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Maine Artists

River Arts is inviting the public to the opening reception for its newest exhibition, “Autumn” on Friday, Oct. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition features 95 works in a variety of media by 60…

Maine Artists
“View to Mt. Desert from the Marsh,” oil, 54 x 44 inches, Henry Isaacs

Gleason Fine Art opens a new show at its Portland gallery, “Henry Isaacs: New Work” on Friday, Oct. 4.

An opening reception for the artist will be held that evening from 5 to 8 p.m. “New…

Framed Oyster Shell-Siamese Twins from Sunset Beach, WA, by Carol Abitabilo Ast.

For the first time in Maine, Oyster Portraits painted by Carol Abitabilo Ast will be on exhibit at the Damariscotta River Grill now through October 28. The exhibit coincides with the Pemaquid…

Images of Kerstin Engman, color theory instructor for River Arts workshop in October.  Courtesy of RIver Arts

River Arts welcomes back two popular instructors for classes in October, Kris Engman, teaching color theory and Andy Seferlis, teaching stone carving. Classes, workshops, and open studios are…

‘Round Town
“Ledge Painting” by artist Jon Luoma of Alna

Wiscasset Art Walk will close its inaugural season with quite a splash on its final walk of the year, Thursday, September 26, 5-8 p.m.

This month’s featured artists dazzle with rich textures…

Get to Know...
WOOLWICH RESIDENT Dana McLean has been building model (or shrunken) wooden lobster boats since 1993. It's all in the detail. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Dana McLean's fascination with lobster boat design first took shape when he was a young boy, surrounded by family and friends that were lobstermen.

He loved those wooden boats. From ages six…

Bath
Courtesy of Jennifer DeChant

Former Chocolate Church Arts Center board member Allen Gaul updates the mural that has graced a performance venue wall since 1991. The update will help kick off the 2013-14 season that begins with…

Maine Artists
“Shore View” oil on 12 by 12-inch canvas, John Butke.

The entire community (and beyond) is invited to start “thinking inside the square” in preparation for the Boothbay Region Are Foundation’s November/December “Art in the Square” exhibit.

A Bird’s Tale
American white pelican. Manjith Kainickara photo

When you think of a pelican, the first thing that probably pops into your mind is “Florida.”

Certainly that’s a place where one can see brown pelicans along the shores throughout that state…

Damariscotta and Newcastle
“Playing With Color and Texture” by Boothbay Harbor artist Hilary Bartlett, on display through October 15 at Savory Maine.

Join everyone to celebrate the fifth Twin Villages Art Walk, Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 4 to 7 p.m. It is a free, self-guided walking/driving tour of art shows in Damariscotta and Newcastle. The Art…

Maine Artists
“Deep Water, Winter Harbor, Maine” lithograph, 12 ¼ by 17 ¼-inch, by Stow Wengenroth.

“From Shore to Shore: Select American and European Coastal Paintings” opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The exhibition explores a broad range of marine art from the…

St. Patrick’s

October is just around the corner, the evenings are drawing in and all over Maine craftspeople and artists are preparing for the busiest shopping…

“Birch Point Maine.” Courtesy of Ralph Hassenpflug

Ralph Hassenpflug and River Arts invite the public to the opening reception for his solo exhibition in the River Arts West Gallery, Friday, September 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. At his show at River Arts…

Hidden Valley Nature Center
“North Head in Fall,” artist Jon Luoma

Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is pleased to be hosting its first Artist in Residence, Jon Luoma of Alna. Luoma's work from the residency will be on display at HI-Hut, HVNC’s education center…

Maine Artists
Artists Anne Blair Brown and Richard Oversmith pause over Stuart Roper's works.  LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

It all started when some of the plein air artists Mary Phelps represented told her they were looking for a retreat.

Phelps, the owner…

Maine Artists
“White on Blue,” oil, 24 by 36 inches, Brad Betts

Gleason Fine Art opens “Brad Betts: Boats and Harbors” on Thursday, Sept. 19. The public is cordially invited to a reception for the artist on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Boothbay…

Maine Artists
“Brass Tacks”  22 by 22 inches, mixed media collage on canvas, Nancy Freeman, 2009.

Nancy Freeman, founder of Round Top Center for the Arts and a prolific painter and printmaker, will be honored with an exhibition of her work at The Gallery at Round Top Farm, Damariscotta, from…

Maine Artists
Artist Sarah Greenier and her oil painting “Lupine House.” Courtesy of St. Andrews Church

The 14th annual fine art show sponsored by St. Andrews Church in Newcastle will support Maine artists as well as many local, national and international charitable organizations.

The event…

River Arts is inviting all Maine artists to enter the juried exhibition, “Autumn.” Work in any media is encouraged, including photography and sculpture, encompassing whatever changes the new…

Bath

Maine’s woods are mysterious places filled with majestic trees, ferns, lichens, granite outcroppings and an amazing array of wildlife.

This rich and vibrant ecosystem is the focus of the new…

Maine Artists

An art showing in the museum of the lighthouse on Seguin Island is currently running through Saturday, Sept. 28. There is no admission fee.

For this year's exhibit, the artists of the…

Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House has been a looming feature downtown for more than a century.

While it stood empty for several years, this year the nonprofit organization is celebrating 10…

Maine Artists
“Peter's Pond,” by Chris Augusta

Come see “A Floating World” at the Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) office gallery in downtown Damariscotta from September 16 to October 25. This exhibit features works by Chris Augusta, who…

“HAPPY THANKSGIVING” by artist Cheryl Miller, 2010.

Attention artists and animal lovers!

During Thanksgiving week, the Harlow Gallery is hosting Cheryl Miller's 46 Million Turkeys project.

Miller, an artist based in…

Maine Artists

The Artist's Choice exhibition is running through Thursday, September 26 and consists of over 100 works by 80 Maine artists. The show, presented at the River Arts main gallery at 241 U.S. Route 1…

Newcastle
Franciska Needham with a print of her painting of International Code Flags, part of The Maine Art Show.

The Maine Art Show exhibition will be held daily September 20-22 at the St. Andrews Church parish hall on Glidden Street in Newcastle. The opening reception is on Friday, Sept. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m…

Maine Artists
New paintings “At the Water Line” and steel constructions by Heidi Seidelhuber are on display through October 19. Seidelhuber's paintings explore color, light and composition via Maine Midcoast scenes and values. Her steel ship's ladders swings and bags from the series “Got My Home in My Hand” spoof her four-decade day job in steel fabricating. A graduate of RISD and The Art Institute of Chicago, Seidelhuber has shown her art locally for years. She shares ownership of Studio 53 with her husband, Terry Seama

New paintings “At the Water Line” and steel constructions by Heidi Seidelhuber are on display through October 19.

Seidelhuber's paintings explore color, light and composition via Maine…

“In a Day’s Work,” 11 by 14-inch oil on canvas by Roger Milinowski, Head of the Harbor Gallery.

COCO VIVO Art for Living, Roger Milinowksi of Head of The Harbor Gallery and Corrine McIntrye of Ocean Point Studio, are excited to host “South and Maine,” a show featuring the artwork of some of…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
“Downtown Boothbay Harbor” by Margaret Canepa

When Margaret Canepa grew up in Connecticut without a television, she naturally looked elsewhere for entertainment.

There were always materials for various projects around the house. A…

Maine Artists
“JAY AT PFEIFFER,” watercolor on paper by Nancy Rogers, 2013.

Woolwich resident Nancy Rogers is one of 150 Maine artists with works in the “10 X 10 Benefit Exhibit & Sale” on Friday, Sept. 27, in Brunswick.

The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m.…

Brunswick

On September 29 and on November 24, 2013, the Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center, located at 19 Mason Street, Brunswick is offering a Sunday…

Maine Artists
“Broadway,” mixed media by John Vander

Gold/Smith Gallery is featuring new paintings by John Vander through October. The exhibit is about places Vander has visited in the last two years. Tuscany, Key West and New York City are a few of…

Maine Artists
“LOW TIDE on the LEDGE, PORTER PRESERVE,” 16 by 20-inch oil on linen by Donald Demers.

Boothbay artist Donald Demers has created a new work in support of the Boothbay Region Land Trust. “Low Tide on the Ledge, Porter Preserve,” is a signed 16 by 20-inch oil painting on linen encased…

Maine Artists
"Untitled,”  2008 Damariscotta photo by Vincent Frazzetta. Courtesy of River Arts

Vincent Frazzetta and River Arts invite the public to the opening reception for his solo exhibition in the River Arts West Gallery, Friday, Sept. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The exhibition, running…

Maine Artists
“FLOW” by Hilary Bartlett

Damariscotta's Savory Maine Dining & Provisions is happy to present the unique artwork of Boothbay artist Hilary Bartlett in an exhibit entitled “Playing with Color and Texture.” The…

Maine Artists
“HILLSIDE GRAZERS,” a 9 by 12-inch oil on panel by Stuart Roper.

The works of painter and sculptor Stuart Roper comprise the next show at COCO VIVO Fine Art, which opens on Friday, Sept. 6. An artist's reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m.…

Maine Artists

The Maine International Conference on the Arts 2013 will convene artists, arts administrators, arts educators and community leaders. The Maine Arts Commission has announced that registration is…

‘Round Town
Kirk Jackson of Columbus, Ohio, prepares to throw a cup during the Wiscasset Art Walk August 29. Jackson's wheel demonstration took place at a Watershed Center for the Ceramics Arts tent on the waterfront. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Downtown Wiscasset was the place to be August 29 for the penultimate Wiscasset Art Walk of 2013. The last chance to take it all in is September 26, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Maine Artists
BILL ROYALL stands in the entrance of his studio in Southport. SUZI THAYER/Boothbay Register

Bill Royall has a home on the coast of Maine with sprawling lawns that extend to the water's edge, a wife who is his best friend (and, he says, the reason he is where he is today),…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation

The Boothbay Region Art Foundation's (BRAF) Labor Day weekend event, Art at the Waterfront Park, will be held Saturday, Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the waterfront Whale Park on Commercial…

‘Round Town: Robert Mitchell

Reflections are fun, except, maybe, for the one that stares back at me from the mirror — that one is getting kind of old.

Photographing reflections is easy. Like photographing sunsets, you…

Labor Day

The deadline for submissions for the September 5 edition is Friday, Aug. 30, at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper offices will be closed on…

Maine Artists
“Child in Orange Coat,” by Greg Laderer.

Over 35 spectacular oil paintings by artist Greg Laderer, including several pieces from private collections that have rarely before been seen in public, will be on…

Edgecomb
Icelandic sheep Goliath is one of fiber artist Susie Stephenson's 36 fiber-growing animals at home on Edgecomb's River Road. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Sometimes, things just fall into place.

They did for the 1846 Salt Marsh School in Edgecomb and those who sold and bought it earlier this month.

Deadline for entering SVCA’s fifth annual People’s Choice Photo Contest is September 3, 2013. Pictured is a 2012 entry “What Big Ears you have My Deer,” by Katherine Davis.

Get those cameras out or search your favorite photos taken in the Sheepscot River Valley. The deadline for the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association’s fifth annual “People’s Choice”…

Maine Artists
Tamarack Dance, soft pastel on paper by Sally Loughridge.

The artists of the “Painting Maine IV” art show at the Damariscotta River Grill are ceaselessly inspired by Maine's beauty: its rugged landscape, strong character…

Damariscotta and Newcastle
The Twin Villages ArtWalk will include photography and pastels by Edgecomb artist Kim Traina.This pastel is called “Tottman Cove Sunset.” The display is at Pemaquid Watershed Association's office, 15 Courtyard St. above Salt Bay Café and the Chamber of Commerce in Damariscotta weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Courtesy of Jill Rice

Join everyone to celebrate the fourth Twin Villages ArtWalk, Wednesday, Sept. 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. It is a free, self-guided walking/driving tour of…

Maine Artists
Maritime artist and summer resident, Donald Demers, was busy painting en plein air at Porter Preserve this week. The sale of his new painting will support the land trust’s Stewardship Campaign. Courtesy of Julie Lamy

Donald Demers, well-known maritime artist, and Peter Egeli, well-known portrait artist, have donated works of art in support of Boothbay Region Land Trust’s (BRLT) Stewardship…

Maine Artists
“Satyagraha,” a sculpture in white pine by Douglas Gimbel. A commission for Marshall Irving, the piece was six years in the making. Courtesy of  Douglas Gimbel

Douglas Gimbel is intrigued by ideas and by conveying them through art.

Throughout three decades as a painter, sculptor and singer/songwriter (currently with his band, HDRnB), Gimbel, now…

ARTinME is a statewide juried fine art show open to all Maine artists. This outstanding show is sponsored by the Boothbay Region Art Foundation each fall. This October’s show will feature new and…