Category: exhibitions
CMCA welcomes Rori Smith and announces July education programs in Rockland
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland has named Rori Smith as its new director of education. Smith brings nearly two decades of experience as an educator, scholar and artist, having worked with institutions including the Penn Museum, the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the National Museum of the American Indian and […]
Kittery Art Association presents ‘Lucid Coastline’
Kittery Art Association presents “Lucid Coastline” through Aug. 2 at its gallery in Kittery. The exhibition explores the many ways artists interpret the shifting moods of the coast. From abstraction to realism, each work reveals a personal dialogue with nature’s edge — the lucid space between the tangible and the transcendent. An opening reception was […]
Jean Kigel features ‘Patchwork’ at Waldoboro studio
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro is currently featuring “Patchwork,” an oil painting by Jean Kigel. A few years ago, Kigel was one of 11 artists chosen to spend a day painting on Allen Island, six miles off Port Clyde. “I had passed this bleak island many times en route to Monhegan and had […]
UMVA’s ‘Dreaming at Dawn’ brings visions of daybreak to Bangor
The Union of Maine Visual Artists will present “Dreaming at Dawn,” an exhibition inspired by daybreak in Maine, from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 at Bangor Public Library. The exhibition features 68 pieces by 51 artists from across the state, with work installed in the library’s Cyr, Stairwell and Lecture Hall galleries. Interpretations of the […]
‘Different Shores’ reveals rhythm in Joanne Tarlin’s art
The paintings of Joanne Tarlin hum with a rhythm that forms a three-part harmony along with nature and poetry. Tarlin’s new exhibition, “Different Shores,” will open at Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 7. The paintings will remain on display in the Community Room through the […]
Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset hosts environmental programs with ‘Song of the Wild’
In conjunction with its current exhibition, “Song of the Wild,” Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset hosted two programs relating to the environment: a talk by Sarah Gladu of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust and a panel discussion on creative inspiration provided by the natural world. Gladu, Coastal Rivers’ community science director, presented “The Impact of Air” […]
Mars Hall Gallery in Martinsville celebrates Ronald Frontin with ‘In the Studio’
As the country celebrates its 250th birthday, Mars Hall Gallery in Martinsville celebrates the work of American realist painter Ronald Frontin with “In the Studio.” A native of midcoast Maine, Frontin left the state briefly to attend Philadelphia College of Art from 1981 to 1985 and apprenticed with portrait painter Nelson Shanks from 1985 to […]
Landing Gallery opens ‘Sense of Place’
Rockland’s Landing Gallery will open “Sense of Place,” a group exhibition celebrating the connection between Maine’s geography and the artists inspired by its terrain, on July 3. The exhibition will feature new paintings by Russell Slocum, Christopher French, Michael Weymouth, Roberta Baumann and Bruce Busko. An opening reception will be held during Rockland’s First Friday […]
Shaw Jewelry features four artists in July
Northeast Harbor’s Shaw Jewelry will feature work by Petra Class Studio, Peter Decamp Haines, Anne McGrory and Elyse Allen Textiles from July 2 to 15. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. July 2. McGrory and Allen will attend. Petra Class Studio creates gemstone and gold jewelry intended to seduce and […]
Gleason Fine Art opens Beers and Isaacs shows
Boothbay Harbor’s Gleason Fine Art will present two new shows in July: “Henry Isaacs: Sailing on a Deep Blue Sea” and “Kevin Beers: Light and Shadow.” “Henry Isaacs: Sailing on a Deep Blue Sea” opens July 2 and runs through Aug. 3. “Kevin Beers: Light and Shadow” will be on view through July 24. Both […]
