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Dustin Tucker as the much-put-upon elf Crumpet in the Portland Stage Company production of “The Santaland Diaries,” continuing through Dec. 16.
Todd Brian Backus photo courtesy of Portland Stage Company
“In the Woods,” 1860 oil on canvas by William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905), from “We Never See Anything Clearly: John Ruskin and Landscape Painting,” through Dec. 23 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Courtesy Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Pejepscot Historical Society Museum, Brunswick: "Vote, Pejepscot!", election and political paraphernalia, and "Home Decoration: The Domestic Artistry of the Skolfield Women, 1845-1900," samplers, printed screens, flower arrangements, hair wreaths and more, through Dec. 31. pejepscothistorical.org
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath: Downeast Shipmodelers Guild Show, through Nov. 30; "Ahead Full at Fifty: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum," through May 26. mainemaritimemuseum.org
Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston: "Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography," featuring 106 images by artists from 11 countries across five continents, through Dec. 15. bates.edu/museum/exhibitions
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville: "Hidden Histories: A Project by Maggie Libby," history of women at Colby, through Sunday; Alex Katz, "Maine/New York," 28 paintings and one multi-part sculpture, through Dec. 30. colby.edu
Maine State Museum, Augusta: "Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives," historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, through May. mainestatemuseum.org
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: "Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan," paintings, and "Impressionist Summers: Frank W. Benson's North Haven," paintings, through Dec. 30; "Recent Acquisitions," newly acquired work by Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Rockwell Kent, Marguerite and William Zorach, Elaine de Kooning, Andrew and N.C. Wyeth, and more, through March 10; "Andrew Wyeth: Pencil Drawings and Watercolor Sketches," through April 7. farnsworthmuseum.org
Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor: "Indians and Rusticators" and "Transcending Traditions: The Next Generation and Maine Indian Basketry," through Dec. 29; "N'tolonapemk: Our Relatives' Place," archeological exhibits and stories of the Passamaquoddy, through October. abbemuseum.org
University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor: Alan Bray, "At the Edges," paintings; Mayumi Sarai, "Ring Cycle," carved wooden sculptures; and Susan Jane Belton, "What's Yours," oil on panel portraits; through Jan. 5. umma.umaine.edu
• ART GALLERIES
OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS
"Eye Catchers," annual holiday show, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. Opens Friday. Through Dec. 29.
"Parcel," multi-artist traveling art show of work that is flat, fits in cardboard tubes or is made of small pieces, Pop-Up Gallery, Portland. parcel.xasyasz.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and by appointment afterwards.
Donna Parkinson and Sarah Vosmus: "Mapping the Air," collaborative installation, Harlow on the Circle Lobby Gallery, Augusta. harlowgallery.org. Opens Monday. Through Jan. 25.
CONTINUING
Portland Public Library: "Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey," original illustrations, preparatory sketches, unpublished drawings and ephemera, through Dec. 29; "The Sea Within Us: Iconically Maritime in Fashion and Design," presented by Maine Maritime Museum, through June 14. portlandlibrary.com
University of Southern Maine, Portland: "Zuihitsu: Look Only at the Waves," exhibit by Smudge Studio and USM art students, through Dec. 9. usm.maine.edu/gallery
University of Southern Maine Osher Map Library, Portland: "Iconic America: The U.S. Outline as National Symbol," through Feb. 28. usm.maine.edu/maps
Maine Charitable Mechanics Association Library, Portland: Reggie Osborn, textile art, through Nov. 30. 772-8598.
University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland: "Vanguard: Maine Women Pioneers," avant-garde, experimental and innovative works by nine Maine artists, through Dec. 16. une.edu/artgallery
Greenhut Galleries, Portland: Ed Douglas, "New Works," and Jaap Eduard Helder, paintings, through Dec. 1. greenhutgalleries.com
Rose Contemporary, Portland: James Chute, "Talking & Drawing," through Dec. 1; Jessica Gandolf, Penelope Jones and Bridget Spaeth, "Expanding Fields, " through Dec. 22. rosecontemporary.com
Bridge Gallery, Portland: "Seeing Red," paintings by Rhonda Pearle, Gary Perlmutter, Valerie Birnhak, Ruth Claff, Pauline Delin, Dick Eaton, Alison Hill and Wendy Hodge, through Nov. 30. bridgegalleryportland.com
3Fish Gallery, Portland: "Edges of Vision," MECA photo workshop group show, through Dec. 7. 3fishgallery.com
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