Art
VIDEO DOCUMENTS LOCAL STREET ARTIST AND HIS CRAFT
FREEDOM – The world of street and graffiti art has erupted from the underground and abandoned its association with vandalism to generate an enormous amount of interest and acceptance in the public…
On Holiday in Owls Head
It starts with a simple hello. It’s a cloudy, breezy, chilly, mid-November day. The rawness of Maine’s shoreline sets in your mind with its white capped waves breaking…
ROCKLAND — This past month, Rockland’s Archipelago has been featuring unique art and Rockland’s Farnsworth has styled the pfefferkuchenhaus: The Ginger Bread House.
Rockland’s…
Sightings
Noontide
This time of year we gather the quiet.
The frenzy of life of summer life at 44˚N has subsided and the coast of Maine settles into winter.
As Andrew Wyeth…
Who's angry?
BELFAST - The thought of adding seats and lighting to the footbridge (a.k.a. Armistice Bridge) brought an angry contingent of veterans to City Hall last month. When the topic came up again on Dec…
Larry Oakes's cobbled-together hot rods burn rubber in Spruce Head
Don’t call them hunks of junk — they’re works of art and when Larry Oakes, the owner of Automaster Collision Center in Spruce Head gets behind the wheel of one of his customized “Rad Rods,” you’d…
Folks, it's the last week to shop local and in honor of the innocence of children everywhere, this last series is dedicated to crafters who make special things for kids by hand. All of these items…
Artists in the Arctic
BELFAST - A group of artists traveling by boat to the Arctic today could be blithely overlooked as a facet of the eco-tourism industry, but in 1869, the year nautical painter William Bradford set…
Contact Sheet
SEARSPORT - Selling handmade Christmas wreaths for $5 a pop out of the back of a truck parked alongside Route 1 could be a real grind, but for Larry Carrozzo of Searsport it's relaxing — fun,…
Belfast's newest poet laureate continues that journey
(Editor's note: This is an edited version of the article to correct the location for the New Year's Eve inauguration of the new poet laureate. The ceremony will be held at the Playhouse…
If you're looking for something to do this weekend to brighten your holiday spirit, following is a list of shows and events around the Midcoast for Dec. 7-9.
Looking for a book to curl up…
Shop local series highlights three unique Maine-made goods
For the holidays, we’re launching a new series to shine the spotlight on local craftspeople who make things by hand. It’s important to shop local and to support the innovators and entrepreneurs…
At first, it’s hard to grasp just what this object Angela Lorenz created is. Is it a piece of art? Is it a book?
The Mansion of Thought: Making Knowledge Visual in Three Dimensions…
At first, it’s hard to grasp just what this object Angela Lorenz created is. Is it a piece of art? Is it a book?
The Mansion of Thought: Making Knowledge Visual in Three Dimensions…
The Camden International Film Festival is one of 23 film festivals receiving a grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The $10,000 grant will be used for special programming…
Shop local series highlights three unique Maine-made goods
For the holidays, we’re launching a new series to shine the spotlight on local craftspeople who make things by hand. It’s important to shop local and to support the innovators and entrepreneurs…
Here's the thing about the Farnsworth Art Museum. It is the home of internationally renowned paintings and art works, yes. But as locals, we don't tend to go out of our way to check it out,…
Anne Cronin is showing her watercolor originals, prints and card through Nov. 30 at Zoot Coffee in Camden. Anne is known for her watercolor paintings and ink drawings that depict the natural…
At the V.F.W. and Waterfall Arts
BELFAST - With the parades and other public celebrations of Veterans Day passed, the Monday holiday offered some in Belfast — veterans and nonvets alike — a chance to quietly be with their people…
Presenters for Nov. 16 PechaKucha exemplify creative economy
Fun fact: the name concrete comes from the Latin "concretus,” which means to grow together.
The path of local concrete artisans Marcel Valliere and Paul Powers has emulated the very stuff…
The creative economy
BELFAST - Maine is ahead of many states in terms of investing in its creative economy, according to Julie Richard, recently appointed director of the…
Collective hosts second Annual ‘End Of The World’ After Party Bash Nov. 3
Some believe that the Mayan calendar, which ends on Dec. 21, 2012, marks the end of the world. The Collective, whose purpose exists to attract a younger, contemporary audience to the Farnsworth…
Georges River Land Trust, K2 Family Foundation
ROCKLAND — The Georges River Land Trust and K2 Family Foundation have announced a new partnership to offer an artist-in-residence program to begin in summer 2013, offering professional visual…
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BELFAST — White Pines are some of the fluffiest conifers you'll find. But as Christmas trees, they're less than ideal. The needles shed easily, and in contrast to the Balsam's ornament-ready limbs…
HOLY COW! IT'S THE CHURCH STREET FESTIVAL
BELFAST – Bella the Big Pink Elephant, icon of the annual Church Street Festival, is in her second incarnation. So maybe it's fitting that the theme of the 2012 festival parade, happening this…
The Belfast Creative Coalition will host its third Artist Networking Night this evening, Oct.4, to give artists, painters, photographers, craftsmen, musicians, writers and other creative types who…
'Fail' book signing, poetry reading, Oct. 5
There is very little academic about Dave Morrison's approach to poetry, and he is a rule-breaker. Don't talk to him about sonnets…
Artist at work
Judy Kohn is painting in the white spaces on her canvas, her brushes dipping into the wide palette that balances beside her on edge of the wharf.
Her art teacher told her to fill the canvas…
Skin isn't the only canvas for Justin Wheeler, a tattoo artist at Siren Song Tattoo in Rockland. Upper Playground, a leader in…
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The eye is drawn to certain things, or at least it can seem that way in hindsight. Looking back over the week's photos there are school buses, tour buses and a half dozen Volkswagen buses. There…
Kierra Bunting
Here’s Kierra, 15, with her side-swept bangs, backpack and flashing a metallic grin; she’s one of the rad ones. Why? Cause she unafraid to throw herself out there, whether it’s photographing weird…
Featuring glass and jewelry designer Maggi Blue
Those who know glass and jewelry designer Maggi Blue would find it hard to believe she struggles with self-identifying as an artist, but that’s the tough knot she’s working on at the moment. The…
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The photos in the gallery below were taken during the past week with a pocket-sized 35mm, kept on hand for such occasions as you'll see. There is no overarching idea to the collection except that…
Unconventional Warren artist turns property into outdoor gallery
You don't forget a guy like Jay Sawyer when you first meet him. Big, raw-boned, in a faded Pink Floyd T-shirt with a go-to-hell beard. Intimidating at first, until he eases into conversation,…
killer piks
Killer Piks is a monthly review of books, movies, and music by people who are obsessed with books, movies and music. This month features: The Emporor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena,…
