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‘Artist’s Choice’ exhibition at River Arts
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 3:45pm
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting the public to view its newest exhibition at an opening reception for “Artists’ Choice” from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21. Visitors will enjoy a wide variety of artwork created by artists from all over Maine including sculpture, photography, collage, painting, ceramics, fiber and fine craft – representational and abstract. Artist and art educator John Lorence of Edgecomb was the juror for the exhibition. Lorence has been the recipient of fellowships at YADDO...
Moving on up from grindstone to wheel
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 7:00am
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “There are no second acts in American lives.” That’s not the case at Annette Stormont’s pottery class at River Arts in Damariscotta, where the large studio space is being used by retirees who have discovered their next interest: working in clay. For Stormont and her students, creating art from clay was a departure from their routines. Stormont discovered her love for the art 30 years ago at a local community college class while working as a critical care nurse...
Twin Villages ArtWalk
See Kefauver Gallery’s ‘Monhegan Days’ show
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 12:30pm
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, is participating in the final Twin Villages ArtWalk, Friday, Sept. 21 from 4-7 p.m. Will Kefauver is currently presenting the “Monhegan Days” art exhibit, which features his latest work and the work of 24 guest artists. The art depicts the beauty of Monhegan Island, with its iconic Maine architecture, spectacular coastline, and charming harbors. Visitors will find an eclectic array of mediums and styles from the guest artists. There are...
Pemaquid Art Gallery
Liliana Thelander and Julie Babb on view at Pemaquid Art Gallery
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:30am
During the 90th season of the Pemaquid Art Gallery, visitors will be pleased to see the return of two accomplished area painters, Liliana Thelander of Bristol and Julie Babb of Damariscotta. Both are interested in closely observed subjects interpreted with precision. While Babb records birds in their environments and botanical studies, Thelander enjoys painting birds and various animals among other subjects. Liliana Thelander, who describes herself as a contemporary realist painter, has been...
Miles’ gallery call for artists
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 7:00am
The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee would like to invite any and all artists interested in having an exhibit during the 2019 season to please bring samples of their work to the new Herb and Roberta Watson Health Center (located on the LincolnHealth/Miles Campus in Damariscotta) for jurying. Artists who have shown at the hospital during the past three years are not eligible. The jury will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. Please bring three framed pieces representative of your...
‘Art Harvest’ show dazzles at Stable Gallery
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 4:00pm
Everyone reaps the benefits of farmers’ months’ long efforts when crops are harvested in September. Forty Maine artists offer the fruits of their years’ labors at the Stable Gallery in Damariscotta this month. Opening Friday, Sept. 14, “Art Harvest” is the final art show on Stable Gallery’s 2018 season. Nine local artists are featured in the main gallery while another 30-plus artists display their works in adjoining spaces. The gallery will hold a public reception to meet the artists and see...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Rick Dickinson exhibition and reception
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 12:00pm
The Opera House celebrates the lively art scene in Boothbay Harbor this fall with an autumn show by artist Rick Dickinson. Beginning Thursday, Sept. 13, the second floor gallery will include genres of still life, portrait, figure and landscape. An opening reception will take place in the gallery on Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 5-7 p.m. and include remarks by the artist. Rick says that that the show will include “two styles dating back to the start of the 20th century, a typical impressionistic style...
Jill and John Butke at River Arts
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 11:00am
The Butkes', weaver Jill and painter John, will be exhibiting their latest work in the River Arts West Gallery Sept. 13-26. Jill and John, retired art educators, have a seasonal gallery, The Butke Gallery, on Sawyer’s Island in Boothbay. John will be showing his landscapes in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He has been painting the beauty and allure of the Maine landscape, both in studio and plein air, for over 40 years. Jill has been weaving for over 45 years. A collection of wearable items which...
Castle Tucker plein air painting and drawing day
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 2:15pm
Thursday, Sept. 20 Join artist Jennifer Linskey from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a beautiful fall day of painting and drawing at Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St., Wiscasset. Beginners are welcome! Bring your own materials, lunch and a hat. Afternoon critique with the instructor. Pre-register: $20 Historic New England members, $25 nonmembers. Space is limited. Call 882-7169 or buy online at http://shop.historicnewengland.org/CAT-PLEINAIR-3-10943/
At Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor
Moroccan rugs: Woven storytellers
Friday, September 7, 2018 - 6:00pm
“I had wanted to go to Marrakesh ever since I heard Crosby, Stills and Nash singing “Marrakesh Express,” Kathleen Jones said. ... “Traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies ....” And in 2006, she did - accompanied by friend, fellow artisan, and culture/travel enthusiast Diana Kerr. Since that trip 12 years ago, they’ve traveled to Morocco three more times, most recently in April. Morocco is their favorite destination (they’ve also visited Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and France), or, as they...
River Arts’ call to artists
Friday, September 7, 2018 - 7:00am
River Arts invites artists to submit work for its upcoming “Artists’ Choice” exhibition, opening Friday, Sept. 21. The opening reception will be that evening from 5-7. The show will run through Oct. 19. Submissions of art in any media, of the artist’s choice is being sought. Sculpture and fine crafts welcome. Artists can enter up to 3 works for jurying. Entry fees are $15 for members and $25 for non-members. All work entered must be for sale. The entry form is available on the website at www...
Markings Gallery
Wayne Robbins is featured September artist
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 10:30am
Markings Gallery is pleased to have Wayne Robbins as our featured artist for September, and presenter at this month’s gallery talk Thursday, Sept. 13 from 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be provided by Mae’s Café. Born and raised on the coast of Maine, Robbins was inspired as a youth to capture the essence of nature in wood. As he developed his art, he found that time in his studio complemented his career as a biology teacher. He has led numerous whale-watching trips, was a long time volunteer in...
Joy to the Wind ... 20 years and counting!
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 7:30am
Joy to The Wind opened its gallery in 1999. just nine days after closing on the property at 34 Atlantic Ave. John and Lynne Seitzer, husband and wife artists, had fallen for the beauty and authenticity of Boothbay Harbor. That April, they were searching in earnest for a place that could provide a home and also space for a studio gallery and custom picture framing service. Only one place out of the 20-plus homes they looked at filled the bill. That is where they are to this day. The search and...
Gleason Fine Art
‘Jessica Lee Ives: Immersed In Nature’ opening Sept. 6
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 8:30am
Jessica Lee Ives (nèe Stammen) grew up in Camden, Maine. She received her BFA from the renowned Cooper Union School of Art and was named one of Glamour Magazine's Top Ten College Women of the Year in 2003. After Sept. 11, 2001, Ives worked as an artist-in-residence at Ground Zero in New York City, which earned her the Clark Foundation Fellowship, with which she pursued her MA at New York Univeristy, combining work in the fields of art, religion, and public service. Ives moved back to Midcoast...
New show at Damariscotta River Grill
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 8:00am
Three artists with distinctly different styles, mediums and viewpoints, transform the walls at Damariscotta River Grill through pastel, photography and watercolor. Meet artists Kathleen Horst, Sara Ostrov and fine art photographer, Linwood Riggs, at the “Art at the Grill” opening reception, Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 4-5:30 p.m. Stop in and enjoy lovely art while savoring hors d’oeuvres. Art is on display Sept. 10 through Oct. 22. Kathleen Horst grew up in Florida where she developed a love of...
Gold/Smith Gallery
‘I Measure Time By How the Body Sways’ - new paintings by John Vander
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 7:45am
Gold/Smith Gallery is featuring painting about dancing, jazz dancing - the kind of stuff that makes you want to move - by John Vander, resident artist, husband and owner of the gallery. The core of this exhibit are six large paintings from a series that was shown in March through May 2017 at Museo Marino Marini in Pistoia, Italy. John Vander thinks that ‘a parallel tone,’ as defined by Duke Ellington, is the best metaphor for his work and, looking at it, we can understand why. While John’s...
First Friday Art Tour ... Sept. 6
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 7:30am
First Fridays in the Boothbay region are self-guided tours of the art galleries to be found here. Most are within walking distance ... others by car. Experience the vast array of paintings, sculpture, mixed media, pottery, ceramics ... and more, here where creativity thrives!
… Boothbay Harbor galleries ...
JOY TO THE WIND GALLERY
34 Atlantic Ave. ~ 633-7025 20th Anniversary Open House! 1-4 p.m. Art lovers and friends are invited to stop by for an afternoon celebration...
Artists to paint plein air Open Lighthouse Day
Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 7:30am
The Pemaquid Group of Artists will be an active participant at the Open Lighthouse Day event on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Lighthouse Park. The celebration of the Pemaquid Lighthouse and its historical significance will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission to the park during these hours will be free to the general public. Local artists and members of the Pemaquid Group of Artists will be painting on the site from 10 to 4 p.m. and will be happy to answer questions from observers. Affordable...
Where It’s At ... the tapestries of Priscilla May Alden
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 12:00pm
On any given day you can find weaver-storyteller Priscilla “Cilla” May Alden at Starfish Studio in Boothbay. There Cilla, and her rock sculpture artist husband Dick Alden, moved by their muses connect with the energy of the earth and sea and let creativity flow. The tapestries that she weaves - of silk, wool and other fine yarns – depicting ancient civilizations, spiritual journeys – take shape using the traditional techniques she learned in Taos, New Mexico. And, most of her tapestries are...
Sylvan Gallery: ‘Late Summer Show’ continues
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 9:00am
The “Late Summer Exhibition” is continually evolving as new works arrive daily, painted by the Gallery’s roster of fine contemporary artists. September will mark the gallery’s 18th year of representing a diverse and extremely talented group of New England artists. To celebrate, the Gallery will host a reception on Thursday, Aug. 30, the evening of the Wiscasset Art Walk, and another on Thursday, Sept. 27, to mark their anniversary; both from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition continues through Sept. 30...
Jim Taliana retrospective at BHML
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 9:00am
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (4 Oak St., Boothbay Harbor) will feature paintings by the late Jim Taliana in the upstairs Community Room at 4 Oak Street. The show will run from Sept. 4 through Oct. 31 and can be viewed during normal library hours. His wife, Gloria, is also hosting an art reception on Wednesday, Sept. 5 from 4.30-6.30 p.m. She has generously pledged to contribute 20 percent of any sales to the library. Maine has been attracting artists from around the world for almost 200...
‘Starting Line’: Paintings by Nancy Custer Carroll
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
The Southport Memorial Library will host a show of oil paintings by Nancy Custer Carroll during the months of September and October. The show is titled “Starting Line” as Nancy cast off from her career two years ago and began painting. The paintings on display include local and far-flung landscapes, classic sailing yachts, florals, and a fanciful mashup of Gauguin motifs. Many are for sale. Searching to find her own voice as a self-taught painter, Nancy has been fortunate to participate in...
‘History of Quilting’ trunk show
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 - 10:00am
On Thursday, Sept. 6 at 4:30 p.m. at Boothbay Region Historical Society, Wendy Caton Reed will present 50 of her quilts and discuss historic styles of quilting in her popular History of Quilting Trunk Show. Wendy grew up on River Road in Edgecomb and was taught to quilt by her neighbor Arzetta Poole when she was nine years old. She has been quilting ever since and is well known for her original interpretations of traditional designs. Wendy’s quilts have been exhibited at the National Quilt...
What’s up at Harbor Theater this fall?
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 - 8:30am
Harbor Theater has an exciting program planned for the month of September and beyond. Major films, independent films, documentaries, and special events will start Sept. 1 and continue through the fall and winter. The theater will be open seven days a week until the ninth month ends. “Christopher Robin” will open Labor Day weekend and play through Sept. 6. A new Disney film, it stars Ewan McGregor as the adult Christopher, and a band of delightful stuffed animals. As he seems to have lost his...
Lincoln Arts Poetry Workshop explores 'The Poet as Seer'
Monday, August 27, 2018 - 7:30am
On Saturday, Sept. 8, the Lincoln Arts Festival will offer its poetry workshop for the 21st year, led by the Rev. J. Barrie Shepherd. The daylong event at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Boothbay Harbor starts at 9 a.m. Festival president Jody Lunt said the workshop is an important part of Lincoln Arts' fabric. "I have a feeling that there are a lot of local poets, so it’s important to have a gathering place for them,” she recently told the Boothbay Register. Shepherd said, “Poetry keeps the...
Donna Barnako exhibits abstracts at Wiscasset Art Walk Aug. 30
Sunday, August 26, 2018 - 8:45am
Artist Donna Barnako has been deeply involved with knitting design and artisan jewelry construction for 25 years but developed her passion for abstract painting only four years ago. Her paintings are inspired by color and joy, and her palate incorporates humor, energy, warmth, and memories of family and travel. An exhibition of Barnako’s recent work, Pigments of My Imagination, will be on exhibit at the POP-UP Gallery, 64 Main St., Wiscasset Village, during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday,...
Stylized coastal paintings of Hallet and Sherman at Pemaquid Art Gallery
Sunday, August 26, 2018 - 7:45am
Two of the talented artists showing this season at the Pemaquid Art Gallery have unique, highly stylized painting techniques. They both paint in water media; Bill Hallett in acrylic, and Paul Sherman in watercolor. Although they paint several subjects, they are drawn to coastal scenery and the places “where sky, land and water meet,” as Hallett describes it. Bill Hallett’s paintings show the influence of his childhood in Mexico. The bright colors and contemporary graphic style have a strong...
Artful color abounds at Aug. 30 Wiscasset Art Walk
Friday, August 24, 2018 - 1:30pm
Color, color everywhere – and all of it meant to be drunk deeply. Guest artists in pop-up galleries and sidewalk displays by local community initiatives add even more variety to the Village collection of galleries, antique venues, and shops. Doors open wide to local residents and visitors from away during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Aug. 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. Wiscasset artist Leonard Meiselman, a self-described intuitive artist, exhibits ‘Black and White’, a collection of large oil...
See Klein and Spencer’s fresh and direct approach to painting
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 10:00am
Among the 32 artists showing at Pemaquid Art Gallery this year are two whose works define the term “fresh.” Both Barbara Klein and Cindy Spencer exploit strong color and simplicity to render images that often hint at a story behind the scene. To quote Klein, visitors are encouraged “to bring their own impressions and memories” to their viewing experience. Barbara Klein is primarily an oil painter although she also enjoys painting en plein air with watercolor, to capture the sense of being there...
‘Shared Views’ opening at River Arts
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 9:15am
For years Bremen artist, Kim Hetherington and Jefferson artist, Carol Wiley have met in each other’s studios to paint together. Often, they have tackled the same subject. The results are always different and often surprisingly so. A new show at River Arts West Gallery, “Shared Views,” features pairs of work that the two painters have done together. What they hope the viewer will find interesting is how different two works of art painted at the same time of the same subject can be. Other work by...
Down East Gallery to screen MOFF short films
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 7:00am
The Down East Gallery is one of the locations showing this year’s Maine Outdoor Film Festival short film selections! The Thursday, Sept. 27 event begins at 7 p.m. with the first film screening at 7:30 p.m. Total running time is 71 minutes – not including a brief intermission, with free door prize raffle! You can view the films for free ... but the suggested donation of $3 to $5 goes directly to Teens to Trails. AND as a prelude to the screenings: a plein air exhibition featuring paintings by...
Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset
‘Three Women on Board’ opening Aug. 24
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 1:00pm
Walking in the woods, in fields, and along the Damariscotta River near my home, I see paintings everywhere,” says Jane Dahmen, an established local artist whose work can be seen in a new show at the Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset. Her fellow exhibitors, Daisy Greene and Consuelo Joerns, also well known in the arts community, echo this passion for the Maine landscape in their work. The show, entitled “Three Women on Board,” opens with a reception beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24...
‘Six Tuscan Painters’ at Gold/Smith Gallery
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 9:45am
Karen and John Vander have been representing artists from Tuscany, Italy for 28 years with great pleasure. This summer, for a brief two weeks, the Vanders have curated an exhibit for six of these very unique and talented painters. Some have shown at their gallery for years and two are brand new to the gallery. The “Six Tuscan Painters” exhibition opens Aug. 23 and runs through Sept. 5. Francesca Bettaccini lives near Lucca and is a true naive. Her medium is oil and her subjects are creatures...
Pumpkinfest 2018
Pumpkin artists and sculptors sought
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 8:15am
The summer’s flying by. Beaches and parking lots are crowded. It’s hot and steamy. And yet there’s a group of dedicated volunteers already planning the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, which will take place the week before and throughout Columbus Day weekend, Sept. 29 - Oct. 8. One of the main features of the 10-day festival is the display of artistically designed pumpkins that grace downtown Damariscotta, Newcastle and beyond. These stars of Pumpkinfest are painted and sculpted by area...
Wiscasset Art Walk
Leonard Meiselman exhibit at Rendall Fine Art
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 9:45am
Wiscasset artist Leonard Meiselman will exhibit a selection of recent abstract oil paintings during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Aug. 30, from 5-8 p.m. at Rendall Fine Art, 65 Main St. in Wiscasset Village. The collection of large paintings, titled “Black and White,” explore the shades and nuances of love, loss, and wonder. The artist will be present in the gallery and will talk about his work at 6:30 p.m. Meiselman describes himself as an ‘intuitive painter’ without a specific goal or image in...
Rebecca Goodale: Bookmaker, printmaker, innovator, artist
Thursday, August 16, 2018 - 7:00am
A show of prints and artist’s books by Rebecca Goodale opens on Friday, Aug. 17 at the Green Lion Gallery in Bath with a reception from 4-7 p.m. as part of the Bath Art Walk. The show runs through Sept. 16. Rebecca Goodale is a noted book artist, whose books are sought-after treasures that can be found in public collections throughout the United States including locally at Bowdoin College Library, the University of New England, the Maine Women Writers Collection, and the Portland Museum of Art...
Assemblage artists’ show at River Arts
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 11:00am
River Arts is celebrating another unusual and entertaining show in the West Gallery – a room full of assemblage art - with a reception on Friday, Aug. 17 from 5-7 p.m. The show is already up - and open with a number of pieces sold already! It will run through Aug. 22. The assemblages in the show are the result of a collaboration of four women, each bringing a different background to the group. Nan McCurrach, Barbara Bean, Ann Slocum and Pat Spock have joined in together to exhibit their love of...
Alna artist Kate Nordstrom debuts new paintings
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 10:30am
Alna artist Kate Nordstrom and Carriage House Gardens in Wiscasset are hosting “An Evening of Art and Garden” on Saturday, Aug. 18, 5:30-8 p.m., to highlight the artist’s newest fantastical images on canvas. The public is invited to enjoy the gardens, sip something bubbly, listen to live music, and view Nordstrom’s original art and other treasures during the evening. Nordstrom, a native of Connecticut, but living in Alna for 15 years, established her reputation as an artist with a unique vision...
First Food Sculpture Contest: Edibly and visually delicious
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 7:45am
The sculptures in the region’s first Food Sculpture Contest held at Boothbay Railway Village’s Town Hall were very impressive and tempting! The contest and the Boothbay Harbor Region Sculpture Trail are the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce’s babies. For a history of the Trail, click here. To complement the Trail, BHRCC Executive Director Patricia Royall came up with the idea of a food sculpture contest in honor of the Trail – and, it gave local chefs the opportunity to show off their...
Kefauver Studio & Gallery
A call to artists for ‘Monhegan Days’ exhibit
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 12:00pm
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, is calling for artists to participate in the “Monhegan Days” art exhibit. This is the fourth show of the 2018 season, and runs from Sept. 14 to Oct. 7. The show will highlight Monhegan’s special magic, its architecture, and natural wonders. Submitted works should be in keeping with that theme. Each submitted work must be an original creation, and all mediums will be considered, including oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, photographs, sculpture,...
Arts and Yachts 38 years strong
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 11:45am
The three-day, 38 th annual Arts and Yachts Art Show and Sale at the Hodgdon Yachts Southport boatyard featured 24 artists. Among the many artists demonstrating their crafts Saturday was John Seitzer painting a scene from Love Cove. In the midst of all his work on display and for sale was a painting titled “Icons,” done last year in nearly the same spot Seitzer was found at this year’s show. Ron Riml shared two of his model ships – one of a Thames River steamer,
Topaz
, from the turn of...
New exhibit commemorates the armistice
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 11:00am
This exhibition of new paintings by Brenda Bettinson at Mathias Fine Art, “Lest We Forget,” is an urgent and timely reminder to us of the outcomes of war. It will remain on view until Nov. 11. The upcoming show’s title commemorates the centennial of the armistice that on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 ended the carnage and destruction of World War 1. Executed in an emotional and powerful manner, the 21 paintings, semi-abstract in style, speak to us of the...
Plein air painting and drawing day at Castle Tucker Aug. 23
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 9:30am
Join artist Jennifer Linskey on Thursday, Aug. 23 for a day of painting and drawing at historic Castle Tucker, overlooking the beautiful Sheepscot River and Wiscasset Harbor. Beginners are welcome! Bring your own materials, lunch and a hat. The day begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Enjoy the day and gather for an afternoon critique with the instructor. Weather permitting. Castle Tucker is located at 2 Lee Street in Wiscasset. Admission is $20 Historic New England members, $25 nonmembers...
Welcome to the imagination of Cecile Clifford
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 8:00am
Sometimes Cecile Clifford takes one or two of the Wogs outside and poses them near flowers in her gardens, under trees or mushrooms, takes photos and then imagines a conversation they might be having. What are Wogs? Well, they’re just a few of the unusual creations born of Clifford’s imagination in her studio, The Gallery at My Way, in Boothbay. They’re a cross between Neanderthals, trolls (although she is right, they really are too cute to be trolls), and characters you might meet somewhere in...
See works by Patti Leavitt and Hannah Ineson in Bristol
Monday, August 13, 2018 - 12:00pm
Artists Patti Leavitt and Hannah Ineson live near each other in Maine and Florida (in winter). They have art businesses in both states but are showing their coastal Maine landscapes, often interpreted in pastel, at the Pemaquid Gallery. Patti Leavitt of South Bristol and Bonita Springs, Florida works exclusively in pastel, giving her paintings a lush, deep color finish. Often she features buildings including farm scenes, as well as the quaint villages found along the Maine coast. Leavitt also...
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
K-12 teachers sculpt animals
Friday, August 10, 2018 - 7:00am
On Aug. 2 and 3, seventeen art educators from Maine and around the northeast relished an opportunity to become students again. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomed the teachers for a summer workshop on sculpting animals in clay. Boston-based artist and art teacher Claudia Olds Goldie led the participants through a variety of techniques and projects that can be adapted for all grade levels, class sizes, and classroom situations. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice,...
Savory Maine kids’ craft
Thursday, August 9, 2018 - 9:00am
Savory Maine in Damariscotta will host a special activity for children from 4-5 p.m. during the Twin Villages Art Walk on Aug. 17. All children under 18 can decorate one free organic cotton shopping bag with colorful fabric markers. The bags can be used to carry toys or beach gear or can be given as gifts. Free lemonade! Adults are welc ome - for $5 they can decorate a bag too! Weather permitting this activity will take place outside at the picnic tables. In the event of rain it will be held in...
August artists at BHML: John and Jill Butke
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 11:00am
John and Jill Butke are Artists of the Month at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak Street. The exhibit is in the upstairs Community Room and features oil paintings by John and weaving by Jill. Their work can be viewed during normal library hours. The Butkes’ have a seasonal gallery, The Butke Gallery, on Sawyer’s Island in Boothbay. John and Jill began summering on Sawyer’s Island in 1974 where they eventually purchased the “Sea Roost” cottage in 1979. Upon retiring from their careers...
A conversation with Maine artist Joseph Ascrizzi
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 9:00am
Joseph Ascrizzi, an established artist who founded Freedom Art Works and lives in Freedom, Maine, will hold an informal conversation about his art with Alan Crichton of Liberty, Maine, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 at The Maine Art Gallery, 15 Warren Street, in Wiscasset. Ascrizzi will talk with Crichton about his life and personal philosophy of art, his use of unusual materials and the powerful, personal influences shaping his long career. Crichton, an artist, musician and writer who has been...
‘Color Play’ enlivens Stable Gallery
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 2:00pm
Who isn’t moved by certain colors? Artists know that colors are warm or cold and that opposites make interesting greys. But, appreciating art can be an instinctual response to the colors resonating in a particular piece of work. Thus, Stable Gallery’s August show is titled “Color Play.” The show opens with a public reception for the artists on Friday, Aug. 10 from 5-7 p.m. This month’s show features two of Stable Gallery’s new 2018 artists, a returning artist, and seven other Maine artists with...
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9/24: Midcoast Maine in World War II at The Lincoln Home
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