Category: Portland

‘Floriography’ Opens at Cove Street Arts

Originally conceived as an early-April show — as both an antidote to the cruelest month’s lingering gloom and a reminder that spring, with its florid proliferation of life, was on the horizon — the exhibit “Floriography: The Language of Flowers” feels even more timely in its new slot as the first post-lockdown exhibition at Cove […]

MMPA Antidote Aims to Inspire

The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland has begun to create online editions of what it calls MMPA Antidote. The museum publishes upbeat, positive and forward-looking posts that digitally feature the art and artists in Maine, as an antidote to the viral disruption by publishing. “MMPA Antidote was inspired by the need to share […]

‘Mary Bourke: Somewhere Between Water and Woods’ at Greenhut Galleries

“Mary Bourke: Somewhere Between Water and Woods” will be on exhibit from June 4 to 27 at Greenhut Galleries in Portland. Although the exhibition does not start until June, the gallery launched an online preview of Mary Bourke’s exhibit on Earth Day (view it at https://www.greenhutgalleries.com/exhibitions-events/mary-bourke-solo). Bourke is donating a portion of the proceeds from […]

‘Charlie Hewitt Prints’ Virtual Exhibition at Cove Street Arts

In this year of Maine’s bicentennial, artist Charlie Hewitt has created a new series of woodcut prints focused on New England’s strong bond with the sea in his solo exhibition at Cove Street Arts in Portland. In his dynamic, imaginative and unmistakable style, Hewitt reimagines iconic regional sights — shining lighthouses; brightly colored, numbered buoys […]

10TH BIENNIAL PORTLAND SHOW AT GREENHUT GALLERIES

THE PORTLAND SHOW 10th Biennial Invitational Exhibition April 2-May 30, 2020 Please note: because of the Covid-19 virus there will be no opening reception for this exhibition.  Work may be viewed anytime during regular business hours.     Greenhut Galleries is pleased to announce its 10th Biennial Portland Show featuring work by 51 artists. In a creative […]

Greenhut Galleries: 10% off Gift Certificates

  Based on the Governor’s new executive order, we will only be open by appointment for at least the next two weeks. To make an appointment, please shoot us an email ([email protected]). We will soon provide updated information on our current and upcoming exhibition schedule.     As always, you can shop our entire inventory […]

Portland Art Gallery Selects Artwork in a Calming, Neutral Color Palette

For your enjoyment, a curated selection of artwork in a neutral palette presented by Portland Art Gallery. View more at portlandartgallery.com.         

Tim Greenway’s Mackworth Island Transformed: Rocks Reimagined at Cove St. Arts

Prompted by the current crisis, Cove St. Arts in Portland is trying something new: a virtual exhibition, complete with an accompanying video on our website: https://www.covestreetarts.com/exhibitions-1/mackworthislandtransformed Tim Greenway’s Mackworth Island Transformed: Rocks Reimagined explores the transformation of space within the context of both the physical and the psychological.     Using the popular location of […]

Cove Street Arts Presents a Curatorial Tour of ‘Portland 2020’

Please join curator, Bruce Brown, in an informative walk through of the exhibition, Portland 2020 on Thursday, March 12 at 6pm. Portland 2020 is our attempt to capture our vibrant, evolving city at this moment in time. It is an open juried photography exhibition curated by Bruce Brown, Curator Emeritus of the Center for Maine […]

Cove St. Arts Presents ‘Gardenship: First Voyage’

  Cove St. Arts in Portland presents Gardenship: First Voyage, curated by John Bisbee. On view from until April 25. In the brown fields of Kearny Point, NJ, a vast, empty warehouse sat waiting. Waiting for new vision, waiting for….rebirth. An intrepid crew of thirteen Maine artists accepted the challenge, relishing the opportunity to forge […]