CAMDEN

Art book by Carl Little named finalist for Book of the Year

ForeWord Reviews has announced that Carl Little’s “The Art of Dahlov Ipcar,” published by Down East Books, is a finalist for the 2010 Book of the Year Awards in the art category. Also chosen was Andrew Vietze’s “Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America’s 26th President” as a finalist in the biography category. Down East published that title as well.

Selected from among more than 1,400 entries, the finalists represent the best work of independent publishers. Winners will be announced at Book Expo America in New York in May.

Little has written several art books, and lives with his family in Somesville. A former managing editor of Down East magazine, Vietze lives in Appleton.

MONHEGAN

Gallo, Hollenbeck picked as Monhegan Island artists

Alina Gallo of Portland and Gail Hollenbeck of Bailey Island have been named the 2011 Monhegan Island artists in residence by the Monhegan Artists’ Residency Corp.

Gallo received a bachelor’s degree from Naropa University and a master’s from Maine College of Art. She was a featured artist in the 2008 Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial, and will be part of “Drawing from the Collection” at the L.C. Bates Museum this summer. In her work, she employs symbols “to relate to and deconstruct the history of Persian, Indian and Christian miniature painting.” On Monhegan, she hopes to integrate elements of the island landscape into her work.

Hollenbeck attended American University (BA) and Pratt Institute (MFA) as well as the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work, which has appeared in two CMCA shows, the 2006 Biennial and “First Traces,” explores “multi-layered psychological space using sea and ledge imagery.”

During her residency, she foresees doing a series of “evocative, spatial” rock drawings and small oil paintings.

The Monhegan corporation received 32 applications for the residency. This year’s judges were Diana Tuite, Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art; Duane Paluska, painter, sculptor and owner of Icon Gallery; and painter Mary Harrington, a former Monhegan artist resident. For information, visit monheganartistsresidency.org.

CUMBERLAND

Lipton earns placement at Smithsonian Craft Show

Furniture designer and maker Gregg Lipton is among 120 craftsmen from 31 states chosen to exhibit at the 29th annual Smithsonian Craft Show. Exhibitors reflect contemporary American craft in one of 12 categories: basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art and wood. There were 1,300 applicants.

A panel of three jurors made the selections: Elisabeth R. Agro of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Kate Bonansinga at the University of Texas at El Paso; and Dorothy Hodges, a partner at Hodges Taylor Gallery in North Carolina.

Lipton has created innovative furniture for more than 25 years, incorporating solid wood, veneer, metal and glass into his furniture. He made the benches at the Portland Museum of Art. This will be his fifth time exhibiting at the show, which opens April 13. For information, visit smithsoniancraftshow.org.

PORTLAND

Kibort to direct marketing efforts for Portland Ovations

Portland Ovations has announced that Charles Kibort has joined its staff as director of marketing and audience development.

He began his career at Sotheby’s auction house in New York, and has worked in advertising and marketing throughout his career. He has worked with such brands as Warner Bros., Mercedes-Benz, Smith Barney and most recently TD Bank.

BOOTHBAY

Maine Photography Show will run April 16 to May 8

The Maine Photography Show opens April 16 and runs through May 8 at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation, 1 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. The show is divided into four categories: color, black and white, student and a themed category: working people. More than $1,000 in prizes will be awarded.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free.

OGUNQUIT

Summer season auditions for Ogunquit Playhouse

The Ogunquit Playhouse will hold auditions for non-Equity actors for its summer season from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday for children, 4 p.m. Saturday for adults ages 18 and older, and 10 a.m. April 10 for both children and adults. Auditions will be at Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth, N.H.

The season will include “Avenue Q,” “Summer of Love,” “The Music Man,” “Legally Blonde: The Musical” and “Miss Saigon.” Ogunquit also is casting for a Theatre for Young Audiences production, “Pinkalicious.”

This is an open call. Appointments will not be taken in advance. Visit ogunquitplayhouse.org/about-op/auditions for information.

NORTH YARMOUTH

Champlin wins Best of Show in Duck Stamp competition

A painting by 17-year-old Lena Champlin won Best of Show in the Maine competition of the 2011 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest. The judging was held at the Camden Public Library on March 22.

Champlin, a senior at Greely High School, entered an acrylic painting of a Barrow’s Goldeneye. Her entry was chosen from among 526 entries and has been sent to Washington, D.C., to compete with Best of Show winners from other states in the national contest. The national contest will be judged April 15. Her work will be included in an exhibition that will tour the United States. In addition to her first place and Best of Show ribbons, Champlin will receive a $50 gift certificate, a pair of field binoculars donated by L.L. Bean, and a 2011 waterfowl calendar and book donated by Ducks Unlimited.

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