Category: Portland
Greenhut Galleries presents Urban Exploration
JEFF BYE Urban Exploration September 1- October 1, 2016 Opening Reception Thursday, September 1st., 5 – 7pm Gallery Hours: Mon- Fri 10-5:30, Sat. 10-5 About his work Bye writes, ” I have always been drawn to textured surfaces and the patinas that evolve over time on the exteriors and interiors of abandoned buildings to historic […]
Portland Museum of Art Announces New Sculpture Park
Thanks to a generous donation by local business leader, philanthropist, and arts advocate David E. Shaw, the PMA will open the David E. Shaw and Family Sculpture Park in the summer of 2017. It has long been a wish of the PMA to make the Joan B. Burns Garden—located on High Street and currently closed to […]
PMA – Finest in a Decace
You’ve brought your out-of-town guests to see lighthouses and eat lobsters—make sure to bring them to the PMA for the full Maine experience. Introduce them to O’Keeffe, Stettheimer, Torr, Zorach: Women Modernists in New York, named the finest PMA exhibition in a decade by the Boston Globe, and as one of the 17 American art shows […]
John Whalley’s Etudes at Greenhut Galleries
Etudes is John Whalley’s 7th 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 uncover, an inner light within his subjects, be they still life or portrait. About the […]
Meet the New Owners of Greenhut Galleries
After 40 years, Peggy Greenhut Golden happily announces the sale and transfer of ownership of Greenhut Galleries to John Danos and Kelley Lehr of Los Angeles, California: “Greenhut’s longstanding success and contribution to the Maine arts community has been tremendously fulfilling, both personally and professionally. Over the years, Greenhut Galleries has been blessed with an […]
Atmospheric Firing: Pottery by Betsy Levine of Prescott Hill Pottery at Maine Potters Market
For the month of July, Maine Potters Market is featuring the work of Betsy Levine. Betsy’s pots are organic and earthy, with a sensuality that comes mostly from the materials she choses and the atmospheric firing techniques that she uses. Her forms are simple, yet graceful, revealing the complex surfaces resulting from the interaction of clay and […]
Dance of the Tribes at Greenhut Galleries
Tom Paiement’s Dance of the Tribes is an exhibition of mixed media pieces inspired by his winter visits to Venice Beach, California. In 1965, Tom Paiement and 2 of his friends from college drove from Maine to California in his brand new convertible Corvair, across the Rockies, through Vegas, away from the east coast into […]
PMA presents Innovators and Entrepreneurs: A Women in Business Forum
Thursday, July 28 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free for members and employees of Corporate members; $8 general public Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium Influential women have shaped the city of Portland throughout its history. In 1908, author and critic Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat forever transformed the PMA with her bequest of the McLellan House and […]
MECA Presents Made in LA
Made in LA is an interactive exhibition of the thriving yet often hidden creative makers in Lewiston Auburn, Maine, showcasing the ideas, processes and products driven by innovation and dependent on traditional and contemporary design solutions. The exhibition reinforces MECA’s focus on educating highly accomplished artists and designers and demonstrates the need for empowering a […]
Vestibule 594 presents COLLAGE CUTOUTS
A two person exhibition of original artwork by Gibrian Foltz & Anika Wilson Opening Reception First Friday Artwalk: July 1st from 5-8pm I’ve always had some sort of creative outlet, and enjoy passing the time learning new mediums and experimenting. At the moment I am attempting to convert strange/surreal paper collages into multi-layered stencils, and also […]
