When I gave Sawyer’s Island-based artist John Butke a call this week, he and his wife Jill, an accomplished weaver, were enjoying a bit of down time. Yet, even while enjoying a respite, there is…
Art
The Maine Photography Show (MPS), deadline for submissions is drawing near ... like next Friday, Jan. 22.
And the categories are ... Black and White, Color, Student, and the Special…
Winter often results in locals migrating south looking to escape a long stretch of the cold Maine winter. Not Susan Decker. She may be a bird of a different feather, by migrating north from…
Jason Thurston is a Northport artist, using his drawing skills to draw Midcoast scenery on shells.
The idea to create art on shells came a few years ago when Thurston’s wife, Hana, was in…
Coastal Maintenance, Inc. owner Steve Lorrain has been moonlighting in niche furniture making for four years under the moniker Two By Sea. At 67, the professional painter is preparing to turn over…
The Maine Photography Show (MPS), has been the annual premier juried gallery show of photography in Maine for 16 years. Deadline for submissions is at the stroke of midnight on Friday, Jan. 22.…
Artists from Mobius’ Creative Opportunities program opened an exhibit at the CLC YMCA at 525 Main St., in Damariscotta, on Oct. 15. The “Art From The Heart II” has extended the run until Jan. 15…
“Thank you for doing this.”
“Thank you for being a highlight of the holiday season.”
"This is my kids’ favorite event and they were worried that it…
Watercolorist Kathleen Horst, Damariscotta, has a new credit to add to her list of accomplishments: “As seen on HGTV”! Horst was approached this past summer to paint a portrait of a newly…
Love art but you are short on cash? At Boothbay Region Art Foundation, the Art in the Square Show and Sale has just kicked off its 16th year. All canvases are 12” x 12” and just $125 a square!…
Join us at Damariscotta River Grill for a week of dinner specials the week of Dec. 15-19 to celebrate art and the holidays. The Pemaquid Group of Artists new show will be on display just in time…
Twenty-five gingerbreads were designed and baked for the 2020 Gingerbread Spectacular – and what gingerbreads they are!
At the judging late Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 1, the Most Spectacular…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor technical director, actor and pianist Kevin Kiley is in the “Holidays” issue of Down East magazine. Sara Ann Donnelly’s article ““Gingerbread Man” tells of Kiley’s…
Sylvan Gallery is proud to feature a selection of small works of art by contemporary masters from Nov. 27 through Jan. 10, 2021. This exhibition features works in oil, acrylic, and pastel with the…
With the holidays just around the corner and gift lists growing, the Pemaquid Group of Artists suggests considering boxed sets of artist note cards. The card assortments offer beautiful glimpses…
Jamey and Lindsey Ackley planned to spend their fifth anniversary in Hawaii. COVID-19 dashed those plans, along with lobstering in the Florida Keys, and fishing in the waters of Pine Island Sound…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center is publishing a book containing over 100 submissions of work from professional and amateur creators all across Maine and beyond. “From Home in Bunny Slippers:…
River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for a special December show, without a predetermined theme, that will fill the galleries. Artists are invited to participate…
“I Am An American” exhibition opens Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cove Street Arts in Portland. The show features the work of Daniel Minter, Leonard Meiselman (Wiscasset), Natasha Mayers (Whitefield),…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is once again gearing up for the ever-popular 12” x 12” Art in the Square exhibit. Now is the time for regional artists to get a canvas and…
Tucked in an idyllic valley just off Route 1, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts offers a contemplative oasis for artists working in clay. During a usual summer and fall, ceramists from Maine…
‘A meaningful sculpture has power, presence and humanity, and generates its own unique narrative’
ROCKPORT — Carving wooden life size sculptures of sports figures has been a passion for Rockport artist Jon Moro, who recently departed from sports figures to crafting a life size sculpture of two…
Lincoln Home residents and staff celebrated each other’s creativity and stories this week during an Art Celebration in the living room. The gathering opened the door to stories ranging from past…
Over a dozen Southport Central School students and faculty traveled to downtown Boothbay Harbor Oct. 23 to experience some of the sculptures there. The outing marked the school’s first field trip…
Fall is upon us in the Northeast. It’s the time of year when we get to see the brilliant colors of foliage and the red, orange and yellow colors make for wonderful subjects to photograph. Getting…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit original work for the next juried show, “Artist’s Choice.” Submission to “Artist’s Choice” is open to original artwork in all media including…
Sculpture Boothbay
On Oct. 3 Sculpture Boothbay was at the East Boothbay General Store on Route 96 owned Elizabeth Evans.
Evans welcomed the arrival of the untitled sculpture by artist…
Sculpture Boothbay
Trees make paper, so it's appropriate that Sculpture Boothbay’s new addition to the sculpture trail has been installed at the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper office in Boothbay…
The Art at the Grill welcomes talented artists, Elaine Hranich and Robin Swennes for a new exhibit Sept. 29-Nov. 2 at the Damariscotta River Grill.
Elaine Hranich grew up…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aggressive bidding at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Summer’s Bounty II sale on Aug. 29 & 30 yielded many surprises and strong results. Grossing over $2.2 million, the auction attracted 797…
East Boothbay’s Ocean Point Inn is the venue for a new art show, “Summer’s End,” spearheaded by the inn’s Marketing Director Patricia Royall.
The outdoor opening reception Sept. 2 was held…
River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta presents Jacqueline Johnson in a solo show in the River Room. This exhibition runs from Sept. 11-23. Johnson’s work, deeply inspired by nature and her concern…
The end of summer "$pecial $ummer $ale" to benefit Boothbay Region Art Foundation is still running! Member artists continue to donate 12” x 12” work for this special sale.
All works are $…
Contemporary realism is the focus of the current online exhibit presented by Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery. The show, originally scheduled to be seen in the gallery at this time, has been…
Beginning now and running through Oct. 13, Gleason Fine Art is hosting Roger Dale Brown's second solo show with the gallery. Brown, one of the foremost marine painters in the country, is from…
Studio 53’s owners Terry Seaman and Heidi Seidelhuber are honored to celebrate his legacy 50 years later with “Don Justin Meserve: Sculpture Retrospective 2020,” an exhibition of over 40 works…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) current exhibit captures the character of Maine from as many angles as there are artists. Having a record-breaking number of pieces, this show has been…
Carlo Albucci show opens at Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 3 running through Oct. 21.
Carlo Albucci was a Florentine painter of curious happenings. He painted ironic, iconic…
Gleason Fine Art was named Best Art Gallery in Maine in Down East magazine's annual Best of Maine issue (the September issue, now on the stands). In mid-spring, Down East asked its readers to pick…
The Pemaquid Group of Artists will host an outdoor Art Under the Tent Sale at Lighthouse Park on Saturday, Sept. 5, weather permitting. Several artists will be painting plein air on location…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) presents Jefferson-based artist Carol Wiley’s solo show, “The Shapes of Our Lives.” This exhibit, hung in the upstairs Harbor View Gallery, runs from Aug…
On Thursday, Aug. 20, a new “Sculpture Boothbay” installation took place on the Brick House lawn next to House of Logan. “Head Wind” is made of Hillburn granite. This fabulous piece is…
Ocean Point Inn will host “Summer’s End” an art show featuring the works of local and regional artists. The show will open on Wednesday, Sept. 2 and run through Monday, Oct. 12.
An opening…
GLEASON FINE ART
Beginning Thursday, Aug. 20, and running through Tuesday, Sept. 22, Gleason Fine Art hosts “Ed Parker: Painting the Story.” The Southport resident is universally acknowledged as one of America's…
Carriage House Gardens
“Bunny is my essence,” says Alna-based artist Kate Nordstrom, and then, with a mischievous smile, she moves on to the next topic, how she paints.
“When I’m painting, I’m playing, I’m…
First National Bank is proud to announce the winners of its thirteenth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 150 entries, and each winning…
Markings Gallery, an artists’ cooperative with three large display rooms nestled on a lively little street in the shipbuilding city of Bath, is the rare shop that you bring all your out-of-town…
A new art show opens at Damariscotta River Grill showcasing local artists Barbara Applegate, Sandra Leinonen Dunn, Kimberly Skillin Traina, and Liliana Thelander. To celebrate the artists, the…
Maine Art Gallery
“Lost and Found”, the current online show at the Maine Art Gallery, features three…
There are seven artists who use oil paints at the Saltwater Artists Gallery, all with very different styles. The two featured this week are Scott White of Chamberlain and Sue Heil Kibbe of…
