Category: Portland
‘The Sensuous Line’ at Cove Street Arts
Line is a point moving on a surface or in the air. It is the simplest mode of visual communication we have. Images, words, maps and plans all use line to tell us something. Cove Street Arts presents “The Sensuous Line” group exhibit from June 23 to Aug. 6, featuring work by Sondra Bogdonoff, Pat […]
‘Constructed and Found’ exhibit at MMPA
The title of the next exhibition at Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, “Constructed and Found,” refers to the process of photographers’ image making. “They are either constructing images or finding them and sometimes they’re doing a little of both,” says MMPA director Denise Froehlich. “These four photographers are creating some of the most interesting work […]
East End Vend is back for the summer
Portland’s open-air, local community market, East End Vend is back, featuring artists, farmers and foodies and now touring to partnering breweries. Shop Maine Craft’s fun and festive East End Vend markets continue throughout the summer from June through September on select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at four partnering breweries. Each market will host 10 to […]
Join Maine Crafts Association for an Evening on the Runway in Portland
You’re invited to STITCH: Maine Designers on the Runway, a Fashion Fundraiser Benefiting the Maine Crafts Association featuring an evening of style, celebrating seven Maine designers in a live runway show and offering opportunities to mix and mingle with fellow supporters and followers of design, art and craft. STITCH will also feature a fashion based […]
Portland Art Gallery Featured Artist: Laurie Fisher
Maine. Maine snuck up on me. I moved to Maine in 1996 as a new young mom, fresh out of graduate school. Some of my family had moved here, so Maine is where I wanted to be. At first I wasn’t sure I was built for Maine winters. or Maine springs! But Maine is now […]
MMPA First Friday Art Talk
Cole Caswell and Carol Eisenberg are the featured artists from May 3 to June 25 at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts. A conversation with the artists about their process, a demo, a peek at a portable dark room and music by Isaac van Voorst van Beest will be presented from 5 to 8 p.m. […]
Rockport artist shows work at Union of Maine Visual Artists show
Rockport artist Ann Tracy will show a special piece of art at the Union of Maine Visual Artists show at their gallery space, located within the Portland Media Center at 516 Congress St., Portland, from June 3 to 29. A reception will be held on June 3, and Tracy will be there from 5:30 to […]
Art Matters features Missy Dunaway, with Susan Sherrill Axerlod of Portland Art Gallery
The date I interviewed Missy Dunaway, April 1, just happened to be the day she officially launched her latest project: painting all of the birds mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare. I had chosen the date at random, but Dunaway chose it because April is Shakespeare’s birth month, and Earth Month, an opportune time […]
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts hosts receptions in new space featuring work by Cole Caswell and Carol Eisenberg
Visit Maine Museum of Photographic Arts’ new space during an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. May 5. Cole Caswell and Carol Eisenberg are the featured artists from May 3 to June 25. The exhibit showcases Cole Caswell’s multiple approaches to photography. The images on display include contemplative seascapes, studies of the sun and […]
Portland art and private chef partner to host PALETTE + PALATE
Imagine taking a bite out of a painting. What would the colors and textures taste like? Private chef Amy Kayne (2gether Private Chefs) and Portland artist Laurie Fisher will collaborate to host PALETTE + PALATE, a food and art pairing event. Kayne will pair small plates/appetizers and wine tastings with a handful of paintings by […]
