Tag: art
Multimedia artist Julie Crane stirs up the DNA of art
Maine artist Julie Crane is bringing her unique perspective to Local Color Gallery this June and July. Her multimedia pieces depict creatures in an atmosphere of objects with amplified scale. Microscopic elements from the ocean mingled with seed pods and the trails of birds’ flight patterns enter into the layering of marks. Crane’s work considers […]
Mars Hall Gallery opens its 2021 season
Mars Hall Gallery opens its 2021 season on June 18 with a group show titled “Pandemic Productivity.” With nowhere to go and an abundance of time, artists have been very productive. This exhibit will showcase new works by Nancy Baker, Ian Baird, Jeanette Steele-Esposito, Kris Johnson, Stephen Jonassen and Eleanor Zuccola, along with oils and […]
Mid-Coast Salon ‘Art Matters’ exhibit
Mid-Coast Salon will present the exhibit “Art Matters” at Portland Media Center. The Salon is a monthly discussion group of two dozen accomplished artists brought together by their love for and commitment to art. In this exhibit, 16 of them will present 60 diverse works of drawing, painting, photography, pottery and even flexforms. Participants include […]
Porcelain Sgraffito for Everyone virtual workshop
Would you like to make a beautiful porcelain tile, using the ancient technique of sgraffito? Now you can! In the fun, supportive and interesting class Porcelain Sgraffito for Everyone, Sgraffito artist Tim Christensen will guide you through expressing yourself through etching on clay. All tools and materials are included in your materials kit, and work […]
Call for Art: ‘art + gender’
The Harlow invites artists to submit artwork to “art + gender,” a juried exhibition that explores the relationship between gender and society. “Art + gender” will be on view Aug. 6 to Sept. 11 at 100 Water St. in Hallowell with an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 6. “Art + Gender” is […]
‘Abbott Meader: Land Visions Seen and Imagined — A Retrospective’ at the Harlow
The Harlow presents “Abbott Meader: Land Visions Seen and Imagined — A Retrospective” from June 9 to July 3 at 100 Water St. in Hallowell. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Charles Abbott Meader, the son of Albion parents and descended from over four generations of Maine natives, was born […]
Pemaquid Art Gallery is open for the season
Pemaquid Art Gallery is now open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the summer until Indigenous People’s Day. COVID precautions are in place. The Pemaquid Group of Artists’ yearly exhibit is one of the longest continuous art exhibitions in Maine. The vision for this group began in early summer of 1928 with Frederick […]
2021 Guild Fine Craft Show Preview Party
Beginning in 2020, the Maine Crafts Association assumed management of four fine craft shows previously managed by the Maine Crafts Guild. The intent of the shows, as it was under Maine Crafts Guild management, is to nurture a marketplace where the public can see, collect and learn about the highest quality craft objects made by […]
Eastport’s ArtWalk summer season starts June 25
Eastport is an art destination on the fourth weekends of June, July and August. Visit galleries, and enjoy artist talks, dance parties, music, theater, films and interactive art experiences for all ages. Get your ArtWalk passports stamped at more than 10 galleries along Water Street for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate. […]
‘Wander Lust’ solo photography exhibit by Susan Moore
“Wander Lust,” a solo show by photographer Susan Moore, runs June 20 to July 3 at Eastport Gallery. Moore learned photography from her father. She was “taught to always have my camera,” she says, “as well as a fishing pole with me, as I imagine he wanted me to be able to fill my soul […]
