Category: openings
Juried show ‘Perceptions’ focuses on contemporary abstraction
Meetinghouse Arts Gallery in Freeport offers its first abstract show featuring 31 artists working in oil, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, stoneware, encaustic, assemblage and photography. The “Perceptions” exhibition highlights a range of approaches to abstraction and invites artists to consider how their work contributes to this ongoing visual dialogue. “Perceptions” will be on display from […]
DIAA presents ‘Small Works’
The Deer Isle Artists Association proudly presents “Small Works,” an all-member show, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 20. This eagerly anticipated annual show has been extended this year by popular demand to a full month. An impressive group of 40 member artists will offer a variety of small works, in mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, […]
Triangle Gallery in Rockland will feature work by Marc Leavitt, Kathryn Shagas and Tony Machowski
In Triangle Gallery’s back gallery, Kathryn Shagas and Tony Machowski will present “Within: Paintings and Sculptures by Kathryn Shagas and Tony Machowski,” a poetic discussion between Shagas’ energetic paintings and Machowski’s carved wooden sculptures. After 35 years together, Shagas and Machowski “don’t influence what each other does or how they do it, but they do […]
SPEEDWELL announces new limited-edition art book: ‘The Haunted: Contemporary Photography Conjured in New England’
SPEEDWELL is pleased to announce the release of “The Haunted — Contemporary Photography Conjured in New England,” a limited-edition art book that brings together the region’s rich literary past with its vibrant contemporary photographic scene. The 152-page volume pairs poetic works from the past two centuries with striking photographs by 21 artists working across New […]
Artwork and narrative figurative jewelry on view in Northeast Harbor
Mindy Herrin-Lewis makes narrative figurative jewelry that is sculptural and beguiling. She uses a pool of imagery derived from culturally feminine sources. Mindy combines porcelain and precious metals in a technique she calls “micro-sculpting.” She incorporates aspects of memory, or visual remnants, to explore themes such as growth, disease, preservation and fertility. Liaung Chung Yen […]
Artemis Gallery opens group show to benefit Climate to Thrive
Artemis Gallery’s current show opened on Aug. 28 featuring artists Kathy Buist, Annie Curtis, James O’Neil and Aaron Staples. This show benefits Island Housing Trust and is on display through September 9. On Sept. 11, join Artemis Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. for an opening reception of a new group show featuring artists Emily […]
‘Made in Maine’ opens at the Maine Art Gallery
The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset opened its last exhibition of the season on Aug. 28. It includes work by member artists from throughout the state. “Made in Maine,” which runs through Oct. 18, is the annual members’ show of works in painting, drawing, textiles, sculpture, photography and assemblage. An opening reception from 4:30 to […]
Down EAST Asia: An unexpected partnership at MOTHERS Gallery
MOTHERS Art & Antique Gallery in Columbia Falls is pleased to present their next exhibition, “Down EAST Asia,” featuring the fine arts, crafts and antiques of Japan, China, Korea and India — and exploring their unexpected connections with Down East Maine. An opening reception was held on Aug. 31, and the exhibition will be on […]
Shaw Jewelry presents ‘Natural Rhythms’ and ‘High Tide’
Shaw Jewelry invites the public to an evening celebrating two captivating exhibitions and their artists from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 14. The shows run through Aug. 27. Natural Rhythms — Karen Cass Karen Cass’ paintings reflect her profound love of nature and deep concern for the environment’s fragility and resilience. Her otherworldly landscapes, rocky […]
Local Color Gallery presents new works by Lindsay Hopkins-Weld and welcomes new gallery member Jim Williams
Local Color Gallery in Belfast is pleased to announce “Coastal Reflections,” a guest exhibition featuring the oil paintings of Maine-based maritime painter Lindsay Hopkins-Weld. The show opens on Aug. 19 and runs through Sept. 21. At the same time, the gallery welcomes “Lab Art” by new year-round member Jim Williams of Belfast. Living near the […]
