Category: Portland

Creative couple will give talk at the Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery

Fine artist Peter Yesis and author Kim Yesis will give a talk at the Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 1 during the  First Friday Art Walk. Their talk is titled “Artistically Inclined: the value of partnership in art.” This is a free event and refreshments will be served. Kim […]

Juried show at Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery

The Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery is having a juried show that will begin Oct. 18 with a reception from 4 to 7:30 p.m., open to the public. The People’s Choice Award will be announced at 7 p.m. The theme of the show is “That Which Sustains Us,” which the artist could interpret […]

New group exhibition at Portland Art Gallery

The October exhibition at Portland Art Gallery will showcase work by Christopher O’Connor, Joanne Parent, Steve Rogers and J. Rodney Dennis. The exhibition will be on display for the month, offering ample opportunity for art enthusiasts to enjoy the featured show and works by our other represented artists. The gallery welcomes visitors daily from 10 […]

UMVA member Ann Tracy shows new work at Belleflower Brewery Tasting Room

UMVA board member Ann Tracy is part of the 6×6 show, opening Oct. 4 at the Belleflower Brewery Tasting Room, 66 Cove St., Portland, in the East Bayside neighborhood. The reception is during First Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 4 Tracy will be showing new collage painting work, as well as a piece […]

‘Energy in Flux’ at MMPA

The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts presents “Energy in Flux” from Oct. 4 to Nov. 30. “Todd Watts’s photograph, ‘The Second Law’ (of thermodynamics) was the impetus of this exhibition,” says Denise Froehlich, director MMPA. “He sent me an image of his new piece, and I started thinking about physics and different types of energy […]

MMPA hosts artist talks

The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts will host artist talks from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 13 featuring Jack Montgomery, Susan Rosenberg Jones, Jodi Colella and Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest. The show “Figurative – The Body As Language” runs Aug. 2 to Sept. 28. The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is at 15 […]

Art Auction brought in over $4,000 to support UMVA’s new website

With over 60 artists participating in the Art Auction, The Carlo Pittore Costume Ball and Art Auction brought in over $4,000 to create and support UMVA’s new website. It gave UMVA artists a wonderful chance to mix and mingle at the Bowdoinham Historical Society’s Merrymeeting Hall on Aug. 3. Bowdoinham is where Carlo lived and […]

MMPA Gallery presents ‘Figurative: The Body as Language’

“Figurative: The Body as Language” runs Aug. 2 to Sept. 28 at The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts. Artist talks and demos will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23 featuring Amy Wilton, Andrew O’Brien and Kevin Callahan. Kevin Callahan is a seasoned museum preparator and art mover with extensive experience working in […]

New exhibition at Portland Art Gallery

Portland Art Gallery announces its August exhibition, showcasing Carlos Gamez de Francisco, Jane Dahmen, Annie Darling and Andrew Faulkner. The exhibition will be on display throughout August, offering ample opportunity for art enthusiasts to enjoy the featured show and works by our other represented artists. The gallery welcomes visitors daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 […]

The Portland Fine Craft Show returns to celebrate the Northeast craft community

Shop fine craft items to live with, wear and cherish. Presented by Shop Maine Craft, the ninth annual Portland Fine Craft show will return to the heart of Portland’s Arts District, located on Free Street, next to the Portland Museum of Art in the large parking area from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 24. […]