Art

• Visitors invited to make art at Wiscasset Art Walk

  Mon, 07/15/2019 - 8:45am

  

  Colorful ribbons, buttons, tulle, and gorgeous fabric remnants are the art supplies on-hand for visitors who want to take part in the community Weaving Project during the Wiscasset Art Walk (WAW) on Thursday, July 25, 5-8 p.m. Walk into the small gallery at 64 Main St. during the Wiscasset Art Walk evening and volunteers will invite visitors to create a woven ‘strand’ by braiding together any of the familiar and quirky materials scattered around the room. Choices about colors, textures, and...

• Black River Gallery welcomes Elisabeth Ladwig July 20

  Mon, 07/15/2019 - 7:00am

  

  Elisabeth Ladwig, an award-winning photographic artist whose current work has appeared on magazine covers and gallery walls from Arizona to Rome; and her digital displays in Times Square and at the Louvre. One of those “gallery walls between AZ and Rome” is right here in Boothbay Harbor at the Black River Gallery at 16 McKown Street. Elisabeth will be at the Gallery – with some new works – from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, July 20. Her work is the convergence of a graphic design career and a personal...

• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens hosts artist Steve Tobin’s Steelroots sculptures

  Sat, 07/13/2019 - 7:45am

  

  This season, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is celebrating the power of the unseen with its theme, Roots: The Other Half of the Story. That celebration culminates with the opening of artist Steve Tobin’s exhibit, “Unearthed.” For the next year, visitors will be able not only to tour the gardens, but also to tour Tobin’s stunning, massive root sculptures. Tobin’s pieces are staggering, and their impact is undeniable. Their subject matter, roots, is deliberate, illustrating structure,...

• ‘Night and Day’ at River Arts

  Wed, 07/10/2019 - 1:00pm

  

  River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to the opening reception of three shows on Friday, July 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. The feature show in the Main Gallery is “Night and Day.” This exhibition was curated by Bob Keyes, art writer at Portland Press Herald. Keyes selected 83 art works from 171 entries from artists all over the state of Maine. The theme is widely interpreted with examples of starry nocturnes, comparisons of nighttime and daytime scenes, images of opposites, as well as thoughtful...

• Pemaquid artists paint plein air July 18

  Wed, 07/10/2019 - 9:00am

  

  Some of the finest art in the region can be found locally at the Pemaquid Art Gallery at Lighthouse Park, a little jewel of a gallery with a long history. The gallery, which houses works by 32 of some of the best local artists, is located in Lighthouse Park at Pemaquid Point. There will be an opportunity to meet and talk with these painters on Thursday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pemaquid Point. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch painting demonstrations and talk with several of...

• Corinne McIntyre: Painting in plein air

  Wed, 07/10/2019 - 7:45am

  

  Corinne McIntyre has owned Ocean Point Studio since 1992. Originally from Massachusetts, she came to Maine with her husband Fred. They honeymooned in a cottage on Grimes Cove and Corinne never wanted to leave. Some four years later, they were back for good. They bought a piece of land on Van Horn Road, built a post-and-beam house, then a studio, and finally her gallery. McIntyre had studied at the Art Institute of Boston (formerly The School of Practical Art). For many years afterward, she...

• Artist Lisa Kyle exhibition at Newcastle Realty

  Tue, 07/09/2019 - 11:00am

  

  Cheney Financial Group is hosting three summer events to support local artists, local musicians, local food, brews and wine. The first event will be held Thursday, July 11, from 4:30-6 p.m. at Newcastle Realty, 87 Main Street, Damariscotta. Artist Lisa Kyle will exhibit her paintings, live music will be by The Oystermen, edibles include oysters from Pemaquid Oyster Co. and pork carnitas and Korean chicken quesadillas by VIP Pizza truck. Local brew tastings will be provided by Boothbay Craft...

• Painting party fundraiser

  Tue, 07/09/2019 - 10:15am

  

  A painting party, led by gifted artist Selina Reid, will be held Wednesday, July 10 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 25 Industrial Park Rd. in Boothbay. This month, the painting will be “Fireworks.” The proceeds of $25 per person will go to the Hope Haitian Ministries adult job initiative in Haiti. This money enables these men and women to learn a skill that will provide income for them and their families. For more information and to register, call 633-7195 or email info@...
• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  MacDonald exhibition through August at BHML

  Tue, 07/09/2019 - 7:45am

  

  Paintings by W. Bruce MacDonald are on display in the upstairs community room of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) at 4 Oak Street. The show, sponsored by the Boothbay Region Art Foundation, will run throughout the months of July and August and can be viewed during normal library hours. Bruce MacDonald, who works in oils and acrylics, is fascinated by light. “I suppose you can say it is close to sun worship,” he says. Light sets the world ablaze - illuminates subjects which produce...

• River Arts’ 6 X 6 is a call to all

  Wed, 07/03/2019 - 2:30pm

  

  River Arts in Damariscotta announces the second annual 6” x 6” fundraising exhibition. This summertime exhibition is open to everyone: students, local artists, international artists, community members, designers, realtors, teachers, bankers, librarians and YOU. Everyone is invited to donate original art in any medium. River Arts is a not for profit arts organization that relies on donations and membership dues to operate. This fundraiser helps defray the costs of exhibitions held throughout the...

• Salad Days Celebration July 13

  Wed, 07/03/2019 - 10:30am

  

  Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts invites visitors to their 54-acre campus for the 25th annual Salad Days, a celebration of local food and handcrafted ceramics. This art-and-craft-filled festival features a picnic lunch that guests enjoy on handmade ceramic plates they can keep. 2019 Salad Days Artist Dehmie Dehmlow has created more than 550 earthenware plates to choose from. The painterly surfaces of her pieces give the sense that you’re eating from a work of art. “I enjoy researching and...

• ‘Kevin Beers: Points of Light’ at Gleason Fine Art

  Wed, 07/03/2019 - 8:30am

  

  On First Friday, July 5, from 5 to 7 pm, Gleason Fine Art will host an artist reception for the gallery’s July show: “Kevin Beers: Points of Light II.” The gallery invites Kevin’s many fans as well as the public to stop by Gleason Fine Art, have a glass of beer or wine, and chat with Kevin, one of the gallery’s most engaging artists. The show runs through July 30. In art school, Kevin Beers was constantly urged by his professors to give up the representational style of painting that he favored...
• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  “My Story” permanent at BHML

  Wed, 07/03/2019 - 8:15am

  

  Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is home for many residents and visitors including a young boy who enjoys hanging out on his magic carpet and reading his favorite books. The future of the bronze sculpture “My Story” has always been uncertain as sculptor Mitch Billis installed the piece in 2007 and it has been on loan to BHML ever since. Billis publicly gifted the sculpture to BHML on June 28 in a small ceremony on the green. “This is my way of giving back to a community that has given me so...
• Eben Blaney Fine Furniture

  Open Studio & Sale features five contemporary makers

  Wed, 07/03/2019 - 7:45am

  

  Furniture designer/maker Eben Blaney has gathered five fine craftspeople for a three-day show at his Edgecomb Studio and Showroom at 96 Eddy Road, July 12-14. The Opening Night Reception is on Friday, July 12 from 5-8 p.m., Saturday, July 13 noon to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, July 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. After several years of traveling to select craft and design shows to display, promote and sell his furniture, including both the Smithsonian and Philadelphia Museum Craft shows the past two years...

• First Friday Art Tour this week!

  Tue, 07/02/2019 - 2:00pm

  

  A self-guided journey led by the art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Open houses. Live demos. Refreshments. Meet the artists and gallery owners. Take a walk on the creative side … ... BOOTHBAY HARBOR galleries … Boothbay Region Art Foundation 1 Townsend Avenue - 633-2703 www.boothbayartists.org Our...

• Trees in the Forest and the Gallery

  Tue, 07/02/2019 - 1:00pm

  Friday, July 12 Join Boothbay Region Land Trust, 9-11:30 a.m. at the Schoolhouse Pond Preserve, Cross Road, Trevett. BRLT has partnered with Mathias Fine Art to offer a tree identification walk and private viewing of tree art. Our day will start in the woods of Schoolhouse Pond Preserve. As we walk a one-mile loop past old stone walls and along a sphagnum bog, we will encounter a variety of the tree species found in Midcoast Maine. A naturalist will offer some interesting insights into the...

• Kevin Mizner exhibition in Damariscotta

  Mon, 07/01/2019 - 2:45pm

  

  The Damariscotta Office of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to be hosting a wonderful display of the works of well known Maine artist Kevin Mizner for the months of July and August. Mizner has titled this group of works “The Maine Experience.” All are invited to see the show and join in a reception for Kevin on Wednesday, July 10 from 5-7 p.m. at 170 Main Street, Damariscotta. Shares Mizner: “I have been painting Maine and her people for over forty years. Currently I...

• Artists Prycel and Traina – new to the Pemaquid Art Gallery

  Mon, 07/01/2019 - 2:15pm

  

  New artists showing their work at the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Bristol include Belva Ann Prycel of Damariscotta and Kimberly Skillin Traina of Edgecomb. Although they paint in different mediums, these artists search for the hidden quality in landscape and seek to “see beyond the seen,” to capture “the essence of a moment in time.” Both Prycel and Traina offer their work to inspire others to respond to the beauty of the natural world in coastal Maine. New member Prycel has been practicing her art...
• Gold/Smith Gallery

  John Wissemann’s ‘Small Miracles’ opening July 4

  Sun, 06/30/2019 - 2:00pm

  

  In a more than 70 year career as an artist, John Wissemann has explored many varied themes. “My subject is the history of art,” he says. But if it is art history it is seen with a working artist’s eye, not the eye of an academic or historian. John’s latest in colored pencil is informed by his lifelong study and deep knowledge of many various traditions and cultures of art. From cave paintings to the great classic modernists, Matisse, Kandinsky, deKooning, Stuart Davis, Italian baroque sculpture...

• Short stories told in paintings at Joy to the Wind Gallery

  Sun, 06/30/2019 - 12:00pm

  

  This exhibition, “Anthology - A Collection of Short Story Paintings,” is collaboration between the artist and you the viewer. “I supply the color. You provide the words to make the story yours, John M. T. Seitzer says. “Everybody ‘reads’ their own interpretation into what they see.” Let your imagination wander as you observe the rainbow of colors, simple shapes and thick textures in these paintings at Joy to the Wind Gallery in Boothbay Harbor. Some ‘story’ paintings are dark and brooding while...

• Making Your Best Shot – Fireworks

  Wed, 06/26/2019 - 11:00am

  

  Windjammer Days as well as the 4th of July is coming which means the skies will be filled with fireworks again. The displays can be dazzling and can make for a wonderful subject to photograph. Here is what you will need to make your best shot of fireworks. For equipment you’ll want a tripod to keep your camera steady, a shutter release cable and, of course, your camera with a fully charged battery and a formatted memory card. A flashlight can be useful to see camera settings since you will be...

• The Merry Barn: A retreat for readers and writers of all ages

  Wed, 06/26/2019 - 6:45am

  

  Growing up, Stephanie Noyes McSherry loved visiting her grandparents’ farm in Connecticut. The barn was where the family gathered for celebrations and dances. Little did she know then, those memories and that barn that housed so many of her happy childhood memories would never escape her mind or imagination. “I just loved that barn. When my grandparents died it had to be sold. I guess I’ve just always had a thing for barns,” McSherry said. Twenty years ago, she was teaching fourth grade in...

• Local watercolor artists at Pemaquid Art Gallery

  Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:30pm

  

  Two watercolor artists currently showing at Pemaquid Gallery in New Harbor are Cindy Spencer of Wiscasset and Peggy Farrell of New Harbor. They both are inspired by the light and colors of Maine scenery, from coastal scenes to barns and gardens. Peggy Farrell is a long time member of the gallery and currently serves as gallery manager. Although she has worked in several art media including oil, tole painting, stained glass and calligraphy, it is watercolor that has captured her heart. Her...
• Wiscasset Bay Gallery

  ‘Sears Gallagher, William Thon and 20th Century Maine Art’

  Tue, 06/25/2019 - 10:30am

  

  While the coast of Maine provides a consistent backdrop for the subject matter of the exhibition, the diversity of artists brings a uniqueness and freshness to the show. Many works from the estate of Sears Gallagher are included and of particular note is the artist's rendition of Monhegan Harbor. Painted late in the afternoon, the small oil is luminous and rich. Manana Island is cast in blueish-purple shadows and warm green highlights. Fishing boats rest in the quiet harbor, surrounded by a...

• Mother-daughter art show at Southport Memorial Library

  Tue, 06/25/2019 - 7:30am

  

  Barbara and Jeanne Lally’s mother-daughter art show at the Southport Memorial Library goes up in July and will continue through August. A public reception will be held at the library, 1032 Hendricks Hill Road, Friday, July 5 from 5-7 p.m. for interested viewers with refreshments. A life-long artist, Barbara Lally has successfully mastered many art mediums, including enameling on copper, oil painting, silk screen printing, quilting, rug hooking, pysanky (Ukrainian egg decorating), batik, shibori...

• Bagpipers, plein air artists and hammered dulcimers, oh my!

  Mon, 06/24/2019 - 9:30am

  

  Striking a pose in his kilt on the rustic floorboards of the Creamery Pier, award-winning bagpiper Peter Campbell will pipe in the beginning of the 2019 Wiscasset Art Walk season on June 27, 5-8 p.m. Some say it’s a good bet that even the orange barrels will dance in the street. Wiscasset Village is always the place to be during the summer, especially on the last Thursday of every month from June through September. This year the galleries and shops will shine with gifted guitarist Rick Turcotte...

• ‘Abstractions’ show at Maine Art Gallery opens June 29

  Sun, 06/23/2019 - 12:15pm

  

  A reception for seven Maine artists whose work is included in the Maine Art Gallery’s upcoming show will be held at the gallery on Warren Street in Wiscasset from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 29. Gallery hours for the remainder of the show are 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Thursday - Saturday. through July 27. Vocalist Lynda D’Amore and keyboardist Bill Duffy will provide music for the opening. Guests will view lyrical abstract paintings by Marjorie Arnett, aluminum relief sculptures by Peter Bennett,...

• ‘David Estey - Recent Paintings’ at Studio 53

  Sat, 06/22/2019 - 8:00am

  

  Belfast artist David Estey follows up his 2016 retrospective at Studio 53 with a solo exhibit of 25 recent paintings. The works are improvisational abstract images in a wide variety of sizes done in acrylic on canvas or the synthetic paper Yupo mounted on panels. An opening reception will be held Friday, July 5 from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition run is July 1-28. Estey is an award-winning native, with a BFA degree from Rhode Island School of Design, a MSA degree from George Washington University, and...

• William Curtis’ paintings at Miles Hall Gallery in July

  Thu, 06/20/2019 - 5:30pm

  

  “Maine Moments,” an exhibit of oil paintings by Damariscotta-based artist William Curtis, is now showing at Miles Hall Gallery at Miles Memorial Hospital through July 26. Curtis has been painting landscapes of New England for over 50 years and this collection includes many paintings of local scenes. He was instructed and encouraged by his father, Roger Curtis, a noted Cape Ann artist, and his uncle Howard, a well-known artist and Gloucester High School’s art teacher. Curtis recalls many...

• New Ed Parker painting takes us back to 1910

  Thu, 06/20/2019 - 6:30am

  

  While lacking the year round grand formality of the 19th century New York, Newport, Marblehead Yacht Club scene, the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club was certainly considered, along with Bar Harbor, one of the best summer yachting destinations for those clubs and for the summer residents and visitors to the region. The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club was incorporated in 1895, although the Club’s history dates back to 1870. The club quickly became a racing and social center for the summer boating season in...

• ‘Trees’ exhibition at Mathias Fine Art

  Wed, 06/19/2019 - 10:00am

  

  “Trees” are the focal subjects of an unusual and vital new exhibition at Mathias Fine Art, 10 Mathias Dr., Trevett/Boothbay. Ten experienced professional artists each have contributed works that feature trees, successfully translating this subject matter into moving and aesthetically satisfying imagery. The works of Max Bartsch, Brenda Bettinson, Patt Franklin, Lesia Sochor, Brigitte Keller and John Lorence, all painters, lead the viewer through a “forest” of individual tree images...

• Wiscasset Art Walk season opens June 27

  Tue, 06/18/2019 - 4:00pm

  

  Wiscasset Village might look like a construction project but behind the orange barrels and rippling caution tape are the open doors of beautiful galleries, new and familiar shops, delicious eating, and accomplished music during the season’s first Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, June 27, 5-8 p.m. A new stop on Wiscasset Art Walk day is the Farmers’ Market on the commercial pier, starting at 3 p.m. Shop for local farm-grown groceries then head over to Treats for a delicious wine tasting from 4:30...

• Marie Ruffalo show at Red Cup Coffeehouse

  Tue, 06/18/2019 - 3:00pm

  

  Don’t miss artist Marie Ruffalo’s colorful abstracts show at Red Cup! A reception is on Wednesday, June 19 from 5-7 p.m. This is Marie’s first show in Boothbay Harbor. Red Cup is at 29 Commecial Street. Check it out on Facebook too!
• River Arts

  Call to artists: ‘Night and Day’ exhibition

  Tue, 06/18/2019 - 1:00pm

  

  River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for the July show. Artists may submit up to three works for jurying into “Night and Day.” Participants are invited to respond to the theme to reflect their own interpretations. The deadline for entry is Saturday, July 6 at 4 pm. Portland Press Herald art writer Bob Keyes will be the juror for this exhibition. Keyes writes about the arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in Portland, Maine. He’s won many national and...

• Steven Dunn photography on display at Newcastle Realty

  Sat, 06/15/2019 - 7:15am

  

  Steven Dunn of Chelsea is an internationally recognized photographer most noted for his impressionistic images. He has been referred to as “Monet with a Camera.” The show will run through July 1 at Newcastle Realty located at 87 Main St., Damariscotta. Using such techniques as Polaroid manipulation, multiple exposure, montage and rear projection, he creates images that have a true painterly quality. In addition to the United States, his images have been exhibited in Europe and Asia. Mr. Dunn...

• Robert Mitchell’s new calendar has 20-20 vision

  Fri, 06/14/2019 - 8:30am

  

  In plenty of time for the year 2020, photographer Robert Mitchell 20th “Around Boothbay Harbor” calendar in 20 years is now available. As he points out, that’s 240 “cherished views.” It’s uncanny how he continues to produce unique takes on familiar scenes and locales. While he carefully pairs images with the seasons, the photos run the gamut from dramatic and moody to bright and crisp, from nearly monochromatic to full of color. Another feature that sets Mitchell’s calendars apart is the...

• ‘Still Life/Wildlife’ at Kefauver Studio & Gallery

  Thu, 06/13/2019 - 8:00am

  

  The “Still Life/Wildlife” art show. The show features new work by oil painter Will Kefauver, and the work of 29 juried guest artists. The show runs until June 30. Five of the artists are new to the gallery with this show. They are: Julie Babb, gouache; Patricia Bradley, pastel; Patricia Parks, oil; Chris Stump, photography; and Jan Van Tassell, watercolor. The other guest artists are pen and ink artist Jane Bowman; oil painters Sandra Dunn, Sandy Harper, and Mary Mabry; photographers Steve Dunn...
• Green Lion Gallery, Bath

  ‘Spirits and Secrets,’ Abstract photographs by Olga Merrill

  Thu, 06/13/2019 - 7:30am

  

  Abstract photographer Olga Merrill opens her first solo show “Spirits and Secrets” at the Green Lion Gallery in Bath on Friday, June 21. It will be on display through July 14. There will be an opening reception at the Green Lion, 104 Front Street in downtown Bath, from 4 - 7 pm on Friday, June 21, coinciding with Bath’s first Art Walk of 2019. Merrill says, seemingly playfully, that she hardly recognizes herself as a photographer. Instead, she says, she uses photography as a tool - like an...

• Kirsti Sandoy fiber art show at Markings Gallery

  Wed, 06/12/2019 - 4:00pm

  

  Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath is pleased to present an exhibit by local fiber artist Kirsti Sandoy, “Trek Botanica: A Contemporary Expression of an Ancient Craft Fiber Art” through June. An artist talk, demo, and reception will be held on Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m. In this exhibition Ms. Sandoy expresses her sense of place and her connection to living by the sea through a series of botanical images and impressions of water. Using natural materials, wool from a variety of sheep breeds,...

• New Wiscasset art gallery opening June 21

  Wed, 06/12/2019 - 3:00pm

  

  Midcoast residents and fellow travelers are invited to celebrate the summer solstice 2019 with artist Ammi Bai Chung at Gallery 87. Inspired by Midcoast Maine's wild and beautiful landscape, Bai Chung's palette offers contemporary, bold, expressionist paintings of Monhegan, Pemaquid and East Boothbay. But among the coastal scenes, she also included for her first show a stunning bonus landscape of Mount Katahdin, “The Greatest Mountain,” named by the Penobscot Native Americans for the highest...

• Solo show in River Arts’ West Gallery

  Wed, 06/12/2019 - 1:00pm

  

  River Arts in Damariscotta is featuring Martha LaMarche in a West Gallery show from June 13-26. Martha’s large, abstract paintings fill the space with exciting color and wonderfully imaginative forms and textures. There will be two opportunities to meet the artist and enjoy Saturday afternoon refreshments at River Arts: Saturday, June 15 and Saturday, June 22 from 2-4 p.m. Having enjoyed creative expression from early childhood, Martha remembers taking her mother’s chiffon scarves out of the...

• Peter Southwick photography exhibit at the Opera House

  Wed, 06/12/2019 - 11:30am

  

  During a journalism career that spanned three decades, photographer Peter Southwick produced images that appeared in publications around the world. As a staff photographer for the Associated Press, he covered everything from political campaigns and conventions to major sports championships, as well as breaking news and feature stories. He was there for times of joy and sadness, triumph and tragedy, and the smaller “slice of life” moments that provide readers with some relief from the news. A...

• Ralph Staples photographs at First Federal bank

  Tue, 06/11/2019 - 1:00pm

  

  Ralph Staples, a nature and landscape photographer, is exhibiting his work at the First Federal Savings and Loan on Commercial Street in Boothbay Harbor. He studied at the New England Institute of Professional Photography and the Nikon School of Photography. In addition, Staples attended seminars by the famous nature photographers, John Shaw and Tony Sweet. Staples is a member of Professional Photographers of America, Capital Area Camera Club, Maine Professional Photographers and the Boothbay...

• Rotary club celebrates local artists June 13

  Mon, 06/10/2019 - 1:30pm

  

  On Thursday, June 13 from 5 to 7 p.m., the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club will host a reception open to the public to celebrate our local artists who have been exhibiting their work at the club. This events marks the one year anniversary of Rotary’s art installations. At the reception each artist will exhibit two works, a preview of upcoming shows that give each feature artist a two month stint at the club. The reception is co-sponsored by the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and the...

• ‘Tapestry ... The New Wave’ at Down East Gallery

  Mon, 06/10/2019 - 8:00am

  

  An invitational show on the coast of Maine at Down East Gallery, 146 Boothbay Road/Route 27, Edgecomb. This special show, features the work of 13 highly accomplished tapestry artists from New England in this invitational exhibition. Curators are Priscilla May Alden and Barbara Burns. The show will run Aug. 6-30 in the gallery’s Barn exhibition space. An Opening Reception will be held Friday, Aug. 9 from 5-7 p.m. For more information, visit www.downeastgallery.com

• It’s a mixed media show for Art at the Grill

  Thu, 06/06/2019 - 7:15am

  

  Art at the Grill’s summer season opens with a mixed media show, Monday, June 10. Damariscotta River Grill hosts Lonie Ellis, Douglas Houle and Rebecca Shorb, who share their experience of Maine with three distinctly different styles and viewpoints, through pastel, oil, encaustic and works in clay. Meet the artists and savor summer hors d’oeuvres at the “Art at the Grill” opening reception, Thursday, June 13, from 4-5:30 p.m. Stop in for a delicious meal and enjoy this show June 10 through July...

• Gala opening for River Arts’ Members’ Show

  Wed, 06/05/2019 - 2:00pm

  

  River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to the opening reception of the “Members’ Show” on Friday, June 7 from 5-7 p.m. Over 100 artists have convened from all over the state of Maine for this annual exhibition that includes a wide range of modes and mediums. This showcase of members’ art highlights works that artists have chosen to most represent their individual styles. A show that truly expresses the strength of the artwork and creativity in Maine, this exhibition runs from now until...

• Maine Stone Symposium seeks hosts for visiting artists

  Wed, 06/05/2019 - 12:00pm

  

  This summer from July 27-Aug. 4, nine Maine stone sculptors — two guests from Japan, a Greek sculptor now living in the Canadian Maritimes, and two Maine College of Art students — will be creating sculpture from Maine granite on the Boothbay Common during the Maine Stone Symposium. The artists will work with a wide variety of hand and power tools to create works of art that will be sold at the Boothbay Region Land Trust's Points of View Art Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8 or later join the Boothbay...

• FIRST FRIDAY ART TOURS

  Wed, 06/05/2019 - 11:00am

  

  A self-guided journey led by the art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. O pen houses. L ive demos. R efreshments. M eet the artists and gallery owners. T ake a walk on the creative side … Boothbay Harbor galleries … GOLD/SMITH GALLLERY 8 McKown St. ~ 633-6252 June 7 through July 2, from 4 to 6 p.m., the gallery is featuring new oil paintings on Masonite by...

• Lively opening at the Maine Art Gallery

  Tue, 06/04/2019 - 10:45am

  

  The Old Academy on Warren Street in Wiscasset was bursting with good cheer and lively chatter Saturday evening at the opening of the Maine Art Gallery’s show of work by 15 of its members. The show, beautifully curated by Colleen Keaney-Graffam and Jorge Pena, was filled with highly accessible paintings, drawings, and wearable art. “All the art in this show is very positive, which is so comforting in turbulent times,” commented one visitor. Indeed, the attendees were attracted to the work, and...

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