Each year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens adds a new perspective to its plantings and pathways with an exhibit of sculpture by many of New England’s finest artists. This year’s…

Online submissions are now open for the “Coastal Spirits” exhibit July 23 through August 25 at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset.…

The new exhibition at the River Arts Gallery, “The Four Seasons of Maine” showing work by Sally Smith and Lina Burley will run through July 3. The paintings on exhibit reflect the…

It occurred to me that I shouldn't write about ticks in the newspaper.

It's probably not a good subject for people who are visiting or planning to…

World renowned artist Maggie McClellan will be visiting the Boothbay region and will be giving an art seminar/workshop from…

“A different LOOK!”  is now on view at Mathias Fine Art

And what is different about this group show? The participation of a new artist, Genetta McLean…

Beginning Thursday, June 20, landscape painter Kevin Beers joins ceramicist Tim Christensen for two new shows at Gleason Fine Art’s Boothbay Harbor gallery. For Beers, this will be…

What feeling does a painting convey to you? How does it speak to you? Red is a very emotional color. Next time you are downtown stop into First Federal Savings and check out Allen…

It's pretty amazing to see so many people enjoying photography. Everywhere you go, people are photographing. 

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When something catches Tom Paiement's attention, it can lead the Woolwich artist on a journey of indeterminate time, possibly years.

It has happened…

The Boothbay Region Historical Society is pleased to introduce our 2013 raffle. “Coastal Maine,” a colorful limited edition giclée print by local artist, Tony van Hasselt, A. W. S…

12 students from Lincoln Academy were given an assignment: create 10 panels, each with its own personality, but with the ability to flow from one to the other. The result?…

For nearly 30 years, Gold/Smith Gallery has had the pleasure of exhibiting the wonderful paintings by Jean Swan Gordon. Her love of her subjects is obvious in her renditions. Each…

River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting the public to its annual Member Exhibition opening and reception, Friday, June 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition, which will hang until July…

For many years, I have been fascinated by trails on the mud flats. The paths made by those who go digging for worms and clams always caught my eye.

In…

Born in Boothbay Harbor, Consuelo Eames Hanks spent much of her life far from home. She attended schools in England, France and the U.S., and received a baccalaureate degree from…

Ocean Point Studio Visons of Maine will celebrate the beginning of its 20th year by participating in The First Friday Art Tour on June 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. and by having an open-…

Pot buoys turn up everywhere.

They often wash up along Maine shores and end up adorning old fences, flower gardens, entrance ways, backyard sheds and…

As the pace of life quickens on the Pemaquid peninsula with spring flowers and budding shiny new tree leaves in that very special shade of “green,” the artists of the Saltwater…

Wiscasset Art Walk, a monthly showcase and celebration of downtown galleries, area artists, restaurants and shops, is seeking volunteers, participants and sponsors to join us this…

Award-winning botanical artist Katie Lee will return to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this year to present a comprehensive, five-day course on drawing and painting leaves.…

The artists of Points of View Art Gallery and the volunteers of Arts Are Elementary invite Maine artists to submit original artwork to Brunswick’s 10 X 10 Benefit Art Exhibit…

A rainy Monday was no deterrent for five crafters on Wiscasset's waterfront May 20. The women were setting up shop for their second summer of selling crafts together, out of the…

Most art tends to beautify any space.

That is why Sheepscot Harbour Village & Resort in Edgecomb is collaborating with Lincoln Academy art…

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The land-to-water connections are well underway. Water company crews are scurrying about, laying new line, checking valves, tightening fittings and looking for leaks. New water is…

Lynette Gaslin is a native of Maine. In 1978 she began her photographic journey while studying at Southern Maine Vocational Institute in South Portland. Aside from those early…

Henry Bonner, in his own words, is somewhat of a curmudgeon, but he enjoys life, and when nudged, has an appropriate (or inappropriate) comment about almost everything. He has…

Boothbay artist Ann Hedgcock is exhibiting a selection of her paintings and stoneware at Skidompha Library's Carey Gallery in Damariscotta during the month of May.

Studio 53 Fine Art will host the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1 at 53 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor.…

Miss Wiscasset Diner patrons may notice some familiar images on the walls: a lighthouse on a craggy shore, scenes of nature and portraits. However, these are not the department…

Wiscasset area artists and businesses are invited to a meeting with Maine Arts Commission Director of Media and Performing Arts, Kerstin Gilg, at 9 a.m., Friday, April 19.…

Renowned botanical illustrator Linda Heppes Funk has donated her original dry-brush watercolor painting “Tulipa” as a raffle prize to support Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’…

The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta invites Maine artists to submit a design for this year’s official festival T-shirt. The selected design will be featured on the back of…

A juried art showing of the works of the late Jim Taliana is being held at the Miles Memorial Hospital, 35 Miles St., Damariscotta. Taliana, a much admired, prize winning artist,…

If you have a chance, stop by The First bank in Boothbay Harbor,  check out the plein air watercolor paintings done by a life-long Mainer.  “What accent?  I don’t have an accent,”…

The Bath Antiques Show will conclude its 24th season on Sunday, April 14 at the Bath Middle School in Bath. The featured dealer will be Tim Gaudet, a Midcoast area dealer with over…

The deadline for artist applications for the 2013 Castine Plein Air Festival has been extended to April 30. The one-day art festival will take place on Saturday, July 27 and will…

As Earth Day approaches, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is inviting Maine elementary school age kids to create images of a pollution-free world, in honor of Earth…

In 1952 Weston and Brenda Andersen moved to the coast of Maine to set up a ceramic design and slip-casting studio. From the moment they opened their doors, collections began which…

Robert Mitchell, well-known Midcoast photographer, naturalist and author, will speak at the Boothbay Region Historical Society Friday, April 5, from noon to 1 p…

Liberty Graphics, printer of environmentally conscious T-shirts, is accepting submissions for its 16th annual $1,000 art scholarship. All high school seniors…

Peapod Jewelry has the perfect gift for Easter, a box of bunny shaped chocolates with a sterling silver PeaTer Rabbit bead enclosed. The chocolates are made by…

Damariscotta Mills artist Abbie Williams’ show of new works opened Thursday evening, February 28 to a large and enthusiastic crowd. 

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Could this be spring?

The snow is slipping away. The shadows are deeper and there's greening in the grass. It's…

The Maine Art Gallery will reopen for the 2013 season on May 1 with a “Member’s Only” exhibit. Art in all mediums is welcome: fiber, sculpture, photography, hand printing,…

Fourteen-year-old Tabetha Harrington of Boothbay Harbor has combined her love of painting with her love of animals in a project to raise money for the Lincoln…

One of the benefits of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens membership is the opportunity to sign up for the Photography Club, now starting its second year. And the photo club brings…

A three-month art show has just opened at Atlantic Motor Car in Wiscasset.

Barbara Fischer Eldred is showing a series of her acrylics called “The…

I like to drive from Wiscasset via the Mill Road, drawn by a good friend's awesome brewed coffee and great sticky buns, and because it's calming.