Category: Portland
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 […]
The Maine Crafts Association will open MAINE CRAFT PORTLAND
The Maine Crafts Association (MCA) will open MAINE CRAFT PORTLAND, a retail gallery and resource center in the historic Maine Charitable Mechanic Association (MCMA) building, known as Mechanic’s Hall, in downtown Portland, Maine this summer! The new MCA space will promote craft in Maine through exhibitions and public programming, and directly benefit Maine craft […]
Greenhut Galleries presents Matt Blackwell and Kathi Smith
Greenhut Galleries presents a two person exhibition. Matt Blackwell and Kathi Smith May 3 – 27 Opening reception Thursday, May 3th from 5 – 7pm Matt Blackwell artist talk Friday, May 4th at 2pm Kathi Smith artist talk Saturday, May 12th at 2pm Matt Blackwell Matt Blackwell’s vibrant mixed media paintings burst with color, texture, […]
The Maine Crafts Association announces the MCA 2018 Master Craft Artist Award
The Maine Crafts Association announces the MCA 2018 Master Craft Artist Award Recipients: Steve Cayard of Wellington, ME, Patricia Daunis-Dunning of Portland, ME, and David Wolfe of Portland, ME. The Maine Crafts Association (MCA), a statewide non-profit organization promoting the work of Maine’s craft artists, has named Steve Cayard, Patricia Daunis-Dunning and David Wolfe as […]
9th Biennial Portland Show at Greenhut Galleries
April 5-28, 2018 Artists reception, Saturday April 7, 1-3pm Greenhut Galleries is pleased to announce its 9th Biennial Portland Show featuring work by 51 artists. In a creative tribute to our city, artists are asked to interpret “Portland”. Each unique vision of Portland makes for an interesting, exciting, dynamic, sometimes humorous and diverse exhibition. Greenhut […]
Portland Museum of Art Announces Free Admission for Everyone 21 Years Old and Under
The Portland Museum of Art is proud to announce that it is changing its admission policy to offer free, unlimited admission to everyone age 21 and under beginning on April 11, 2018, opening the museum’s doors in perpetuity to teens and youth everywhere. The program is made possible through the vision and generosity of Susie […]
You are invited to Art House for Art and Wine
You are cordially invited to Art House’s afternoon fête, Saturday, March 3rd, 3-5 PM. for the opening for “Brenda Overstrom: Layers of Meaning” “My paintings are about layers and layering – words, marks and colors. I start by writing, drawing or painting on the surface – paper, canvas or panel. The words are revelations from […]
Portland Museum of Art Opens “The Robbers: German Art In a Time of Crisis”
The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) opens The Robbers: German Art in a Time of Crisis today, February 23. The exhibition of 21 German prints executed between the World Wars highlights George Grosz’s 1922 lithographic suite The Robbers: Nine Lithographs on Maxims from Schiller’s “The Robbers” as well as artworks by other printmakers of the […]
