During the month of December, the Rockport Public Library will feature a show of multidimensional mixed media art from abstract…
Art
River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to the opening reception of “Celebration” on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. Join the joyful event, meet the artists and partake in light…
Boothbay Register graphic designer and photographer Steve Edwards shot these gorgeous photos during Gardens Aglow press night at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. After two years as a driving event…
“Ticket To Paradise” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - A divorced couple (Julia Roberts and George Clooney) team up and travel to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same…
River Arts will feature Searsport artist and art educator, Sandi Cirillo, in a one woman show. Her fiber and mixed media selections will be on display in the River Room from Nov. 3 to Nov. 22.…
Southport Memorial Library
Photographer Lois Glaser holds an MS in art education. Though it was not her major, photography always held a fascination for her. After teaching, and a complete career change, 25 years passed…
The new show at the Grill opens Oct. 31 with three seasoned Midcoast Maine artists. Kathleen Horst, Will Kefauver, and Candace Vlcek utilize very different styles and mediums to capture scenes…
It’s cozy season! Time for flannel sheets, fuzzy socks, spiced tea, and extra sleep. As cold weather approaches so does the…
River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for a special year-end show that will fill every room of the gallery.
All original fine art and fine…
The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee announces a final call for area artists to exhibit for the 2023 season in the Hall Gallery at Miles Hospital, Damariscotta. Prospective artists…
River Arts invites the public to a reception for the “Artist’s Choice” show. The opening for this annual favorite will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. Many artists will be present…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) just got in a new shipment of 12” x 12” canvas squares a.k.a. a green light and reminder to all regional artists that it’s time to create small masterpieces…
The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee announces a call for area artists to exhibit for the 2023 season in the Hall Gallery at Miles Hospital, Damariscotta. Prospective…
Where It’s/Was At
The First Friday Art Tours of the 2022 season ended Oct. 7. Traditionally the most low-key First Friday of any year, it nonetheless was an opportunity to take in some great art, conversation, and…
Art In ME
For the first time since 2019, artists and friends and family gathered Saturday, Oct. 8 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation for the Art in ME awards presentation. There was a great crowd of 50-60…
River Arts is pleased to announce the opening of a one woman show of paintings and monotypes by Caroline Sulzer. This River Room show, titled “Nurture Nature,” runs from Oct. 13 through Nov. 2.…
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The gallery is gearing up for the Art in Maine show opening Saturday, Oct. 8. Sneak peek, anyone? A celebration of the artists, and awards ceremony, will…
Where It’s At
I went to the opening reception of the final show of 2022 at Maine Art Gallery, “Made In Maine,” last Saturday. This gallery is set in an old brick house out on Warren Street in Wiscasset and the…
Mathias Fine Art
The last few days of the group exhibition “Blue & Yellow: Persist” are rapidly approaching. The exhibition is intended as a gesture of solidarity with Ukraine, its artists, and culture. …
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomes visitors to their campus during Maine Craft Weekend from Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. Guests will have the opportunity to meet Watershed artists-in-…
River Arts
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit works for the next juried show “Artist’s Choice.” Members and non-members may submit works for consideration from now until the deadline on…
Come meet Jeannie Rosier Smith at a Meet and Greet at Black River Gallery, 16 McKown St., in Boothbay Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. She will be doing a demonstration as well. …
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s final members’ show for the 2022 season, “Glory Days of Autumn,” provides the viewer with several seasonal works with fall colors predominating, along with the “…
Gold/Smith Gallery
John Vander has painted for many years in Italy. He has painted a series based on formal gardens, Tuscan landscapes, architecture, as well as remembrance of a trip to Mali and, of course, many…
River Arts in Damariscotta proudly presents artist Winslow Myers with a selection of his paintings in the River Room from Sept. 22 until Oct. 12. The public is invited to the artist’s reception on…
There will be an exhibit of “Art of Historic Alna” in Alna’s 19th century Puddledock Schoolhouse, open on two consecutive three-day weekends, Fridays through Sundays, Sept…
Maine Art Gallery
The final show of the season at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset is a lively celebration of Maine by Maine artists. Gallery members were invited to submit works that reflect our Maine way of…
Damariscotta River Grill
A new show at the Grill opens Monday, Sept. 19 and runs through Oct. 31, with three Maine artists who have not shown here previously. Pamela Browne, Jon Luoma and Margaret Merrill each have very…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) 15th annual juried exhibition, Art in Maine, will be held at the foundation gallery Oct. 8 through Nov. 13. Art in Maine’s exhibit presents a fresh and…
Kathy Gunst, award-winning food journalist from Maine, is offering a second workshop in food journalism in the Barn Loft Apartment at the Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, on Saturday,…
Where It’s At
This month’s First Friday event took me to Gleason Fine Art’s opening reception for Andrea Peter’s new exhibition. Andrea is one of the most colorful, talented artists in the region. I asked…
Nobleboro-based artist Elizabeth Palmer’s new solo show at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF). “Palmer’s Perceptions of Maine,” runs through Oct. 2.
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River Arts
The all “Abstract” show is open at River Arts in Damariscotta and will run until Oct. 15.
Juror, Celeste Henriquez, selected 82 works from 146 submissions of sculpture, painting,…
The galleristi / owners of Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine have been spending winter’s in the Tuscany Region of Italy for 31 years. In that very creative time John paints and Karen…
Maine Art Gallery
The seven artists and their mentor whose works are currently on display at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset have named this exhibit “Collective Imagination.” The title is an apt description, as…
Join us Wednesday, Sept. 7 for an exclusive look at Villard Studios’ latest educational tool, “The Art Cart.” Through this creation, we continue to work towards the preservation of the…
Self-guided journeys led by an art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Go ahead - take a walk on the creative side!
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Where It’s At
Last weekend marked the return of the Lincoln Arts Festival Art For Art’s Sake Show and Sale to Hodgdon Yacht Services for the first time since 2019, a.k.a. “B.C.” – Before COVID.
The…
Joy to the Wind
The earliest known still lifes (depictions of inanimate objects) were created by Egyptians in the 15th century BC. Many were these discovered on tombs. The Greeks and Romans created still lifes…
The Southport Memorial Library welcomes Cheryl Young as Artist of the Month, September and October, through the 29th.
Cheryl Young’s Maine roots go back to the 1600s. Cheryl primarily…
“Wilde Abstraction” is a solo show of Sarah Wilde’s latest abstract paintings. See them on display during the month of September in the upstairs Harbor Room of the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (…
River Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of a new gallery manager, Amy Appell. With a varied background in her employment primarily in education, Appell brings skills that will be…
Gleason Fine Art
East Boothbay artist Andrea Peters has been with Gleason Fine Art for more than two decades. Each year she dazzles us with her passion for paint--her yellows sizzle, her reds pop, and her blues…
Boothbay Harbor Art Foundation
Call for artists for the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s 15th annual juried Art in Maine exhibition to be held at the foundation gallery Oct. 8 through Nov. 13.
Art in Maine exhibit…
Where It’s At
“Blue and Yellow: Persist.” This show is running through Oct. 2 at Mathais Fine Art over in Trevett. It is a recording of the destruction and death, and is also a celebration of the Ukraine people…
“Once you start hunting for rocks to paint you’ll never look at them the same again!” Mari McGuire said laughing. “You look for what you can see in them – LL Bean boots and lady slippers – and…
Historic New England will be hosting a reception for the Plein Air Painters of Maine on Thursday, Aug. 25, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the…
The oft-used phrase, “History repeats itself,” was the basis of Mark Twain’s perspective when he said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Together with images from the…
Join us for an art soirée at Villard Studios. The presentation by Philippe Villard, “Art of Cork,” will be held Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Come early for some light refreshments.…
Cheryl Young isn't sure how it happened, but growing up, she was always “the animal person.” Young’s great-grandfather had originally operated a farm on the…
