Category: Rockland
Three New Shows at CMCA
Piper Cub Who can do anything better than this propeller? Can you? —Marcel Duchamp, speaking to Constantin Brancusi in front of an airplane, 1914 The most noticeable thing about artist Mark Wethli’s Piper Cub is that it’s incomplete; the abstract framework of an airplane rather than one that’s ready to fly. Piper Cub’s identity is […]
Lecture at the Farnsworth – “Puttin’ on the Ritz”: The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York
On Thursday, March 9, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present a lecture by Virginia Tuttle entitled “Puttin’ on the Ritz:” The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York.” The lecture will take place in the museum’s auditorium at 1 p.m. Restaurants were still a fairly new, decidedly French “invention” when they first opened in New York […]
Relief Printing at the Farnsworth
On Fridays, beginning January 20, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present a four-day workshop on relief printing. Led by artist Holly Berry, the classes will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum’s Gamble Education Center at the corner of Grace and Union Streets in Rockland. Participants of this four-day workshop will […]
Farnsworth and Rockland’s Strand Theater will present Teatro alla Scala:
Sunday, January 15, the Farnsworth Art Museum and Rockland’s Strand Theater will present a collaborative screening of Teatro alla Scala: The Temple of Wonders. The film will be shown at 1 p.m. at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street in Rockland. Ever since its construction was completed in 1778, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan […]
CMCA offers ArtLab for All Ages | Art at Play
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) invites artists of all ages to the first ArtLab of the year. Join ArtLab instructor Alexis Iammarino to explore card and board games, perfect for winter hibernation and making. Discover fun ways to create original “recipes” for art making using concepts of chance and play, as many artists […]
CMCA Announces New Chair, Board of Trustees
Karen S. Brace, of Camden, Maine, and Westwood, Massachusetts, has been appointed the new Chair of CMCA’s Board of Trustees, replacing Charlotte Dixon, of Camden, who will remain on the board as First Vice Chair. Other officers are Jack McKenney, Camden, Second Vice Chair; Sandra Ruch, Northport, Secretary; and Martin Lloyd, Camden, Treasurer. In accepting […]
CMCA December 3 – ArtLab for All Ages | Still Life Remix
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) invites artists of all ages to to create 3D model still lives! Diorama meets small sculpture in this mixed-media driven workshop. Led by ArtLab educator Alexis Iammarino, participants will glue, sew, collage, and fuse together inspirations from the materials and methods of the CMCA Biennial artists, or explore […]
Small Asian brush by Jean Kigel at Archipelago
Archipelago / The Island Institute Store / on 386 Main Street in Rockland presents small, affordably priced Asian brush paintings by Jean Kigel. Kigel painted them on 2”x15” Shikishi Boards, a Japanese product made from fine handmade, absorbent “rice paper” called “shuen” laminated to a hard board backing edged by gold. The result is stunning. […]
Experimental Watercolor Workshop at the Farnsworth
Beginning on Friday, December 2, and for five consecutive Fridays, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present an experimental watercolor workshop led by artist Erica Qualey. The workshop will take place on December 2, 9, 16 and January 6 and 13, from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the museum’s Gamble Education Center at the corner […]
Call for Artists – Art Space Gallery 2017 Season
ART SPACE GALLERY an artist-run, cooperative gallery, is currently seeking new members for the 2017 season. Quality artists of all mediums including potters, sculptures, printmakers, painters, etc. may apply. Application Deadline is January 15, 2017. JURY DATE is Sunday, January 22, 2017 Art Space Gallery is located on Main Street in the heart of Rockland, Maine, just […]
