Category: Portland
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts presents exhibitions by Joyce Tenneson, Carol Eisenberg and Scott Offen
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland is presenting two exhibitions featuring the work of Joyce Tenneson, Carol Eisenberg and Scott Offen through Dec. 5. The museum’s main gallery features photographs by Tenneson and Eisenberg, while its smaller gallery presents “Grace,” a solo exhibition and book launch by Offen. “Grace” explores the creative partnership […]
UMVA plans annual meeting and highlights member events
The Union of Maine Visual Artists, based in Harpswell, will hold its statewide annual meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 17 via Zoom, with possible local gatherings for members who want to share lunch and watch together. Members interested in hosting a gathering can add it to the UMVA Members Calendar for inclusion […]
Indigo Arts Alliance shares news of art, legacy and community
Portland’s Indigo Arts Alliance is highlighting recent coverage, publications and projects involving its co-founders and artists in residence, from an exhibition exploring Black cultural memory to new books about land and justice. “Thresholds,” organized by Indigo Arts Alliance in partnership with the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, brings together work by Daniel Minter, […]
Melonie Bennett to discuss ‘Holy Cow!’ at Maine Museum of Photographic Arts
Photographer Melonie Bennett will discuss her exhibition and debut monograph, “Holy Cow!,” from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland. The event will include an interview, reading and book signing. Photographer and writer Robert Diamante, a friend and fellow photographer, will interview Bennett. “Holy Cow!” presents an […]
Ann Tracy transforms microplastic residue into ‘Unlikely Universes’
Saco artist Ann Tracy will present “Unlikely Universes,” an exhibition of digital works on canvas, metal and paper, from Oct. 2 to 25 at Oak Street Lofts Gallery in Portland. An artist’s reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 2, with a 7 p.m. musical interlude by the Back Cove Bones trombone […]
MMPA artists will discuss ‘Investigations into the Metaphysical’
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland will host an artist panel from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 21 in conjunction with “Investigations into the Metaphysical,” on view through Oct. 3. The exhibition brings together work by Brendan Bullock, Marianne Bernstein, Brenton Hamilton, Peter Shellenberger, Fern Nesson, Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Elizabeth Opalenik, Luc Demers […]
Jack Montgomery brings memory and handwork to historic photographic processes
Photographer Jack Montgomery shared a portfolio of about 50 photogravure and palladium prints during a July 25 artist residency at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland. Many of the works depict sites near his home in Freeport. Montgomery began photographing in earnest in 1992, focusing largely on portraiture while also exploring landscapes and […]
Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland will host a series of July public programs alongside its summer artist residency programming.
Alison Croney Moses and Alisha B. Wormsley joined Indigo Arts Alliance July 6 and will be in residence through Aug. 6 as part of the organization’s Mentorship Residency Program. Moses is a Boston-based artist working primarily in wood. Her work explores themes of family, relationships, pregnancy, childbirth, safety and care, investigating private and personal life […]
Found Object craft marketplace returns to Portland
Shop Maine Craft will once again host Found Object, a community marketplace of seconds, supplies and activities, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 27 at Running With Scissors, 250 Anderson St., in Portland’s East End. The market brings together 40 local artists, makers and friends from Running With Scissors Art Studios and the Maine […]
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 […]
