Category: Announcement
Turtle Gallery opens Group Show May 30th
Turtle Gallery opened May 30th, 2024 for our 42nd season on Deer Isle. The first open house is on June 7th from 2 to 5pm with artists talks beginning at 2:30. We are open Thursday through Sunday 11am to 5pm through October 7th. Our Group Show features familiar and new to us artists including Lucy […]
UMVA seeks artist entries for silent auction fundraising gala
The Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) seeks submissions of artwork for the Carlo Pittore Costume Ball and Art Auction, which will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Aug. 3 at Bowdoinham’s Merrymeeting Hall, 27 Main St. Bowdoinham was the home of Pittore’s studio. Artists are encouraged to submit one piece following the guidelines […]
Pemaquid Art Gallery is open for the season
Pemaquid Art Gallery is open for the season, May 31 to Oct. 20. A grand opening reception was held on June 2. Pemaquid Art Gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lighthouse Park in Bristol. For more information, visit www.pemaquidartgallery.com.
Indigo Arts Alliance presents The Welcome Table
To commemorate Juneteenth, Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) is bringing back one of its founding programs, The Welcome Table, an intergenerational symposium celebrating the cultural and culinary traditions of worldwide historical social justice movements. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 15 at Indigo Arts Alliance, 60 Cove St., Portland. This free […]
Mars Hall Gallery displays eclectic group exhibition
Mars Hall Gallery opened its doors for the 2024 season on Memorial Day weekend as part of the annual event “St. George Sales into Summer.” On display is an eclectic mix of paintings by watercolorists Leo Brooks, Nat Lewis, Elaine Reed, Carl Sublett and Bill Thon; acrylic and oil paintings by Ian Baird, Kris Johnson, […]
Local Color Gallery introduces guest and three new full-time artists on Fourth Friday
Local Color Gallery hosted a Fourth Friday Art Walk reception on May 24 featuring Van Bankston, the new guest artist, and three new full-time artists, Susan Smith, Shelley Breton and Ruth Heffron. Bankston’s bold colors and non-representational geometric pieces are on view at the gallery for three months beginning May 21. “This series of paintings […]
Maine Crafts Association & Shop Maine Craft announce new board president
Lawrence Hollins is the new president of the board of directors of the Maine Crafts Association & Shop Maine Craft. Hollin is the associate publisher at Down East Enterprise, where he manages Down East Magazine and all its ancillary products, including its retail shop, adventure trips and custom publishing solutions. Hollins joined the board of […]
UMVA President’s notes, Spring Maine Art Journal
If you want to understand how artists think and get a sense of what’s going on in Maine art, click here http://maineartsjournal.com/ to see the exciting new spring issue of the Maine Arts Journal, published by the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA). Feast your eyes and mind on the extraordinary breadth and depth […]
Charles H. Woodbury and the 1932 Solar Eclipse, plus Barn Gallery’s 2024 season schedule
By Eric Taubert The summer of 1932 cast a unique light on the quaint coastal town of Ogunquit. Anticipation crackled in the air, a buzz unlike the usual rhythm of crashing waves and creaking lobster traps. This wasn’t a season for tourists seeking lazy afternoons on the beach; this was a pilgrimage for an astronomical […]
Turtle Gallery reopens for season on May 30
Turtle Gallery will open May 30 for its 42nd season on Deer Isle. Shows will feature artist educators with a group show in June, works on paper in July, painters of Maine in August and a focus on the textiles and texture of craft and fine art in September. Regional artists will grace the walls […]
