The 16th annual Maine Photography Show (MPS) opens April 10 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) and will continue through May 7, subject to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Art
Come to the Damariscotta River Grill for dinner and the opening reception of the art of Sarah Fisher, Daisy Greene and Mary Winkes on Wednesday, April 7. To celebrate the artists, the Grill is…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath will exhibit four Maine artists in its gallery in a show titled “A…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) in Bath…
The Second World War had a dramatic impact on the everyday lives of individuals across the country, and while far from the fighting, the residents of Maine’s remote offshore islands…
The Pemaquid Group of Artists (PGA) announces a call for new members for the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, for the 2021 season.
This will be the Pemaquid Gallery’s 93rd…
On Thursday, March 25, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present an online lecture by writer, art historian, and psychoanalyst Laurie Wilson entitled “Empress of the Environment: Louise Nevelson at a…
The prospects for a colorful yarn exhibit, or yarn bombing, on Wiscasset’s made over Main Street have unraveled. Selectmen Feb. 16 were mixed on the concept and some said it might work, not on…
In its first major sale of 2021, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will present an irresistible array of fresh-to-the-market items that will attract all types of potential buyers. Titled “…
Chocolate Church Arts Center
The Chocolate Church Arts Center will welcome the Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans, with a gallery exhibit opening on Friday, Feb. 26. In its 17th year, the Guild is a collective of artists promoting…
A virtual art show featuring the works of five Midcoast artists who have attended New Ventures Maine classes and workshops will be hosted during the month of…
Pastoral paintings – at some point, whenever I’m visiting in one – I slowly become aware of this slight smile on my face and then the right side tilt of my head as I begin dreaming of where in the…
Owls Head Transportation Museum
Presented by the Owls Head Transportation Museum, this 2,000-square foot exhibition will illustrate the electrifying evolution of tourism and transportation history that defined the State of Maine…
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Region Art Foundation – 1 Townsend Ave. - 633-2703 – www.boothbayartists.org
Gleason Fine Art – 31 Townsend Ave – 633-6849 – www.gleasonfineart.com…
Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset
As we work our way through a new year, gallery owners and boards, event planners, store owners, lodging and attraction businesses are all taking the 2021 season one day at a time. The Maine Art…
Meanwhile ... back in the studio
When I gave Sawyer’s Island-based artist John Butke a call this week, he and his wife Jill, an accomplished weaver, were enjoying a bit of down time. Yet, even while enjoying a respite, there is…
The Maine Photography Show (MPS), deadline for submissions is drawing near ... like next Friday, Jan. 22.
And the categories are ... Black and White, Color, Student, and the Special…
Jason Thurston is a Northport artist, using his drawing skills to draw Midcoast scenery on shells.
The idea to create art on shells came a few years ago when Thurston’s wife, Hana, was in…
The Maine Photography Show (MPS), has been the annual premier juried gallery show of photography in Maine for 16 years. Deadline for submissions is at the stroke of midnight on Friday, Jan. 22.…
Artists from Mobius’ Creative Opportunities program opened an exhibit at the CLC YMCA at 525 Main St., in Damariscotta, on Oct. 15. The “Art From The Heart II” has extended the run until Jan. 15…
“Thank you for doing this.”
“Thank you for being a highlight of the holiday season.”
"This is my kids’ favorite event and they were worried that it…
Watercolorist Kathleen Horst, Damariscotta, has a new credit to add to her list of accomplishments: “As seen on HGTV”! Horst was approached this past summer to paint a portrait of a newly…
Love art but you are short on cash? At Boothbay Region Art Foundation, the Art in the Square Show and Sale has just kicked off its 16th year. All canvases are 12” x 12” and just $125 a square!…
Join us at Damariscotta River Grill for a week of dinner specials the week of Dec. 15-19 to celebrate art and the holidays. The Pemaquid Group of Artists new show will be on display just in time…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor technical director, actor and pianist Kevin Kiley is in the “Holidays” issue of Down East magazine. Sara Ann Donnelly’s article ““Gingerbread Man” tells of Kiley’s…
Sylvan Gallery is proud to feature a selection of small works of art by contemporary masters from Nov. 27 through Jan. 10, 2021. This exhibition features works in oil, acrylic, and pastel with the…
With the holidays just around the corner and gift lists growing, the Pemaquid Group of Artists suggests considering boxed sets of artist note cards. The card assortments offer beautiful glimpses…
Jamey and Lindsey Ackley planned to spend their fifth anniversary in Hawaii. COVID-19 dashed those plans, along with lobstering in the Florida Keys, and fishing in the waters of Pine Island Sound…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center is publishing a book containing over 100 submissions of work from professional and amateur creators all across Maine and beyond. “From Home in Bunny Slippers:…
River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for a special December show, without a predetermined theme, that will fill the galleries. Artists are invited to participate…
“I Am An American” exhibition opens Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cove Street Arts in Portland. The show features the work of Daniel Minter, Leonard Meiselman (Wiscasset), Natasha Mayers (Whitefield),…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is once again gearing up for the ever-popular 12” x 12” Art in the Square exhibit. Now is the time for regional artists to get a canvas and…
Tucked in an idyllic valley just off Route 1, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts offers a contemplative oasis for artists working in clay. During a usual summer and fall, ceramists from Maine…
‘A meaningful sculpture has power, presence and humanity, and generates its own unique narrative’
ROCKPORT — Carving wooden life size sculptures of sports figures has been a passion for Rockport artist Jon Moro, who recently departed from sports figures to crafting a life size sculpture of two…
Lincoln Home residents and staff celebrated each other’s creativity and stories this week during an Art Celebration in the living room. The gathering opened the door to stories ranging from past…
Fall is upon us in the Northeast. It’s the time of year when we get to see the brilliant colors of foliage and the red, orange and yellow colors make for wonderful subjects to photograph. Getting…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit original work for the next juried show, “Artist’s Choice.” Submission to “Artist’s Choice” is open to original artwork in all media including…
Sculpture Boothbay
On Oct. 3 Sculpture Boothbay was at the East Boothbay General Store on Route 96 owned Elizabeth Evans.
Evans welcomed the arrival of the untitled sculpture by artist…
Sculpture Boothbay
Trees make paper, so it's appropriate that Sculpture Boothbay’s new addition to the sculpture trail has been installed at the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper office in Boothbay…
The Art at the Grill welcomes talented artists, Elaine Hranich and Robin Swennes for a new exhibit Sept. 29-Nov. 2 at the Damariscotta River Grill.
Elaine Hranich grew…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aggressive bidding at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Summer’s Bounty II sale on Aug. 29 & 30 yielded many surprises and strong results. Grossing over $2.2 million, the auction attracted 797…
East Boothbay’s Ocean Point Inn is the venue for a new art show, “Summer’s End,” spearheaded by the inn’s Marketing Director Patricia Royall.
The outdoor opening reception Sept. 2 was held…
River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta presents Jacqueline Johnson in a solo show in the River Room. This exhibition runs from Sept. 11-23. Johnson’s work, deeply inspired by nature and her concern…
Contemporary realism is the focus of the current online exhibit presented by Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery. The show, originally scheduled to be seen in the gallery at this time, has been…
Beginning now and running through Oct. 13, Gleason Fine Art is hosting Roger Dale Brown's second solo show with the gallery. Brown, one of the foremost marine painters in the country, is from…
Studio 53’s owners Terry Seaman and Heidi Seidelhuber are honored to celebrate his legacy 50 years later with “Don Justin Meserve: Sculpture Retrospective 2020,” an exhibition of over 40 works…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) current exhibit captures the character of Maine from as many angles as there are artists. Having a record-breaking number of pieces, this show has been…
Carlo Albucci show opens at Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 3 running through Oct. 21.
Carlo Albucci was a Florentine painter of curious happenings. He painted ironic, iconic…
Gleason Fine Art was named Best Art Gallery in Maine in Down East magazine's annual Best of Maine issue (the September issue, now on the stands). In mid-spring, Down East asked its readers to pick…
The Pemaquid Group of Artists will host an outdoor Art Under the Tent Sale at Lighthouse Park on Saturday, Sept. 5, weather permitting. Several artists will be painting plein air on location…
