Walking in the woods, in fields, and along the Damariscotta River near my…
Art
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…
Pumpkinfest 2018
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 &…
Wiscasset Art Walk
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…
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.…
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-…
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…
Kefauver Studio & Gallery
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…
The three-day, 38th annual Arts and Yachts Art Show and Sale at the Hodgdon Yachts Southport boatyard featured 24 artists.
Among the many artists demonstrating their crafts…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Markings Gallery
The collaboration that resulted in Elemental Fire Sprite started when artist Melanie West (of Georgetown) handed her friend and felt artist Susan Mills (Bowdoin) a large, black and white polymer…
The Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset’s fourth show of the season, “Three Women on Board,” features the art of Jane Dahmen, Daisy Greene, and Consuelo Joerns. …
Bruce Burnham’s photography exhibit will be on display in the lobby throughout August and September and can be viewed during normal banking hours. The show, at 77 Oak Street in Boothbay Harbor, is…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF), sponsor of the ninth annual ARTinME exhibit, has announced the judge for this year’s show will be Connie Hayes, noted painter from Rockland. Hayes is known…
The Boothbay Railway Village continues its partnership with the Maine Stone Workers Guild with a weekend dedicated to the artists and artisans, past and present, that take stone from the earth and…
On Monday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m., The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid (FOCP) will sponsor, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Maine’s Enigmatic Stone Work,” the fourth program in its Summer…
On Saturday, Sept. 15, from 4:30 to 7 p.m., spend a bucolic evening on the shores of the Sheepscot River in Newcastle, sipping Champagne and enjoying hors d’oeuvres while Lincoln Academy student…
Head of the Harbor Gallery
Artist Roger Milinowski’s Head of the Harbor Gallery begins its 18th year in a new Boothbay Harbor location. Fans and art lovers will find the gallery at 129 Commercial St., formerly CoCo Vivo Art…
Remember playing marbles as a kid? We all had a prized collection we kept in an old cigar box, pouch or other “sacred” space. In neighborhoods everywhere, playing marbles was a serious business –…
Gleason Fine Art
Gleason Fine Art will host a First Friday reception on Aug. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. for acclaimed still-life painter Abbey Ryan. This young artist shot to fame when she was selected by Oprah…
My one and only trip out west, in February of 1995 to Utah (the Tuscon/Bisbee/Phoenix areas of Arizona were also part of the trip), introduced me to some awe-inspiring rock formations at…
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, in cooperation with the Bristol Road Galleries, is hosting “The Garden Party” plein air event on Saturday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, Aug…
A new addition to the current exhibition, “Birds - Art to celebrate the Year of the Bird,” at Mathias Fine Art has been captivating visitors for the last few days. Paul Feyling’s newest film about…
Studio 53 Fine Art
Some say it’s controversial. Even though artists and craftsmen have been doing it for centuries there remains a lack of understanding of the process. Some deride it using terms such as “knock off…
Downeast Gallery in Edgecomb is hosting two concurrent exhibitions in July, running through Saturday, Aug. 4: “Windswept” and “Morocco in Maine.”
“Windswept” ……
The walls at the Damariscotta River Grill transform to summer colors and images, exploring a number of themes and capturing the light and beauty of Midcoast Maine. Three artists capture the…
Tapestries, monoprints and whimsy are the theme of the new exhibition by Priscilla May Alden at Gold/Smith Gallery. Priscilla starts each piece with sketches and a palette of yarn…
Boothbay Railway Village is offering hands-on art and handcraft classes throughout the year as an extension of the museum’s Artisan Days program. Artisan Days celebrates Maine’s craft heritage by…
The Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) presents the work of Newcastle painter Midge Coleman Monday, July 16 through Friday, Aug. 10: ‘”Celebrating the Land Around Us.”…
The Green Lion Gallery specializes in high-quality, individually-made fine art prints - and Maine is fortunate to have some successful and highly creative collaborative…
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting the public to view its most recent exhibition, “Summertime” juried by Bob Keyes, arts writer for the Portland Press Herald. Keyes selected…
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset
“Memories, Dreams, and Reflections,” an exhibit of works by Joseph, Max and Tony Ascrizzi, opens with a reception at the Maine Art Gallery from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 14. Music for the…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
See the original paintings for Susan Schadler’s book, “Come Walk in the Flynbos With Me,” by Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer, on display in the upstairs Community Room at Boothbay Harbor Memorial…
The Black River Gallery (BRG) of Boonton, New Jersey is now of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Artists Catherine Day and Sue Kenney have opened the gallery to feature their photographic art and the work…
On Thursday, July 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. Steve Burns and Helen Farnham from Markings Gallery, will present an artist talk and private viewing of their work and journeys as artists. The artist talk…
Galleries 338 will open its inaugural exhibition “Perspectives in American Art,” on Friday, July 6 during the Rockland First Friday Art Walk. Gallery owners Peter Clarke of Clarke Gallery,…
The Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) office-gallery is hosting the artwork of Damariscotta artist Marnie Sinclair. Her show of sculptures and mixed media pieces is called “Magical Adaptations…
Maine Art Gallery
A spirited and prolific array of paintings and sculptures — the independent creations of a family of three…
Birds. This unusual and engrossing exhibition of works in various media opens the summer season at Mathias Fine Art. It is a “must see” and is suitable for all age groups. The show runs through…
Gleason Fine Art's July show, "Kevin Beers: Points of Light," opens with a reception for Kevin on First Friday, July 6, from 5-7 p.m. As always, the public is invited to stop by the gallery,…
