I was watching a junco and young blue jay vying for seed from the feeder (the jay won – big surprise) out my kitchen window the other morning. I started thinking about all of the local artists who…
Art
Where it’s at
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the art of Tony van Hasselt and the man himself since I learned of his passing. I remember talking with Tony and his wife Jan at Studio 53 last fall. He’d…
River Arts in Damariscotta re-opens on Saturday, Feb. 5 with a spectacular show of artwork created by some of the River Arts’ volunteers. This River Room show honors the dedication and hard work…
It’s January in Maine. Along with winds off the water, icy sidewalks and the…
Maine Arts Commission has awarded Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery $8,700 in support of the Commission’s goal of strengthening the state’s creative workforce. The matching grant will enable the…
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and The Color Network (TCN) are partnering for a second year to offer an artist residency focused on mentor-mentee relationship building among artists of…
Harbor Theater
The Exhibition on Screen popular art film series continues in January with “The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin.” The film shows on Friday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. (one show only). Tickets are $…
Bob Crink’s photography show, ‘People and Places on the Peninsula,’ may be viewed from Jan. 11 through February in the…
“Being the Ricardos” – (R – language; 2 hours 5 minutes) - Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) are threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear and…
River Arts in Damariscotta is temporarily closed. Because of the current pandemic surge in our region, the decision has been made that in order to protect the health of our artists, volunteers,…
The Maine Photography Show
Photographers across the state are submitting work they hope will be selected for the 17th Maine Photography Show slated for April 9 through May 2 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation and online at…
Andre Benoit will begin the 2022 Artist of the Month series at the Southport Memorial Library with his abstract assemblages through the months of January and February.
Benoit creates…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
On Wednesday, Dec. 15, our After School Adventures program enjoyed an early release day from school by getting into the Christmas spirit! Our ASA kids got their own gingerbread houses to…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit work for the next juried show, “Black & White.” This show is open to members and non-members. All mediums are welcome. The deadline for…
Give the gift of Art this Holiday season! Twenty of Pemaquid Art Gallery’s talented artists share their varied styles, mediums and views of the beauty in Maine landscape and wildlife at the…
“No Time To Die”- (PG-13; 2 hours, 43 minutes) - Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-…
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, announces the opening of “The Little Holiday” art show. The show opened Nov. 28 and will runs until Jan. 3. The show features new work by oil…
A special “Holiday Show” decks the halls at River Arts in Damariscotta. The galleries are filled with fine art and fine craft by Maine artists. For this season of giving, everything in this show…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation gallery manager June Rose once said of its annual Art in the Square show and sale, “It’s hip to be square!” And, given it’s year 16 for this fundraiser, Rose is spot…
Art in the Square show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation opening Nov. 20.
Art in the Square features original works of art mostly on 12" by 12" canvases - but including many versions of…
“The Truffle Hunters” - (PG-13, 1 hour, 24 minutes) -In Italian with English subtitles - Final screenings! Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw follow a group of determined old men…
River Arts in Damariscotta starts an Artists’ Group. Looking to socialize with other artists? Longing to discuss art and life as an artist? Hoping to get a critique of your work-in-progress? Look…
This year, Pine Tree Society brought back one of its most popular holiday cards, featuring “Schooner in the Harbor” by Maine artist Richard Hasenfus. His first holiday card design for Pine Tree…
Southport Memorial Library
Fabric and Fine Art Artist Helen Farnham will be Artist of the Month for November and December at the Southport Memorial Library.
Helen is well known in the Boothbay area for her many…
What could be the best Art in ME! Exhibition at Boothbay Region Art Foundation opened Oct. 16 with 69 pieces of diverse work in as many media.
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Maine Arts Commission
The Maine Arts Commission has announced two new grants to support job creation and the strengthening of the state’s creative workforce. Individual artists and nonprofit organizations are welcome…
River Arts of Damariscotta presents a solo show of artist Christine G. Aston’s work in the River Room from Thursday, Oct. 28 to Wednesday, Nov. 17. An opening reception will be held from 1-3 p.m.…
Art at the Grill
Damariscotta River Grill hosts three new artists for their fall “Art at the Grill” show that will be on display Nov. 1 through Dec. 14. Lonie Laffely Ellis, Dianne Smith Dolan and…
River Arts
River Arts of Damariscotta presents “Photo Show.” Juried by photographer Rose Marasco, it focuses solely on the art of photography. The exhibition opens Oct. 19 with an opening reception to be …
A Peanuts Halloween, The Hulk, Bilbo Baggins’ hobbit house complete with a miniature, framed print of Wyeth’s “Christina’s World”; a towering witch with her ghosts, an elephant head, an unusual…
The Miles Memorial Hospital League is issuing its final call for artists to exhibit their works in the hospital’s Hall Gallery during the 2022 calendar year. Final deadline for consideration of…
Maine Art Gallery
The beauty of Maine is captured by four photographers at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset. In this, the final show of the season, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 16, the visitor is presented…
traditional and contemporary decorations
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about creating winter holiday decorations from available natural materials,…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is having its popular "Art in the Square 2021" to open on Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. for Early Bird Sale Saturday. Great holiday gifts can be found among these 12” x…
As the 2021 season enters October, the region begins to quiet down until the trees begin showing their brilliant seasonal colors.
The attendance at the Oct. 1 First Friday galleries…
After some initial showers, the sky cleared for a successful final Wiscasset Art Walk of the season on Thursday evening, Sept. 30.
Artist Susan Perrine was creating a garden structure from…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center gallery in Bath will feature artists Jennifer Goldfinger and Kathryn Geismar in a show titled “Transformation/Identity,” with an opening event at CCAC on Friday,…
Take a different route to work.
That’s one of the tips offered by photographers looking for inspiration for their work. And it worked this morning, Sept. 24.
Just after 7 a.m.,…
On display until Oct. 6 in the hall gallery at the Miles Hospital are 30 paintings by Waldoboro artist, Lisa Kyle. The paintings are in both oil and acrylic and explore the beauty of Midcoast…
Learn to paint with wool with artist Kristen Walsh on Thursday, Oct. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m.at the Ocean Point Inn, Shore Road, East Boothbay.
Using wool felt as a base, learn needle felting…
Wiscasset Art Walk
Twig artist Susy Perrine will build a garden structure…
Art at the Grill
Damariscotta River Grill hosts three new artists for their fall “Art at the Grill” show. Midcoast artists Cheryl DiCara, Elaine Hranich, and Cheryl Young share their varied styles, mediums and…
Maine Art Gallery
For its final show of the season, the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset features four fine art photographers, each celebrating Maine through their own point of view and aesthetic. Works by Terry…
Welcome back to our newly renovated theater. We hope you enjoy the dark blue color scheme, new concession stand and state of the art acoustical surround sound system while watching some of the…
Where It’s At
I haven’t written about the art of Brad Betts for a very long time. I realized this when I was at his Down East Gallery to interview Cilla Alden about her featured show there.
Brad’s…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center will welcome audiences back into its historic theater for its fall 2021 season, beginning on Friday, Sept. 17 with a performance from Maine folk icons, Schooner…
Where it’s at
The autumn equinox is Sept. 22, at approximately 3:21 p.m. We will welcome a new season and bid farewell to summer. And with summer’s passing, we will also be saying goodbye to a few of our…
“Talking Art in Maine” and “Talking Food in Maine,” both part of Lincoln Theater’s Intimate Conversations series, return this September live on stage. These one…
“Solace,” a show of limited edition, original linocut and woodcut prints by Deborah Kozak, will run from Thursday, Sept. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 6 in the River Room at River Arts Gallery in…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) final members’ show for the summer of ’21 is providing a seasonal theme with fall colors predominating, along with the “perennial” last blooms of summer. As…
