Category: Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Region Art Foundation announces 2021 Art in ME! juried exhibition winners
Boothbay Region Art Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Art in ME! juried exhibition. Full- and part-time artists from the state of Maine were invited to submit two pieces to be considered for the exhibition. Keith Oehmig, owner and director of the Wiscasset Bay Gallery, served as juror. The first part […]
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s fall exhibit: ‘The Glory Days of Autumn’
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s final members show for the summer of 2021 is providing a seasonal theme with fall colors predominating, along with the “perennial” last blooms of summer. As always, the foundation’s collection includes an eclectic variety of styles, mediums and subject matter. In addition to the regular members’ show, BRAF is sponsoring two […]
Call for Art: ARTinME! 2021
Boothbay Region Art Foundation presents a state-wide juried exhibit, open to all full- and part-time Maine residents. The juror will be Keith Oehmig, director of Wiscasset Bay Gallery. The deadline for digital submissions is midnight Oct. 1. The exhibit will run from Oct. 15 to Nov. 14, and an awards reception will be held from […]
Michael Vermette: 50 Plus One’ artist reception and book signing at Gleason Fine Art
Gleason Fine Art will host a reception and book-signing for the gallery’s August show, “Michael Vermette: 50 Plus One,” from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 6. The show celebrates the 50th anniversary of the creation of Maine’s Allagash Wilderness Waterway and plein-air artist Michael Vermette’s selection as its inaugural visiting artist. The show’s title refers […]
‘Near and Far’ solo show by Henry Isaacs at Gleason Fine Art
Gleason Fine Art presents work by Henry Isaacs in the exhibit “Near and Far,” featuring oil paintings of Maine, Vermont and Nepal. The show runs from July 1 to Aug. 3, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. July 2. A show catalog is available. Isaacs has traveled the world over, […]
July shows at Studio 53 Fine Art Gallery feature David Estey and Jack Silverio
Belfast painter David Estey and Lincolnville painter/sculptor Jack Silverio have repeat solo exhibits at Studio 53 with 20 recent paintings and 20 paintings and three sculptures, respectively. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. July 2, and the show will remain on display through Aug. 1. Estey’s works are improvisational abstract […]
Gleason Fine Art exhibits ‘Dorothy Eisner: Paper Collages and Select Oils’
Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor is showing the paper collages and select oils of Cranberry Island artist Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984) from May 27 to June 29. For 24 summers at the end of her life, Eisner was an enthusiastic member of Cranberry Island’s large artistic community, which included John Heliker, William Kienbusch, Gretna Campbell, […]
Gleason Fine Art named “Best Art Gallery” by Down East
Gleason Fine Art was named Best Art Gallery in Maine in Down East magazine’s annual Best of Maine issue (the September issue, now on the stands). In mid-spring, Down East asked its readers to pick their own favorites in each of dozens of categories, ranging from art galleries to architects and hotels to hardware […]
‘Ed Parker: Painting the Story’ on exhibit at Gleason Fine Art
Gleason Fine Art hosts “Ed Parker: Painting the Story,” on exhibit from Aug. 20 through Sept. 22. The Southport resident is universally acknowledged as one of America’s leading marine painters working in the folk art tradition. It is also fair to say that his creations are far more sophisticated than the term “folk art” might […]
