ROCKLAND — Youth artists from Oceanside High School worked with Arts in Action (AiA) community mural program to create a vibrant floor painting for the Coastal Recovery Community Center (CRCC)…
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UNION — The Town of Union is holding a “Submit Your Photo” open to residents, employees of the Town of Union, and Union-based businesses to use on the front…
CAMDEN—"Finding Our Voices" will return in March with a multi-media exhibit at the Camden Public Library. Patrisha McLean began her movement to combat domestic violence…
CAMDEN— The Camden Public Library is excited to announce that plans are underway for the Summer Harbor Arts & Books Fair to be held on the weekend of July 9 to 10.…
BELFAST — Stockton Springs artist Anne Spencer will be the March Guest Artist at Local Color Gallery.
Spencer moved to Maine in 1972. While working as an occupational therapist at EMMC in…
BELFAST — Two hundred original works by Waldo County's next generation of artists will be on display throughout the month of March. In addition to "taking over" both galleries at…
Have you ever wanted to visit Iceland? Have you often heard about their reputation for sustainability and wanted to learn more? Through a partnership with Dave Oakes, of the Center for Ecological…
‘I want others to feel the peacefulness, the beauty, and the excitement that nature offers’
The Rockport Public Library is featuring the works by local watercolor artist Jaeohk Cho Keenan.
“Stop in and head downstairs to our art wall to view her exhibit, which is titled, Rhythm of…
BELFAST — The Arts in the Park Planning Committee is happy to announce that they have selected Dot Hutchins as the 2022 Artist of the Year.
Dot hails from Vassalboro and has been…
Art and our Natural Environment
LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is currently accepting art submissions to it's 25th annual $1,000 art scholarship contest.
All high school seniors…
ROCKPORT — Join the Rockport Public Library in a colorful community art project as they make, share, and display 2,022 pipe cleaner flowers throughout the community. Stop by the Library to pick up…
FRIENDSHIP — Salt Pond Studio is hosting a 4 session intensive workshop with featured artist Bjorn Runquist entitled “Composition, Value, and Color”. The workshop will consist of four sessions and…
PORTLAND — Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) is an arts incubator founded in 2018 and launched in 2019 located in Portland, Maine. IAA’s mission is to cultivate the artistic development of people of…
ROCKPORT — Maine Wood 2022 opened at the Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship on Friday, January 21. The show runs through April 6, and a virtual tour of the…
two educators, a database manager, a graphic artist and an emergency room doctor
BELFAST — A new photography exhibit by the Zoom Lens Group opened January 6, 2022, at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The show,…
CAMDEN — Pizza? Pets? Bike Rides? Family? Rainbows? Ice cream? What do you like most and what makes you happy? Page Gallery invites children to consider these questions and adorn the gallery's…
CAMDEN— On Tuesday, January 25, at 6 p.m., the Camden Public Library will be offering a free online class that will teach participants how to turn cardboard into art. Librarian…
BELFAST— Safe Room, an exhibit of photomontage prints by Joan Proudman will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library through January and February of 2022.
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WASHINGTON— The Gibbs Library in Washington, Maine will present a gallery show by local artist Tom MacConnell. The exhibition will feature a series of three large…
BELFAST — The Belfast Co-op and the Waterfall Arts Kids and Family Program are working together on a winter fundraiser this January for Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP).
Sixth grade…
a traditional agricultural fair
UNION — Union Fair announces its annual fair poster contest for the 2022 Union Fair. Poster entries may be submitted that reflect the themes of a traditional agricultural fair, which should…
Hobbyist photographer Josh Povec captures Gatsby-esque green light across the water
CAMDEN—There’s a passage in “The Great Gatsby” where the narrator Nick observes Jay Gatsby reaching his arms out at the end of a dock to embrace what looks like green light across the water. The…
Monday, December 20 - Thursday, December 23
ROCKLAND — Learn how to fold shapes in half and glue them to their duplicates to make a 3D card for the holidays. Visit the Rockland Public Library to pick up your bag with one card, many…
BELFAST— As part of the “All of Belfast Climate Dialogues” project, the Belfast Free Library is calling for submissions of art…
It’s raining cats and dogs this weekend (figuratively) with a holiday party dedicated to animals, a tribute show named after a cat, and a mellow jazz concert, which has nothing to do with cats or…
raffle for lift tickets, painting, book of photography, poster
CAMDEN — Carol Eisenberg, Katie Wilson, Elizabeth Opalenik and many other gallery artists have teamed up with Carver Hill Gallery to offer holiday gifts that will benefit the Knox County Homeless…
For the holidays, we’re shining the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. Shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in this state. Each week, until…
BELFAST— Lewis Cisle, a local landscape and wildlife painter, has reopened his Belfast gallery and studio to the public. Visitors can arrange to see the gallery by…
ROCKLAND— The Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery will feature three shows that view the natural environment through a variety of artistic techniques. This exhibition…
CAMDEN — For over 30 years the Camden Lions Club has joined 1.4 million Lions Club members across the world in its annual International Peace Poster Contest. Every year the Camden Club partners …
BELFAST - An exhibit of local artist Jon Byrer’s “Puddle Paintings” will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library through December 2021. …
Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) will host a special Holiday Art in the Stacks exhibition featuring altered books by Stockton Springs artist and…
SEARSPORT - The Friends of Sears Island will be offering free “Patterns in Nature” grab-and-go activity kits this month for…
BELFAST — Members of the MLK Jr. Day Planning Committee are asking local artists to design a poster or submit a poem focused on the richness of diversity, and what we can do about racism, to be…
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library, in Washington, invites the public to stop in at Gibbs to view a new watercolor exhibit.
“Sea creatures and other animals…and one landscape,” said Gibbs, in a…
‘Always look on the bright side of life’: Camden Hills stages Monty Python’s Spamalot School Edition
Camden Hills Regional High School will produce Monty Python’s Spamalot School Edition Nov. 5, 6, 12, 13 at 7 p.m and Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. There…
Halloween 2021 may have played second fiddle to a newsworthy rainstorm and the still-present COVID-19, but our local photographers made sure to note the holiday’s presence.
BATH — As part of an ongoing effort to increase accessibility for all, Maine Maritime Museum will now offer free admission for all visitors under 18.
…
Christopher Harrison, who describes himself as an up and coming curator of Rockland, Maine, had a vision months ago to hold an art show that he titled Uniquely United Art of Maine.
His…
CAMDEN — The Poets Corner and Page Gallery invite the community to write poems in response to images in the Poetry in Motion exhibition as well as Sal Taylor Kydd’s concurrent exhibit, Yesterday.…
help bring interest, peace, serenity and comfort to staff and patients
DAMARISCOTTA — The Miles Memorial Hospital League is issuing its final call for artists to exhibit their works in the hospital’s Hall Gallery during the 2022 calendar year. Final deadline for…
CAMDEN — The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) wrapped its 17th edition on Sunday, September 26 after a successful 10-day virtual festival and a four-day in-person festival that ran from…
traditional and contemporary decorations
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about creating winter holiday decorations from available natural materials,…
expanding their audience statewide
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is again offering a virtual exhibit hall to showcase some of this year’s work by Maine 4-H members.
While some fairs did take place this year…
farewell homage to mentors and peers of outgoing founder and Executive Director
ROCKPORT — “Straight from the Heart,” a farewell exhibition curated by the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s outgoing founder and executive director, Peter Korn, has opened at the school’s…
WASHINGTON — At the Gibbs Library, now through the end of October, is a show featuring the art and handwork of the Appleton Rug Hookers. The rugs are a colorful reflection of rural life, blending…
BELFAST — Danielle Madore, of Peaks Island, and Deborah Stevenson, of Searsport, are exhibiting paintings at Local Color Gallery through October 3.
Stevenson is a lifelong painter and…
‘Great Art for Great Reads’
WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Public Library is gearing up for an online art auction to be held from September 25 through October 8 on the auction site BiddingOwl.com.
The library is now displaying…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library is seeking applications from local nonprofit civic and cultural groups, clubs, and individuals, to display artwork, collections and other small items and/or…
