Category: Portland

Announcements from The Maine Crafts Association

  The outdoor Maine Art and Craft Seconds & Supplies Sale will be held Saturday June 1, 2019 at Running with Scissors in Portland, Maine.     Call for Artists: Maine Craft Weekend Full listings, including map listing are free for current members of MCA and Maine Made through June 30. Non-members are also welcome to join the tour, which includes web and map listing and […]

March Exhibitions at Greenhut Galleries

These exhibitions are shown from March 7 – 30 with an opening reception on March 7 from 5-7.  Tim Christensen will give a talk on March 9 at 1 and Henry Isaacs on March 16 at 1. Greenhut is pleased to announce its first exhibition of work by printmaker, PMA Biennial featured porcelain artist, environmentalist, […]

Man-Made: A State of Nature presented by Greenhut Galleries

  From February 7 – March 2 Greenhut Galleries is proud to present an environmentally themed invitational show with a focus on the social and cultural aspects of climate change. With point critical for reversing climate change behind us, but mitigation of future effects still possible, we invited 23 activist artists to submit work that creates […]

‘Drawing Now’ Exhibits at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art

  Following exhibitions in Paris and Sydney, the international Drawing Collective’s first U.S. exhibition “Drawing Now” will be on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the Maine College of Art (MECA), 522 Congress Street, Portland Maine, from January 17th – March 22nd.  A public Opening Celebration will be held on Friday, February 1, 5:00 […]

Running With Scissors Annual Holiday Pop-up Sale and Open Studios

On Friday, December 14th 4-8 and Saturday, December 15th 10-4 the studios at RWS will be open to the public and a pop-up shop will appear in the gallery, featuring 40+ local artists with work for sale. There will be food from Baristas + Bites and Black Dinah Chocolatiers, drinks from Tandem Coffee, music, and […]

Greenhut Galleries’ 24th Annual Holiday Show

  Greenhut Galleries’ 24th Annual Holiday Show, featuring its complete roster of painters and sculptors, opens Thursday, December 6th. While the gallery-wide exhibition opens on that date, the public reception for the show – a great chance to meet many of the artists while sampling Holiday treats – will be held on Saturday, December 8, from […]

Greenhut Galleries to Showcase Alison Goodwin

Long-time Greenhut artist Alison Goodwin, best known for her whimsical, vividly imaginative paintings, opens her 10th Greenhut solo show, Ragged Bounty, with a reception from 5-7:00 pm on November 1, 2018. The show continues until December 1. Goodwin’s iridescent, bold, and vibrant paintings are marked by their playful exuberance as well as a deep and […]

OCTOBER News & Opportunities from the Maine Crafts Association

      MCA Program Calendar: Upcoming Events and Deadlines OCTOBER Oct 6: Last day to view Winterstick Snowboards @ Center for Maine Craft Gallery Oct 8: Maine Craft Weekend YARD SIGN ordering deadline (for MCW participants) Oct 9 – Nov 18: The Luthiers’ Craft @ Center for Maine Craft Gallery Oct 13: Maine Craft […]

The PMA Presents Major Exhibition of Work by Modernist Sculptor Isamu Noguchi

  The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is honored to announce it will open Beyond the Pedestal: Isamu Noguchi and the Borders of Sculptureon October 5, 2018. This exhibition of approximately 40 sculptures and 10 works on paper is a rare Maine retrospective of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), the Japanese-American artist who became a central figure in […]

Greenhut’s October show is “Sandra Quinn: Inside Out”

“What is art in the final analysis? Art is the shining forth of one’s interiority.” ~ Mu Xin “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way things I had no words for.” ~Georgia O’Keeffe Greenhut’s October show will be an exhibition of Sandra Quinn’s contemplative, graceful, […]