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Help education in Maine with the non-profit SCRP your vote … and art!

Cast your vote for the Solon Center for Research and Publishing by writing us in under Somerset in the Other box Bangor Savings Bank has just launched its Community Matters More campaign and we need your help! A total of 68 grants will be awarded to the organizations listed on the ballot and to the top 20 write-in vote recipients. The organizations to get the most votes in each region (including write-ins) will receive $5,000 each. The remaining 60 organizations will receive $1,000 each. How to Vote for The Solon Center for Research and Publishing: We want to give Maine’s libraries and elementary schools a copy of Clipper’s ABC’s in English, French, Spanish and Japanese. We live in a global […]

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Gallery Insights exhibit of Maine artists for February, 2015

Every month Gallery Insights showcases the unique work of artists with Maine connections. February, 2015 February’s exhibit showcases some of the work of INSIGHTS highlighted Gallery artists. Professor Takafumi Suzuki, also known as Yohaku Yorozuya, has had multiple exhibits over his forty year career as a photographic artist. He is renowned for his use of classic darkroom techniques spending days perfecting his images. 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,” […]

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Harlow Gallery host Annual Silent Art Auction, FEB 11-14

The Harlow Gallery’s annual Silent Art Auction returns February 11-14, offering deals on original art donated by local artists and art collectors. You’ll find paintings, pastels, sculpture, prints, photographs, crafts, artifacts; art by Maine artists, vintage and antique art. Wednesday, February 11 – open for bids noon to 6pm Thursday, February 12 – open for bids noon to 6pm Friday, […]

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Ramona du Houx’s fine art photography

ARTIST STATEMENT Ramona du Houx Please click on the thumbnail to view a larger version of the art Many Native Americans continue to believe that everything and everyone is connected. It is that interconnectedness that helps to make us whole. Through photography I have found light expresses that reality in unique ways. I try to bring the beauty and mystery […]

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Independent bookstores in Maine can survive with community support

By Ramona du Houx An independent bookstore is a special place—it’s where readers go to discover new books, chat with friends in town, and meet favorite authors. Last year was a challenging year for local bookstores. Bath Book Shop and Reading Corner Bookstore in Rockland are closing in 2015, and Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta is for sale. All […]

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Call for snow Sculptors for Camden Winterfest competition

Entries are now being accepted for 1st annual Winterfest Snow Sculpting Competition, Maine’s only nationally-sanctioned snow sculpture event and a signature feature of Camden Winterfest. The competition takes place the first weekend of the festival which runs from January 31 to February 8, culminating with the 25th annual US National Toboggan Championships. This year, teams of snow sculptors will begin […]

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Help to 911 heal with art photos by Takafumi Suzuki

Takafumi Suzuki is holding a photographic exhibit of his images of the World Trade Center Twin Towers of New York City. “Now, when I visit New York City there is a void where the Twin Towers once graced the skyline. While the city has put up an inspired memorial and a new World Trade Center to replace the lost towers I still look for those familiar buildings, I still expect to see them,” said Takafumi. Suzuki is a professor at Nihon University in Tokyo and studied as a graduate student in the 1980’s in New York City. While living in the city he took many photographs. When the devastating tragedy of the 911 terrorists attacks occurred he, as millions of […]

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Tokyo Gallery to open branch in Maine

Gallery Storks owner, Takafumi Suzuki, worked with Ramona du Houx over thirty years ago in Tokyo at Nihon Digako, Japan University. They both have continued to explore photography and exhibit. In 2000 Takafumi opened his own gallery in the Tokyo arts district. Ramona is now represented by Storks and a branch of the gallery is due to open in Maine.

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March Exhibit

In order to highlight artists and writers with Maine connections I created this website/blog, INSIGHTS. For many creative people in the state finding a way to gain more exposure to a wider audience is still dependent upon being able to garner the attention of the media. INSIGHTS lets the public know more about these artists and writers and how they can obtain unique works of these artisans and writers, when their exhibits will be held, and how to contact them. Every month we host a new exhibit. To view and learn more about the work of showcased artists in the gallery go here. INSIGHTS offers professional services in writing, public relations, photography, publishing, and design. To learn more about INSIGHTS […]

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Du Houx’s December exhibit at Berry’s continues until February from popular demand

by Morgan Rogers First published in Maine Insights The inside gallery at Berry’s, 153 Main St, downtown Waterville, features the artwork, Ramona du Houx. Due to popular demand the show, which started in December continues throughout January. Ramona du Houx creates fine art photography that looks like watercolor paintings evoking mystery and a sense of wonder. Some find them nostalgic and some mystical. Many have said the images have a healing nature. See more at http://www.photographybyramonaduhoux.com. Ramona is currently represented by Gallery Storks of Tokyo, Japan and is also a member of the Maine Artist Collaborative and the Harlow Gallery. She currently has another exhibit until the end of the month at the Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress Street, in Portland, […]

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It Heals- Abbe Museum Exhibit focuses on women as healers

The Abbe Museum, the first and only Smithsonian Affiliate in the state of Maine, has announced the opening of the “Kikehtahsuwiw: It Heals” exhibit, the first exhibit curated by Abbe Museum Educator George Neptune, Passamaquoddy. A special blessing for “Kikehtahsuwiw” will be given at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, as part of the grand opening for the Abbe’s 2015 feature […]

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Harlow continues free community art education programs

The Harlow Gallery’s Education Committee holds a monthly series of community events held within the Gallery at 160 Water Street in Hallowell every second Sunday. On Sunday, January 11, from 2-4pm, ­ there will be a workshop in bookmaking.The one piece of paper makes a book: ­Take one piece of paper, fold and cut it and you have a multi […]

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Cultural events: lectures, discussions and performances via UMaine

Saturday, January 24 Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day. Co–hosted with the Maine Folklife Center and the UMaine Museum of Art. For more info, please contact Pauleena MacDougall on FirstClass (pauleena.macdougall@umit.maine.edu) or at 581-1848. Free bus transportation will be provided from Orono to Bangor to support student participation. Sunday, February 8 Pre-performance lecture and discussion by Laura Artesani, Professor of Music

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