Category: shows

Local Color Gallery welcomes art quilter Amy Nichols in Belfast

Local Color Gallery in Belfast welcomes guest artist Amy Nichols from May 19 through June 21. Nichols will speak about her art quilts at the May Art Walk reception on May 22 from 4 to 7 p.m., with her talk beginning at 5 p.m. Nichols’ art quilts have grown out of a lifelong love of […]

Art Space Gallery in Rockland honors late member John Wood this May

Art Space Gallery in Rockland opens its May season with a tribute exhibition of watercolor and oil paintings by the late John Wood, on view throughout the month in the gallery’s Front Room. A reception celebrating Wood’s life and artistic legacy will be held during the First Friday Art Walk on May 1 from 4 […]

Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery presents ‘Artifacts’ in Waldoboro this May

Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro is showing “Artifacts” this month, a collection of watercolors and oils depicting everyday tools and household objects — machining tools, drills, sad irons, rolling pins and bean pots, many from Kigel’s own family. The featured work is “Blue Oil Can,” a 1930s garage item that, like the other […]

Meetinghouse Arts opens ‘Refresh: Artists’ Spring Studio Sale’ in Freeport

Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport has opened “Refresh: Artists’ Spring Studio Sale,” on view April 17 through June 6. An opening reception was held on April 23. The show gives artists an opportunity to clear out their studios and make room for new work, with pieces available at reduced prices. Meetinghouse Arts is at 40 Main […]

Landing Gallery opens its season with Lisa Kyle solo show in Rockland

Landing Gallery in Rockland opens its 2026 season with “The Quiet Light of Maine,” a solo exhibition of new paintings by Lisa Kyle, on view May 1 through May 31. Kyle’s opening reception will be held during the First Friday Art Walk on May 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. The paintings depict moments of […]

George Marshall Store Gallery wraps ‘Block Party!’ and prepares for summer season

“Block Party!” — a group show featuring recent works by 41 local artists in a wide variety of mediums — closed April 18 at George Marshall Store Gallery in York. Works from the show remain available to browse and purchase online at georgemarshallstoregallery.com. The gallery is open by appointment only April 19 through May 29 […]

Blue Hill Bay Gallery opens its season with ‘Seasons of Maine’

Blue Hill Bay Gallery in Blue Hill opens its 2026 season with “Seasons of Maine,” a group show running from late April through mid-June that explores the ways artists portray the natural world. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Featured artist William Marvin presents a series of works capturing […]

Courthouse Gallery’s Stairwell Show opens in Ellsworth

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art in Ellsworth kicks off its 2026 season with “The Stairwell Show,” a pre-season online preview of exceptional small works by gallery and guest artists. The show can be viewed online now and in person from May 12 through Dec. 23. The stairwell at Courthouse Gallery is a lofty space with a […]

‘Imagining an Archipelago’ connects island histories at Colby College Museum of Art

Art connects islands across thousands of miles in “Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas,” on view July 11, 2026 through June 6, 2027 at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville. The exhibition brings together approximately 50 works by more than 40 contemporary artists — spanning […]

New work by Thomas O’Donovan on view at Harbor Square Gallery in Camden

Harbor Square Gallery in Camden is showing new work by Thomas O’Donovan, the jeweler and artistic director who founded the gallery more than four decades ago. On view is “Revelation,” from his series The Offering, crafted in 18k gold and bronze with antique coconut heishi beads. Harbor Square Gallery is at 37 Bay View St., […]