Tigger Leather Silversmith has been in Boothbay Harbor for 38 years. Owner Peter Dombrowski said it has been a labor of love.
The shop was originally in the building that is now Coastal Dog…
Art
Waldoboro artist Audrey Bechler is leaving Maine, her heart’s special place for over 50 years. Before she does, she will show and sell as much of her accumulated works of art as she can.
The…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation is sponsoring the show of Deborah L. Simard at The First National Bank in Boothbay Harbor in February and March.
This exhibit features the artist's large…
Between now and April 2, the Fish Ladder Restoration Committee is accepting submissions of a T-shirt design from Maine residents (year-round, summer or student). The winning design will be used as…
What color do you feel like today?
That is the question posed by process art teacher and artist Brady Nickerson to her students.
Process art students pick…
The snow storm won.
Due to this, the scheduled art show and opening reception, featuring Lise Aubry, Brady Nickerson and Jane Varn, at Rising Tide is rescheduled for Feb. 12 from 4-6 p.m.…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Samplers, silk embroideries, watercolors and furniture created by young women in 18th and early 19th century America were often made in the classrooms and were often the first — and sometimes only…
A new exhibit of three Midcoast artists brighten the walls of the Damariscotta River Grill. A new art exhibition opening on Tuesday, Feb. 9 features the work of Neil Gallagher, Peesh McClanahan…
River Arts invites artists to submit work for its upcoming “Faces and Figures” exhibition, opening Friday, Feb. 20 running through March 26.
Submissions of figurative art in any media,…
The First, N.A. of Damariscotta is pleased to showcase Dave Cleaveland’s photo images as the featured artist of the month in February. The show is hung in the bank's main lobby.
Cleaveland…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
The Newcastle Local Planning Committee is working on a plan to increase public interest in Newcastle’s government and town life.
But first, committee members say, people have to know where…
Celebrate local art at Rising Tide! Join us Friday, Feb. 5 from 4-6 p.m. for our monthly celebration of art, community and good wine.
This month’s Art at the Co-op exhibit will feature…
Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency for Maine artists. In addition to two five-week residencies on Monhegan Island for Maine-based visual artists, the program…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of original artwork by artist, author and editor Jonathan Alderfer.
Alderfer has specialized in painting birds and natural…
Vibrant color and delicate design by Lise Aubry, Brady Nickerson and Jane Varn will be on display, and for sale, at the Rising Tide Community Market for…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Spotlight” In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, a defrocked…
Perfectly timed for Valentine’s Day, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ first auction of 2016 on February 13 and 14 will offer over 1,000 examples of fine artwork, estate jewelry, antiquities,…
Do you hear those clicking sounds?
That's the sound of cameras “shuttering” across the state, capturing images for the 11th Annual Maine Photography Show (MPS), the state's premier juried…
“I was thrilled out of my mind. Monhegan was a major experience, my refuge,” said Leonard Meiselman. “I have been returning to Monhegan for 59 years, since the mid-1950s, to draw, paint and write…
River Arts
Just a reminder ... River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Black, White & Tones of Grey” exhibition. We are welcoming submissions in…
Maine’s premier juried exhibit for photography is now accepting entries. Open to all Maine residents, including those part-timers who have summer addresses, submissions can be completed on line at…
Ludmilla Schicchi, Pam Riml and Elizabeth Stoyko are pleased to be selected by the Southport Memorial Library as Artists of the Month for January and February.
Schicchi, a watercolorist, has…
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Black, White & Tones of Grey” exhibition. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m…
Additional days have been added for the Barbara Fischer Eldred Retrospective at Studio 53.
A special preview will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2 from 1-3 p.m. followed by the original date and…
An artist, poets and foresters will present an exhibition, and related events, in response to trees that are dying off on Monhegan and adjacent islands. The exhibition entitled, “A Protest Artist…
Not many of us can say one of our parents has had their art displayed at the White House. But East Boothbay resident and artist Barbie Fischer Eldred, and her brother, York Fischer of Sawyer’s…
One of Maine’s most beloved artist-couples, Ted and Consuelo Hanks, passed away within a week of each other on Dec. 1 and 8 at their home in Jefferson. It was their…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Attention all frustrated artists: New Year’s resolutions can be kept. If one of yours happens to be to learn how to draw or paint, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) has just…
Steve Viega is at work in his Walpole studio and workshop, designing and creating unique gifts from wood.
His collection includes spalted wood bowls, plates, natural edge bowls, unique…
Rising Tide Community Market
Looking to sample wine before hosting your holiday gathering? Portland-based distributor Devenish Wines will be doing a free sampling at Rising Tide Community Market this Friday, Dec. 18 from 4 to…
The River Arts West Gallery will be the venue for a variety of art work by individuals enrolled in the Creative Expressions Program at Mobius Incorporated beginning Dec. 17.
All are welcome…
The 2015 judges of the Gingerbread Spectacular, Kit Sherrill, Sarah Foulger, Kelly Robbins and Laura Honey bestowed the following sweet awards ... drum roll, please ..... no, no, on a REAL drum,…
On December 4, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts brought 25 Maine art educators of grades K-12 together for a workshop on ceramic surface printing techniques to use in the classroom. Artist…
Susie Stephenson's new studio is open for business.
The Boothbay Railway Village (BRV) has published a children’s book entitled, “Reginald The Railway Rat.” The story by Paige Pendleton follows Reggie through one day at the BRV Museum, including…
Maine Department of Education
The Maine Department of Education and the Maine Arts Commission a celebration of Excellence in Maine Visual and Performing Arts Education hosted by First Lady Ann M…
Centre St Arts Gallery, LLC, invites the public to celebrate its Third Anniversary Open House on Friday, Dec. 11, at 11 Centre Street in Bath from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be music by pianist Frank…
This annual holiday event, now in its 11th year, will be held at the home of Jessica Sirois, owner of Jlynne Designs Studio. Come meet the artists, sit by the fire, and have the opportunity to buy…
Pemaquid artist Julie Babb is displaying several of her paintings at The First bank, Main Street, Damariscotta, during the month of December.
Babb is well known for her…
Elise Isabel Andersen’s new line of note cards comes with a guarantee.
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Take a road trip to Portland’s Public Library to see it before Dec. 31
PORTLAND—Stumble down to the ground floor of the Portland Public Library and you’re sure to feel how Alice did after sipping the “Drink Me” sizzurp.
A contemporary art exhibition titled “…
Susie Stephenson will hold an open house at her Edgecomb fiber arts studio on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Fiber artist, teacher, and author of “Designing and Hooking Primitive Rugs…
With her current show “Winter Colors” at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG), East Boothbay artist Andrea Peters clearly shares in the spirit behind the celebration of the holidays…
Last winter, artist John Vander was invited to be part of a two-man show at the Fondazione Marino Marini in Pistoia, Italy. Turns out, longtime friend and…
Damariscotta River Grill
The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series incorporates Ed McCartan’s large, bold botanical paintings with Nancy Coleman’s printmaking images of nature and everyday life. Opening on Monday,…
Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery presents paintings in watercolor and acrylic by Cecile Clifford of Boothbay Nov. 28 through Jan. 1, 2016.
Cecile's art reflects her love of the “Good Old…
“Passion is contagious. My goal is to have people feel the experience, to imagine the stories, to connect to what makes living in…
Gleason Fine Art
Beginning Nov. 25 and running through Jan. 2, 2016, Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor celebrates the season with its annual “Eye Catchers: Artwork for Holiday Giving” show.
Imagine opening…
“Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” opened at Bowdoin College Museum of Art in October. It continues through March 6, 2016. The first major pan-African art…
Cousins Island artist Alice Wheatland Ingraham's new solo exhibition at River Arts West opened Nov. 21 and will run through Dec. 2.
Ingraham has been an island artist for over 25 years. She…
