Tag: art

Pemaquid Art Gallery features John Butke and Candace Vlcek

John Butke, of Sawyer’s Island, Boothbay, paints familiar landscapes  with clarity of light and atmosphere: “I focus on developing an interesting contrast of colors within a strong composition and a dynamic quality of brushstrokes that create both movement and unity.”   Candace Vlcek of Jefferson, a signature member of the Pastel Society of America often […]

UMVA member Ann Tracy shows new work at Belleflower Brewery Tasting Room

UMVA board member Ann Tracy is part of the 6×6 show, opening Oct. 4 at the Belleflower Brewery Tasting Room, 66 Cove St., Portland, in the East Bayside neighborhood. The reception is during First Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 4 Tracy will be showing new collage painting work, as well as a piece […]

Art news from Helene Farrar

Oh wow, September marks entering into 15 years of officially being in business! It’s easy to look back thinking of my past studios (who remembers the one on a third floor in Hallowell with checkered floors or when I was teaching art at an elementary school 2/3 time and getting my studio off the ground?) […]

Jean Kigel shows paintings of crops and animals to celebrate Maine’s farming history

Jean Kigel Studio  + Gallery celebrates Maine’s farming history and its 25 agricultural fairs with a large watercolor of animals gazing at a Ferris wheel filled with blueberries that explode in the form of fireworks. Springfield Fair kicks off the season in early June, and the Fryeburg Fair concludes it in October. The fairs, which […]

Sohns Gallery presents ‘The Queen and Her Court’

Sohns Gallery in Bangor presents “The Queen and Her Court” featuring work by Mj Viano Crowe, Sept. 16 to Nov. 10. A reception will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 4. According to the artist: “My work at the Sohns Gallery, Bangor, THE QUEEN AND HER COURT, explores human relationships where food plays […]

What’s happening at Art Space Gallery in October

October is almost here and so are the cooler temperatures. Many people come to Maine to avoid the heat, but this summer those hot humid days came early and stayed late. Finally we are in that sweet spot. Midcoast Maine provides what we think of as the perfect New England fall — brilliant foliage, cooler […]

‘Energy in Flux’ at MMPA

The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts presents “Energy in Flux” from Oct. 4 to Nov. 30. “Todd Watts’s photograph, ‘The Second Law’ (of thermodynamics) was the impetus of this exhibition,” says Denise Froehlich, director MMPA. “He sent me an image of his new piece, and I started thinking about physics and different types of energy […]

Nocturne exhibit at MAG dazzles

The last exhibition of the season at the Maine Art Gallery, “Nocturne,” drew a large crowd to the opening Sept. 14. As one observer said, “It’s fascinating to see how artists handle light in the relative absence of it.” Indeed, creating a visual work with the theme of nighttime presents unique challenges to an artist. […]

ARTinME 2024 goes big at BRAF

The not-for-profit Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) unveils its annual juried ARTinME show, which, this year, spotlights large format works and small sculpture from Maine artists. Entries were juried by Bob Keyes, the Editorial Director at Colby College and Chair of the Maine Arts Commission. ARTinME 2024 kicks off with an opening reception at the […]

Maine’s Coastal Islands engage Midcoast UMVA artists

The Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) — Midcoast Chapter, in partnership with the Friends of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Rockland, present “Refuge,” an exhibition of artwork inspired by the unique beauty found in and around Maine’s coastal islands. The exhibit opens with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. […]