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the beauty of maine
October art exhibit to feature David Estey, Margaret Griffith, The Winterberry Collective
Mon, 09/28/2020 - 4:15pm

BELFAST — Local Color Gallery will be featuring several guests artists this October including Belfast artist David Estey. Estey’s work reflects years of extensive study that celebrate the rich use of color and texture with an innovative exploration of form. As a Mainer, he says he can’t escape the serene beauty of the snowy fields, the blue-black waters and the rugged coast – they are all a visceral part of his work, according to Local Color Gallery, in a news release. Margaret Griffith, of...
Artists of all ages leave colorful trail for annual Belfast Chalk Walk
Sun, 09/27/2020 - 7:15pm

BELFAST — Parts of Belfast’s Harborwalk got a colorful makeover as artists young and old descended to create chalky masterpieces on the sidewalks that run through Heritage Park. The event is organized by Bridget Matros, who is the Youth and Families Outreach Coordinator for Waterfall Arts and runs the Bridge After School Art Club, which involves area students. The Chalk Walk is one of Waterfall Arts’ All Ages Art Happenings, while other AAAH events include The Glow Show, which features two...
isolating the secret beauty found in unexpected places
Photo exhibit, reception: ‘Intimate Landscapes’ by Amy Durocher
Fri, 09/25/2020 - 5:45pm

FRIENDSHIP — Photographer Amy Durocher will exhibit her works October 8 – 14, 2020, at Salt Pond Studio, Friendship. An opening event will be held Saturday, Oct. 10, from 4 - 8 p.m. Covid-19 compliance, outdoor barbeque and fire pit. “Meditative digital photographs shot in Maine and printed on both aluminum and paper achieve a sense of child-like wonder by isolating the secret beauty found in unexpected places,” said Salt Pond Studio, in a news release. “Living in Winthrop, [this] artist gives...
the haunted past, the frozen arctic, outer space, and beyond the grave
Belfast Maskers to perform ‘Tales From The Muck’ short horror plays
Fri, 09/25/2020 - 5:00pm

BELFAST — Fresh off the heels of its production of “Five Socially-distanced Comedies,” Belfast Maskers is taking a darker turn with “Tales From the Muck,” an anthology of short horror plays. Presented on the last two weekends of October, the shows will be performed outside of the theater at 17 Court Street, with socially-distanced seating in the street. Local director and actor Erik Perkins decided to organize the production with Maskers artistic director Meg Nickerson after performing in the...
Michael Mullins establishes Maine Museum of Industry in Rockland
Fri, 09/25/2020 - 2:00pm

ROCKLAND — Rockland resident Michael Mullins announced earlier this week his purchase of 25 Rankin Street, once home to Miller’s Garage. There, he plans to establish the Maine Museum of Industry, which will feature exhibits on major interests that have shaped Maine’s towns, cities, and rural landscape. The 10,000 square foot building was acquired Sept. 17 from Edward B. Miller of Rockland for $165,000, per a news release. The building, according to the release, was originally a car dealership...
The leaves of change: Pandemic Photo Gallery V
Sun, 09/20/2020 - 8:45am

These are historic times, and this collection will join Midcoast Maine establishes new normal with a sense of grace and Maine weathers a pandemic, Maine springs through a pandemic, and Summering on through uncharted times . All these galleries are built with the photos that observant, creative and astute photographers from around the Midcoast have contributed, and continue to contribute, as we move into Month Seven of a pandemic. If some...
delving into the function, form, and historical mystique of croquet
‘Out of Bounds: The Art of Croquet’ at Messler Gallery
Sun, 09/13/2020 - 5:00pm

ROCKPORT — An exhibition of artist-made mallets and balls, “Out of Bounds: The Art of Croquet,” will be on view at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, in Rockport, from September 18, 2020 – January 6, 2021. Curators of the exhibition are Jennifer-Navva Milliken, artistic director at the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia, and furniture maker Silas Kopf, from Northampton, Massachusetts, both of whom are amateur devotees of the sport. “This exhibition not only...
Baked bean suppers to-go continue at Legion Post 37
Sun, 09/13/2020 - 7:00am
THOMASTON — Post 37 will continue its to-go baked bean supper on Saturday, Sept. 19. All present Post 37 procedures, as well as all coronavirus state guidelines, will be followed. Meals may not be ready to be served until 5 p.m. However, meals may be ordered ahead of time and then picked up after 5 p.m., in the sequence of when ordered. Pre-ordered meals will have a priority when they are ready. Pre-orders may also be made by calling Post 37 Commander, William Demmons. Your order will be ready...
a temporary gallery of masterpieces that will only last until the next rain
Waterfall Arts continues Belfast Chalk Walk tradition
Thu, 09/10/2020 - 4:45pm

BELFAST — Later this month, Waterfall Arts will host the fourth annual Chalk Walk, taking place along the Harborwalk in Belfast. The event is free and open to the public. The community is invited to stroll through Heritage Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., to watch artists create a temporary gallery of masterpieces that will only last until the next rain. More than a dozen local and out-of-state artists–professionals and novices alike–have reserved square "canvases" along...
a pioneer among visual artists working with digital media
Camden Conference, Camden Public Library present ‘Adventures in Ice’ by photographer John Paul Caponigro
Thu, 09/03/2020 - 6:15pm

The Camden Conference and Camden Public Library present photographer John Paul Caponigro, who shares his images from six voyages to Greenland and contrasts them with twelve voyages to Antarctica including his personal adventure stories, conversations with scientists, and facts about the region. He will appear via Zoom on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m. Please contact jpierce@librarycamden.org for a link to the talk. John Paul Caponigro is a pioneer among visual artists working with digital...
A Life’s Work
Carolyn Gray makes Memory Bears to help the grieving, invites others to help with her mission
Wed, 09/02/2020 - 4:45pm

To the casual observer, they may seem nothing more than a crafty take on classic stuffed toy. Clearly homemade and adorable, their true significance is known only to the families that cherish them. Each little homemade teddy is a symbol of a life lived. Indeed each has as its essence - the very fabric from which it is made - the clothes of someone who is sorely missed by a family, a hospice patient whose final journey has come to an end. These bears are lovingly crafted by Carolyn Gray, 94, who...
September events at Carver Library in Searsport
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 10:00am
SEARSPORT — Take and make kits, DIY together over Zoom, meet other homeschoolers online through Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport. DIY Kit series New teen/adult DIY Kits become available on the last Thursday of the month. These are kits for fun projects you can do at home, and they include instructions and supplies. This month: macramé jam jar plant hangers Next month: pressed leaf and flower suncatchers/bookmarks DIY Together Thursday, Sept 3, at 3:30 p...
‘no better place for this lion head to be’
Langlais Lion on display at Cushing sculpture preserve
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 9:30am

CUSHING — Bernard Langlais loved to carve lions, among his wooden art pieces, just as he loved other jungle animals, as evidenced at the Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing. One lion head will be returning to his home in Cushing, thanks to the donation of Beth Bellemere. Bellemere is a long-time resident of Cushing and always loved his playful work. “I can think of no better place for this lion head to be, so that the public can enjoy its whimsy,” said Ms. Bellemere. When she saw this piece...
Structure and Narrative
Midcoast Maine Book Arts virtual exhibit, Zoom event
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 2:45pm

During the month of September, the Camden Public Library will host the Midcoast Maine Book Arts Group for an exhibition entitled “Structure & Narrative.” The show will be an online virtual exhibit of book arts featuring invited artists. The exhibit will be accompanied by a special online event on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 6 p.m., called “Zoom into the Book Arts Studio.” The program will provide an intimate look at four artists' work spaces and an opportunity for Q & A. Email jpierce@...
Summering on through uncharted times: Photo Gallery IV
Sat, 08/22/2020 - 9:45pm

These are historic times, and this collection will join Midcoast Maine establishes new normal with a sense of grace and Maine weathers a pandemic and Maine springs through a pandemic . All these galleries are built with the photos that observant, creative and astute photographers from around the Midcoast have contributed, and continue to contribute, as we move into Month Five of a pandemic. If some things are certain, in our times of...
Susan Tobey White, Abe Goodale, Andre Benoit, Val Aponik, Laurel Averill
Archipelago gallery, ‘20 Miles,’ celebrates Maine’s working waterfront
Fri, 08/21/2020 - 4:00pm

ROCKLAND — Join Archipelago in celebrating Maine’s working waterfronts with the new gallery show, “20 Miles,” now on display through September 27, 2020. “20 Miles” features the work of Susan Tobey White and her series “Lobstering Women of Maine,” a collection of paintings and stories highlighting women working on Maine’s waterfronts. Other artists include Abe Goodale, Andre Benoit, Val Aponik and Laurel Averill. “Maine artists are having important conversations and bringing forth important...
Eric Hopkins painting to benefit United Midcoast Charities
Thu, 08/20/2020 - 7:30pm

United Midcoast Charities (UMC) has announced a partnership with Maine artist Eric Hopkins. Hopkins has donated an original framed and matted watercolor entitled “Big Sun Big Sun Across the Bay #2” whose proceeds will benefit UMC’s new Rapid Response Fund (RRF), which provides stopgap support for local nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m always looking for ways to help out and give back to my community,” said Hopkins, in a UMC news release. “I love the idea of the Rapid Response Fund...
Community members of all ages are invited to volunteer on scheduled Community Painting Shifts
Arts in Action paints Rockland Apprenticeshop mural
Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:45am

ROCKLAND — RSU13’s Arts in Action (AiA) program is collaborating with The Apprenticeshop, Rockland's school for traditional wooden boatbuilding and seamanship, and One Community Many Voices (OCMV) to create a community mural on Main Street. From August 10-29, the boat and water-themed artwork will be painted along the length of The Apprenticeshop. Rockland community artist and mural director, Alexis Iammarino, leads the project, and is known for her multiple murals in downtown Rockland,...
Fifteen color photographs chosen from more than 150 entries
Rockport photographer’s picture selected for bank calendar
Sun, 08/16/2020 - 6:30pm

A photo by Rockport’s Hal Hagy has earned a prime spot within First National Bank’s 2021 wall calendar, courtesy of the bank’s thirteenth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 150 entries, and each winning photographer will be awarded a $150 cash prize. The images will appear in the Bank’s 2021 desk calendar, tide calendar and wall calendar, which will be available to customers in all offices of First National Bank by mid-November. The...
celebrating the bicentennial and the anniversary of Belfast’s Founders Day
‘Belfast The Way It Was’ on display at Kramer Gallery
Wed, 08/12/2020 - 8:00pm

BELFAST — Belfast The Way It Was, a curated exhibit of paintings is on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library now through September 2020. The exhibit was originally conceived to be a part of the local celebration of the state’s bicentennial and the anniversary of Belfast’s Founders Day. Co-curators, artist, Susan Tobey White and librarian Brenda Harrington selected works from the many submissions in response to the call that went out earlier this year. Thirteen local artist’s...
world traveler with family roots in Midcoast
Ouda Baxter joins Islesboro Central School
Mon, 08/10/2020 - 7:45am

ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School (ICS) has announced a new member to the ICS family. Ouda Baxter has been hired as the K-12 art teacher. Baxter is a multimedia sculptor and installation artist, who enjoys tactile process art, natural fiber spinning, botanical dyeing, printmaking and photography. She is a world traveler with family roots in Midcoast and Southern Maine, and is inspired by natural phenomena, botany, animals, stories, myths, memories, ephemera, and literature, according to ICS...
Gallery, panel discussion, play
Exhibition, events at Waterfall Arts recognize Harold Garde: You Are Not Alone
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 8:15am

BELFAST — Waterfall Arts announces exhibition, series of events for Harold Garde: You Are Not Alone, including never-before-seen new work from the 97 year old. Waterfall Arts, celebrating its 20th anniversary of fostering Belfast’s creative community, is delighted to announce an exhibit and series of events unveiling a brand new body of paintings by the influential 97 year old Maine Master Harold Garde, created in his Belfast studio last summer. The show will run from August 28 through October...
Studio Open House, Garden Tour at Everyday Pottery Studio
Fri, 07/31/2020 - 6:45pm

BELMONT — Everyday Pottery Studio will be holding it’s annual Studio Open House and Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Everyday Pottery is the work of Mary Trotochaud, who forms functional stoneware pottery on the wheel which is created for everyday use. “The connection between my pottery and our gardens grows stronger every year,” said Trotochaud, in a news release. “My work is made to hold and enhance the bounty of food and flowers. The colors of the...
meet the artists, August 8
Parrish Dobson, Kitty Wales exhibit: Art in the Time of Pandemic
Fri, 07/31/2020 - 6:45pm

VINALHAVEN — New Era Gallery’s Late Summer, or Art in the Time of Pandemic Volume IV, will run from August 8 – September 1, and features the work of Parrish Dobson and Kitty Wales. A meet the artists time is scheduled for August 8, from 3 - 5 p.m. Dobson’s ethereal photographs of the meeting of sky and water have the liminal quality of the time of waking, or of daydreaming. Wales’s sculpture and drawings are assembled from found and made objects, reconstructed into animate shapes that contain...
Jon Mort Open Studio 2020: Begin Again
Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:00pm

PORT CLYDE — Jon Mort Open Studio 2020 “Begin Again” will take place August 1 - 16, by appointment, and presented with the greatest possible consideration of collective health and safety. Mort continues his annual summer tradition of welcoming visitors (by individual appointment to assure social distancing) into his post and beam Port Clyde studio to share his latest original and print creations. “Jon is a widely recognized American artist acclaimed for his startlingly realistic and uniquely...
Cushing Arts in the Barn hosts open air pop-up art show
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 2:00pm

CUSHING — The Cushing Historical Society is providing a venue for local artists and craftspeople in the Good Neighbor Park in Cushing for its Cushing Arts In The Barn Outdoor Arts Show, August 8, 15 and 22, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be wide assortment of arts and views of Broad Cove at the park, formerly Fales Field, at 14 River Road. Tables will be positioned at 20 foot intervals along a mowed path in the town field, masks will be required and hand sanitizers will be available. A Port a...
supporting indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects
Maine Expansion Arts Fund seeks grant applications
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 10:15am

The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for grants of up to $5,000 that support indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects, particularly those that serve areas with limited access to arts events. The deadline for grant applications is September 15, 2020. An online application, guidelines and a list of recent grants are available at www.mainecf.org . Recent grantees include: Aroostook Arts and Education Center, to create a...
Some of her paintings have up to fifty layers and can require as many as three weeks to dry in between applications.
The Slow Art of Peggy Clark Lumpkins, Camden Library’s August Artist-of-the-Month
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 9:30am

On Tuesday, August 18, at 6 p.m., the Camden Public Library will host its August Artist-of-the-Month, Peggy Clark Lumpkins, for an online presentation about her art. Lumpkins has a passion for what she calls a “slow art” style of oil painting, with vibrant layers of transparent color. The program will be held via the Zoom platform. Please email jpierce@librarycamden.org to request a link to attend. Lumpkins has been painting for fifty years. As a teenager in New York City, she enjoyed “four...
Trekkers Art Auction 2020 receives $3,000 donation
Tue, 07/28/2020 - 10:15am

First National Bank and First National Wealth Management recently donated $3,000 to Trekkers in sponsorship of the Trekkers Art Auction 2020. Join in on August 1 through August 8 to preview and bid on custom pieces from more than 20 artists in Midcoast Maine. All proceeds will benefit Trekkers youth mentoring programs. For more information visit www.trekkers.org/artauction .
Jennifer Van Cor, Charles Fenner Ball, Peter Yesis, and Janis Sanders push the boundaries of color patterns
Camden Falls Gallery to exhibit ‘Light In The Atmosphere’
Thu, 07/23/2020 - 4:45pm

CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery presents “Light In The Atmosphere” featuring the works of Jennifer Van Cor, Charles Fenner Ball, Peter Yesis, and Janis Sanders. The show features works by some of the galleries’ top colorists. This exhibit showcases vibrant and colorful paintings that emphasize the visual quality of light, according to the Gallery, in a news release. The artists featured are known for their use of colors, shapes, textures, and an array of practices and techniques to create...
Photo Challenge – Sarah style
Thu, 07/23/2020 - 4:00pm

At the beginning of the pandemic, some members of the Thompson Family held their own weekly photo challenge. “Show us your environment” was the theme. Each week’s gallery was an assortment of spring climates beholden with cherry blossoms, desert cactus, white mountain peaks, muddy driveways, and icy ocean tides. They hailed from Virginia, Colorado, Massachusetts, and inland and coastal Maine. Many photographers tasked with finding one photo per week can’t simply take one photo per week. Below...
Comet Neowise captivates
Once every 6,800 years....
Wed, 07/22/2020 - 3:00pm

ROBINSON ROCK — Photographer Peter Ralston and Wingman Richard Podolsky motored out to Robinson Rock July 21, which lies between Rockport and North Haven, to chronicle Comet Neowise, on its historic track past Planet Earth, Human Calendar Year 2020. This photo was taken atop Robinson Rock at 10:24 p.m., July 21. “The top of Robinson Rock is 3/4 the size of a ping-pong table and covered in bird [guano],” said Ralston. “The sound track was the bay lapping around the base of the rock, the RO bell...
Susan Webster picked as an artist in CMCA Biennial
Tue, 07/21/2020 - 4:30pm

Susan Webster is one of the artists chosen to submit work for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s (CMCA) Biennial opening Oct. 3 in Portland. This is the second biennial show Webster has been selected for; the first was in 1981 for the All Maine Biennial at the University of Southern Maine. Webster was among 12 artists invited to participate in Maine College of Art’s Institute of Contemporary Art show, “Darkness in the Light,” exhibited July through September in 2019. Her piece in the show...
free and open to all children and adults
Zoom studio visit, artist lesson with Lucky Platt
Sat, 07/18/2020 - 3:15pm

Celebrate Rockland Public Library's 5th week of Summer Reading Program with a peek into the life of an artist, Wednesday, July 29, at 11 a.m. Join author/ illustrator Lucky Platt via Zoom for a virtual art lesson in her summer bunkhouse studio. Get a tour of her workspace and get out your favorite drawing materials – paper or sketchbook, pencils, markers, brushes or crayons – for a fun drawing session exploring character development. This program is free and open to all children and adults...
Live entertainment by singer/songwriter Graham Walton
Outdoor artist reception for Pam Cabanas
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 3:00pm

FRIENDSHIP — Friendship artist Pam Cabanas will host an outdoor, COVID-19-aware, artist reception, Saturday, July 25, from 5 - 8 p.m., at Salt Pond Studio, in Friendship. Live entertainment will be provided by Nobleboro singer/songwriter Graham Walton. “Large scale shore scapes in charcoal and acrylic blast into this charming historic school house gallery,” said Pam Cabanas, in a news release. “These poignant and powerful works will be exhibited at Salt Pond Studio from July 22 thru the month...
programmatic, capacity-building, operating and capital support
Maine Theater Fund seeks grant applications
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 11:30am

The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund is accepting grant applications from local, regional, and statewide nonprofit theaters or theater groups in Maine. Funds will be awarded for programmatic, capacity-building, operating and capital support. Awards typically are between $2,500 and $5,000, although larger awards may be considered, according to the Foundation, in a news release. The deadline for grant applications is September 15, 2020. An online application, guidelines and a list...
Silent auction
Artists turn chairs into art for Belfast Public Health Nursing Association
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 10:30am

BELFAST — Local artists will be turning chairs into art for a silent auction to support the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association. The Association provides health care and other critical support services to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the community. They contribute to helping Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast prepare for emergencies including natural or man-made disasters, through education, providing treatment, holding community immunization clinics, and...
‘Niece Of Social Distancing edition,’ special music guests
Strand on Air returns for July broadcast
Thu, 07/16/2020 - 12:30pm

The Strand Theatre presents the July edition of Strand on the Air, a series of original radio variety shows, on Sunday, July 26 at 5 p.m. The shows feature comedy skits and music, and can be heard by tuning in to WRFR at 93.3 in Rockland, 99.3 in Camden, or by streaming at WRFR.org. Each show will then be available to stream on the Strand Theatre website at RocklandStrand.com, and as a podcast. “Covid or not, we’re careening through the summer toward another edition of Strand on the Air,” says...
Strand virtual screenings feature daring underwater photographer, ACLU fight
Thu, 07/16/2020 - 12:15pm

While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre will continue to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through online streaming platforms. By purchasing a “virtual ticket,” movie fans can still see the films that would have shown at the theater. Once viewers have purchased a ticket, they will have several days in which to watch the film. Upcoming films: July 24 - 30: Picture of His Life Amos Nachoum is one of the greatest underwater...
Mid-Coast School of Technology graduates win ‘Arrive Alive Creative Contest’
Sun, 07/12/2020 - 7:00pm

Mid-Coast School of Technology graduates Andy Parmley and Emma Jordan were named winners in the 16th annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest sponsored by the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein. The contest asks students to come up with a creative message about the dangers of drinking and driving and/or distracted driving. Parmley’s comic strip won first-place and Jordan’s video third-place, depicting how the decisions drivers make impact both their lives as well as family and friends. The Knox County...
building likely to be closed for several months
Maine State Archives, Library, Museum closed for critical mechanical upgrades
Fri, 07/10/2020 - 10:15am
AUGUSTA — The Cultural Building, which was built in 1967-69 and has since housed the Maine State Archives (MSA), Maine State Library (MSL), and Maine State Museum (MSM), is closed to the public for the foreseeable future to allow significant upgrades to the facility’s mechanical systems. The duration of the closure has yet to be determined, but the scope of the work to be completed is substantial, according to a news release from the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. “It is...
Langlais Sculpture Preserve Season Opening
Thu, 07/09/2020 - 11:30am

As with all the Georges River Land Trust preserves, the outdoor Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing at 576 River Road is open to the public dawn to dusk. The woodlands, sculptures gardens and shoreline are delightful to explore across the 30-plus acres accessible to the public, including the 1/4 mile all accessible trail that winds around the outdoor sculptures. The Langlais Barn and Studio will also be open Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. beginning on July 11 and running through the end...
Nobleboro artist Graham Walton exhibits work in Friendship
Wed, 07/08/2020 - 7:45pm

Salt Pond Studio will be exhibiting the paintings of young Nobleboro artist Graham Walton. The beauty of this region's coast remains a central theme in Graham’s work. Whether he is painting a landscape, portrait, or still life. If you expect to see the colors and compositions associated with traditional Maine landscapes paintings, you may find them absent. Walton, inspired by the Impressionists, Fauvists and Modernists, uses bold color. Salt Pond Studio occupies the historic East Friendship one...
Travels With Neal: Penny Linn photo exhibit in Belfast
Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:30pm

BELFAST — “Travels With Neal,” an exhibit of photographs by Penny Linn, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of July. After a 40 year hiatus from photography, Penny Linn embarked on a journey to rekindle her passion for the art which entailed exiting the film world and entering the digital age of image making. In addition to attending courses at the Maine Media Workshops, Linn participated in several travel photography tours with Neal Parent, a...
Langlais Sculpture Preserve summer begins July 11
Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:15pm

Georges River Land Trust has submitted the following: As with all the Georges River Land Trust preserves, the outdoor Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing at 576 River Road is open to the public dawn to dusk. The woodlands, sculptures gardens and shoreline are delightful to explore across the 30+ acres accessible to the public, including the 1/4 mile all accessible trail that winds around the outdoor sculptures. The Langlais Barn and Studio will also be open Saturday and Sunday,...
Where it’s at
The wordless stories of Jaap Helder
Wed, 07/01/2020 - 12:45pm

The modern abstract painting in front of me draws me into its surreal world … An oval mirror near its center draws me in. I see a figure of a woman inside it. I cannot tell if she is standing or seated. She appears to be looking straight ahead at a shadow figure standing in a doorway. Who is it? And where does the doorway lead? Is temptation encouraging her to join the unknown figure into another realm of being or consciousness? Whatever happens, it will be intense, Look! A rectangular shape...
who would want a hand crank engine, a leaky radiator, and a limited color palette? ohtm travels in search of answers
Transportation Museum launches ‘Shifting History’ web series mockumentary
Thu, 06/25/2020 - 6:45pm

OWLS HEAD — After a year-long production effort, the Owls Head Transportation Museum (OHTM) has announced the release of its first-ever web series, Shifting History , set to premiere on June 30. Written and directed by Assistant Curator Thomas Goodwin, this 9-episode mockumentary follows one millennial's quest to care about America's most influential car — the Model T. With a film production degree from Emerson College, Goodwin has accelerated the OHTM’s video archive since he was...
when a small moment frames a feeling to make a memory
Unique Poured Paintings by Jon Byrer, Camden Library’s July Artist-of-the-Month
Thu, 06/25/2020 - 1:30pm

On Thursday, July 9, at 6 p.m., the Camden Public Library will host its July Artist-of-the-Month, Jon Byrer, for an online presentation exploring his extraordinary painting style. Byrer calls his method “poured marbled painting.” The program will be held via the Zoom platform. Please email jpierce@librarycamden.org to request a link to attend. Poured marbled paintings are made without brushes. These works push the abstract trend of fluid art into impressionistic yet recognizable landscapes,...
Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum to open July 2
Sat, 06/20/2020 - 2:00pm
PORT CLYDE — The Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum will open for the 2020 season beginning July 2. The new hours will be Thursday thru Sunday, from 12 - 4 p.m. Face masks will be required for entrance and the number of visitors in the museum will be limited to 5 at one time. For those who do not have a mask, they will be available for the purchase price of $1. Physical distancing will be practiced throughout the museum. Hand sanitizers will be available at the entrance and other locations...
Belfast Museum opens with ‘Becoming Belfast, Maine 1770 -1820’
Sat, 06/20/2020 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — The Belfast Museum opened for the season on Saturday, June 13. The featured exhibit this summer is “Becoming Belfast, Maine 1770 -1820.” Other exhibits include maritime history, Capt. Albert W. Stevens, Perry’s Nut House, the William O. Poor apothecary bench, notable Belfast Women, and the 1864 Civil War flag quilt. In the barn are the old two-cell jail from City Hall, a horse-drawn funeral carriage, and old Belfast business signs. The website, www. belfastmuseum.org, has been...

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