In Jamie Hogan’s kids’ book, her daughter counts down to a visit from Grandma.

LEWISTON Students’ artwork wins congressional honors Jeremy Vroom of Bangor and Whitney Wei of Farmingdale recently won the 2011 Congressional Arts Competition. The competition features student artwork from congressional districts around the nation. Maine’s winners, chosen by jurors selected by the Maine Arts Commission, will have their work displayed in the halls of the U.S. […]

Art Frederick Lynch: New Work, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. Today through Saturday. Runs through May 14. August Ventimiglia, new drawings, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland. 699-0583. Today through Saturday. “The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, […]

PORTLAND — Mark Bessire didn’t have to look far when searching for a new manager of the store at the Portland Museum of Art. The museum director found a perfect candidate right here in Portland, reaching out to retail entrepreneur and local arts advocate Sally Struever to take over the operation. Struever and her husband, […]

• “The Thinking Heart: The Life and Loves of Etty Hillesum” will be presented at First Parish Portland, 425 Congress St., on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 1. “The Thinking Heart” is an ensemble work in two voices, with cello. It is an original arrangement of the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, taking the form […]

A few words about galleries: Their role in the arts is so paramount that we treat them as we do free nights at the museums. They nourish our eyes, and someone else pays the bill. That someone is the gallery owner who we covertly expect to get by on good intentions. These thoughts are prompted […]