Category: Rockland
A Message from Archipelago
Art connects us, inspires us, and reminds us of both our humanity and our immortality. As artists and makers who share our art and selves with our communities, we offer a valuable service to those around us every day. Being self-employed, we also connect with each other to establish our networks, build the local economies around […]
CMCA’s April ArtLab for All Ages to be Live Streamed
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland will host its monthly ArtLab for All Ages workshops via Facebook Live throughout the period its doors are closed to the public in response to CDC guidelines on COVID-19. To encourage creativity and connection during this time of social distancing, artists of all ages are invited to join […]
CMCA Executive Director Suzette McAvoy to Retire in September
The Board of Trustees of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland has announced that its Executive Director and Chief Curator Suzette McAvoy, who has led the organization through a transformative decade of growth, will retire on September 1, 2020, marking her 10th anniversary with the art center. “It has been a tremendous […]
March ArtLab for All Ages at CMCA
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA), Rockland invites artists of all ages to experiment with kinetic sculpture during this month’s ArtLab for All Ages workshop on Saturday, March 7, from 2 to 4pm. Using several lightweight mixed media materials and balsa wood, participants can collaborate or create their own miniature teeter totter sculpture, hanging mobile, or kinetic art wall relief. ArtLab for All Ages […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery: New Works by Jacob Bond Hessler
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland presents new works by Jacob Bond Hessler.
Caldbeck Gallery Presents ‘Hot and Cold’
Caldbeck Gallery, in Rockland opens for ‘Hot and Cold.’ Featuring works by: CECILY AIKMAN LISE BÉCU LOIS DODD MELANIE ESSEX NANCY GLASSMAN BAYARD HOLLINS JANICE KASPER DENNIS PINETTE MICHAEL REECE RICHARD SALTONSTALL DAN WEST NANCY WISSEMANN-WIDRIG
CMCA Announces “Art You Love” Annual Benefit Online Auction
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland is offering its annual “Art You Love” benefit auction in partnership with Paddle8, the global online auction platform. Featuring fifty works of art by leading and emerging artists connected with Maine, the CMCA auction is an opportunity to purchase art […]
Greenhut Galleries Presents ‘Focus: Printmaking III’
Greenhut Galleries, in Portland Presents Focus: Printmaking III on view from Feb 6- March 28 with an opening receptions on Feb 8 from 1-3. The participating artists employ a wide variety of printmaking techniques and many belong to Maine printmaking organizations including Peregrine Press, Circling the Square Press, Printcraft, Running With Scissors and […]
Carol L. Douglas Studio Presents “Censored. Me. Really.”
In 2014, Carol L. Douglas was part of a duo show at a university gallery in Rochester, NY. The show was vast: a body of sixty large pieces including abstracts and nudes. Douglas’ work dealt with the marginalization of women, exploring issues like religious submission, bondage, slavery, prostitution, obesity, and exploitation. It was featured in […]
Reggie Burrows Hodges Awarded Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship
Dowling Walsh Gallery artist Reggie Burrows Hodges has been awarded the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Fellowship in the Visual Arts. The Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship awards $25,000 to a Maine artist working in the visual arts and is paired with a solo exhibition at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, a scholarly publication and a gallery talk.
