Tag: art
Dowling Walsh presents Scott Kelley’s ‘The Whale’ in Rockland
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland presents “Scott Kelley: The Whale,” an immersive installation of new two- and three-dimensional work by Peaks Island-based artist Scott Kelley. The exhibition opens Aug. 7 with a public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and remains on view through Aug. 29. The exhibition celebrates the 175th anniversary of the publication […]
Arts In The Barn presents ‘Summer Blues’ group show in Cushing
Arts In The Barn in Cushing presents “Summer Blues,” a group show featuring work by Joanie Betterley, Peggy Fitzgerald, Carolyn Gabbe, Mary Beth Morrison, Ann O’Hara and Janalee Welch, from Aug. 7 to 9. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 7. The show will be open from 10 a.m. […]
Waterfall Arts in Belfast welcomes visiting artists for summer of PLAY
Waterfall Arts in Belfast invites the community to explore creativity, craftsmanship and collective imagination through PLAY, a season of workshops, exhibitions and special events featuring nationally recognized artists Valeska Populoh and Mark Matthews. From illuminated lantern parades to crafted glass spheres, the visiting artists bring decades of experience and a shared belief that art has […]
CMCA welcomes Rori Smith and announces July education programs in Rockland
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland has named Rori Smith as its new director of education. Smith brings nearly two decades of experience as an educator, scholar and artist, having worked with institutions including the Penn Museum, the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the National Museum of the American Indian and […]
Kittery Art Association presents ‘Lucid Coastline’
Kittery Art Association presents “Lucid Coastline” through Aug. 2 at its gallery in Kittery. The exhibition explores the many ways artists interpret the shifting moods of the coast. From abstraction to realism, each work reveals a personal dialogue with nature’s edge — the lucid space between the tangible and the transcendent. An opening reception was […]
Jean Kigel features ‘Patchwork’ at Waldoboro studio
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro is currently featuring “Patchwork,” an oil painting by Jean Kigel. A few years ago, Kigel was one of 11 artists chosen to spend a day painting on Allen Island, six miles off Port Clyde. “I had passed this bleak island many times en route to Monhegan and had […]
UMVA’s ‘Dreaming at Dawn’ brings visions of daybreak to Bangor
The Union of Maine Visual Artists will present “Dreaming at Dawn,” an exhibition inspired by daybreak in Maine, from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 at Bangor Public Library. The exhibition features 68 pieces by 51 artists from across the state, with work installed in the library’s Cyr, Stairwell and Lecture Hall galleries. Interpretations of the […]
‘Different Shores’ reveals rhythm in Joanne Tarlin’s art
The paintings of Joanne Tarlin hum with a rhythm that forms a three-part harmony along with nature and poetry. Tarlin’s new exhibition, “Different Shores,” will open at Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 7. The paintings will remain on display in the Community Room through the […]
Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset hosts environmental programs with ‘Song of the Wild’
In conjunction with its current exhibition, “Song of the Wild,” Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset hosted two programs relating to the environment: a talk by Sarah Gladu of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust and a panel discussion on creative inspiration provided by the natural world. Gladu, Coastal Rivers’ community science director, presented “The Impact of Air” […]
Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland will host a series of July public programs alongside its summer artist residency programming.
Alison Croney Moses and Alisha B. Wormsley joined Indigo Arts Alliance July 6 and will be in residence through Aug. 6 as part of the organization’s Mentorship Residency Program. Moses is a Boston-based artist working primarily in wood. Her work explores themes of family, relationships, pregnancy, childbirth, safety and care, investigating private and personal life […]