater Artists Gallery adds four new artists
Saltwater Artists Gallery announced the addition of four new artists to its 2023 season: encaustic painter Victoria Curtis, potter Julia Oliver, jeweler Doreen Reynolds and painter Rachel Hendrick. The gallery will open May 26. Saltwater Artists Gallery is at 3056 Bristol Road (Rt. 130) in New Harbor, a short distance before the Pemaquid Lighthouse. More […]
DIAA starts season with group show ‘Simple Pleasures’
The Deer Isle Artists Association, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, opens on May 30 with the show “Simple Pleasures.” Appearing in this show are Ben Appleby-McGuire, Christopher Brumfield, Adell Donaghue, Judy Holder, Richard Newman, Rochelle Newman, Tracy van Buskirk and Ruth van Doren. In the Art Rack will be work by Ben Appleby-McGuire, […]
The Steve and Judy Halpert Collection at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts presents the Steve and Judy Halpert Collection, curated by Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest, April 21 to June 10. This assortment of images is Maine focused and illustrates Steve Halpert’s career as native curator, academic and former owner of the arthouse theater, The Movies on Exchange Street. On […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery opens 2023 season with three solo exhibitions
Dowling Walsh Gallery will open its 2023 season on May 5 with three solo exhibitions of works by Robert Hamilton, Elizabeth Osborne and Kevin Xiques. A closing reception will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. May 26. For Osborne and Xiques, this will be their first show with the gallery. Now in its 16th […]
New season and new members at Art Space Gallery in Rockland
Art Space Gallery welcomes new members who add a new level of diversity to the gallery’s art offerings, working in a variety of mediums and with their own distinct styles. The Front Room show in May is a group exhibition with the theme “Cheer Me Up.” Come by from 5 to 8 p.m. May 5 […]
Portland Art Gallery featured in Architectural Digest
“A selection of paintings from the Portland Art Gallery hang on the wall, including Joyce Grasso’s Afternoon Delight; Brenda Cirioni’s Kintsugi III, and Bibby Gignilliat’s Sparkle. The pair of midcentury bamboo stools add a bit of texture to the living room, along with the vintage Saporiti sofa, pillows covered in Loro Piana fabric, a carved […]
Local Color Gallery celebrates fifth anniversary and welcomes new guest artist
Local Color Gallery will celebrate its fifth anniversary from 3 to 6 p.m. April 28 with refreshments and a new show. Five years ago, the Women Artists of Midcoast Maine (WAMM) banded together to find venues for their work. When they saw a For Rent sign on a space in the Masonic Block in Belfast, […]
Camden Falls starts its season the exhibition ‘Homecoming, Spring Launch’ featuring artists Jonathan McPhillips and Jay Brooks
Camden Falls Gallery will kick off its 2023 season with “Homecoming, Spring Launch,” a two-person exhibition featuring works by Jonathan McPhillips and Jay Brooks. The show opens during Camden’s Third Thursday Art Walk on May 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. and will run through June 12. The pairing of works by these two artists […]
