Alna’s Jenny Jordan grew up poor in Massachusetts. “I’d get bread from one neighbor, I’d get peanut butter from another neighbor, and jelly from another neighbor,” she said.
At about 21,…
Art
The Monhegan Artists’ Residency Corporation (MARC) is pleased to announce that it is now taking applications for its 2018 summer program. Two 5-week residencies are available to Maine-based visual…
And visions of the children’s expressions danced in her head ...
That’s just what happened in 2015 when Southport-based artist Sue Heil Kibbe saw photos in the Boothbay Register of…
Show run: Jan. 23 - March 13
The walls at the Damariscotta River Grill brighten the dreary days of winter showcasing a variety of artists, subjects, style and mediums.
Art at the Grill hosts 16 of…
It’s last call for Maine photographers planning to enter the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s 13th annual Maine Photography Show. All entries must be submitted by midnight on Friday, Jan. 26…
“What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor - A Celebration of the Human Form,” a show of paintings, paper work, photography and sculpture received such rave reviews…
Several of Julie Babb’s gouache paintings are now on display at Newcastle Realty, 89 Main St., in Damariscotta.
Julie and her husband Bruce recently moved from the…
It’s a new year — time to get started on the events calendar for the Boothbay Register’s award-winning publication “Summertime!”
All groups and organizations with events to be listed…
Union artist Kathy Felch will be presenting her “Upcycled and Repurposed” exhibition at Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery Jan. 6 through Feb. 9. The exhibit features 20 wood and linoleum block…
Farnsworth Art Museum’s 2018 Maine in America award
The Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland, Maine, is proud to announce architect Toshiko Mori as the recipient of the 2018 Maine in America Award. The…
Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting a scientific drawing workshop led by artist and science illustrator David Wheeler on Saturday, Jan. 6, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., at DRA’s Great Salt…
When a copper dome was constructed atop the Maine State House more than a century ago, there were likely few spectators that could imagine the copper sheathing would one day be repurposed into…
The Little Holiday Show” art show at the Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, currently showcases eclectic and beautiful original art for holiday gift giving, for every budget. The show…
Wiscasset native Ericka Soule said she came up with the name Rock Paper Scissors long before she ever knew she’d eventually own a shop, in her hometown. Soule owns Rock Paper Scissors at 68 Main…
A young man is standing at the ship’s wheel of an old wooden boat. In front of him lie the harbor, the ocean – and far beyond, endless possibilities stretch out before him in Nathan Campbell’s…
A PVC sculpture spelling out the name Hesper suffered a fate similar to the old schooner it was made to commemorate. Wiscasset native Nick Dalton, the sculpture’s designer and builder, was upset…
It’s time for the annual Artisan show & holiday sale at Jlynne Designs Studio in Damariscotta Dec. 8-10.
The three-day event kicks off with an artists’ reception on Friday, the 8th…
Those 12” x 12” canvases adorning the gallery walls of the Boothbay Region Art Foundation are extremely popular – and this year is exceptional! Since the show opened on Nov. 24, a.k.a. Black…
Pemaquid Watershed Association
Pemaquid Watershed Association presents “Natures Palette,” artwork by Newcastle resident Helen Warner in oil, watercolor and ink. The exhibit will be up through Feb…
Starting in December, local artist and native Mainer Bev Walker will have an exhibit on display at Atlantic Motor Car (AMC) that could be entitled “Pine Tree State.” It is a colorful collection of…
To celebrate the gift giving season, the Art at the Grill series host eight artists, each exhibiting eight pieces, in eight very different styles. The show will run from Dec. 4 through Jan. 23,…
“You are invited to Buckingham Palace” … Now that is a phrase to seize anyone’s…
Photographs by Betsy Bass and Pamela Logan will be on display throughout December in the upstairs Community Room during normal library hours. A reception will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 4.…
Local artist Tony van Hasselt created this beautiful watercolor during an unexpected snowstorm and appropriately titled it “April Surprise.”
It was in late April of this year. Tony was…
Edgecomb artist Kimberly Skillin Traina’s “Seasons of Maine” exhibition, featuring 30 pastel paintings, will be in the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery Nov. 25 through Jan. 4. Traina’s…
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
The Damariscotta office of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is currently displaying the lively wooden sculpture images of Boothbay Harbor-based artist Andr…
River Arts
River Arts has opened its West Gallery to the the Women Artists of Midcoast Maine, a group of women from the Belfast area who banded together several years ago to support and promote their artwork…
Stone sculptures are being placed around downtown Boothbay Harbor and there will be many more. These sculptures will be the focus of the region’s new, year-round…
River Arts is inviting artists throughout Maine to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, “Small Works.” Opening reception is Friday, Dec. 1 from 5-7 p.m. The show will hang…
The two and three dimensional fine art of over 15 artists is the creative stuff Studio 53’s “Fall Into Winter” show is all about.
“Fall Into Winter” opens for weekends beginning Nov. 24…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s annual holiday event, Art in the Square, opens at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 (a.k.a. Black Friday).
Midcoast artists and others across the state, have…
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery presents “The Little Holiday Show,” the seventh and final art show of the 2017 season at the gallery. The show will run from Nov. 17 through Jan. 2. All of the…
River Arts visitors have selected the winners of this month’s Peoples’ Choice: three painters who are inspired by the natural beauty of Maine. Realistic and abstract points of departure…
Damariscotta's Savory Maine Dining & Provisions is pleased to exhibit the paintings of Chelsea artist Sandra Leinonen Dunn through November and December.
Dunn is best known for her…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation is once again gearing up for the ever-popular 12” by 12” Art in the Square exhibit. Now is the time for regional artists to get a canvas and create a masterpiece.…
First Federal Savings Bank, in conjunction with Boothbay Region Art Foundation, is pleased to be hosting a new exhibit of Cally Peaco’s photography at their Townsend Avenue location in Boothbay…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Fall Auction, on Nov. 17, 18 and 19, will present a veritable feast of outstanding art, antiques and decorative items…
Mark Mellor is the November Artist of the Month at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library. His exhibit, “Buoys,” can be viewed in the upstairs community room during normal library hours. This is his…
Paintings and mixed media works by Waldoboro artist, Joyce Eames Steel, are currently on exhibit at the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery through Nov. 24.
Steel draws inspiration for…
River Arts invites the public to the opening reception for its exhibition, “Artists’ Choice,” Friday, Oct. 27 from 5-7 p.m. The Artists…
Pemaquid Watershed Association continues to host the captivating art exhibit by Bath artist “kdb” Dominguez, “Birds of the Wilderland.” She is passionate about nature and uses many mediums and…
Southport Memorial Library
Photographer Ronn Orenstein will be Artist of the Month in November and December at the Southport Memorial Library. A reception will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Orenstein, who…
26 Split Rock Cove in S. Thomaston offers a quiet place to create
SOUTH THOMASTON — Tucked way back on a tree-lined dirt road sits an artist retreat called 26 Split Rock Cove; likely a place you’ve never heard of, but it’s a haven for artists and writers both in…
Join us at the Damariscotta River Grill as we welcome two new artists, Susan Parrish Carter and Anne Cronin, for our Art at the Grill series. The show will hang from Oct. 24 through Dec. 4. A…
A classical pianist, painter, poet, sculptor, embroiderer, weaver. This was Nancy Hemenway Whitten Barton, Boothbay Harbor born and bred. Who could have predicted she would become a pioneer in the…
A group of artists, living and working in Maine, have come together to present the exhibition “America Now, a dialogue.” The exhibition is focused on artistic creativity in a country divided…
It was standing room only at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation the evening of Oct. 14 for the ARTinME awards ceremony. Juror Chris…
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to announce that one of their featured artists, Charles Norris, has been recently selected for the highly competitive Boston Printmakers…
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, presents “6 x 6”, the sixth art show of the 2017 season at the gallery. The show will run from Oct. 13 through Nov. 12. Meet the artists at a…
Artist and gallery owner Keith Rendall of Rendall Fine Art will give a talk on the art marketing scene in Lincoln County at a gathering of anyone interested in promoting the arts on Thursday, Oct…
