Category: Portland
PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART OPENS EXHIBITION OF WORKS INCLUDING RARELY SEEN WATERCOLORS BY JOHN SINGER SARGENT
On August 17, 2018, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) opens Americans Abroad, 1860-1915, an exhibition of watercolors, prints, and paintings by American artists who travelled to Europe for training and inspiration in the late 19th century. The exhibition of 24 works by artists such as Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, […]
The MCA presents the fourth annual Portland Fine Craft Show
The MCA presents the fourth annual Portland Fine Craft Show on August 25, 2018, 9am – 4pm on Congress Street between High and State Streets, in Portland, Maine. The show is free and open to the public. The Portland Fine Craft Show features over 100 juried exhibitors from Maine and New England exhibiting fine craft […]
Yikes Studio Enamels at The Portland Fine Craft Show
Suzanne Anderson of Yikes Studio Enamels will be in Booth #7 near the corner of Congress and High St at the Portland Fine Craft Show, presented by the Maine Craft Association, is Saturday August 25, 9am – 4pm on Congress Street between High and State Streets, in Portland, Maine. The show is free and open to the […]
Portland Museum of Art Opens first Major Maine Art Museum Exhibition of Work by Pioneering Maine Artist Ashley Bryan
The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is proud to open Painter and Poet: the Art of Ashley Bryan. This is the first major art museum exhibition in Maine for the award-winning 95-year-old artist and Little Cranberry Island resident, a pioneer of African and African American representation in the children’s book medium, who has published more […]
David Driskell opening reception at Greenhut Galleries
Opening reception Thursday July 5th, 5-7pm Poetry Reading by Robert Gibbons, July 19, 5:45pm David Driskell in conversation with Daniel Minter, moderated by African Art Historian, Henry Drewal, July 26 Assemblage is newly elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences David Driskell’s latest solo exhibition at Greenhut. As the title suggests, this exhibition […]
Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895–1925
This exhibition is the first in over forty years to survey the work of Clarence H. White (United States, 1871–1925), a founding member of the Photo-Secession, a gifted photographer known for his beautiful scenes of quiet domesticity and outdoor idylls, and a major teacher and mentor. It will survey White’s career from its beginnings in […]
80 Exchange Mural Project in Portland
80 Exchange Street, Portland Maine PROJECT OVERVIEW Fathom Companies is seeking Maine based artists to submit proposals to design, create and install a wall mural at 80 Exchange Street, Portland Maine. The 80 Exchange Street Mural project is an investment in the city’s future and will provide a contemporary visual public art display and add […]
New Exhibit at Venn + Maker in Portland
On June 20th, World Refugee Day, the stories of ten refugees living in Maine will be exhibited at Venn + Maker, a showroom for Maine artists and craftspeople. Visual storyteller Sofia Aldinio and writer Emily Wedick present a mixed media exhibit that unearths the stories of those who have resettled here and the treasured possessions […]
Thelma Golden, visionary arts leader, comes to Portland as part of the PMA’s Bernard Osher Lecture series
The Portland Museum of Art is honored to announce that Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, is the museum’s guest speaker for the 2018 Bernard Osher Lecture on Tuesday, July 9, at the University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall. Tickets go on sale May 24. With a vision set […]
John Whalley | Brushwork
Opening reception Thursday, June 7 from 5-7pm Artists talk Saturday, June 23 at 1pm Brushwork is John Whalley’s 8th solo exhibition at Greenhut Galleries. This exhibition of paintings and drawings continues Whalley’s exploration of reclaiming discarded tools, seashells, and other objects and giving them new life. His beautifully rendered images seem to instill, or rather […]
