Category: Portland
UMVA opens two spring shows and call for art for Dreaming at Dawn
The Union of Maine Visual Artists opened two spring exhibitions in May in Harpswell. “Celebrating Hope” launched with a well-attended opening reception during Portland’s first art walk of the season. “It’s the Small Things” opened the same week at the Jean Picker Gallery at Camden Public Library, with a reception held May 9. Thanks were […]
Maine Crafts Association brings STITCH runway show back to Portland
The Maine Crafts Association will present STITCH: Runway Show + Style Market on June 4 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St., Portland. The annual fundraising event celebrates Maine’s slow fashion designers, textile artists and makers. Six Maine-based designers will present original handcrafted wearable work in a live runway show […]
Indigo Arts Alliance announces new leadership and launches ‘Indigo Experiences’
Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland held its seventh annual Spring is in the AiR fundraiser earlier this month, using the occasion to announce new leadership and a new initiative supporting the organization’s artist residency programs. The organization named Mia Bogyo as its new deputy director. Bogyo joins Indigo Arts Alliance after six years as director […]
MMPA has a new home
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts has a new home in Portland. You did it! Your donations and support helped us acquire our new space! This isn’t the end of our capital campaign or construction needs, but we’ve jumped the largest hurdle and we have new keys thanks to you! Now we can start planning […]
The Final Push: Help MMPA open its doors
From MMPA director Denise Froehlich: It all comes down to love. At the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, we are spending this month pondering what it means to dedicate yourself to something you love. It’s in our mission, in the love of the creative process, the love of home, and a deep appreciation for our […]
Cove Street Arts presents ‘Harold Garde: Strappos’ online
Cove Street is honored to present a virtual exhibition of work by Harold Garde (June 7, 1923 to Oct. 11, 2022), featuring a focused selection of his strappos alongside examples from a career that spanned seven decades and made a significant, if often under-recognized contribution to Post-War American art. All works featured in the virtual […]
Moss Galleries in Portland shows ‘Under a Swift Sunrise’
“‘Under a Swift Sunrise’ is less about arrival than about the yearning to arrive; to glimpse, if only momentarily, a far green country that exists somewhere between what is remembered and what is imagined.” — Nathaniel Meyer “Under a Swift Sunrise” gathers a series of island paintings that hover between memory and invention, myth and […]
A new home for MMPA and a capital campaign to make us sustainable
The Maine Media Photographers Association announces its move to 387 Commercial Street, Suite E, Portland, and launches a capital campaign to ensure sustainability in the expanded space. “… And he huffed and he puffed but he couldn’t blow this house down,” notes director Denise Froehlich, acknowledging the organization’s ambitious goal to serve members with the […]
Dual perspectives in Portland
Artist David Wade and photographer Linda Mahoney will exhibit in the two-person show “InnerVisions” at Cove Street Arts in Portland. The exhibition opens on Oct. 23 and runs through Dec. 13, offering an extended opportunity to experience these complementary artistic visions. Cove Street Arts is at 71 Cove St., Portland. Call 207-808-8911, email info@covestreetarts.com, or […]
Fore River Gallery announces move to new location in Portland
This September, Fore River Gallery will be relocating from its longtime home on Market Street to a vibrant new space at 399 Fore Street, just a few blocks away. The move marks an exciting new chapter for the gallery, which has been a staple in the Portland arts scene since 2009. “This is a big […]
