Jazz and blues pianist Susanna Fiore will perform with Jay Girill on acoustic bass in an afternoon concert on June 28. The concert is one of several events offered by the Maine Art Gallery during its eight-week retrospective of the art of Susanna’s father, Joseph A. Fiore. Curator and Fiore family friend, David Dewey will share some insights on the artist's approach to his work.

Email info@maineartgallerywiscasset or check www.maineartgallerywiscasset.com for directions to the church-turned-artist studio venue in Damariscotta Mills.The concert is a public event for the benefit of Maine Art Gallery. A donation of $25 is suggested. 

A jazz pianist and percussionist, Susanna Fiore performs with the Muse Stew Latin Jazz band and in a duo with Jay Girill in jazz clubs, concert halls, and festivals in the Boston area. Her inspiration started at home. “My father played the piano every night for relaxation,” she said, “and my parents took me to see Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, which made a big impression.”

The Susanna Fiore/Jay Girill duo is known for upbeat, swinging jazz, performing a wide repertoire of tunes from the standards to Ellington, Monk, and Coltrane.

Joseph Fiore (1925 - 2008) was a widely respected artist who found inspiration in the Maine landscape. He came to Maine in the 1960s after a number of years in New York City, where he exhibited with artists such as Lois Dodd, Wolf Kahn, Alex Katz, and Bernard Langlais. The Maine Art Gallery is proud to partner with Maine Farmland Trust in a centenary exhibition, Fiore at 100: Maine Observed.

The Maine Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges season sponsor, Sherri Dunbar of Tim Dunham Realty, capital sponsor, Islebrook Village at Wiscasset, an Everbrook Senior Living Community, Fiore primary sponsor, Fogg & Dalton Art Restoration, and Fiore supporting sponsor, Ames True Value Hardware.

 A nonprofit organization since 1958, the Maine Art Gallery, located at 15 Warren Street, Wiscasset, is dedicated to the advancement and preservation of the visual, fine and applied arts through exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and educational programs for children and adults. For more information about attending this eventcan be found at www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org and on Facebook at Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset. Email info@maineartgallerywiscasset.org or phone (207) 687-8143.