Category: Announcement
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 […]
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 […]
New issue of MMPA Antidote now available online
In response to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and local closings, the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland began creating the online series MMPA Antidote, which includes photographic artwork, audio interviews, and artist statements and reflections from Maine artists, aimed to serve as inspiration during times of isolation. Published bi-weekly, Antidote features contemporary photographers and interviews […]
Maine Art Gallery seeks gallery manager
Encouraged by the arrival of Covid vaccines, the Maine Art Gallery (MAG) plans to reopen its Wiscasset gallery in May with a schedule of exhibits that will run through October. To assist in the operation of the nonprofit gallery, the MAG board of trustees has announced an opening for gallery manager. The part-time, year-round position […]
Centre St Arts Gallery is reopening Feb. 3
Visit Centre St Arts Gallery to see several new works by its 23 artists, when it reopens to the public on Feb. 3. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday through June. Covid safety practices will be in place. Face masks are required on staff and visitors, […]
New works by Willa Vennema at Harbor Square Gallery
Harbor Square Gallery is featuring several new works by Willa Vennema for the last show of our 2020 season. The show is open now and into the new year. Working with encaustic, Vennema manipulates layers of rich texture and color to manifest semi-abstract landscapes that reflect her memories of hiking through the Maine woods and […]
Happy New Year from the Harlow
“Allow yourself to dream your biggest dreams.. You deserve it. You can be anything you dream. You are the writer of your own story. I feel at peace and ready for the next round of adventures. Life is such a beautiful gift. Happy New Year to all of you kind souls that keep me […]
CMCA to close to the public for the month of January
Rockland, ME, December 29, 2020—The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) has announced that it is voluntarily closing to the public for the month of January out of an abundance of caution for its staff, volunteers and visitors. The goal of the closure is to support the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 within the […]
