Category: Announcement

MMPA Celebrates 10 Years & 100 Photo Collectors

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland, celebrates 10 years and 100 photo collectors.  An opening reception will be held on Feb 13 6-8, the show will run from Feb 13 – May 16 and will close with an artist talk given by Brenton Hamilton on May 16 6-8.  

MFT’s Fiore Art Center Announces 2020 Residencies & Jury Panel

Applications for the 2020 residencies at Maine Farmland Trust’s Joseph A. Fiore Art Center opened December 31st, 2019 and close March 1st, 2020. Next summer the Center will host six visual art residencies: most residency placements will go to Maine artists, a couple will go to out-of-state and international artists, and one is reserved for […]

MCA’s “Preparing for a Wholesale Show”

  Preparing for a Wholesale Show Tuesday, January 7 | 5:30pm Mechanics Hall Classroom, 519 Congress Street, Portland, ME FREE for MCA Professional/Emerging Professional/Partners Professional Level/Guild Professional Members All others: $25 This panel discussion is part of our ongoing Wholesale Resource Hub series. The conversation will be relevant to any wholesale show preparation, and will […]

Intro to Abstract Art Workshop at The Harlow

  The Harlow in Hallowell offers an introductory Abstract Art Workshop taught by Rachael Wilson.  Registration is required by January 22 and the class will be held on Saturday January 25 10:00-1:00.

Reggie Burrows Hodges Awarded Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship

Dowling Walsh Gallery artist Reggie Burrows Hodges has been awarded the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Fellowship in the Visual Arts. The Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship awards $25,000 to a Maine artist working in the visual arts and is paired with a solo exhibition at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, a scholarly publication and a gallery talk.

Sunday Salon with artists featured in ‘Temporality’

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA), in Rockland invites the public to attend the second in a series of Sunday Salon gallery talks related to the exhibition “Temporality: The Process of Time,” on January 5 at 3pm. Presenters will include exhibiting artists Caleb Charland, Clint Fulkerson, and Kate Russo. Each artist will share images […]

January ArtLab for All Ages at CMCA

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) invites artists of all ages to take inspiration from the current exhibition, Temporality: The Process of Time to create their own original works of art during this month’s ArtLab for All Ages workshop on Saturday, January 4, from 2 to 4pm. In this second in a series of […]

Announcements from The Maine Crafts Association

Preparing for a Wholesale Show: Panel Discussion MCA presents Preparing for a Wholesale Show, a panel discussion in our ongoing Wholesale Resource Hub program. The discussion will focus on best practices in preparing for a wholesale show, and audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions. The conversation will be relevant to any wholesale […]

CMCA Announces Open Call for 2020 Biennial

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland is announcing an open call for submissions to its 2020 Biennial exhibition. Submissions will be accepted online through the CMCA website from January 1 through April 3, 2020. The CMCA Biennial is an open juried competition for artists at all stages of their career who have […]

CMCA Announces New “Artist Toolbox” Statewide Initiative

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland has announced it will launch the “Artist Toolbox” in 2020, a new statewide initiative to provide professional development tools to artists. Supported by a major grant from the Roxanne Quimby Foundation, the program is “a direct response to expressed needs in the field,” says CMCA Executive […]