Category: Art Talk

Portrait of a State: A gallery talk between S.B. Walker and Edward Earle

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art will host an in-person gallery talk by exhibiting artist S.B. Walker in conversation with Edward Earle in CMCA’s Bruce Brown Gallery at 5:30 p.m. July 23. Admission to the talk is free and refreshments will follow. The discussion will explore Walker’s extensive work creating his comprehensive photographic survey of […]

Maine Craft Interview Episode 4: Naomi David Russo Interviews Heide Martin

  The Maine Craft Interview Project is a Maine Crafts Association initiative bringing artists at different career points (and sometimes generations) together in an interview led by the emerging artist. The emerging artist designs interview questions and interviews an established artist of their choosing. In its fourth episode, Naomi David Russo interviews Heide Martin. Interviewer […]

Maine Craft Interview Episode 3: Kincaid Pearson Interviews Angela Adams

The Maine Craft Interview Project is a Maine Crafts Association initiative bringing artists at different career points (and sometimes generations) together in an interview led by the emerging artist. The emerging artist designs interview questions and interviews an established artist of their choosing. In its third episode, Kincaid Pearson interviews Angela Adams. Kincaid Person is […]

Social justice photo exhibit explores the meaning and evolution of the Take-A-Knee gesture

The Kneeling Art Photography Project (thekneelingartphotography.com), under the direction of Portland artist Titi de Baccarat, will open their first exhibit at SISTERED Gallery, 525 Danforth St., Portland, from 5 to 8 p.m. June 4. The community social justice art project explores the meaning and evolution of the Take-A-Knee gesture by having Maine photographers turn their […]

CMCA’s ArtLab for All Ages to be held June 5

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) invites youth and adults of all ages to take part in an ArtLab for All Ages workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. June 5 on Facebook Live.  Taking inspiration from painter David Row’s exhibit “The Shape of Things,” join community educator Alexis Iammarino to create a series of […]

Lights Out Gallery showcases artist David Estey

Watch the recording of artist David Estey being interviewed in his studio by Lights Out Gallery. They “beautifully capture the essence of what my work is about and what I have to say about artmaking,” Estey says.

Maine Craft Interview Project: Jordan Carey interviews Owen Kelly

The Maine Craft Interview Project brings emerging craft artists together with established Maine craft artists in an interview, led by the emerging artist. The project serves to support and engage emerging artists by providing a platform and structure to access firsthand craft career experiences one-on-one. The emerging artist designs interview questions and interviews an established […]

CIG HARVEY: A Discussion on Beauty

Dowling Walsh Gallery presents Donna McNeil, founding executive director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, in conversation with photographer Cig Harvey. Dowling Walsh Gallery artist Cig Harvey seeks to find the magical in everyday life. Rich in implied narrative, Harvey’s work is deeply rooted in the natural environment and offers explorations of belonging and familial relationships. The […]

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery presents the 2020 Fiore Residents Exhibit

  This past summer, Maine Farmland Trust’s Fiore Art Center offered four virtual residencies. Instead of working at the beautiful Rolling Acres Farm at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, ME, the residents worked from their homes, farms, gardens and studios. From January 5-April 9, 2021, the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery website will host an […]

Greenhut Galleries presents new exhibition by Tom Paiement

Greenhut Galleries presents a new exhibition by Tom Paiement, “Elegance + Chaos,” which runs Nov. 5 to 28 with an artist talk to be announced. In his own words: “In July of last year, I started a series of portraits in my studio in Bath. I used a stack of etching papers brought back from […]