Art

The Pemaquid Art Gallery is closed for the season in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, but the Gallery has a new website. Selections of the work of all…

River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta will be filling its rooms with original art and fine craft for a special holiday year-end show. All artists are invited to submit their work in person until the…

There’s only one place in Maine to catch David Ferrario’s immersive documentary on Umberto Eco, the brilliant Italian writer best known for his novels “The Name…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) highly popular annual show/sale, Art in the Square is opening Saturday, Nov. 18 running through early January. 
 
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Waldoboro fiber artist Laura McNelly will be showing her work in the River Room at River Arts Gallery beginning Thursday, Oct 26. There will be an opening reception Saturday, Oct. 28 from 2 to 4 p…

Merry Barn
Morgan Mitchell

Join Morgan Mitchell, Creatress and Flowcilitator, at The Merry Barn for a series of Creative Flow Circles, this fall and winter. 

Creative Flow Circles provide a supportive and imaginative…

Jaap Eduard Helder

River Arts presents an exciting new show, “Artist’s Choice” in the main gallery. Juror, Melanie Essex, selected the artworks in this varied and engaging exhibition. “Artist’s Choice” runs Oct. 17…

Harbor Theater’s new season of the much-admired Exhibition on Screen art series opens this Friday. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit (on screen) the most significant recent exhibitions of world-…

Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery is featuring paintings and collages by Alna artist Jon Luoma, through Nov. 3 in a show entitled “Lands and Waters.”

Luoma is well known for his stunning…

Philippa Beal
A new solo show opens at Damariscotta River Grill Oct. 17,  showcasing the work of Philippa Beal. Art is on display through Dec. 3.
 

As we are moving into the cooler season, gallery hours are changing.  Until Oct.15 Mathias Fine Art is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment.…

Carol Wiley

Diana Kerr of Kerr-Jones Gallery in East Boothbay was ARTinME juror for the first "large format" show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation. Kerr chose Carol Wiley’s abstract, “E=Mc2” as Best In Show…

This weekend brings us Friday the 13th. What better film to hit the big screen than “The Origin of Evil,” a delicious family-fortune thriller from award winning French director, Sébastien Marnier…

Miles Hospital Gallery

The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee announces a call for area artists to exhibit for the 2024 season in the Hall Gallery at Miles Hospital, Damariscotta. Prospective artists should…

Robert Hamilton

GLEASON FINE ART

Not a new show opening this First Friday but ... Kevin Beers, Peter Rudolph and Janice Anthony are among the contemporary artists with work in the…

Carol Wiley

Announcing the ARTinME 2023 opening reception and awards presentation, Saturday, Oct. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation, 1 Townsend Ave/, Boothbay Harbor.  This is a juried…

Textile artist Michael Olszewski

“The crafts are as beautiful as the fine art,” said one visitor to Maine Art Gallery’s opening last Saturday of “The Artful Interior.” The age-old academic debate of the difference between crafts…

The Artful Interior, Maine Art Gallery’s (MAG) final exhibit of 2023, and two years in the making, is every bit the standout season finale art enthusiasts want. An eclectic mix of wood, stone,…

Art patrons and members of the community will have one more opportunity to see the exhibit of “Alna Art and Artists New and Old” in Alna’s 19th-century Puddledock Schoolhouse, open…
Melanie Essex

River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried show, “Artist’s Choice.” Submissions are now open through Saturday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. This show is open to members…

Claire Hancock

Member artists at the Pemaquid Art Gallery, Lighthouse Park, Bristol, Claire Hancock and Hannah Ineson have been showing their work at the Gallery for many years. Both artists, Damariscotta…

Jeanne Rosier Smith

Jeanne Rosier Smith grew up painting, but first discovered pastel when a box of Nupastels arrived in the mail from an uncle in Massachusetts, 20 years ago.  "You might enjoy these," he said. …

River Arts in Damariscotta will host a gathering for anyone interested in sharing creative experiences. Opening up the conversation is River Arts’ member, William Anthony, artist, writer and…

There will be an exhibit of “Alna Art and Artists New and Old” in Alna’s 19th-century Puddledock Schoolhouse, open on two consecutive 3-day weekends, Fridays through Sundays, Sept. 22-…

Produced by Maine Crafts Association in partnership with Maine Made, Maine Craft Weekend is a statewide tour of Maine's craft artist studios, businesses, and special events. The weekend is an…

Maine Art Gallery
Sara Hotchkiss
“To make something functional requires skill. To make something beautiful requires a refined aesthetic. To make something both functional and beautiful takes a very special kind of person,” says…
Joël LeVasseur

River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta invites the public to the annual, all abstract show. A jovial celebration with artists and refreshments held Sept. 9 made for a delightful afternoon in the…

There will be an exhibit of “Alna Art and Artists New and Old” in Alna’s 19th century…

Take Part in Art is a 3-week mask making class for students in grades 3-6 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation.

These creative classes will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 18 and 25 from 3:30…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation

BRAF’s final members’ show for the summer of ’23 is providing a seasonal theme with fall colors predominating, along with the “perennial” last blooms of summer. As always, our collection includes…

Where It’s At

The four Boothbay Harbor art galleries participating in First Friday on Sept. 1 positively buzzed with activity.

Art lovers made their way from Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) to…

Pemaquid Art Gallery
Barbara Klein

The paintings of two Bristol artists, Patti Leavitt and Barbara Klein, exemplify the beautiful views of Maine’s coastal scenes, villages and natural world available at the Pemaquid Art Gallery.…

The Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor is so proud to have Sue Heil Kibbe as one of its watercolor artists. 

Kibbe has been a resident of Southport since 1993 and is a lifelong…

Despite the rain on the evening of the Art For Art’s Sake show preview Aug. 25, art lovers found their way to Hodgdon Yachts to see what this year’s show had to offer – and no one left…

About 65 people marched up Main Street Thursday, Aug. 31 in Wiscasset in remembrance of loved ones lost to overdoses.

The 716 Candles Project was a weeklong series of events throughout…

Cindy Spencer

A long-standing mission of this group is to foster an appreciation of art in the Midcoast area and to support art education. Funding for this mission comes in part from commissions on sales,…

    Self-guided journeys ... led by an art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Paintings ... sculpture ... mixed media ... assemblage art ... photography…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation

Enter Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s annual ARTinME Showcase! This juried, large format show will run Oct. 7 through Nov…

Robert Hamilton
Join us to enjoy 15 choice paintings by Robert Hamilton brought together on the first floor of Studio 53.
 
Robert…
Janice Anthony

Beginning Thursday, Aug. 31, Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor opens two new shows: "Janice Anthony: At One with Nature" and "Roger Dale Brown: Painting the Town." The artists' reception for…

A lively crowd of about 30 local business people turned out for the Maine Art Gallery’s Business…
Joy to the Wind Gallery
John M. T. Seitzer

The fierce beauty and drama of our rocky cliffs here in Maine are breathtaking. Water surges and splashes with each incoming wave. The  inhospitable surfaces are rough in spite of the continuum of…

Wiscasset Art Walk

Charles Richards did not…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Kim & Philippe Villard
Villard Studios are pleased to present a new show of collections reflecting the range and versatility of collaborative artists Kim & Philippe Villard in the medium they are known for: the…
Southport Memorial Library
June Elderkin

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to announce that June Elderkin will be our visiting artist for the months of September and October.  June is a Southport artist who moved from…

River Arts
Cathy Bennigson

River Arts is pleased to announce abstract artist, Cathy Bennigson’s upcoming solo show “Color and Motion” in the River Room August 24 through September 13. Bennigson’s vibrant abstract paintings…

The Carriage House Restaurant in East Boothbay has become a stop on the Boothbay Harbor Region Sculpture Trail. 

Sculpture Trail board members Dan Ucci and Bill Royall, with artist Rob Lash…

Bluebird Ocean Point Inn
Kristen Walsh

Learn to paint with wool with artist Kristen Walsh on Sunday, Aug. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m.at Bluebird Ocean Point Inn, 191 Shore Road,…

Kathleen Horst

Two well-known local artists showing at the Pemaquid Art Gallery, Kathleen Horst and Cindy Spencer, create delightful watercolors but with charmingly different sensibilities.

Horst is…

Maine Art Gallery
Denise Barth

Works in painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, assemblage, collage, photography, and digital imagery are among the more than 100 individual pieces in the upcoming Maine Art Gallery Members Show…