Category: Belfast
Local Color Gallery showing Guest Artists
Local Color Gallery will be featuring four guest artists this November including Sheep Jones, Abbie Read, Liz Donald and Margaret Griffith. Belfast artist Sheep Jones’ work begins with layers that build up adding extra interest and leaving swatches of colors in their wake. These are perfect tidbits for the imagination. She has exhibited in numerous solo and […]
Local Color Gallery’s October show to include guest artists David Estey, Margaret Griffith and The Winterberry Collective
Local Color Gallery will be featuring several guests artists in October, including Belfast artist David Estey. Estey’s work reflects years of extensive study that celebrate the rich use of color and texture with an innovative exploration of form. As a Mainer, he says he can’t escape the serene beauty of the snowy fields, the blue-black […]
Maine Farmland Trust’s Bicentennial Celebration
200 Years of Farming: A Bicentennial Celebration, July 13- October 2, 2020. The history of farming in Maine is rich, bountiful, creative, and diverse, as is the talent and variety of its artists. In celebration of Maine’s Bicentennial, Maine Farmland Trust’s virtual gallery exhibit focuses on the history, practices, and triumphs of farming in Maine […]
Artists transform chairs for charity
Local artists will be turning chairs into art for a silent auction to support the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association. The Association provides health care and other critical support services to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of our community. They contribute to helping Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast prepare for emergencies including natural […]
Local Color Gallery Reopens Featuring DiTa Ondek
Local Color Gallery announces a partial reopening, with hours from noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Work by one of its new artists, DiTa Ondek, is currently featured in the space. Her work includes acrylic paintings with evocative colors, unexpected patterns of light and the sublime quality of ordinary objects. Canvases primed […]
Local Color Gallery Opens for Works by David Estey
Local Color Gallery, Belfast will present work by David Estey in a guest solo exhibit April 1 – 29, with an opening reception and artist talk 5:00 – 8:00, Friday, April 3rd. The exhibit will include 20 of his improvisational, abstract paintings and work by Gallery members.
Local Color Gallery Hosts Drawing Class
Beginner Drawing Class March 7 with Sandi Cirillo Drawing is the oldest form of written communication and can easily become a favorite activity. Explore your creative side as you learn how to draw a good composition using techniques such as shading, contrast, perspective, texture, and movement. Landscapes and still lifes will be explored as artist […]
White-Line Woodcut Class at Local Color Gallery February 15
What is a white-line woodcut? Why use wood when you can just paint on paper? Who came up with this idea? Artist Sally Brophy will answer these questions and more about this fascinating process that originated in Cape Cod 106 years ago, as she guides you through creating your own blocks and prints. This art […]
Local Color Gallery: Applications for Artists Now Being Accepted
Local Color Gallery in Belfast is looking forward to their third season featuring the work of 15 local artists working in a wide variety of mediums. The gallery is accepting applications for new artists until March 1st. Applications and details can be found at: localcolorgallerymaine.com and at the gallery at 135 High Street. Jurying will […]
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery Presents ‘Farm Tools Project’
The Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast, features the Farm Tools Project, a collaboration between Fiore Art Center Residency alumni Sarah Loftus (2017) and Michel Droge (2018). Loftus and Droge explore the relationships between farmers and the land with a series of cyanotype prints of hand tools pulled from barns, fields, and greenhouses at […]
