Art

Visit the galleries listed below July 6 for specials First Friday receptions, new exhibitions and live demos. Most are within walking distance, others are a short car ride away … all are worth…

The current show at Gleason Fine Art, “Awakenings,” features the work of two talented women who just happen to be mother and daughter, Andrea Peters and Christine Peters. The creative spirit…

Ed Parker

Last summer while doing research for a painting of the Linekin Bay Ferry at the Boothbay Harbor Historical Society, Southport artist Ed Parker came across several old photographs of a…

River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists throughout Maine to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, “Summertime”. Artists can submit up to three works in any medium including…

River Arts Gallery West
Annie Darling

Annie Darling, an encaustic, mixed media artist, has a solo show in the West Gallery at River Arts that runs through July 11.

Annie Darling was born in…

S.H.E.D. Talks
Trelawney O'Brien

During the Wiscasset Art Walk please join us for an informal discussion of Trelawney O'brien’s artwork at the Doublet S.H.E.D. at Creamery Pier Thursday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. She will be the first…

Nancy Coleman

Nancy Coleman of Damariscotta Mills, will be showing her new collection of more than a dozen hand colored metal etchings; during the Wiscasset Art Walk this Thursday, June 28 from 5-8 p.m. at…

“Monhegan to Paris” opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery in Wiscasset, Maine on Saturday, July 7 with a reception from 4 to 6 .pm. The event is free and open to the public and…

Peter Southwick Photography

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…

Southport Memorial Library
Lee Boynton

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to announce its summer show, “The Sense of Wonder: Lee Boynton and Rachel Carson.” In this show quotes from Rachel Carson’s book “The Sense of Wonder” are…

The Wiscasset Middle High School, WMHS, is proud to join with the Wiscasset Art Walk by showcasing local works in a pop-up art gallery at 64 Main St, on June 28, 5-8 p.m. The gallery will include…

Mathias Fine Art
Max Bartsch

One hundred years ago the U.S. government passed what has been called one of the most powerful conservation laws ever: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Celebrating this 100th anniversary the Audubon…

Rick Dickinson

Rick Dickinson grew up in West Sand Lake, New York, where he first painted as a teenager. Fast forward to 2007 when, after enjoying a successful career as an executive in the construction industry…

The earliest known baskets were made in eastern Europe about 29,000 years ago, making this one of our earliest art forms. Basket-making is also an extremely versatile form of expression, as…

From June 27 through Aug. 5, Mathias Fine Art, 10 Mathias Drive, Trevett will present the exhibit, “BIRDS: Art to celebrate the Year of the Bird.”

One hundred years ago the U.S. government…

Helen Farnham, a fiber artist from Boothbay Harbor, will be exhibiting new needle felt designs at Markings Gallery in Bath beginning July 1. Her fascination with exotic, wild animals are the…

River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists throughout Maine to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, “Summertime.” Artists can submit up to three works in any medium including…

The first Wiscasset Art Walk of the 2018 season, on Thursday, June 28, 5-8 p.m., is known by regulars as the season’s Love Fest event. Balmy weather is firmly ensconced, the…

Mariko Paterson

Get an insider’s look into the lives and work of nationally-recognized ceramic artists during slide talks at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle this summer. Every year, Watershed…

Judy O’Donnell

An exhibition of painting and sculpture by Richard Brown Lethem and Judy O’Donnell will open on Friday, June 15 at the Green Lion Gallery, 104 Front Street in Bath.  That…

Marnie Sinclair

The PWA office-gallery is hosting the artwork of Damariscotta artist Marnie Sinclair. Her show of sculptures and mixed media pieces is called “Magical Adaptations…

No matter where you are throughout 2019, a glance at photographer Robert Mitchell’s “Around Boothbay Harbor” calendar will transport you to the Boothbay region, with a side trip to Monhegan Island…

River Arts West Gallery

Artists Stephanie Wright and Jessica Sirois invite the public to the opening reception for their show “Convergence” in the West Gallery at River Arts Friday, June 8 from 5 to 7 p.m.

River Arts in Damariscotta, is inviting the public to the opening reception for its 10th annual Member Show, Friday, June 8 from 5-7 pm. The artwork by 85 member artists on exhibit are…

Maine artist Susan Zimmerman

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. Artists Léa Peterson and Susan…

Twin Villages ArtWalk, celebrating its sixth season, will bring a festive atmosphere, celebrating art and artists, to Damariscotta and Newcastle, Friday, June 15, 4-7 p.m. Nineteen galleries and…

Carlo Albucci is a Florentine painter of curious happenings. He paints ironic, iconic, surreal and comic events sometimes all together, sometimes one at a time. In all ways they are fun to look at…

Cheryl Blaydon

Cheryl Blaydon’s oil paintings will be on display at the First Bank, 77 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor, during June and July during normal banking hours.

This East Boothbay…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML)  celebrates the work of the late Lee Winslow Court with a show on display throughout June in the upstairs community room during regular library hours.

Green foliage is unfolding and warmer breezes are blowing across the state. The sunshine is stronger and the outdoors beckons the locals to take a walk or plant a garden. Starting in June through…

The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine will open a fascinating exhibition of works by artist N.C. Wyeth Saturday, June 16.  Entitled “N.C. Wyeth: Poems of American…

Midcoast Conservancy

Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to noon, Midcoast Conservancy will be offering a bluebird box building workshop in Montville. John Twomey and Leigh Norcott…

The rejuvenated Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset seeks art lovers who would like to volunteer their time to introduce gallery visitors to the work of local artists. Located in the historic…

Studio 53
David Dupree

Studio 53’s new show featuring the work of David Dupree and Ida Schmulowitz runs through June 24 and its a stunner. A reception will be held on Friday, June 1 from 5-7 p.m.

It’s all in the…

Lynne Seitzer, Joy to the Wind Gallery

Celebrate the beginning of the new season and the new works of art by Lynne Seitzer and John M. T. Seitzer.

Open house First Friday, June 1 from 2-4 p.m.

The Pemaquid Group of Artists opens its 90th season on Sunday, June 3, with a gala public reception from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Pemaquid Art Gallery located at Lighthouse Park. Refreshments,…

Castle Tucker

 Join artist Jennifer Linskey on Thursday, June 7 for a day of painting and drawing at historic Castle Tucker, overlooking the Sheepscot River and Wiscasset Harbor. Beginners are…

Jean Gumpper

It really is springtime, with new work and new beginnings bursting forth at the Green Lion Gallery in Bath along with new leaves on the trees.  Some gallery artists are celebrating travel,…

Diana Young

Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF)  is proud to present the first Member’s Show of the season.  Over 140 local and regional artists work will be on display at the gallery …

Lincoln Home, the retirement and assisted living facility in Newcastle, has recently reached a mutually beneficial agreement with Pemaquid Watershed Association (…

The Monhegan Museum. Alan LaVallee photo

The year 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Monhegan Museum of Art & History on Monhegan Island, Maine. Founded by artists and islanders in 1968, the museum draws visitors from all over…

Judith Magyar

“On the Coast: Twentieth Century and Contemporary American Art” will open Saturday,…

Lincoln County Historical Association

Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) announces “It’s Our History," a contest for Lincoln County residents between the ages of 10-13 and 14-18 years of age. The youth are invited to explore…

Jude Valentine

The opening reception for an exhibition of works on paper by Frances Hodsdon, the late Marlene Graeber-Peters, and Jude Valentine will be held at the Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset on Friday, May 25…

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

The exciting collection of rarities in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ spring auction June 1-3 are sure to tantalize and will lead bidders on a journey across continents and centuries. The…

Marking’s Gallery presents the compelling and joyful sculptures of Bath resident, Gary B. Anderson. Designed for the garden, they are also at home indoors. Inspired by nature, they are direct,…

The annual Student Art Show, hosted by Boothbay Region Art Foundation, is a treasure trove of creative expression. As you walk in the front door of the Art Foundation, your eyes may seem like they…

Southport Memorial Library
Judy Nixon

Southport Memorial Library welcomes two Artists for the Month for May, June Virginia Forrest with Judy Nixon.

Wiscasset-based artist Virginia Forrest works in watercolor,…
Marcia Sewall

Marcia Sewall, an award winning illustrator, will explain the process of creating children’s books in a talk at the Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12. The event…