Tag: art
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 […]
Jean Kigel reflects on the fall harvest
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro celebrates the fall harvest season this October with “The Harvest,” a painting of wooden ladders set against apple trees. The old-fashioned ladders represent the precariousness of farming in an era when more migrants than locals harvest Maine’s apples. A dark path leads ominously out of the orchard. Kigel […]
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 […]
Tandem Glass hosts Maine Craft Weekend open house
Tandem Glass in Dresden will host an open house Oct. 3 and 4 as part of Maine Craft Weekend, a statewide open studio tour. Guest artists will represent a range of media and discuss their work and processes with visitors. Among them is Mallory Waldman, the mother of Tandem Glass artist Terrill Waldman. Mallory Waldman […]
Indigo Arts Alliance shares news of art, legacy and community
Portland’s Indigo Arts Alliance is highlighting recent coverage, publications and projects involving its co-founders and artists in residence, from an exhibition exploring Black cultural memory to new books about land and justice. “Thresholds,” organized by Indigo Arts Alliance in partnership with the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, brings together work by Daniel Minter, […]
Dominique Ostuni explores luxury and labor in ‘Excess Comes Naturally’
Dominique Ostuni’s solo exhibition, “Would an Angel Apologize for Spilling Champagne,” is on view through Oct. 3 at Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland. A centerpiece of the exhibition is “Excess Comes Naturally,” an elaborate mirror standing more than 8 feet tall. The work begins with an ordinary functional object, then overwhelms that function with porcelain, […]
Waterfall Arts to open Lincoln Street Center studios to public
Waterfall Arts will invite the public inside more than 40 artist studios during the Lincoln Street Center Fall Open Studios from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at 24 Lincoln St. in Rockland. During the free event, artists will open their studios and welcome visitors into their creative spaces. Guests can explore Rockland’s historic former […]
‘Made in Maine’ combines new and legacy work at Maine Art Gallery
“Made in Maine,” the Maine Art Gallery’s annual member show, features more than 100 works of art across two floors of the historic Old Academy building in Wiscasset. The exhibition is on view through Oct. 18. Sara Stites of Thomaston, a new member, is showing at the gallery for the first time. Her oil painting […]
High Peaks Artisan Guild features Karen Jordan Paul
High Peaks Artisan Guild in Kingfield features Western Maine watercolor artist Karen Jordan Paul throughout September. Paul draws inspiration from wildlife found throughout Maine, particularly wild birds and fish. The guild celebrated Paul as its featured artist of the month during the Sept. 4 Kingfield Art Walk. High Peaks Artisan Guild is at 245 Main […]
