Category: Art Talk
‘BOLD COLOR: Philip Frey, Rick Fox, Philip Koch’ at Courthouse Gallery
Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art is pleased to present “BOLD COLOR” with Philip Frey, Rick Fox, Philip Koch from June 12 to July 7. The gallery hosted a Zoom Talk on June 7 with the artists. Philip Frey is, and always has been, a bold colorist. His study of light and its effect on pattern […]
‘Decoding the Domestic’ at MMPA
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts will show “Decoding the Domestic” from June 16 to Aug. 5, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. June 16 and a gallery talk from 5 to 8 p.m. July 14. “The photographic work in this exhibition focuses on how an artist’s surroundings can affect and inspire the […]
Maine State Historian remembers Maine Art Gallery founder
By Kay Tobler Liss “This was one of the best historic talks I’ve ever heard,” said one of the 50 attendees at the Maine Art Gallery’s event on May 18, which featured reminiscences of gallery founder Mildred Burrage, by the Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth and local art restorer Peter Fogg. The talk was in […]
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 […]
Opening party for ‘Generations’ exhibition at Maine Art Gallery celebrates 65 years of Maine art
In honor of its 65th anniversary, the opening party for the Maine Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, “Generations,” will be a special event. All are invited to join the festivities from 4 to 7 p.m. May 6. Maine art writer and guest curator Carl Little will offer brief remarks to introduce the show. The celebration, with […]
Maine Musuem of Photographic Arts “Morphing Medium Artist Talk”
This Friday, December 2, 5-8pm Morphing Medium Artist Talk Gianluca Rizzo, Professor of Italian language and literature at Colby College will be reading from Obelisks, an artist book of poems and photographs he co created with artist and professor of photography, Gary Green. Artist Deb Whitney will also be speaking about her installation, Looking at the […]
Portland Art Gallery interviews Philip Barter
Maine. I’ve lived in Maine my entire life. I was born in Boothbay Harbor in 1939. My family descends from the Barters who settled Barters Island in the 1700s. After graduating from Boothbay High School, I left Maine for a stint with the Army, and tried life in California in the 60s. My Maine roots […]
Seven artists and their mentor show at the Maine Art Gallery
The newest show at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset opens on Aug. 20, with seven artists who bonded during abstract painting classes at the Maine College of Art and Design. They developed a strong connection with their teacher, Michel Droge, and chose to repeat their class several times. During this period, they also became […]
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art presents ‘Jon Imber: The Freedom of Abstraction’
Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art presents “Jon Imber: The Freedom of Abstraction,” a solo show of Imber’s large-scale abstract paintings done in the last decade of his life. Imber is well known for his abstracted landscapes of the Maine coast, and going completely abstract was just next step. For Imber, this natural progression came from […]
Haley Art Gallery hosts gallery talk by Sharon Oakes on Bill Oakes exhibit
The Haley Art Gallery will host a gallery talk by Sharon Oakes in connection with the current exhibit, “Bill Oakes: Art, Imagination, Vision,” from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 20. Sharon and Bill Oakes were married for 15 years before Bill passed away in 2005. The talk will explore how a 1990 trip to Mexico […]
