Tag: art
MCA Essay Series: What Maine Craft Means to Me
By Emmanuel Sogunle I didn’t really notice that my world was filled with craft until recently. Thanks to the Lunder Institute for American Art, I was able to work on a project called the Makers Map. The Makers Map is an interactive map that identifies and locates makers and craftspeople to provide an online network […]
‘Eternity in an Hour’ virtual exhibit by Caldbeck Gallery
Caldbeck Gallery presents new work by Elizabth Awalt and Elizabeth O’Reilly in the virtual exhibit “Eternity in an Hour.” Both artists offer imagery that provides refuge from the weather, the pandemic, and all the other things keeping us home this winter. View the show online at https://mcusercontent.com/c6bdac10295726afaab4a2246/files/8dc3ca64-c721-4fb5-afb9-abba687a50b0/Awalt_OReilly_2021_ecatalog.pdf. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm St., Rockland. […]
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art shows ‘New Beginnings’
Ellsworth Courthouse Gallery Fine Art presents “New Beginnings,” a mid-winter online show highlighting new work by 12 artists. The show is a precursor to the gallery’s upcoming summer exhibitions. A range of media is highlighted, including collage on canvas, digital montage, oil on canvas, sculptures from stainless steel or reclaimed wood and found objects, and […]
Waldoboro’s Back Cove Gallery presents Jean Kigel’s ‘The Year of the Ox’ exhibition
Jean Kigel’s new Back Cove Gallery opens with a show of Asian brush paintings titled “The Year of the Ox.” This exhibit will take place online and at the gallery, located at 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro, throughout March. Over the past decades, Kigel’s Asian brush paintings have received an overwhelming response both locally […]
CMCA’s ‘Art You Love’ benefit auction
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art is offering its annual “Art You Love” benefit auction in partnership with Artsy, the global online auction platform. Featuring more than 50 works of art by leading and emerging artists connected with Maine, the CMCA auction is an opportunity to purchase art you […]
CMCA to present Lunch/Break: Curatorial Tours of the 2020 Biennial
Join the curatorial team at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) for Lunch/Break: Curatorial Tours at noon each Thursday in January. These 30-minute, free-of-charge events will be held on Zoom. To register in advance, visit cmcanow.org. Lunch/Break features members of CMCA’s curatorial staff giving live, interactive tours of the 2020 Biennial, alternating between full […]
Caldbeck Gallery exhibits a group show
Caldbeck Gallery presents “Autumn Group Show” through December. View at the e-catalogue at https://mcusercontent.com/c6bdac10295726afaab4a2246/files/d13d0a67-db5c-4c67-8736-bd49b8140b09/Autumn_Group_Show_2020_ecatalog.01.pdf. Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm St., Rockland. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and by appointment. For more information, email [email protected], go to www.caldbeck.com, or call 207-594-5935.
New issue of MMPA Antidote now available online
In response to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and local closings, the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland began creating the online series MMPA Antidote, which includes photographic artwork, audio interviews, and artist statements and reflections from Maine artists, aimed to serve as inspiration during times of isolation. Published bi-weekly, Antidote features contemporary photographers and interviews […]
Holiday notecards available from Pemaquid Group of Artists
With the holidays just around the corner and gift lists growing, The Pemaquid Group of Artists suggests considering boxed sets of artist notecards. The card assortments offer beautiful glimpses of mid-coast Maine and make excellent gifts and remembrances. There are two sets of notecards and each consists of a box of 10 assorted full color […]
MFT Gallery’s virtual exhibition explores our connection to water
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery’s current show, “A Reflection on Water,” runs through Jan. 8 and can be viewed online at https://artcld.com/show/maine-farmland-trust-gallery-a-reflection-on-water. The virtual exhibit explores the relationships that exist between humans and the precious resource of water. This show includes work from 17 artists that show the diverse connections to this elemental and shape-shifting substance. […]
