Bristol’s Saltwater Artists Gallery management team has thrown down the gauntlet to this season’s 25 members to celebrate the balance of the August calendar with a “burst of color!”
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River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists to submit work for the Water/Reflection Exhibition. All work is due by 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday,…
The First is proud to announce the winners of its seventh annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fourteen color photographs have been chosen from over 200 entries…
The village of Wiscasset will become a performance venue with plein air painting, live sidewalk music, and street performance during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 5 to 8 p.m.…
From bamboo fly fishing rods to original, contemporary furniture; from whimsical carved mermaids to atmospheric stained glass, and from whiteline wood block to handmade woven rugs, the annual Arts…
Newcastle artist Midge Coleman will exhibit at the Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) office gallery from August 25 to October 3. The theme of her exhibit is “Sunlight and Shadow ... Landscapes…
When artist Ed McCartan was preparing a presentation for the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell about looking at abstract art, the gallery described his work as incorporating “botanical, spiritual and…
The seventh annual show of work by the group known as the “Illuminateds” promises to be as varied and exciting a show as ever. This year's show will be held on Thursday, Aug. 28 with an opening…
Gold/Smith Gallery will be featuring the digitally mastered black and white and color photography by New York photographer David Wolk, Sept. 4 through Oct. 15. An open house reception for the…
Studio 53's new exhibit, opening August 29, will feature the works of New York City artists Victoria Wulff, Ewilena Bochenska and Adrian Landon. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Aug…
For three days in August, the Friends of the Zorach Fountain will present a special exhibition of William Zorach's watercolors at the Georgetown Historical Society (GHS). Friends of the Zorach…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to an opening reception for its newest exhibition, “The Sweet Life,” a solo show of contemporary functional pottery by Newcastle potter Liz Proffetty…
Maine Department of Education Commissioner update
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) joined over 90 educators, teaching artists, and interdisciplinary teams at the New England Summit on Arts Education, July 29-August 1, at the University of…
Ellen Hutcheson (Boothbay), Barbara Klein (Bristol), Sally Loughridge (South Bristol), and Bob Vaughan (Bristol) are exhibiting over 90 original paintings in oil, soft pastel, and watercolor at…
An exhibition of new paintings by Jessica Ives and mixed-media assemblages by Margaret Rizzio will be on display August 19-31 at The Good Supply in Pemaquid. An artists' reception will be held…
Discover Bath’s lively arts community during the 2014 season’s 3rd Friday Art Walk & Tour on Friday, Aug. 15 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Venues will be marked on location with festive blue or green…
River Arts in Damariscotta is helping to celebrate Gov. Paul LePage’s newly proclaimed “Maine Day,” August 16, as a “day to celebrate the state, its people and its food,” by offering a free…
If you love Maine and its mystique, you will want to come to the special art sale, “Mainescapes,” at the Lincoln Home on Thursday, Aug. 14 from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Get To Know...
Dick Macdonald is a master craftsman of stained glass art.
After 47 years of creating innumerable works of art, he still gets excited about his work.
“I've been attracted to glass…
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and the Harlow Gallery are collaborating to host a potluck dinner followed by an artist talk by Portland-based ceramic artist…
“Realism and Impressionism in Belgium, France and America” will open at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Saturday, Aug. 16. From views of Paris, the foothills of Vermont and the coast of Monhegan,…
Sylvan Gallery new exhibition “Summer Arts Exhibition,” brims with the amazing work of the galleryʼs 18 talented contemporary artists.
In addition to its regular summer hours, the Wiscasset…
Allen Bunker, who for many years was an integral part of Boothbay Harbor’s art scene, will exhibit his most recent works “Landscape Allusions,” at Damariscotta’s Savory Maine Restaurant, now…
Keith Oehmig has never taken his good fortune for granted.
The artist and owner of the Wiscasset Bay Gallery has only worked in one gallery other than his own since graduating college. This…
In Friendship Village on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m., Maine Coast Artist Gallery is having its artist reception and opening for the show entitled “Inspired by the Earth.”
This exhibit…
Technology is a means to an end in the creative process.
The public is invited to Bristol’s Saltwater Artists Gallery for a free demonstration of advanced digital enhancement techniques on…
Watercolorist Steve Hamlin will present a demonstration of his technique at the Kefauver Studio & Gallery in Damariscotta on Saturday, Aug. 9. The event is free of charge and is open to the…
Chocolate Church
There are countless reasons to fall in love with Maine. The 2014 Photography Invitational hosted by the Art Gallery of the Chocolate Church Arts Center will feature the work of four diverse…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to an opening reception for its newest exhibition, “The Maine Story,” on Friday, Aug. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. This exhibition includes 120 works in a wide…
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, July 31 from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 20-piece, all-brass Breakers Jazz Band features musicians from Maine's Midcoast that will…
Joyce Hines says she has been an artist all of her life. But, as she puts it, “life and kids took over.”
But her love…
Gleason Fine Art opens three new shows on Thursday, July 31: "Tom Curry: Islands,” “Boats and Harbors: Paintings by William Irvine, Henry Isaacs, and David Witbeck,” and “George Pearlman…
John Seitzer has joined Rocktide’s new “Paint & Pour” painting classes as one of the featured local artists.
Seitzer works in oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel, painting his impression…
Kate Seaver's drawing of medicinal herbs, featured on this year's Common Ground Country Fair poster (and T-shirts, cotton bags and other goods), emits a bright and positive energy that reflects…
Gold/Smith Gallery will be presenting “My House and Garden,” a series of painting/collages by John Vander, August 1 though September 3.
These are all works done this past winter and spring…
The Boothbay Harbor branch of First Federal Savings & Loan is exhibiting the colorful abstract oil paintings of Damariscotta artist Polly Steadman. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Boothbay…
A unique exhibition opens at Studio 53 on August 29. The works of artist/author Bob McKay and the photography of Heather McKay Bowes will be displayed, side by side, just as the…
Visitors to Maine can experience a vast trove of more than 3,000 works of art by Bernard Langlais (1921-1977) in more than 50 institutions and communities across the state as part of the new…
Albert and Gora Pucci were friends of the Zorach family. It was with a 1970 invitation from the Zorach family that Albert Pucci and his wife, Gora, found Georgetown. Georgetown Historical Society…
Kefauver Studio & Gallery is featuring the jewelry of three talented artists this summer season: Sally Loughridge, Terry Kovalcik, and the collected works of Bolivian artisans from…
All summer and straight on through October, Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor will be featuring “The Working Waterfront,” by Cushing artist John Wissemann.
Wissemann, a maestro of…
Michael Dunn's decades-long love of Chinese antiques began when he was a fledgling antiques dealer in upstate New York. For many years Dunn exhibited in the prestigious…
This annual event unveils new highlights from the artist John Paul Caponigro's recent international travels north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle. There were also stops…
At Hurricane Gallery in Waldoboro on Saturday, July 26, a new exhibition will open, “From the Bay of Bengal to the Gulf of Maine.”
Artist and gallery owner Robert Macdonald called the new…
Lek Saruta of Northern Thailand’s Akha Hill Tribes is completing an internship this summer with Kim and Philippe Villard at their…
Plein air painter Corinne McIntyre is readying for her new show, “Summer in Full Swing,” opening on August 1 at her Ocean Point Studio/Visions of Maine gallery. New land and seascapes will give…
Michael Dunn's decades-long love of Chinese antiques began when he was a fledgling antiques dealer in upstate New York. For many years Dunn exhibited in the prestigious Winter Antiques Show, held…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) has once again installed a collection of artwork that reveals the wealth of talent and creativity found here in Midcoast Maine. Our members’ artwork, 135…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
“From the Mountains to the Sea: A Juried Exhibit of Native New England Plants,” Friday, Aug. 1 through Tuesday, Sept. 30 in the Bosarge Family Education Center. Come enjoy the intricate beauty of…
Kefauver Studio & Gallery is open and offering painting classes, portfolio preparation services, and art demonstrations, in addition to the original artwork of Will Kefauver and guest artists…
