Category: openings

Art Space Gallery reopens for the season with colorful kickoff and new artist member

After a quiet winter, Art Space Gallery in Rockland is ready to bloom again. The artist-run cooperative at 405 Main Street will reopen for the season with fresh work from its members, a new featured artist and a themed Front Room exhibition that celebrates the joyful contrast of springtime hues. The season begins with the […]

Centre Street Arts Gallery hosts event to support domestic violence awareness

Centre Street Arts Gallery in Bath will take part in the Bath-Brunswick Finding Our Voices weekend with a special reception aimed at raising awareness around domestic violence. From 5 to 7 p.m. May 9, the gallery will host a gathering featuring selected works by local artists, with proceeds from the evening going to support the […]

Reimagining the Earth through art in Kittery

A double exhibition now on view at the Kittery Art Association invites visitors to contemplate their connection to the natural world — and perhaps rethink their own role in it. “Earth Awakening” and “Reduce Reuse Recycle,” two intertwined shows running through May 11 at the gallery offer a powerful, visual celebration of the environment through […]

Layers of light and land: Two artists explore connection at Local Color Gallery

Two guest artists with distinct but complementary visions are being featured at Local Color Gallery. Maggie Sanftleben and Karen Olson share work that reflects their respective journeys into the natural world, both its surfaces and its spirit. A reception was held for Fourth Friday Gallery Night on April 25, with artist talks. After a 25-year […]

Watercolor portraits capturing the immigrant experience through Jean Kigel’s compassionate lens in ‘Displacement’

In an era where migration narratives frequently collapse into faceless statistics, Maine artist Jean Kigel offers something profoundly different: a humanizing gaze that restores individuality to those caught in the global currents of displacement. Her upcoming exhibition at Jackson Memorial Library transforms political abstractions into intimate encounters. The coastal community of Tenants Harbor will host […]

Painter Robert Starkey is the April Artist-in-Residence at DIAA Gallery

The Deer Isle Artists Association is pleased to announce the April Artist-in-Residence program with painter Robert Starkey. Starkey is a painter inspired by nature. The landscape has always provided the platform for his visual investigations. During the month, Robert will be in the gallery using oils, watercolors and graphite to develop his compositions. The primary […]

Stop by North Light Gallery during Fourth Friday Art Walks in Belfast

North Light Gallery in Belfast participated in the Art Walk on March 28 with a group show featuring its dozen artists painting scenes of the interior and coastal Maine. The gallery will host receptions for Fourth Friday Art Walks in April and May as well, featuring group exhibitions. The first official show of the season, […]

Boothbay Region Art Foundation presents ‘Maine Photographers Showcase’

Immerse yourself in the stunning perspectives of Maine photographers at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) highly anticipated “Maine Photographers Showcase.” This invitational exhibit, now in its third year, features the work of 23 exceptional photographers, offering a diverse array of styles and subjects. The exhibition opened March 29 and continues through May 1 at […]

Maine Art Collective set to open new Ogunquit location on April 18

  The Maine Art Collective is opening in its new Ogunquit location on April 18. Located at 119 Perkins Cove Road, the 1,700-square-foot gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Monday, and beginning May 1 it will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Twenty artists will showcase […]

‘Emerging Artists’ exhibition at Roux & Cyr

Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery will present “Emerging Artists: The Future of Maine Art,” with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. April 4. Three emerging artists representing USM, UNE and MECA will be exhibiting work in the gallery. Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery is at 48 Free St., Portland. […]