Category: Portland
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 […]
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 […]
