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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
    June 10, 2010

    Portland museum welcomes surprise gift of $3 million

    The no-strings donation comes from Emily Eaton Moore, 60, an active patron and trustee who died in March.

  • Published
    June 6, 2010

    Books Q & A: Portrait of the artist

    Carl Little’s retrospective on beloved Maine painter Dahlov Ipcar offers insight into a long, prolific career — and an ever-youthful, imaginative spirit.

  • Published
    June 6, 2010

    A look back at a painterly career

    The Bates College Museum of Art examines the body of work of Joseph Nicoletti, old-school artist.

  • Published
    June 6, 2010

    Arts Dispatches

    PORTLAND Portland painter chosen Monhegan resident artist Christopher Keister, a painter from Portland, has been named the 2010 Monhegan Island artist-in-residence by the Monhegan Artists’ Residency Corporation. Keister is a formalist painter with abstract tendencies. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. His work has been featured in the Center for […]

  • Published
    June 6, 2010

    Arts Planner

    Maine’s summer theater season begins anew this week, as both Ogunquit Playhouse and Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick draw the curtain beginning Wednesday night. • Ogunquit opens with star power. Emmy Award-winning TV star, celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer Carson Kressley makes his theater debut in the musical “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Kressley, who has […]

  • Published
    June 6, 2010

    Keyes: Old Port Festival is, at the end of the day, about the music

    It might seem that after 30-plus years, the Old Port Festival would run itself. If only that were true. In fact, the annual festival — set for a week from today — continues to be a lot of work for the organization that presents it year after year, Portland’s Downtown District. There are ever-evolving details […]

  • Published
    June 3, 2010

    Single-day tickets available for Nateva

    The $89 tickets provide access to all four festival stages at the festival.

  • Published
    June 3, 2010

    Cover Story: Animal Dreams

    Sculptor Wendy Klemperer and curator June LaCombe have created an exotic menagerie among the trees and fields of Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm.

  • Published
    May 30, 2010

    Arts Dispatches

    Photographer’s estate updates, improves website The estate of Todd Webb announced a recent refurbishment of its website, toddwebbphotographs.com. The new site features images, extensive biographical text, exhibition data, collection information and a frequently updated news tab. Currently, two touring exhibitions accent Webb’s photographs. “Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art” tours Europe […]

  • Published
    May 30, 2010

    And for Webheads, Winslow on the ‘Net

    There are plenty of opportunities to see Winslow Homer paintings in person this summer. But if you prefer looking at art on the computer, there’s plenty of Homer to view online as well. On Saturday, the Portland Museum of Art will debut a Web site of highlights from its vast collection of Homer illustrations. The […]