The Maine Art Gallery (MAG) exhibition schedule for 2025 offers member artists plentiful opportunities to participate in exhibits while inviting gallery visitors to experience the varied ways in which Maine artists are influenced by the beauty and quirkiness of life in this part of the world.

The gallery season begins with “Whimsy: Flights of Fancy,” May 1 - June 15. Spring is a time for the return of lightness and fancy, and this exhibit liberates the artist to communicate via imagery unconstrained by formal perspective or faithful representation in the service of light-heartedness, caprice, and satire. Visitors will experience the joy that the art in this exhibit can bring to their home environment. All Maine artists are eligible for juried entry to this show.

In mid-June, the gallery will present an exclusive and overdue major retrospective of the art of Joseph Fiore (1925-2008) alongside a thematically paired juried member show. “Fiore at 100: Maine Observed,” is a collaboration with Maine Farmland Trust to celebrate a widely respected artist who was an active participant in the first years of the Maine Art Gallery.  Fiore’s early representational landscapes as well as his later abstractions reflect the natural beauty of the Maine environment that was his inspiration. The exhibition, curated by Fiore’s former student and distinguished Maine watercolorist, David Dewey, can be viewed on the first floor of the gallery from June 19 – Aug. 24.

The Juried Member Exhibit runs concurrent with the Fiore retrospective from June 19-July 27. It provides an occasion for contemporary MAG artist members to express their experience with, and interpretation of, Maine vistas that so influenced the work of Joseph Fiore.

Fiore was also a practiced plein air painter and this year’s “Paint It! Maine,” offers contemporary artists in the genre the chance to extend the legacy that Fiore contributed to as a MAG artist. This show runs from July 31 through Aug. 24, after artists from throughout Maine have been creating art on site in all parts of the state during the first weeks of summer. The Juried Members Exhibit, and the Plein Air show will run sequentially on the gallery second floor parallel to the Fiore retrospective—affording contemporary MAG artists heightened exposure and honor.

“Made in Maine: Annual Members Show” runs Aug. 28 through Oct. 18. Artist members of the Maine Art Gallery will present recent work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and assemblage. The sky’s the limit for creativity here, and visitors are sure to be intrigued with the opportunities to purchase affordable art.

The gallery will hold its delightful annual Wiscasset school K-12 Student Show on three weekends beginning April 12.

Detailed entry information and calls for art will be issued during the season and posted as available on the MAG website, www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org.

A nonprofit organization since 1958, the Maine Art Gallery, located at 15 Warren Street, Wiscasset, 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. More information can be found at www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org and on Facebook at Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset. Email info@maineartgallerywiscasset.org or phone (207) 687-8143.