The work of four Maine artists will adorn the walls of the new Augusta Capital Judicial Center courthouse. The project was funded by the Percent for Art program. A committee of people from the Maine Judicial Branch, artists, the courthouse architectural firm and other people involved discussed what they’d like to see and then with the help of the Maine […]
Maine’s very own heart shaped island- Harbor Island in Bucks Harbor- Happy Valentines Day — The Maine Way
Shaw Jewelry in Northeast Harbor invites local artists to participate in the fifteenth annual exhibition of The MDI OPEN, an exhibition of local creative talent. This year the optional theme is: “Moods of Somes Sound.” The MDI OPEN is a celebration of artists who live, work or have associations on Mount Desert Island. It is open to all, including seasoned […]
A Gateless Garden features quotations from the published works of Maine women writers, dating from 1800 to 2014, collected and edited by Dr. Liza Bakewell, and paired with contemporary black and white photographs by Maine photographer Kerry Michaels. This University of New England Art Gallery exhibition explores the world from a woman’s point of view in words and images from […]
Waterfall Arts, as part of the statewide Maine Photo Project, has dedicated its annual Open Call Show to the photographic image. Photographers of all ages are invited to submit work based on the theme of The Poetry of Maine’s Fog, Rain, Snow and Ice. All participants in this unjuried exhibit may submit one photograph, either digitally or dark room printed which illustrates the theme; the work must be original work (no reproductions or collages).
The Schoolhouse Gallery in Kingfield invites the public to an opening reception for “Winter Plein Air Paintings by Valerie Aponik,” during the First Friday Art Walk 5 to 8 pm February 6. The show runs through March. Valerie Aponik lives and works from her studio/home on Great Wass Island, Maine. Primarily a plein air painter, Aponik is often found along […]
From the Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — The inside gallery at Berry’s, 153 Main St., features the artwork of Ramona du Houx. Du Houx creates fine art photography that looks like watercolor paintings evoking mystery and a sense of wonder. Many find them nostalgic and some mystical. She is currently represented by Gallery Storks of Tokyo, Japan and is also a […]
Mary Chapin Carpenter will perform at the Waterville Opera House in April, one of as many as a dozen concerts, including Los Lobos, that will come to the city in collaboration with the State Theatre. It’s part of a continuing collaboration between promoter Erik Thomas and the State Theatre in Portland. The first show of the year is scheduled for […]
The Harlow Gallery and Johnson Hall invite Maine artists to submit work for an art exhibition opening April 10, 2015 at Johnson Hall in Gardiner. Email submissions are being accepted through March 1st and will be reviewed by curatorial committee comprised of staff and volunteers from both organizations. The art exhibition will be on view at Johnson Hall at 280 Water Street in Gardiner from April 10 through May 22, 2015, and any sales proceeds will support two cornerstones of the arts in central Maine: Johnson Hall and the Harlow Gallery! Deadline for email submissions is 11pm on March 1, 2015.
by Ramona du Houx As the first black man hired full-time by Life magazine, Gordon Parks was inspired to photograph all 11 of his classmates from grade school as a way of measuring the impact of school segregation. But the photo essay he created was never published. Now it is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in […]
Passamaquoddy basket maker Jeremy Frey was honored with best of category awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and at the Annual Heard Museum Fair for pieces he completed with the support of a 2014 NACF Artist Fellowship for Traditional Arts. Early in the year, Frey created an intricate basket much smaller than works he has presented in arts markets […]
Jonathan Mess, of Jefferson, is the recipient of the Maine Arts Commission Contemporary Craft Fellowship, worth $5,000. Mess uses reclaimed ceramic materials to create bold, abstract works of art that blur the lines between sculpture, ceramics and painting. His work has been exhibited all over the country, including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, the Society for Contemporary […]
This is the final week to view the Kennebec Land Trust 25th Anniversary Art Exhibition! Proceeds benefit two important Central Maine nonprofits (KLT and the Harlow Gallery). The gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday noon-6pm. Show ends Saturday, November 1st.
Contractors began tearing down a building in Rockland on October 27, 2014, to make way for a new home for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art(CMCA). CMCA got special permission to build a new contemporary building in Rockland going against city ordinances. City officials agreed to the modern design of the new CMCA museum/workshop space because Rockland has become a go-to place for fine art in Maine. The move to Rockland will enable CMCA to stay open year-round and increase its presence and Rockland’s reputation for a growing creative economy and cultural community. The art center will move seven miles south to downtown Rockland by July 2016. CMCA has been in Rockport since 1952.
The University of Southern Maine and a Portland education group will receive $1.9 million from the federal government for arts education in Portland schools. The university announced last week that Youth in Action: Side x Side and the school will receive the grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination grant will be used to develop a four-year arts education program entitled, Project IMAGINE.
Originally published in Island Ad-Vantages, October 9, 2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts recently received two grants supporting two of the school’s programs for Maine teens. The Maine-based Quimby Family Foundation awarded $20,000 to support Haystack’s 2014 Studio Based Learning and 2015 Student Craft Institute programs—each program received $10,000. A $7,000 grant, from the Parker Poe Charitable Trust, also supported […]
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