American pop artist Michael Albert returns to Bowdoinham to run his hands-on collage workshop for all ages (school age and up) from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. All participants will be able to create their own collage using the same materials Albert uses to create his masterpieces. That means cereal boxes and other […]
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For one local artist, drawing and cooking are forms of meditation
On her palette and her plate these days: Juicy, red local tomatoes.
A new book shines light on a largely forgotten group of female printmakers
‘Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers’ reexamines a collective of talented printmakers who operated in Massachusetts in the mid-20th century.
Photos: ‘America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia’
Artist Norajean Ferris’ exhibition “America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia” is on display at Pejepscot History Center, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, through Aug. 31. “The exhibition speaks on issues that are infused in our nation, and is a hymn to our current socio-economic, cultural and political times,” Ferris said in an email. Ferris’ works […]
Damariscotta art gallery presents solo exhibition ‘True Confessions’
River Arts presents the abstract paintings of Alice de Mauriac in a solo show in the River Room from Aug. 1-21. The public is invited to the artist’s opening reception of “True Confessions” from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the gallery, 36 Elm St., Damariscotta. Currently residing in New Harbor, de Mauriac studied at […]
Gleason Fine Art hosts exhibition highlighting coastal Maine in pastels
Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor will open a one-person show for painter Lyn Asselta Friday, Aug. 2. Asselta’s “Where Rock Meets Water” runs through Sept. 3, with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 31 Townsend Ave. Asselta returned to Maine four years ago after spending most of her adult life […]
Enter an antiquarian home in Damariscotta
After a lifetime of collecting antiques, Ed Oestreich reflects on how he wants to be remembered — by the sum of what he calls his “life’s work.”
Bowdoinham art auction benefits Union of Maine Visual Artists
Over 60 artists have provided art for a silent auction for the Union of Maine Visual Artists’ 50th year gala. The event includes a costume party and art auction and runs from 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Merrymeeting Hall, 27 Main St., Bowdoinham. The featured artists hail from Saco to Harpswell to Blue Hill […]
Erika Manning to show recent paintings at Thornton Oaks in Brunswick
Contemporary visual artist Erika Manning shows recent paintings at Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way #100, Brunswick, from July 29 through Sept. 21. Manning is a mixed media artist and educator rooted in the disparate values of abstract expressionism, the Blue Rider School and surrealism, as well as the concepts and practices of yoga. In her […]
Peggy Bacon drawings come to life at The Gallery at Trifles
Over 70 drawings by the artist Peggy Bacon (1895-1987), which have never been previously on public display, will open in a selling exhibition at The Gallery at Trifles, 55 Main St., Wiscasset, on July 25. This coincides with the exhibition “Peggy Bacon, Biting, Never Bitter,” which is currently on view at the Portland Museum of […]
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