Category: Announcement

Maine Crafts Association and Shop Maine Craft announce the appointment of Whitney Gill as executive director

The Maine Crafts Association and Shop Maine Craft Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Whitney Gill as its new executive director.  The eighth director in the organizations’ 40-year history, Gill first joined the Maine Crafts Association as an artist and retail gallery staff member in 2013. Working across MCA and SMC […]

Indigo Arts Alliance announces new executive director

Jordia Benjamin was recently appointed new executive director of Indigo Arts Alliance.  Benjamin is a respected community engagement specialist, educator and cultural leader. With over a decade in the arts sector working nationally and internationally predominantly in museum education along with teaching college-level coursework, she embodies a commitment to equity, inclusion, empowerment and advocacy for […]

“Henry Isaacs: Paintings of Maine and Vermont” opens Friday, July 7, at Gleason Fine Art

Gleason Fine Art begins the month of July with a show of new Henry Isaacs paintings. “Henry Isaacs: Paintings of Maine and Vermont” opens Friday, July 7, and runs through August 15, with a reception for Henry on July 7, from 5 to 7 pm. Isaacs paints with energy, exuberance, and self-assurance. His broken brushwork […]

Mars Hall Gallery July Shows

The ART World has experienced many movements from mid-century to the present. On Wednesday July 12th, Mars Hall Gallery opens a show titled “The Mind’s Eye”. On exhibit are abstract paintings by Carl Sublett, minimalist works by Russell Smith, assemblage and collage by Charles DuBack, Marilyn Quint-Rose, Roderick Slater and Pietro Stanziale and sculpture by […]

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 […]