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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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  • Published
    February 16, 2012

    A different TYPE of exhibit

    The Farnsworth, known for its paintings and sculptures, opens an exhibition of illustrated books.

  • Published
    February 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.

  • Published
    February 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.’

  • Published
    February 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.

  • Published
    February 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, […]

  • Published
    February 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.

  • Published
    February 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 […]

  • Published
    February 11, 2012

    Bowdoin’s museum chief is leaving job

    Kevin Salatino is credited with bringing in exceptional exhibitions, including an Edward Hopper show.

  • Published
    February 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.

  • Published
    February 9, 2012

    Ivory power

    Pianist and Maine native Henry Kramer heads home to perform with the Portland Symphony in a romance-packed program Tuesday.