Category: Announcement
Social justice photo exhibit explores the meaning and evolution of the Take-A-Knee gesture
The Kneeling Art Photography Project (thekneelingartphotography.com), under the direction of Portland artist Titi de Baccarat, will open their first exhibit at SISTERED Gallery, 525 Danforth St., Portland, from 5 to 8 p.m. June 4. The community social justice art project explores the meaning and evolution of the Take-A-Knee gesture by having Maine photographers turn their […]
Barn Gallery expands its 2021 season
Barn Gallery returns to a full-length season, May 26 through Oct. 11. Two sets of shows featuring “Ogunquit Art Association Expressions” in the Main and Lower Galleries, Collectors Gallery in the Upper Gallery, Invited New England Sculptors in the outdoor Sculpture Court and expanded activities in July and August. Exhibitions run from May 26 to […]
CMCA launches free membership for Rockland residents
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art is pleased to announce that it will offer free CMCA memberships to Rockland residents beginning May 29. The Rockland Free Membership is made possible by the generous support of First National Bank, which has pledged to support the program for two years. First National Bank is an independent community […]
Centre Street Arts welcomes Kat Mead-von Huene
Centre Street Arts in Bath welcomes May and our new associate artist Kat Mead-von Huene. “Maine has been home for 30 years. Shells (often broken), nature, & marine life provide inspiration. My most recent work emerged from my grandmother’s early 20th century photos. By enlarging these very small snapshots, details are revealed which bring her […]
Joan Losee’s Farms and Landscapes at Local Color Gallery
Camden artist Joan Losee will be the Guest Artist this May at Local Color Gallery in Belfast. Her work the past two years has been focused on the farms and landscapes of inland Maine. The experience of visiting these locations and putting them into oil paintings has broadened her knowledge of Maine and beauty found in […]
Open call for Mount Desert Island Open
Calling all artists to submit work for this year’s Mount Desert Island Open. Be part of a non-juried art exposition in its 21st consecutive year at Shaw Jewelry in Northeast Harbor. All artists are invited to participate. Criteria for inclusion: a close association with Mount Desert Island and an item you would like to share […]
2021 MCA Guild Fine Craft Shows announces dates and locations
Beginning in 2020, the Maine Crafts Association and the Maine Crafts Guild joined together as one Maine craft organization offering all the programs, events and initiatives previously offered by each separate organization, including the four fine craft shows previously managed by the Maine Crafts Guild. The shows feature fine craft artist exhibitors who are […]
Spring arrives at the Eastport Gallery
The Eastport Gallery will open for the season on June 5, but you don’t have to wait until June to visit the virtual Spring Show, open now online featuring over 60 works by 16 member artists. Visit the online gallery at www.eastportgallery.com. Eastport Gallery has continued its Artist to Artist Video Series. Recent episodes […]
Kerry Hadley named gallery manager at the Maine Art Gallery
The board of trustees of the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset is pleased to announce that Kerry Hadley has stepped into the position of gallery manager. Hadley brings to the gallery a depth of strategic and organizational management experience that is well suited to a nonprofit gallery. As manager of the Camden Opera House for […]
Saltwater Artists Gallery welcomes new artists
The Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor is excited to welcome three new artists: Valerie Thomas, Sylvia Lockhart and Mark Malinowski. Their work can be viewed when the Gallery opens on May 28. Saltwater Artists Gallery is at 3056 Bristol Road (Rt. 130) in New Harbor, a short distance before the Pemaquid Lighthouse. More views […]