Category: Announcement
Painter Robert Starkey is the April Artist-in-Residence at DIAA Gallery
The Deer Isle Artists Association is pleased to announce the April Artist-in-Residence program with painter Robert Starkey. Starkey is a painter inspired by nature. The landscape has always provided the platform for his visual investigations. During the month, Robert will be in the gallery using oils, watercolors and graphite to develop his compositions. The primary […]
Maine Art Collective set to open new Ogunquit location on April 18
The Maine Art Collective is opening in its new Ogunquit location on April 18. Located at 119 Perkins Cove Road, the 1,700-square-foot gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Monday, and beginning May 1 it will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Twenty artists will showcase […]
David McBeth is the Deer Isle Artists Association’s Artist-in-Residence in March
The Deer Isle Artists Association announces the March Artist-in-Residence Program on March 4 with artist David McBeth. McBeth is a potter, working primarily with porcelain that is high-fired and ready for the dining table. Additionally, he is a knitter, whose preferred material is wool yarn. A true renaissance man, lately McBeth is also a writer, […]
MMPA is 15 years old
Established in 2010, The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is the only museum in Maine dedicated exclusively to photography. Dear Friends of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, What a transformative year 2024 has been for MMPA. As we reflect on the past twelve months, we’re struck by the extraordinary level of artistry, scholarship and […]
George Marshall Store Gallery announces a call for art
George Marshall Store Gallery announces a call for art for “Cosmic Things,” a juried group exhibition inspired by the myriad ways the universe communicates with each of us. New England artists are invited to submit work that explores the signs, symbols, objects and patterns through which we receive and interpret meaning — recurring dreams, animal […]
Local gallery supports New Hope Midcoast
The holiday season brought the joy of giving to the artists at Local Color Gallery in Belfast. Several of the artists created holiday ornaments ranging from “paint-brush angels” to “dangling print animals.” Anyone who stopped in the gallery and donated $50 for New Hope Midcoast during the holiday season received a hand-made ornament as a […]
Gallery 302 Calling all Pastel Artists
Calling all Pastel Artists: “Figures in Pastels – A live-model workshop for Experienced Artists” Join award-winning painter Terri Brooks for Figures in Pastels, a workshop designed for experienced pastel artists. Working from a live, costumed model, participants will refine their ability to capture the human form using layered pastel techniques. The class will focus on essential life-drawing skills, using […]
Help Annex Arts Artists Residency program grow
Dear Friend of Annex Arts, This past summer, as an experiment, we packed the Water Street studios and apartments with visiting artists all summer long. The results were magnificent, and the effects wide ranging. We felt the impact on the artists and our community immediately, and we want to make this our approach going […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery creates winter solstice mandala
Cynthia Winings Gallery wishes everyone a happy winter solstice and a celebration of the timeless rhythms of nature. The annual winter solstice mandala was created again in 2024 in the gallery’s Sculpture Garden. “I had planned to light a fire in the center of my winter circle, even before knowing snow would arrive the night […]
2024 was a busy year at Barn Gallery
The year was packed with fine exhibitions, artist talks and workshops, all presented by the artists of the Ogunquit Art Association. Deidre O’Flaherty, president OAC/Barn Gallery, writes: “We began with the Student Show in May. The Open Regional Juried Show was selected by Andres Verzosa and Bob Keyes — a lively tag-team of judges. We […]