When we buy wild bird seed, we generally expect to be feeding chickadees, sparrows, a blue jay or two, a red squirrel looking for a free meal and the occasional…

In celebration of National Youth Art Month during the month of March, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA), in collaboration with the Maine Art Education…

Join instructor, author, and rug hooking extraordinaire Susie Stephenson for a five week course in How To Hook A Primitive Pictorial Rug being offered through…

The Maine Art Gallery is now accepting registrations for space in a five week class in traditional oil painting methods. A grant from the Elizabeth Ann Leach…

Following an extensive search, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle is pleased to announce that Francine Rudoff has been selected as the new…

When Jeff Pert sits down to pen a cartoon, he isn't thinking about how many T-shirts it will sell. He isn't even thinking about what the thought bubble over the…

River Arts announces it upcoming exhibition entitled “Figures and Faces – Animals Included” at its new gallery at 241 Route One, Damariscotta, next to N.C. Hunt Lumber. Expanding…

Mary Johnston, of Jefferson, is exhibiting her Maine Photography at the Miles Memorial Hospital hallway gallery February 2 through March 15.

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Have you ever heard a Jack Russell terrier snore?

I know, I know. We've just had the biggest storm in the…

Currently on exhibition at The First bank in Boothbay Harbor is a small but varied and exceptional group of photographs by a newcomer to BRAF. Kristine Goding…

Edgecomb furniture designer and maker, Eben Blaney, recently had his bench design selected by the Farnsworth Museum as one of two chosen in a competition for new museum seating.…

A new six-week session in life sculpture is starting on February 7 at River Arts Studio, 241 U.S. Route 1 in Damariscotta. The sessions will run from 10 a.m. to…

It's funny what you find when you're not looking. This applies to photographs as well.

A couple weeks back we…

Until she moved to Bristol in 1999, Judy Nixon had lived most of her life in Massachusetts. Her profession in the accounting field was her early focus, but in…

Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency for emerging Maine artists. In addition to two 5-week residencies on Monhegan Island for…

The Damariscotta River Grill is pleased to present the exhibition “Points of View” featuring works by Lynne Seitzer and John M. T. Seitzer.

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Starting January 23, Virginia Forrest is instructing a Basic Watercolor Class on Wednesday mornings, from 9 to noon. She will lead students through the gradual…

The Southport Memorial Library welcomes William Spring as Artist of the Month for January and February.

Spring…

“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”

My answer? Not nearly enough.…

When snow falls in Wiscasset, a chef at Mike’s Log Cabin sculpts animal figures using the snow in his driveway.

Most recently, Tim Andrews made a large…

“One of the funnest” is what what our girls used to say when they were little,  and I always liked it. One of the funnest things about this area is still the…

The world is not black and white, but fine art photographer Eric Johnsen would prefer it that way – at least when he looks through the lens of his digital…

All Maine photographers, from amateur to professional, are invited to enter the eighth annual Maine Photography Show, sponsored by Boothbay Region Art Foundation.

Entry forms, rules and…

Have you ever watched someone drawing, painting or sketching and wished you could, too? Artist and teacher Carrie Eason will show you how in her art classes for kids through grade…

Virginia Forrest, whose recent watercolors are on view at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta until February 1, said she hopes her paintings will speak to people who appreciate our natural…

Our well water is pretty cold; it's a deep drilled well. Even in the height of summer it's quite refreshing.

This time of year, after it sits all night in the water line, it's down right…

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is pleased to introduce the photography of Harpswell resident Eric Johnsen during the month of January. 

Johnsen is a self-taught landscape photographer…

Manchester artist Hélène Farrar is teaching a one-day workshop on encaustic painting at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell Sunday, Jan. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Encaustic art is made using a…

With uncertain weather moving by us, I wasn't sure what to expect for the first of winter.    

So, guessing it may not snow, I dug around the files for something winterish. That's all it…

The annual fundraiser/art event, Art in the Square, at Boothbay Region Art Foundation is is full swing. Every week new paintings arrive and go up on the gallery walls. The community of artists and…

The Maine Art Gallery, a Wiscasset nonprofit, has been awarded a grant from the Bessie T. Brooks Trust to form an arts group for seniors from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties. Free instruction in…

River Arts announces it upcoming exhibition “Black, White, Gray,” at its newly-expanded and refurbished gallery and arts center at 241 Route 1, Damariscotta, next to N.C. Hunt Lumber. The show…

Well Missus crowing bird
What do you see
Up there surrounding you
Alone in your tree?

Are you the lookout
or are you on break
From…

Gold/Smith Gallery has decided to share the holiday gift giving season with St. Andrews Task Force Fund and the efforts in the region to help save our beloved hospital. From now…

Betsy Bisson is a wife of 52 years, mother of five, grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of nine.

But the…

COCO VIVO Fine Art/Interior Design is hosting Art Uncorked, a holiday open house, at The Gallery at The Gatherings, 102 Ocean Point Road (Route 96), Boothbay Harbor, Saturday, Dec. 15 from 4 to 7…

Currently exhibited at The First bank in Boothbay Harbor are wonderful art works by Sarah Greenier, whose paintings may be seen through January.

Visit the bank and see firsthand the colors…

Kosti Ruohomaa's photographs in the Lew Dietz book “Night Train at Wiscasset Station,” introduced a familiar and inspirational view of Maine. 

His was a very straightforward view,…

Elaine Murdoch, certified master kitchen and bath designer, won Best Overall Design in the Maine Chapter National Kitchen and Bath Association design contest late last month. The award-winning…

When you step into First Federal Savings & Loan and look past the tellers' counter to the back wall, you will see Helen Farnham’s 30- by 30-inch oil “Towards Cuckolds.” That piece, others in…

Sylvan Gallery is proud to present “Small Pleasures,” our 12th annual holiday exhibition of small works of art by eighteen contemporary artists from December 1 through January 27, 2013.…

The Bath Antiques Show returns for its 23rd season Sunday, Dec. 9, with more than 50 dealers. The antique show will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bath Middle School on Congress…

Our Jack Russell, Roobie, got me up before daylight to go out.   

I  had to go out, too.    

I put on my super-warm Nautica jacket (a recent hand-me-down from Joe and Helena…

Have you or your children ever used woodblocks to make prints?

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We were out cleaning up after our brush with Sandy and noticed a small surprise on one of our rhododendron plants – a blossom.

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The dates have been set, the Maine Photography Show judge has been chosen and it is about time to select your best photographs and email your entries.

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Confirmed gingerbread professionals and closet bakers, young novices, masters of the dough and others throughout the Midcoast have reportedly started design and construction work…

Members of the Wiscasset chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority have made a queen-sized quilt that will be raffled to raise funds for American Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research…

I have been asked plenty of times, “What is there to do in the winter in Boothbay Harbor?”

You probably have been…

Join us at Studio 53 for a cultural holiday event in downtown Boothbay Harbor, featuring studio works from our area artists, artisans, healers, chefs and assorted creatives. The holiday event…