Art
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
Newcastle’s Local Planning Committee has finalized its plans for a mid-spring extravaganza that will encourage residents to come out and participate in the development of the town’s comprehensive…
You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy the “Free Expression Art” workshop being offered by Maine Media Women on Saturday, April 9. This hands-on workshop will be…
Boothbay Harbor native Brian Papineau recently spent almost six months on a film set in New Zealand.
He was working as a special…
Savory Maine Restaurant in Damariscotta presents artist Pam Cabañas in a solo exhibition March 23 through May 2. An opening reception is planned for Friday…
The 5th annual Harbor Fest will kick off on Labor Day Weekend with a full, 10-day schedule of events. The festival takes place in a variety of locations on the…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Brooklyn” Set in the early 1950s, this film tells the story of a young Irish woman's immigration to New York, where she quickly falls into a…
Barters Island artist Brenda Bettinson has sought the transcendent in art all of her life — and it could be said she has also sought it in her personal life as well.
Her search for the…
Artist and illustrator Thomas Block will be showing a collection of selected works at the First Federal Savings Bank at 41 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor.
Watercolor, pencil on graphite…
The works of three local artists - Ruth Monsell, Judy Nixon and Pamela Logan - are currently gracing the walls of Atlantic Motorcar (AMC) until June.
Pamela Logan has been a photographer for…
Joe Norton has been building walls for around 12 years. They're not the kind of walls that keep people out. In fact they do just the opposite. Their artful beauty draws people in.
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Miles Memorial Hospital is pleased to present “Facials: Recent Collage Portraits” by Phoebe Nichols on view March 19 through May 6.…
A new exhibit of local artists, Julia Nichols and Brooke Pacy, opens March 22 as part of The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series. An opening to meet the artists will be held on Wednesday,…
The Pemaquid Group of Artists is announcing a call for artists for the 2016 season to exhibit at the Pemaquid Art Gallery at Lighthouse Park.
Interested artists…
Atlantic Motorcar Center offers 2,000 square feet of space to local artists
Chances are if you were playing a game of Family Feud and the question was: “What do you expect to see on the walls of the waiting room at a car dealership?” the winning answer might be “car…
The Boothbay Region Community Center recently provided classes in the art form of Ukrainian egg-decorating.
Known as “…
Richard Boyd Art Gallery located on Peaks Island in Portland, Maine opens the month of March with an annual exhibition of art works in black and white. Although color is evident in some of the…
Skidompha Public Library will be filled with the quilts of quilt maker/fiber artist Janet B. Elwin in March and April. Little Quilts will be displayed in the Carey Gallery with a collection of…
It's time to prepare for the 14th Annual Festival of Art for Senior College at Belfast. All Maine artists, aged 50 and over, amateur or professional, can submit artwork for the show running June 9…
The public is invited to an artist's reception and wine tasting on Friday, March 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. The event will be at the Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta to kick off a month long…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) will debut the 2016 Membership Art Show on Friday, Feb. 26, with a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Guests can meet artists…
Boothbay Harbor based artist Tom Whittle is Artist of the Month in March and April at the Southport Memorial Library. Whittle's show opens on March 1.
A painter since 1970, Tom Whittle first…
A new art exhibit by Maine artist Léa Peterson opens this week at the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery in Damariscotta. This show runs through March 18.
Petersonʼs paintings have been…
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting the public to the opening reception of its newest exhibition “Faces and Figures” Friday, Feb. 19 from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition includes 120 works in a wide…
Tigger Leather Silversmith has been in Boothbay Harbor for 38 years. Owner Peter Dombrowski said it has been a labor of love.
The shop was originally in the building that is now Coastal Dog…
Waldoboro artist Audrey Bechler is leaving Maine, her heart’s special place for over 50 years. Before she does, she will show and sell as much of her accumulated works of art as she can.
The…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation is sponsoring the show of Deborah L. Simard at The First National Bank in Boothbay Harbor in February and March.
This exhibit features the artist's large…
Between now and April 2, the Fish Ladder Restoration Committee is accepting submissions of a T-shirt design from Maine residents (year-round, summer or student). The winning design will be used as…
What color do you feel like today?
That is the question posed by process art teacher and artist Brady Nickerson to her students.
Process art students pick…
The snow storm won.
Due to this, the scheduled art show and opening reception, featuring Lise Aubry, Brady Nickerson and Jane Varn, at Rising Tide is rescheduled for Feb. 12 from 4-6 p.m.…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Samplers, silk embroideries, watercolors and furniture created by young women in 18th and early 19th century America were often made in the classrooms and were often the first — and sometimes only…
A new exhibit of three Midcoast artists brighten the walls of the Damariscotta River Grill. A new art exhibition opening on Tuesday, Feb. 9 features the work of Neil Gallagher, Peesh McClanahan…
River Arts invites artists to submit work for its upcoming “Faces and Figures” exhibition, opening Friday, Feb. 20 running through March 26.
Submissions of figurative art in any media,…
The First, N.A. of Damariscotta is pleased to showcase Dave Cleaveland’s photo images as the featured artist of the month in February. The show is hung in the bank's main lobby.
Cleaveland…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
The Newcastle Local Planning Committee is working on a plan to increase public interest in Newcastle’s government and town life.
But first, committee members say, people have to know where…
Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency for Maine artists. In addition to two five-week residencies on Monhegan Island for Maine-based visual artists, the program…
Celebrate local art at Rising Tide! Join us Friday, Feb. 5 from 4-6 p.m. for our monthly celebration of art, community and good wine.
This month’s Art at the Co-op exhibit will feature…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of original artwork by artist, author and editor Jonathan Alderfer.
Alderfer has specialized in painting birds and natural…
It's been an unusually mild winter around the Northeast. Most Maine towns have been relatively snow-free but for a couple minor snowfalls. Compared to last winter, when…
Perfectly timed for Valentine’s Day, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ first auction of 2016 on February 13 and 14 will offer over 1,000 examples of fine artwork, estate jewelry, antiquities,…
Vibrant color and delicate design by Lise Aubry, Brady Nickerson and Jane Varn will be on display, and for sale, at the Rising Tide Community Market for…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Spotlight” In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, a defrocked…
Do you hear those clicking sounds?
That's the sound of cameras “shuttering” across the state, capturing images for the 11th Annual Maine Photography Show (MPS), the state's premier juried…
“I was thrilled out of my mind. Monhegan was a major experience, my refuge,” said Leonard Meiselman. “I have been returning to Monhegan for 59 years, since the mid-1950s, to draw, paint and write…
There's an interesting project/workshop coming up at Boothbay Region Art Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. … learning to paint on an iPad.
Yes indeed, Boothbay artist and BRAF…
River Arts
Just a reminder ... River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Black, White & Tones of Grey” exhibition. We are welcoming submissions in…
Maine’s premier juried exhibit for photography is now accepting entries. Open to all Maine residents, including those part-timers who have summer addresses, submissions can be completed on line at…
Ludmilla Schicchi, Pam Riml and Elizabeth Stoyko are pleased to be selected by the Southport Memorial Library as Artists of the Month for January and February.
Schicchi, a watercolorist, has…
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Black, White & Tones of Grey” exhibition. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m…
Additional days have been added for the Barbara Fischer Eldred Retrospective at Studio 53.
A special preview will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2 from 1-3 p.m. followed by the original date and…
