With the Flow and the Holiday Pottery Shop have teamed up to offer an amazing array of local artisan’s work just in time for the holidays. Once inside customers are astounded with the displays of unique gifts. Many exclamations of excitement can be heard as shoppers discover gifts for that special somebody- or themselves. The store is located at 100 […]
Coccolithophore blooms photographed from a far and up close. Photo Credits: Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group NASA Goddard Space Center. Science study reports that coccolithophores’ abundance has increased by an order of magnitude since 1960s, significantly changing the ocean’s garden. Coccolithophores—tiny calcifying plants that are part of the foundation of the marine food web—have been increasing in relative […]
Article and photos by Ramona du Houx On Nov 12-14, 2015 Bowdoin College put on a musical that could have been on Broadway. Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words and music which was taken from nineteen Sondheim shows produced over a 62 year period. The voices of the cast were extraordinary. […]
See the new music video, Wicked Witch, by The Hollow Body Electric Band. The band will perform in concert on November 28 (Thanksgiving Weekend) at the Frontier, in Brunswick, Maine.
Excerpts from an article by Darren Fishell, in the BDN On Thursday morning, 18-year-old author Ibrahim Shkara didn’t have to keep the secret anymore: He’s heading to the White House on Tuesday. Shkara is one of about 90 students accepted into nonprofit The Telling Room’s special writing program to help young immigrants and refugees in the Portland area improve their […]
Ramona du Houx uses the camera with a painter’s eye. The technique she discovered back in 1979, in New York, uses movement to create a sense of wonder through colors, textures, memories, and the seasons. Everything within the photographic viewfinder becomes visibly interconnected when objects merge with the motion of the camera as the image, the “lightgraph,” is taken. “Moving the camera like a paint brush can create a sense of being personally close to an object through colors, textures, memories, and the seasons. Landscapes show this well because of their never-ending vastness that somehow surrounds us in an embrace. For me landscapes inspire contemplation, and patience. That and the sensation of being at home, welcomed by nature’s warmth,” said […]
Great PBS article on new Picasso exhibit at MOMA– of his sculpture. The exhibit shows his playful side and how important it is for artists to embrace humor. Please follow the link: How Picasso overturned the rules of sculpture
Dahlov Ipcar’s recent work is on view at the Frost Gully Gallery from November 16 until December 28. The 98 year old artist still paints in a style she calls “non-intellectual cubism,” with vibrant colors. Ipcar’s paintings come from her imagination. She conjures exotic animals that she’s never seen and paints them in nature’s rhythm to vibrant backgrounds that captivate […]
Camden Falls Gallery in Camden is pleased to feature “Four Seasons With Stefan Pastuhov.” As a followup to last winter’s “Snowed in With Stefan,” these paintings capture Maine across all the seasons. Local plein air painter Stefan Pastuhov is an avid outdoorsman who loves the beauty of changing light and seasons. “You don’t have to go far to find beautiful […]
“Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” opened at Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick on October 15. The exhibit will run through March 6, 2016. “We are proud to bring this important exhibition of African art to Bowdoin College,” said Bowdoin College Museum of Art Co-Director, Anne Collins Goodyear. “It provides an important […]
Marine microbes produce half the oxygen we breathe. They are the base of the food chain, and without them the food source for billions of people would be threatened. Microbes also offer the potential for discoveries of new pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements and fuel sources and the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. They also are stunningly beautiful. The […]
Pianos in Bangor installed in various Maine parks are proving to be great for the community. One was installed by a group called the Kindness Project in September, while the others are part of the city’s “Artober” month-long art event. Bangor partnered with a non-profit arts incubator called Launchpad for the project. The group worked with Maine artists to get […]
The Portland Museum of Art Biennial, “You Can’t Get There From Here” runs from Oct. 8 to Jan. 3, 2016. For the first time since the museum began its every-other-year survey of contemporary art in Maine in 1998, it includes art made by Maine’s Wabanaki Indians. Baskets by Secord, Jeremy Frey, George Neptune and Sarah Sockbeson are among the works […]
Ramona du Houx uses the camera with a painter’s eye. The technique she discovered back in 1979, in New York, uses movement to create a sense of wonder through colors, textures, memories, and the seasons. Everything within the photographic viewfinder becomes visibly interconnected when objects merge with the motion of the camera as the image, the “lightgraph,” is taken. “Moving […]
This documentary following photographic series, People at Work: The Low Wage Earners of Maine, which depicts some of our fellow neighbors who work for the state’s minimum wage of just $7.50 an hour. The dedicated photographer, Jeff Kirlin, works in his free time documenting them. This is just a sample from his series. “The photography project was started after I […]
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