Category: Portland

BUSINESS WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS

The Arts Business Institute (ABI) and MCA in partnership with Maine College of Art (MECA) and Waterville Creates present: BUSINESS WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS Maine College of Art, Portland, ME October 22 Waterville Creates, Waterville, ME October 23 Tuition Both Workshops: $250 One Workshop: $150 MCA Member Discount Codes One-day $25 Discount for MCA Members, Enter […]

“Dietlind Vander Schaaf: Exhalation” at Vestibule 594 Gallery

“Exhalation”, a solo show by Dietlind Vander Schaaf, will be held at Vestibule 594 gallery at 594 Congress Street (next to Starbucks at the Hay Building) through October 29. The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 2 from 5-8pm. Dietlind Vander Schaaf holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and an […]

Explore the streets of Portland with PMA Go

On September 2, the Portland Museum of Art launched PMA Go, a web-based, art-collecting game inspired by Pokémon Go. Instead of capturing Wartortles, Kakunas, and Vileplumes, players can amass an art collection of Homers, Renoirs, and Wyeths that generates real world rewards. While many art museums—including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney […]

Greenhut Gallery Announces Fresh New Art in Inventory

      For More Information Contact: Greenhut Galleries 146 Middle St Portland, Maine 04101  207-772-2693 www.greenhutgalleries.com Gallery Hours:  Mon -Fri 10-5:30pm, Sat 10-5pm

The MCA presents the Second Annual Portland Fine Craft Show

The MCA presents the Second Annual Portland Fine Craft Show on August 27, 2016 9am-4pm taking place on Congress Street in Portland, Maine, free and open to the public.  The show features 100 juried exhibitors from the greater New England area exhibiting contemporary fine craft in the following media categories: baskets, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, […]

Whopaints announces upcoming show schedule

TIDE AND WIND CREATE LIGHT  Shimmering days of cool mist wafting off the water creating beyond count paintings. Pastels perfectly render the mist and layered lights of the sun on the sea. SHOW SCHEDULE August 11-13 Northeast Harbor Invitational August 19 Okoto in the Garden at whopaints September 17-18 CFAAM Bar Harbor, ME October 8-10 Paradise City, Northampton […]

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 […]