Category: Rockland
Dowling Walsh Gallery Opens 2026 Season with Solo Exhibitions by Artists Lauren Fensterstock and Jacob Bond Hessle
Dowling Walsh Gallery Opens 2026 Season with Solo Exhibitions by Artists Lauren Fensterstock and Jacob Bond Hessler
Farnsworth opens major Betsy James Wyeth exhibition this spring
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland will open “By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth” with a public reception on May 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibition runs May 2 through Oct. 16 in the Hadlock and Wyeth Study Center Galleries, with additional programming in the Wyeth Center from June 13 through […]
Joanna Logue’s ‘5AM in the Pinewoods’ on view at Dowling Walsh through May 9
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is showing “5AM in the Pinewoods,” a solo exhibition of paintings by Joanna Logue, through May 9. Logue, a native of Australia who has lived on Mount Desert Island since 2017, takes inspiration from daily hikes in Acadia National Park near her home in Somesville. The changing colors of the […]
Art Space Gallery in Rockland honors late member John Wood this May
Art Space Gallery in Rockland opens its May season with a tribute exhibition of watercolor and oil paintings by the late John Wood, on view throughout the month in the gallery’s Front Room. A reception celebrating Wood’s life and artistic legacy will be held during the First Friday Art Walk on May 1 from 4 […]
Landing Gallery opens its season with Lisa Kyle solo show in Rockland
Landing Gallery in Rockland opens its 2026 season with “The Quiet Light of Maine,” a solo exhibition of new paintings by Lisa Kyle, on view May 1 through May 31. Kyle’s opening reception will be held during the First Friday Art Walk on May 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. The paintings depict moments of […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland highlights Hamilton, Sears and Hayes
Three artists are currently featured at Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland, spanning painting, assemblage and works on paper. Robert Hamilton (1917-2004) thought of his paintings as “a place for something to occur — little pictorial events, little plays.” In “Come Back Sweet Mama (Boy in Museum)” (1990), the avid recreational tennis player imagined a museum […]
New exhibition at Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland: ‘Robert Hamilton: Paper Moon’
One of the most idiosyncratic artists of post-War American art, Robert Hamilton (1917-2004) taught painting and drawing at the Rhode Island School of Design for 34years. Yvonne Jacquette, Richard Merkin, George Lloyd and Dean Richardson were some of his many students. For Hamilton, who flew over 100 missions in WW II as a P-47 fighter […]
Caldbeck Gallery presents ‘WINTRY MIX VOLUME 2’
Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland presents “WINTRY MIX VOLUME 2” through February and March. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and other days by appointment. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm St., Rockland. For more information, email info@caldbeck.com, go to www.caldbeck.com, or call 207-594-5935.
Dowling Walsh Gallery highlights: Marilyn Turtz, Rachel Adams, Hannah Secord Wade
In her intimately-scaled, directly observed paintings, Marilyn Turtz depicts time passing through a shifting landscape. As NY Times art critic Helen A. Harrison writes, “Ms. Turtz has perfected the art of distilling a scene’s essence without getting bogged down in fussy detail. She has an especially sensitive way with atmosphere, catching with equal skill mist […]
Farnsworth Art Museum celebrates First Fridays on Feb. 6 with new exhibitions, poetry and Valentine’s-themed hospitality
The Farnsworth Art Museum invites the public to enjoy First Fridays on Friday, Feb. 6, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., with special programs, exhibition openings, poetry readings, and festive hospitality throughout the Museum. Admission is free, and all are welcome. Exhibition Opening: Maine: A Force within American Art (1890–2026) 4-6 p.m. | Rothschild and […]