Maine Art Gallery hosts Business After Hours

Kay Liss
Mon, 08/28/2023 - 1:00pm
Lucia Droby of Carriage House Gardens, Sherry Dunbar of Tim Dunham Realty, and Francie Siegfried of Birch Home Furnishings & Gifts enjoy the Wiscasset Business After Hours event at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset. In the background, Andy Rogers of Jolie Rogers Raw Bar opens an oyster for Maine Art Gallery Treasurer, John Sawyer. Photo by Bob Bond

Story Location:
15 Warren Street
Wiscasset, ME 04578
United States

A lively crowd of about 30 local business people turned out for the Maine Art Gallery’s Business After Hours event on Aug. 24.
 
While viewing artwork from the annual Members’ Show, they enjoyed Damariscotta River oysters on the half-shell and mixed with fellow Wiscasset business folks and MAG board members. At the end of the evening, door prize winners were announced: Pat Cloutier won a painting “Sunken Gardens,” donated by artist and MAG treasurer John Sawyer, and Michael Olyzienski won a gift certificate to Birch Home Furnishings and Gifts.
 
Over 100 works are represented in the show, including painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, assemblage, collage, photography, and digital imagery. “The approaches, technical skills and imagery are wide-ranging, which makes for a lively show,” said Mark Coates, exhibit chair. Artists were invited to submit two works for display. 

MAG members come not only from the Midcoast area, but also from areas of Maine where a venue to show art may not exist. Member participation helps to make the Maine Art Gallery sustainable and plays an important part in its mission of building community through the arts. The Maine Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges show sponsor, First National Bank, and season sponsor, Sherri Dunbar of Tim Dunham Realty.

The show will be up until Sept. 17. Hours are Thursday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A nonprofit organization, the Maine Art Gallery is dedicated to the advancement and preservation of the visual, fine and applied arts through exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and educational programs for children and adults since 1958. More information can be found at www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org and on Facebook at Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset. 

The gallery is located at 15 Warren Street, Wiscasset, with free on-street parking. From the north on Route 1, turn right onto Federal Street (Rt. 218) then left onto Warren Street. From the south on Route 1, turn left onto Federal Street, then left onto Warren Street. From Main Street shops, it’s an easy 8-minute walk.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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