Category: exhibitions

Center for Maine Craft presents Lisa Houck’s ‘Stopping & Staring’

Shop Maine Craft presents “Stopping & Staring: New Works by Lisa Houck,” on view through Nov. 10 at the Center for Maine Craft in West Gardiner. The exhibition brings together linoleum block prints, mosaics and watercolors inspired by birds, trees, landscapes and the interconnected rhythms of nature. Across these media, Houck transforms familiar elements of […]

Triangle Gallery presents three shows and a Carter Wentworth artist talk

Triangle Gallery in Rockland will feature three exhibitions during the First Friday Art Walk from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. An artist talk with Carter Wentworth at 3 p.m. will begin the day’s festivities. Wentworth’s solo exhibition, “Sound of Rain Crossing the Lake,” has been extended through Oct. 31 in the upstairs gallery. In […]

Kittery Art Association explores autumn in ‘Shifting Colors’

The Kittery Art Association presents “Shifting Colors,” on view through Oct. 25 at its gallery in Kittery. The exhibition celebrates the beauty of change while exploring impermanence, memory and the cycles of life. Autumn serves as a season of reflection, transition and renewal. An opening reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. […]

Elizabeth Adams will give an artist talk at Cynthia Winings Gallery

Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill will host an informal artist talk with Elizabeth Adams at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 2, with the gallery remaining open until 7 p.m. Adams will discuss her work, her ideas about color and the ways textiles enter her process. The talk will allow time for questions, conversation and discussion with […]

UMVA plans annual meeting and highlights member events

The Union of Maine Visual Artists, based in Harpswell, will hold its statewide annual meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 17 via Zoom, with possible local gatherings for members who want to share lunch and watch together. Members interested in hosting a gathering can add it to the UMVA Members Calendar for inclusion […]

DIAA explores changing seasons in ‘Transitions’

The Deer Isle Artists Association presents “Transitions,” on view through Oct. 18 at its gallery in Deer Isle Village. The exhibition explores changing seasons, evolving forms and shifting moods through painting, ceramics, glass, photography and metalwork. Featured artists are Christopher Brumfield, Ethan Cohen, Jean Gresham, Jill Finsen, Susan Keating, June Kellogg, Jadyn LaDeau, BC Martin, […]

Caldbeck Gallery opens ‘Two Friends Painting’

Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland will host a First Friday opening for “Two Friends Painting,” featuring Lois Dodd and John Walker, from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. The exhibition runs through Nov. 7. Continuing exhibitions feature Alan Bray, Jack Silverio and Tim Van Campen, Nancy Glassman and K. Min. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm […]

Lights Out presents ‘LIVE/LENS’ at Celebration Barn

Lights Out will open its final exhibition of the year, “LIVE/LENS,” Oct. 3 at Celebration Barn in South Paris, with live performances, art, a potluck dinner, an afterparty and a bonfire. Curated by Bethany Engstrom, the multimedia exhibition brings together performance, installation and video art. Doors will open at 4 p.m. for visitors to explore […]

CMCA names Grant Wahlquist interim director and opens ‘Because the Sky is Blue’

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland has appointed Grant Wahlquist interim director and will celebrate the opening of his exhibition “Because the Sky is Blue” with a free public reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2. Wahlquist, who joined CMCA as curator in July 2025, brings nearly two decades of curatorial and […]

Art Space Gallery features three painters in October

Art Space Gallery in Rockland will welcome visitors from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 during the city’s First Friday Art Walk, with refreshments, conversation and an October exhibition featuring Sandra Leinonen Dunn, Margaret Creighton and Janalee Welch. All three artists are painters, working in a variety of media with distinctly individual approaches. Their work […]