Category: Announcement

The Gallery at Somes Sound and the Myers Family, Wendell Gilley Museum presents an exhibition

Annual Spring Open House & Carving Show A Trio of Treats!   Featuring Member’s Carving Show,  Master Carver Harold Haertel, and Artist Paul Rickert’s Susan Abbott Myers Collection    Master Carver Harold Haertel was a contemporary of Wendell Gilley.  An exhibition curated by Mr. Haertel displays his beautifully crafted carvings and decoys.   In collaboration with the […]

ArtLab for All Ages Saturday May 4, 2 – 4pm

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland invites artists of all ages to take inspiration from the spring season during May’s ArtLab for All Ages on Saturday, May 4, from 2 to 4pm. Come celebrate the colors and vibrancy of Spring! With print making, painting and sculptural materials, create bouquets and wearable insect medallions, looking to […]

Annual 3-day Plein Air Event Raises Money for Land Conservation in Cape Elizabeth

  The 12th annual Paint for Preservation wet paint auction will be held from 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, 2019 in Cape Elizabeth. Over three days on the weekend of the event (Friday June 28 through Sunday June 30), selected artists will paint en plein air (outdoors) at designated public and […]

The UMaine Museum of Art’s presents Spring Art Factory

UMMA in Bangor welcomes all ages to ring in spring with UMMA’s Annual Spring Art Factory.  On May 4 there will be several stations set up in the lobby and classroom of the museum.  Stop by any time between 11 and 3  to create your own paintings, prints, and paper crafts.  All supplies are included, […]

Announcements from The Maine Crafts Association

  Seconds and Supplies Sale: June 1 10:00-3:00 at Running With Scissors in Portland. It’s time to take a look around your studio, and ask yourself, does this item spark joy?  If not, it may be time to move on. This unique sale is an opportunity for the public and fellow artists to purchase studio supplies, materials and […]

Weaving East to West 2019 Workshops with Sara Hotchkiss

    Sometime in the mid-eighties not too long after I moved to Maine, I met a lovely woman at a craft show near Camden who fell in love with the color blends of a rug I wove. She and the rug went happily home. In truth I went happily home too because I sold a […]

Job Opening: Executive Director at The Harlow

  The Harlow (Kennebec Valley Art Association) is seeking an independent and creative chief executive to lead our member driven, community-based nonprofit and advance our mission to connect and celebrate art, artists and community. For more information visit http://harlowgallery.org

Slow Flowers Maine Meet Up Spring 2019

  The next Slow Flowers Maine Meet-Up will held June 3rd-4th 2019 at The Maine Repertory Theater in the Pepperell Mill Complex Biddeford Maine.  Tickets are available on eventbrite. We are delighted to announce that this Spring’s 2019 Slow Flowers Maine Meet-Up is during Women’s History month. All of the business that are participating in […]

New Works by Russell D’Alessio

Russell describes the means to the end of the pieces, “I begin with a drawing, most of the time a woman then overlaid on a background of textures that contain bits of photographs I have taken along the way on our travels.  I then add layers of paint, sometimes also adding  silver leaf, gold leaf, copper […]

Announcements from The Maine Crafts Association

  The outdoor Maine Art and Craft Seconds & Supplies Sale will be held Saturday June 1, 2019 at Running with Scissors in Portland, Maine.     Call for Artists: Maine Craft Weekend Full listings, including map listing are free for current members of MCA and Maine Made through June 30. Non-members are also welcome to join the tour, which includes web and map listing and […]