Atlantic Ballet Company will perform its original version of Beauty and the Beast at Camden's Library Amphitheater on Wednesday, August 2, at 4 p.m. This performance is the…
Art
July 24 through Sept. 22
ORONO — This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine's leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde.
The Susan Groce and…
Show runs until September 13
ROCKPORT, ME – "New Work by Faculty," an exhibition of contemporary wood furniture, sculpture, and stringed instruments has opened for the summer at the Messler Gallery of the…
Acclaimed artist to exhibit works in Port Clyde through September 4
Barbara Ernst Prey: Inflection Points 40 Years of Painting in Maine is an exhibit showcasing the virtuosic hand of world-renowned artist Barbara Ernst Prey who has painted powerful views of her…
The Pope Memorial Humane Society in Thomaston is pleased to announce that the second exhibition of art work is now being displayed in the lobby of the PMHS. The current show features the brilliant…
BELFAST — The sidewalk in Belfast’s Heritage Park got a colorful, albeit temporary, makeover Saturday thanks to the city’s first Chalk Walk. The event, which was hosted by Waterfall Arts, was…
Steel House South finishes up an art show designed to be provocative
ROCKLAND—Those who like their art to be a little edgier than sailboats and lighthouses found the Steel House South's first art show, “the Crooked and The Wide,” to be right up their alley. Nathan…
Slide show and talk, including travel tips to Havana
The neighborhood in Havana where you are most at risk of being clobbered by falling masonry from crumbling buildings starts across the street from the Parque Central…
WALDOBORO — "Paint the Town," one of Midcoast Maine's most delightful plein-air event and fresh paint auction, is returning to Waldoboro on Saturday, Aug. 5. Natalie Masse and Jan Visser will once…
Michael Good Gallery...
ROCKPORT — The exhibition season kicks off at the re-launched Michael Good Gallery with a solo show by New York painter Beverly Shipko. You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too: Paintings by…
‘I try to see the beauty’
She is an artist, and she likes to work hard. Combine the two characteristics, and there is Jerri Finch, a longtime presence on the Maine art scene, and a bold one. She breaks ground, literally,…
Sculpture artist Richard Allen specializes in large scale wooden animals
ROCKLAND — Don’t be afraid. Even with teeth in his claws, he won’t bite. His name is “Red,” and this crustacean comes with his own saddle. Richard Allen, a Rockland sculpture artist, created this…
ROCKLAND—With all of the talk on farm fresh food that buzzes around the Midcoast, it’s often the chefs, not the farmers who take the spotlight. Blue Hill artist Heather Lyon, currently living in…
With huge photo gallery!
CAMDEN — Forget the Indy 500 and the Nascar 600, the students of Camden-Rockport Middle School's eighth-grade class kicked off the Memorial Day weekend with a race of their own. And they raced…
BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition announces the first of the 2017 Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walks, which will take place on May 26 on and around Main Street and High Street in downtown Belfast…
Wet Paint on the Weskeag!
THOMASTON — The Kelpie Gallery announces a call for artist submissions for Wet Paint on the Weskeag!, the fourth annual juried wet paint benefit auction for the Georges River Land Trust. During…
Calling all Makers and Artists! This is your kind of event
ROCKLAND — Art doesn’t have to be so serious. And neither does it have to be stationary. One woman is about to roll out a wacky idea in downtown Rockland this summer and here’s hoping the artists…
Elle Appleton Foster, of Rockport, is the winner of Camden Conservation Commission's logo contest. Elle, who grew up in Camden, bested a field of artists both local and from as far…
Elise Andersen, daughter of the late East Boothbay artists and ceramists Brenda and Weston Andersen, has been busy lately. She and some of her siblings have been going…
Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library...
BELFAST — A Closer Look: Windows and Doors, a group show by the Mid-Coast Art Guild, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of April. The Mid-…
CAMDEN — Conversations On A Process, Revisited, an exhibit of new oil paintings by Appleton artist Erika Manning, will be on display at Zoot Cafe on Elm Street in downtown Camden through…
Hail To The Rad Kids
BELFAST—Olivia Sprowl, 16, a student at BCOPE, (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education), doesn’t know what kind of artist she wants to be yet. But, she’s going to have a chance to find…
BELFAST — Maine artists, age 50 and older, are invited to exhibit their work at the 15th annual Festival of Art, to be held in Belfast June 1-4.
An entry form and information sheet may be…
UNION — Vose Library, in Union, recently announced it is the recipient of a work of art from Joseph Fiore's Rock Paintings collection. The artwork was a gift from Maine Farmland Trust, in…
Rockland Heart & Soul and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) are joining forces to find out what kids love about Rockland.
On Saturday, March 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., children in…
Open to all Maine high school seniors...
LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is currently accepting art submissions to its 20th annual $1,000 art scholarship contest. All high school seniors residing…
Artist Katharine Cobey’s ‘Danger Dress’ has traveled the U.S. more than most people have
CUSHING — Eighteen years ago, Cushing artist Katharine Cobey created a one-of-a-kind sculptural dress out of black garbage bag plastic, cut into strips, and knitted together with a skirt made of…
TENANTS HARBOR — The Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor will feature the works of Tenants Harbor artist Darlene Cocke and Spruce Head artist Laurie Webber from through March 31. The…
UNION – The Trustees of the Union Fair–Maine Wild Blueberry Festival are again launching a contest to choose a design suitable for use in publicizing the 2017 Union Fair, Aug. 19-26.
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Burlesque dancing, like many other fringe art forms, enjoys a mysterious, titillating reputation, because most people only have a vague idea of what it’s all about. Burlesque embodied a particular…
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every…
PORT CLYDE — On Dec. 14, 2016, Robert and Betsy Webber donated a rare, signed Andrew Wyeth print, entitled Marshall Point Light, to the Marshall Point Lighthouse and Museum committee in…
Connecting Creativity and Cultural Equity in Maine...
BELFAST — One of the questions Maine Arts Commission Executive Director Julie Richard asked a crowd of about 25 artists at Waterfall Arts last week was “what has changed for better or worse” for…
BELFAST— Inside Bowens Tavern in Belfast, a local’s joint with wood paneled walls and sports usually on the tube, it seems an unlikely scenario to see easels set up all around. The TV is off.…
Damariscotta River Association Homeschool Programs...
DAMARISCOTTA — Damariscotta River Association has announced that art educator Brady Nickerson will be offering classes to homeschool youth following the regular DRA Wild Encounters nature programs…
CAMDEN — Frederica Marshall will instruct a Sumi-e Oriental Brush Painting Workshop, Thursday, January 12, 7 p.m., at the Camden Public Library. The workshop is…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation invites residents and part-time residents to enter up to three images for the chance to be selected for the Maine Photography Show 2017 exhibition. This BRAF…
Midcoast artist Marjorie Strauss will display three large pastels which evoke the colors of Christmas beginning on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the Sanctuary Gallery in the Rockland Congregational Church…
On display at Atlantic Baking Company
ROCKLAND - Laura Pessolano has been a pastry chef for more than 20 years. She currently works at Atlantic Baking Company, 351 Main St. in Rockland. She wanted to create a gingerbread sensation…
Justin Roig’s latest show at Michael Good Gallery is a special benefit exhibition and raffle
ROCKPORT — Just four months ago, Justin Roig’s world was a lot different than it is now. As the front of the house manager of Primo, Roig was working six days a week along with his wife, Emily,…
The Kelpie Gallery presents...
SOUTH THOMASTON - The Kelpie Gallery will host the art of pastel artist Nancy Lee Lovley in the exhibit, Changing Seasons, for the month of December.
Lovley's incredible and serene…
ROCKLAND — Richard Allen is a wanderer. Having grown up in Thomaston and served in the army, he spent his youth traveling through Europe, and working as a painter and sculptor all over the country…
BELFAST - In keeping with the season, Waterfall Arts has scheduled two new workshops – Holiday Card Printing Bonanza with Gwen Tatro and Paste Paper Painting and Bookbinding with…
BELFAST - The Belfast Cooperative will host the artwork of Bruce Mayo during the month of November as part of their monthly Maine Artist series. All are invited to come see his vibrant paintings…
Rockport artist Maureen Egan has a show of paintings and prints at Zoot Coffee from November 2-30. The opening reception on Saturday, November 12, from 4-5:30 p.m. will offer notecards of the…
ROCKLAND — “We want to help the ocean,” said six-year-old Griffin in between head-boinking and wrestle-hugs with his two classmates during the reception for their art exhibit at the Maine Coastal…
Helen Farnham is a fiber artist. She's also a fine artist.
Seeing her collection of fiber art, both wearable and hangable, created…
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Color, form and shape are the focus of her work. Swirls of paint move across the canvas. Inspired by the oil slicks on pavement after the rain, these paintings explore iridescent and fluorescent…
ARTinME
At the Boothbay Region Art Foundation's ARTinME opening reception, BRAF board member Sally Smith announced juror Liam Sullivan's selection for Best In Show … South Thomaston artist Jamie Wiggin…
Terry Marsh is an expert when it comes to conserving valuable works of art. A professional associate of the American Institute of Conservation since 1989, she is a…
