The Yarmouth Art Festival opens Wednesday with the work of nearly 100 Maine artists on display.

The juried show runs through Saturday at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road.

The festival has received 486 submissions of work from 120 Maine artists including paintings, drawings, sculpture and photography. Of that, 169 pieces from 94 artists were selected by the panel of jurors for the 2016 show.

This year’s jurors are artist Suzanne Harden; Peg Golden, former owner of The Greenhut Gallery in Portland, and Chris Thompson, partner at Parallax Partners, Inc. and former art professor at MECA.

The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

An artists’ reception, including music and refreshments, will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted.

An online catalog displays all the pieces in the show, along with information about each artist.

For more info: 781-3805, yarmouthartfestival.com.


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