Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency for emerging Maine artists. In addition to two, five-week residencies or Maine-based visual artists on Monhegan Island, the…

“Winter Colors: Paintings by Mitch Billis, Andrea Peters, Phil Barter, Tom Curry, Peter Sculthorpe, and Jessica Stammen” is the new show at Gleason Fine Art. The show opens Thursday, Feb. 6 and…

You've received your spring 2014 L.L.Bean catalog in the mail.

The image on the cover looks to be a bold and colorful painting.

If you…

Throughout the month of February, the quilt artistry of Janet B. Elwin of Walpole, will be showcased in the atrium of Skidompha Library.

Elwin has been a quilt instructor and lecturer since…

Artist Bob McKay is creating a new mural at the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor.

McKay, known for…

The Stable Gallery in Damariscotta is calling for artists and fine crafts people to apply for the 2014 season.

Deadline for all applications with CD of work is March 1. All applications will…

The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) has a $500 scholarship available to a Boothbay student in a postsecondary art program, leading to a degree in graphic art, art education, or fine art.…

Attention Maine photographers: we're now down to counting the hours left before the ninth annual Maine Photography Show deadline. Submissions, entry fees and photos for judging must be received no…

The Southport Memorial Library welcomes John Butke as its Artist of the Month.

John Butke graduated from Massachusetts College of Art with a bachelor’s degree in painting and illustration.…

River Arts, a nonprofit art center on Route 1 in Damariscotta, invites Maine artists to submit work for the upcoming “Black, White, Grey” juried exhibition. The exhibition dates are January 24…

Promise, pledge, oath, vow, resolve, determination, all words that could be substituted for a New Year's resolution, but resolution to a photographer is a celebration of detail, and detailed…

Sue West, art teacher at the Chewonki Semester School in Wiscasset, doesn't consider herself a writer.

But her words find their place in the former Wiscasset…

River Arts welcomes the public to the opening reception for “Abstract,” a juried exhibition, on Friday, Dec. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. with music, refreshments, conversation and art. The exhibition of…

Art appreciation and education are an ongoing mission of the Pemaquid Group of Artists, which funds financial aid to local organizations and schools.

Following the close of the gallery…

In the midst of seasonal hustle, bustle and weather, please put “entering The 2014 Maine Photography Show (MPS)” on your calendar. The deadline is midnight on Friday, Jan. 24, but it will creep up…

Atlantic Motorcar has immediate openings in its 2,000 square foot display space for artists creating with watercolor, print, acrylic, mixed media and/or print mediums. Artists can expect their…

Through the month of December, River Arts is featuring the work of Maine artist, Kerstin Engman, in the River Arts’ West Gallery. The public is welcome to the opening reception for this special…

Entries are being accepted for the ninth annual Maine Photography Show until the stroke of midnight on January 24, 2014. The event, presented by the Boothbay Region Art…

The new paintings at Red Cup Coffeehouse in Boothbay Harbor are not Suzi Thayer’s “work.” Work is what she does at the Boothbay Register to pay the bills. But painting is more fun. It has long…

The Boothbay Region Art Foundation welcomes everyone to join a celebration of artistic youth, the creation of art and the holiday season. The gala is a part of the Harbor Lights Festival and will…

Please join artists from the Stable Gallery and friends for a two-day holiday celebration and sale on December 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This annual event features paintings, sculpture…

Sylvan Gallery is proud to present “Holiday Treasures,” our 13th annual holiday exhibition of art by 18 contemporary artists from December 7 through January 31, 2014. The opening reception will be…

The Monhegan Artists Residency Corporation (MARC) is the recipient of three grants to support its programming. A $7,500 grant from the Quimby Family Foundation will cover operating expenses for…

Paintings by East Boothbay artists Andrea Peters and Don Demers, and Monhegan artist Kevin Beers are headed to the prestigious New Britain Museum of Art in New Britain, Conn. The paintings are…

“There's something about the smell of the ink that really excites me,” R. Keith Rendall said recently in his Wiscasset gallery, Rendall Fine Art.

Rendall is a master printmaker who utilizes…

The Boothbay Register’s artist-in-residence, Suzi Thayer, is getting off the page and onto the walls this week.

Thayer, who is perhaps best known locally for her commercial art, interesting…

The ninth annual Maine Photography Show (MPS) is calling for entries. The premier juried gallery show of photography by Maine photographers is presented by Boothbay Region Art Foundation and opens…

River Arts welcomes the public to an evening of music, refreshments, conversation, and art at its opening reception for the “Celebrating Color” juried exhibition on Friday, Nov. 15, from 5 to 7 p.…

Local artist Donald Demers will be featured at the Vose Galleries in Boston from November 16 to December 28.

The exhibition is called “Wandering the Coast.”

“We are pleased to present…

Last week, Dave Higgins, current President of Saltwater Artists Gallery, had the pleasure of presenting a $1,000 donation to the art program at Bristol School from the local nonprofit co-op…

Beginning Thursday, Nov. 14, and continuing through Christmas, Gold/Smith Gallery is featuring new paintings by John Vander. The suite of work is called “The Seasons.”

The works are…

Studio 53's holiday event, ‘Gifts For Giving,’ combines a special shopping opportunity with meaningful community spirit. Don’t miss the Boothbay region’s cultural event of the year, an annual…

For years, March through September, Bath has come alive on the third Friday of the month with art galleries uniformly open to the public. Now that the weather has turned cooler, the tradition…

The Wiscasset Bay Gallery will join other local merchants in Wiscasset this Saturday, Nov. 9, for the annual Early Bird sale. The gallery will open its doors to the public at 6 a.m. and offer 20…

What do you get when you combine burgeoning math skills, family time and a shared enjoyment for making pretty things?

The mother-daughter crafting duo of Dresden's…

Have you collected beautiful pieces of sea glass and want to do something creative with them? Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering a two week Sea Glass as Wearable…

River Arts, a nonprofit art center on Route 1 in Damariscotta, invites Maine artists to submit work for the upcoming “Celebrating Color” juried exhibition. The exhibition dates are November 15…

Celebrate the sixth Twin Villages ArtWalk on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 4 to 7 p.m., a free, self-guided walking and driving tour of art shows in Damariscotta and Newcastle.

Over 22 businesses…

Studio 53 Fine Art showcases locally created art, crafts and books for sale. During the upcoming holiday events complimentary edibles and beverages will be offered.

An opening party, with…

For more than a decade, Midcoast Maine artist Hannah Ineson has migrated to Florida during the winter months. Ineson doesn't go for relaxation, but to explore another wilderness environment that…

Currently on exhibition at the First Federal Savings and Loan Bank in Boothbay Harbor is an assortment of art works by Judy Nixon, one of the Boothbay art community’s newer artists. Nixon's works…

Jean Kigel’s timely exhibit “Sayonara” is featured at her Summer Island Studio in Brunswick for the month of November. Her fall-into-winter theme includes recent Asian brush paintings and…

A few years ago, four professional plein air painters from the Boothbay region were at an opening and decided to go out every Wednesday and paint together. And so the "Plein Air Painters of Maine…

River Arts, a nonprofit art center on Route 1 in Damariscotta, invites Maine artists to submit work for the upcoming “Celebrating Color” juried exhibition.

The exhibition dates are: November…

A fresh, new exhibit livens the restaurant’s walls as part of The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series. Opening on Monday, Oct. 28, this exhibition is the result of “The Big and Bold…

Local artist Jon Luoma recently finished a productive and enjoyable week-long artist in residence program at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC). His work was displayed at Hidden Valley Nature…

ROCKLAND — Rockland artist Joe Auciello was still making final adjustments to his sculpture installation at the newly completed Ferry Terminal Park, Oct. 10, when local merchants…

Meet artist William Landmesser at the opening reception for his solo show, “Oil and Water,” at the River Arts West Gallery, Friday, Oct. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.

In his show running through…

Maine artists are invited to submit fine art works to ARTinME, a statewide juried fine art show held at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF). Entry dates for the show are…

Creativity, generosity and a sense of community are key ingredients for the Art In The Square Fundraiser/Fine Art Exhibition and Sale.

Now in its third year, member artists and creative…