Category: Belfast

Annual Summer Stable Show at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery

  Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) Gallery,  in Belfast is exhibiting its annual Summer Stable Show starting June 3rd.  This exhibition is a favorite with returning art-lovers and summer visitors alike.  This is the gallery’s largest, most vibrant group show that showcases eleven Maine artists this year, whose work connects to agriculture, nature or environment.   […]

Water and Fire, Drawings and Dirt: The 2018 Fiore Residents at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery

  The 2018 Fiore Residents Exhibit opened March 18 and will be on display until May 24th. It concludes with artist talks at 5pm and a closing reception from 5:30-8pm at the MFT Gallery in Belfast. During the summer of 2018 six visual artists, one writer, one performance artist and one gardener lived and worked […]

Class at Local Color Gallery in Belfast

  Learn the technique of painting and collaging handmade paper with artist Deborah Jellison. The two day workshop for adults and teens will be April 6-7 from 10 am-3 pm at Local Color Gallery. The workshop is free, but a $12 fee to cover materials is requested. The gallery will also be accepting donations for the […]

Betts Gallery celebrates annual ‘Holiday Galleria’

  This December, Betts Gallery celebrates the holidays with their annual ‘Holiday Galleria’ show, joining in on the Belfast Holiday Artwalk with an opening reception, Friday December 7th, 5:30-8pm. The exhibit of local, affordable art, in a variety of media includes works by: Sally Brophy, Jennie Connor, Susan Cooney, Julie Cyr, Kris Engman, Sarah Faragher, […]

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery opens HOMELAND

  HOMELAND: A multimedia exhibit exploring our collective and diverse relationship to home/land   Maine Farmland Trust Gallery’s new exhibit HOMELAND speaks to a deep relationship that comes from cultivating the land, and a longing for connection with the land. This open call exhibit was promoted and curated in collaboration with GEDAKINA, Inc., a multigenerational […]

Betts Gallery welcomes autumn with “Trees”

  Betts Gallery welcomes autumn with a show celebrating “Trees.” Besides the beauty of trees, the majestic living beings offer us shade, they help clean the air we breathe, some provide food, and selectively harvested, they provide us with wood. This show of 2-D work includes oil and acrylic paintings, pastels and encaustic interpretations by […]

Belfast September Art Walk, Community Sing & Busker’s Festival

The streets of Belfast will come alive during the Belfast Creative Coalition September Art Walk on Friday, September 28 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. with new activities include a special community street-sing event led by local singers and a mini-buskers festival with a variety of street musicians, various performers, chalk art, and more. The main […]

Upcoming Gallery Show at Maine Farmland Trust, “I Went To the Animal Fair: Finding Common Ground”

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery’s new show, I Went To the Animal Fair: Finding Common Ground, features Belfast artist Kerstin Engman’s oil paintings on the first floor, with works by Andre Benoit, Frances Hynes, Leslie Moore, and Julie Cyr on the second floor. Kerstin’s works for this show are inspired by the animals, goods, and people […]

Betts Gallery Opens Group Show ‘Amalgamation’

Please join Betts Gallery in Belfast for an opening reception Friday, August 17th, 5:30-8pm for a show entitled ‘Amalgamation’. Webster’s dictionary defines amalgamation as ‘the action or process of uniting or merging two or more things’. Invited artists working in collage, mixed media, sculpture and assemblage are Daniel Anselmi, Kate Chapin, Conny Hatch, Karen MacDonald, […]

Maine Crafts Guild brings fine craft show to the United Farmers Market Event Center in Belfast

Maine Crafts Guild artisans will show their handmade fine craft in wood, metal, fiber, clay and mixed media at the United Farmers Market Event Center, August 11-12, 2018. The Guild is known for its flagship “Directions” show on Mount Desert Island and has a long-standing tradition of fine craft shows throughout the state. This inaugural […]