The Coast & the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America at the Portland Art Mueseum runs from January 30, 2015 to April 26, 2015 From the Portland Museum of Art: The United States of America, relatively speaking, is still a young country. Its story continues to be written and its future reimagined with each new generation. Since its founding, […]
River Arts in Damariscotta, is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Artists’ Choice” Exhibition. We are seeking submissions of in any media, sculpture and fine crafts welcome. Work can be submitted during gallery hours anytime up to 4pm on Saturday, February 21st at 4 pm. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 27, from 5-7. The exhibition will hang until March 26.
Dahlov Ipcar’s book, Animal Hide & Seek. Ipcar’s illustrations are awesome and simple stories are compelling for kids. You probably know that Ipcar is an award-winning artist whose career spanned more than sixty years during which she wrote and illustrated more than thirty children’s and young adult books. Animal Hide & Seek was her first authored title, published in 1947. […]
A decade ago, physicist Robert Davies became intrigued by what was going on at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute down the road from where he was working at the University of Oxford in England. After attending seminars at the Institute he became shocked by “the broad gap between what science understands about climate change, and what the public understands.” To help […]
Applications for residency at the Hewnoaks Artist Colony on Lake Kezar at Center Lovell are open and will be accepted through March 8, 2015. This will be the third year of the residency, which gives artists a chance to spend one to three weeks concentrating on their work. The residencies are available for artists in many disciplines, including visual, literary and performing arts. They run June 27 through Sept. 19.
Higher Forms of Art, an exhibition of artwork by students from nine central Maine high schools will be on view in the Richmond Gallery in University of Maine at Augusta’s Handley Hall at 331 Water Street in downtown Augusta from March 6-28, 2015. In celebration of Youth Art Month the Kennebec Valley Art Association (KVAA) is partnering with UMA to […]
Biddeford and neighboring Saco are changing fast with the energy Maine’s creative economy inspires. The mills have become homes for creative entrepreneurs. Downtown there are more cafes, pubs, bookstores, restaurants, and other new businesses. That’s why a new Maine artist collective, Autus, choose the town for their base of operations.In Latin, Autus means growth. Autus formed late in 2014 and recently opened its first exhibition at Engine, a Main Street arts center and gallery. The recent Autus show, which includes the work of each member of the collective, Keiren Valentine, Sarah Baldwin Julie K. Gray and Tina Guays is up through March 21. They all studied art in college, have other jobs in fields related to their art, and all […]
(this is the second Page of the art of Jos Ruks please go here for the first.) Jos makes clocks, placemats, maps and mobiles and sells them from his home in Portland, Maine. Large gallery works can also be commissioned.
Jos Ruks is a Dutchman, designer, artist, inventor, creator, entrepreneur, sailor, husband and grandpa. Since 2004 he has lived in Portland where he creates his amazing creations. He loves the abundance and variety of spacious Maine and the USA, but prefers the impressive coastline of the North Atlantic.
From the Portland Press Herald: Maine Arts Commission to be more responsive The group will hold a workshop in Portland on Wednesday to discuss changes to its grants programs. BY BOB KEYES Excerpt from the story: The Maine Arts Commission, which distributes about $500,000 annually, is working to become more responsive to the arts community with a retooled grants program and the hiring of a new assistant director whose expertise involves running a small arts organization… The Maine Arts Commission will hold a workshop from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Osher Hall, Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland. The workshop will explain changes to the commission’s grant program.
University of Maine Hutchinson Center at Belfast invites all Maine visual artists, 50 years of age and older, amateur and professional, to participate in the 2015 Festival of Art to be held May 21-24, 2015. For the past twelve years, this four-day exhibit has included work from new artists, well-known accomplished artists, those artists who are striving to build their […]
MPBN’s Tom Porter reports on New York artist Orly Genger’s sculptures made out of discarded rope purchased from Maine fishermen. An excerpt from his report: PORTLAND, Maine – A New York-based artist has become an unlikely source of revenue for a lot of Maine lobstermen. Internationally-renowned sculptor Orly Genger makes massive works of art using rope – particularly discarded lobster line. Genger’s latest project is a monumental sculpture to be installed in South Korea next year, utilizing more than 3 million feet of rope. And to craft the piece, she’s prepared to pay fishermen good money for outdated trap lines they don’t have much use for.
WHAT: “Richard Lee: Paper Trails” WHERE: 7th floor, Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, Portland WHEN: On view through April 30; 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday; closed Presidents Day HOW MUCH: Free INFO: mainefiberarts.org RELATED: Maine FiberArts director […]
River Arts in Damariscotta, is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Artists’ Choice” Exhibition. We are seeking submissions of in any media, sculpture and fine crafts welcome. Work can be submitted during gallery hours anytime up to 4pm on Saturday, February 21st at 4 pm. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 27, from 5-7. The exhibition […]
Gardiner Main Street is seeking temporary sculpture or installation artwork for Johnson Park. Application Deadline: March 10, 2015 – Exhibition time from May to October 15, 2015. Gardiner Main Street is calling artists that are interested in participating in the Gardiner Art in the Park program. The program seeks to place temporary sculpture or installation artwork in Johnson Park between May and October. The work should be suitable for public exhibition in an exterior space. Work at human scale or greater is preferred.
Leah Gauthier The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport will present the exhibition, Shift: Recent Work by Leah Gauthier, from February 1 through 28. Over the past several years, Gauthier’s work has explored and been inspired by sustainable living. She says, “While I will continue to champion a mindful existence, a big part of me now feels drawn to […]
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