River Arts in Damariscotta, is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Abstract” exhibition in any media. Work can be submitted during gallery hours anytime up to 4pm on Saturday, May 23rd at 4 pm. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, May 29, from 5-7. The exhibition will hang until June 25th.
Finally, a children’s book in four languages! To see the full book please go Here. Journey with Clipper, the adorable Maine island puppy, as he takes children into his world, while teaching them their ABC’s in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese. One painting leads into the next, as children follow bubbles throughout the book. This unique concept gives children continuity, as they discover other languages. Reading Clipper’s ABC’s in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese children and adults fall in love with the puppy in the different circumstances the artist, Ramona du Houx, depicts him in. Some are humorous, some serious. Children eagerly try to pronounce the different words, as if Clipper has given them the courage to do so. Clipper […]
A Native American flutist will perform an enchanting, all-ages show at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts in June. Gareth Laffely is a gifted 17-year-old Native American flute sensation, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer who has enjoyed a tremendous run since the release of his debut album, “The Journey,” in 2013. Laffely will take the UCCPA stage on […]
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree will host a workshop for Maine Cultural Organizations relating to federal grants opportunities. The exact location is still to be determined.To be held on 5/5/2015 a Tuesday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. in Augusta Maine. Attendees will have an opportunity to: Meet representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Hear about federal grant opportunities for arts and humanities projects. Learn how to make grant applications as competitive as possible. This event is free, but registration is encouraged. Please register by May, 1 by emailing Andrew.Colvin@mail.house.gov
Former President Jimmy Carter has been an advocate for human rights for most of his life. One year after leaving the Oval Office, the former US President and his wife Rosalynn Carter, founded the Carter Center, dedicated to advancing peace and health worldwide. He worked tirelessly building homes for Habitat for Humanity and has traveled the global helping people in […]
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Come learn and or practice pottery at the CSA in Waterville, Maine – just across from the Opera House. Non-instructional but studio facilitator on site. For experienced wheel throwers and hand builders looking to increase their time in the studio. 6 electric wheels are available. Each individual is responsible for clean up. Introductory Fees: $15 supply your own clay, glazes […]
Djordje Jevtic, an exchange student from Belgrade, Serbia, who is attending Scarborough High School, has won the 2015 Congressional Art Competition for Maine’s First District. His submission was a distinctive self-portrait in acrylic. “I’m always amazed by the quality of work that Maine students submit to this competition. I’m excited that Djordje’s work will represent our state at the Capitol—it […]
The All Roads Music Festival will take place in Belfast May 16 and will feature 13 bands and artists from all over the state in multiple venues across Belfast.
By Ramona du Houx The first major project for Launchpad, an art gallery and event space located at 89 Central St., is called Forward, which is a program designed to help high school students interested in pursuing the arts as a career. “It’s designed to directly engage high school juniors and seniors in Maine to find their voice through creativity, […]
Ingrained: The Art of the Shipcarver Feb. 28, 2015 — July 6, 2015 Ingrained: The Art of the Shipcarver, on view in the Kramer Gallery, is centered around an unusual variety of beautiful and rarely exhibited work created by shipcarvers from Bath and beyond. The exhibit also includes a multitude of newly acquired tools and the workbench of renowned Newcastle […]
At the top, you will find the 1874 painting “Boating,” by Édouard Manet,Rembrandt’s “Self Portrait” from 1660, and a 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz called “The Steerage.” And that’s just starting to scratch the surface. On March 27th, 2015, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that “more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned […]
Barbara Crowley and Holly Dominie pursue mindfulness through immersion in color, light and composition. Their exhibit is Fabric as Meditation, and runs from March 27 to April 25, 2015. The opening is tonight,Friday, March 27, 5-7pm, followed by Gallery Talk 7-8pm.
April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate, the Bangor Public Library has partnered with Bangor High School to bring poet Richard Blanco to Bangor. Blanco will read from his works at a reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, at the library. The library will host the 13th annual POETS/SPEAK! celebration in cooperation with the University of Maine and the University of Maine Museum of Art at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, April 4. Selected by President Obama to be the fifth inaugural poet in history, Blanco followed in the footsteps of Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Miller Williams and Elizabeth Alexander. He read his poem, “One Today” at President Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 21, 2013.
Conversations with Quetzalcoatl From an article in Maine Insights. In this intriguing collection, Esther Pasztory, explores the interweaving of the intellect and the imagination with the daily life inside a traditional marriage and the gifts each has to give to the other. The readers’ many transitions between the two worlds, reflective of Ms. Pasztory’s own life, are easy, as both worlds are attractive, and yet, it is Pasztory’s imaginative apparitions and musings that are most illuminating. When Quetzalcoatl’s pre-Columbian baritone in Conversations with Quetzalcoatl, forces open the quiet in Anna’s twenty-first-century study, and he appropriates the most comfortable piece of furniture in the room, a love seat, readers know they are in for a love story. However, this is not […]
My Tainted Blood In My Tainted Blood, a true story, the author hides to avoid capture during WWII. In the book the author, a German Jew teenager, has to hide himself and his loved ones to avoid capture during WWII. This 400 page tuner is based on the true-life story of Hubert C. Kueter. My Tainted Blood follows Hubert as […]
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