ROCKPORT — The second month of Maria J. King's exhibit of shadow boxes at the Rockport Public Library runs June 2-28, and includes a new collection of 50 boxes inspired by the literary efforts of…
Art
artist's reception June 14
Submittal forms August 1
WALDOBORO — The Waldoboro Public Library is again teaming up with artists and crafters for the Great Art for Great Reads Art Show and Online Auction. This event supports the Waldoboro Library,…
artist reception Saturday, June 22
ROCKPORT — From June 1 through June 27, the Rockport Public Library will host a show of photography by local photographer Jim Dugan entitled "Rowing in Eden." The exhibit will feature images of…
BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library is showing a retrospective exhibit of the Belfast Community Co-op in the Kramer Gallery for the month of June.
The exhibit, “48 Years of the Belfast Co-op…
This year’s En Plein artist for the 76th Garden Tour is Cassie Sano.
Sano lives in Augusta, and enjoys plein-air painting in both watercolor and oil. She considers living with so much…
ROCKLAND — Maine Coastal Islands Visitor Center (9 Water St., Rockland) unveils two new exhibits Friday, June 14, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The Loaded Brush: Watercolors by Timothy James Standring…
CAMDEN — Saturday, June 8 will be Coastal Quilters final event for the year, high-lighted by Pot Luck Brunch and their annual stash sale. Bring a dish to share and all the fabric or yarn and…
UNION — The Friends of the Union Fair Society presents the 8th Annual Union Fair Car Show, held Saturday June 8, 2024, at the Union fairgrounds, in Union. (Rain date Sunday June 9, 2024).
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BELFAST — When Alex Evans was a young child playing with his grandmother’s camera, he never imagined his photography would one day be featured in an art exhibit.
Evans, an inventory…
Artist to read poetry and talk about his work, June 22
ROCKLAND — Triangle Gallery opens a show of Alan Clark’s paintings and drawings, “Notes to the Muses”, on display from May 23 to June 23.
Clark is a multidisciplinary artist: painter,…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Makers Market will start its inaugural season on Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., in Harbor Park, Rockland. With over 40 local makers, the public will find…
ROCKLAND — Lincoln Street Center will be opening its historic building to the public for its first open studios of the year. The public is invited to come visit the tenants at an open studios…
SPRUCE HEAD — The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of Time and Tide, a joint exhibition by father and son artists, Robert and Kenneth Schweizer, on Wednesday, May 29,…
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre, located at 916 Main Street, opens their June art gallery show with two accomplished artists who have created a life-long dialogue through their exploration of…
Visions of Inclusion
ROCKLAND and ROCKPORT — OUT Maine has partnered with Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) and Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) to bring LGBTQIA2S+ art and writing to Midcoast Maine during…
CAMDEN — Christine Buckley has raised $5,372 and counting for her sister-survivors of domestic abuse through an ongoing art sale benefitting Finding Our Voices in her framing store in Camden.…
Corning, Machowski and Shagas
ROCKLAND — “Three Breaths: Corning, Machowski & Shagas,” will be on exhibit at Triangle Gallery, in Rockland, from May 16 to June 16, opening during June 7 ArtWalk, from 4 - 7 p.m.
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Fourth Friday Art Walk reception
BELFAST — Local Color Gallery will host a Fourth Friday Art Walk reception on Friday, May 24, from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring short artist talks at 5 p.m. by Van Bankston, the new guest artist, and…
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts and Coastal Mountains Land Trust have launched the Art Gone Wild 2024 Micro-Residency, inviting artists to immerse themselves in the beauty of nature and share their…
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Historical Society will host its first annual Fleece to Fabric event, Sunday, May 26, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at the Andrew Robinson Homestead, 945 River Road, in St.…
WALDOBORO — The Waldoboro Public Library is again teaming up with artists and crafters for the Great Art for Great Reads Art Show and Online Auction. This event supports the Waldoboro Library,…
BELFAST — People and Places of the Maine Coast, an exhibit of photographs by Doug Chamberlin, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of May.
The…
CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery’s Homecoming exhibit, “Bits and Pieces” opens Thursday, May 16, from 5 to 7 p.m., during Camden‘s First Friday Art walk of the season. The show will run through June…
FRIENDSHIP — Salt Pond Studio opens the 2024 Season with “En Plein Air” group exhibition featuring recent works executed or conceived “en plein air” along the Maine coast by 14 Midcoast artists.…
public reception during Camden Art Walk, May 16
CAMDEN — Page Gallery presents Here And Now, an exhibition of paintings from Gideon Bok, Susan Lichtman, and Terry Powers featuring intimate interior views; an art studio, a family home, and the…
ROCKLAND — Badhus Co will be hosting Jen and Elizabeth Casad for sidewalk chalk art on Sunday, May 19, from 12 - 4 p.m.
Join mother and daughter artists for a family fun collaboration of…
reception May 21
WASHINGTON — “The Gibbs Library is proud to present the 19th Annual Student Art Exhibit featuring the excellent work of the student artists from Prescott Memorial Elementary School,” said Gibbs,…
For those coming back to Maine, here's what's new...
MIDCOAST—This year, we are consolidating our annual “Welcome back” article to acquaint those…
“shadow box” originally referred to a box containing sailor's mementos (his shadow)
ROCKPORT — During the months of May and June, artist Maria J. King will exhibit a selection of her handcrafted shadow boxes in the Marine Room of the Rockport Public Library. King will be rotating…
Real, Imagined and Abstracted Cloudscapes
ROCKLAND — Step into the high-ceilinged Back Gallery at the Triangle Gallery, Friday, May 3, 2024 through Saturday, May 18, 2024, to be immersed in the large-scale, painted worlds of Susanna White…
“Trust the Process”
AUGUSTA — Donald L. Patten, of Belfast, is one of seven graduating Art students of the University of Maine at Augusta who will exhibit their senior thesis artwork in the Charles Danforth Gallery…
UNION — Midcoast and beyond artisans and artists are invited to show their wares in Union at the third annual Thompson Memorial Association art fair on June 1.
The fair takes place on the…
Doug Frati, of Palmyra, has been selected as the 2024 Artist of the Year by The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce and the Arts in the Park Event Committee.
Doug Frati was born in Maine in…
WALDOBORO — The RSU 40 Arts Boosters is putting together a silent auction to help support its mission to provide more arts programming and resources to the students in RSU 40. The silent auction…
accepting entries now through April 26, 2024
ROCKLAND — AIO has opened its call for artists for the 3rd annual ArtFeeds: Artists in Action Against Food Insecurity. AIO is accepting entries now through April 26, 2024, with results announced…
“journeys” features paddles made by residents of Maine Correctional Industries
ROCKLAND — In honor of Trekkers’ 30th year anniversary, the nonprofit youth mentoring organization will host a silent art auction after a 4-year hiatus. As a nod to the Trekkers’ spirit of…
ROCKLAND — Experience the unique blend of past and present through the lenses of Jen and Elizabeth Casad, a mother and daughter duo, Friday, May 3, 2024, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., at Badhus Co., 25…
ROCKPORT — A new temporary art exhibit at Pen Bay Medical Center features work by Bjorn Runquist (oil), Kathleen A. Fox (watercolor paintings) and Michael Hagenbuch (photography) along the walls…
THOMASTON — The Union Fair – Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival unveiled its 2024 Union Fair/ Maine’s Wild Blueberry Poster on March 29, at Oceanside Middle School.
Sylvia Percy, of Warren,…
For the second year in a row, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Homemakers across the state partnered with nonprofit Janet’s Jammies to make hundreds of pajamas for children in need.…
deadline May 20
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) is looking for artists for its 2025 wall calendar, with a submission deadline of May 20. The 2025 calendar, which showcases the artwork by Maine-…
ROCKLAND — The Museum of Maritime Pets announce the appointment of two new Ambassadors at Sea.
Tea and Riki, newest feline crew aboard the Barque Picton Castle, are currently…
a love for photography as its own art form
WASHINGTON — The Gibbs Library presents Wanderings – Photographs by Rachel Oakes, which will be on exhibit through March and April.
Oakes provides the…
“Fluid Dreams and The Whale Song Series”
ROCKPORT — From March 2 through 28, the Rockport Public Library will host a vibrant show of paintings by Melissa Kachan entitled, “Fluid Dreams & The Whale Song Series.”
“Kachan’s…
Tables wrapped in brown paper, a rainbow of paints, selection of brushes, scissors, glue and collage materials greeted twenty young artists gathered in the warmth of Page Gallery's collaborative…
“Mainely Nude” is a show that celebrates the human form. All are invited to this annual art show opening this coming Saturday, Feb. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation at…
deadline March 22
ROCKLAND — In celebration of National Poetry Month this April, the Good Tern Gallery extends an invitation for creative spirits to participate in Poetry & Art X, its annual mail-in exhibition…
WALDOBORO — The Waldoboro Public Library will be offering three art classes this winter led by artist Debe Loughlin. All three will be on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
They are “…
On May 11, 2023, the day the federal government officially called an end to the pandemic, we commemorate it with the start of our 13th community gallery of photos. And the first photo is aptly one…
