Category: Announcement
‘The Monson Sculpture Project’ installed along Route 15
The Monson Collaborative, a downtown MDF affiliate organization, has been working with the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium for the past three years to bring a large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition to Monson. This is the first project of this scale to take place in Piscataquis County. Artists Jesse Salisbury, Kazumi Hoshino, Tim Shay and Mark Herrington […]
Three art scholarships awarded at R.W. Traip Academy
The Marcia Abigail Ryder Art Scholarship Fund at the Kittery Art Association (KAA) awarded three $1,500 scholarships to outstanding 2025 Traip Academy graduates: Delia Hartley, Meredith McGonigle and Makili Matty (left to right in photo), accompanied by Michael Kelso, KAA board president (far left), Kim Lightcastle, Traip Academy Arts Director (beside Michael), and Roger Cole […]
Center for Maine Contemporary Art to honor Suzette McAvoy at 2025 Art Party
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) is pleased to announce that its annual Art Party, to be held on July 2, will honor Suzette McAvoy, executive director and chief curator, emeritus. A pivotal figure in Maine’s arts community, McAvoy will be recognized for her decades of visionary leadership and lasting impact on the state’s […]
Carol L. Douglas: “The Immediate Landscape: a close observation of everyday beauty”
Opens Saturday, June 28, 4-7 PM Event Details: Exhibition Title: The Immediate Landscape Location: Carol L. Douglas Studio/Richards Hill Gallery, 394 Commercial Street, Rockport, ME, 04856 Dates: June 28-July 10, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 28, 4-7 PM Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 PM We spend, on average, 1-2 seconds per image looking at pictures on […]
Adrienne Kernan LaVallee shows work in ‘Color, Shape, Light’ in Kennebunk
“Creativity is the willingness to experiment and often. Sometimes one is successful, other times not, but as a painter I push myself to take chances with every composition. Building up textural passages and creating a lively flow of spectral dots and dashes, I seek to visually express the energy and movements found in nature, all […]
A season of creative exploration begins with Hannah Burr at Annex Arts
Annex Arts in Castine kicked off its summer season with a series of almost-every-Friday Open Studios that began on June 13. Artist-in-Residence Hannah Burr, the first to take up residence this year, will be working in the front studio through June 19, then transitioning to Studio #2 through June 30. Visitors are encouraged to stop […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art appoints Grant Wahlquist as curator
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Grant Wahlquist as its new curator. A widely respected curator, gallerist and writer with deep ties to Maine’s arts community, Wahlquist brings nearly two decades of curatorial and critical experience to CMCA. He assumes the role this week. Wahlquist will lead […]
Centre Street Arts Gallery will participate in third Friday Art Walk
Centre Street Arts Gallery is pleased to announce and participate in the Bath Art Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. June 20, with light refreshments. One of the featured artists is Jillian Herrigel and her work “Coastal Village.” Herrigel is just one of 20 local artists who will feature their work during the Art Walk. […]
Pemaquid Art Gallery opens for its 97th consecutive season
The Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, New Harbor in Bristol has opened for its 97th consecutive season, with 32 juried member artists, all residents of Lincoln County, showing paintings, collage, printmaking and ceramics. Two new members — Katey Lapinski, who paints in acrylic and makes linocut prints, often of local shells, and Mark Malinowski, […]
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