Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2012
A different TYPE of exhibit
The Farnsworth, known for its paintings and sculptures, opens an exhibition of illustrated books.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2012
Artists enter the private world of nudes and present it as a gift
The Sharpe Gallery in Kennebunk is showing about 60 paintings or drawings of the human figure through Monday.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2012
Maine-inspired painter receives National Medal of Arts
The White House calls the 100-year-old Will Barnet ‘a constant force in the visual arts.’
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2012
Artist with Maine ties honored at White House
Painter and printmaker Will Barnet, 100, receives a National Medal of Arts in an East Room ceremony.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
John Wulp: The cure for what ails…
VINALHAVEN — John Wulp felt certain he was dying. “Elaine,” he croaked into the phone, barely audible. “I can’t seem to breathe.” Elaine Crossman, who runs the New Era Gallery on Vinalhaven island, treated Wulp’s plaintive wail cautiously but without alarm. She’d heard it before. Wulp, a painter and Tony Award-winning theater director and producer, […]
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
Author Q&A: Got Moxie?
Thirsting for knowledge about the iconic New England beverage? You won’t be after reading Mainer Jim Baumer’s new book, due out in April.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
Wilder Oakes: Following his angel
SPRUCE HEAD — When he was 2 or 3 years old, Wilder Oakes emerged from the door of the fishing shack that he shared with his family at Port Clyde, walked out onto the gravel road that ran through his coastal village and noticed a bright light beaming down from the sky. Startled, he looked […]
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2012
Bowdoin’s museum chief is leaving job
Kevin Salatino is credited with bringing in exceptional exhibitions, including an Edward Hopper show.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2012
Bowdoin Museum director takes West Coast job
Kevin Salatino will leave the Brunswick college this summer to become the director of art collections at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2012
Ivory power
Pianist and Maine native Henry Kramer heads home to perform with the Portland Symphony in a romance-packed program Tuesday.
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