Category: Belfast
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 […]
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery’s Summer Stable Show
The Maine Farmland Trust Gallery’s annual Summer Stable Show is a favorite with returning art-lovers and summer visitors alike. This is the gallery’s largest, most vibrant group show that showcases twenty-two Maine artists this year, whose work connects to agriculture, nature or environment. This year includes first time exhibitors Sara Gagan and Susan Sidwell. The […]
Betts Gallery Opens Group Show ‘Gray Scale’
Please join Betts Gallery for an opening reception Friday July 6th, 5:30-8pm for a show entitled ‘Gray Scale’. Invited artists and fine crafts people will be showing work that ranges from white to black, with infinite shades of gray in a variety of media; painting, etching, graphite, ceramic, blown glass, photography, sterling silver and enameled […]
Harbor Artisans has come home
Harbor Artisans is ecstatic to have finally found a new home in Belfast, at 69 Main Street. Since we lost our lease several years ago, we’ve been actively seeking a new home and are happy to say we’re back! Renovations are almost complete, and we are getting ready for our grand reopening, and ribbon cutting, […]
7th Annual Maine Pottery Tour
Maine is home to many clay artists – potters & sculptors, all working with earth, water, air & fire to make beautiful, useful, and intriguing objects. It takes a certain kind of person to work in clay – patience, perseverance and a sense of humor help! And although each potter works with the same basic […]
A Summer on the Land: MFT Gallery Exhibits Work by Last Year’s Fiore Art Center Residents
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery opens 2018 with a multi-media show that recalls the summer season. Six visual artists with strong ties to Maine, a historical writing resident, and the resident gardener, share the work they created during their 2017 residency at the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at MFT’s Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson. A […]
