As Part of the Magenta FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL
(Mount Desert Island, ME) Fine art photographer Robert Moran will have a solo exhibition of work as part of the Magenta Foundation's FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL in Boston this month. The festival takes place May 16 – 19 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf and Moran's exhibit opens on May 17th with a reception from 7:00 to 10:00 pm at the Fairmont Battery Wharf, Building 2, Lower Level. Moran's RELICS will be on display through June 17th.
(Image: "RELICS" by Robert Moran)
Artist Leo Brooks at Jonathan Frost Gallery
(Image: "The Gannet" by Leo Brooks)
(Rockland, ME) The Jonathan Frost Gallery, located at 21 Winter Street in Rockland, will introduce its seventh summer season on Friday, May 24th, with the exhibition Gallery Artists, Featuring Leo Brooks. The public is cordially invited to a gala Artists’ Reception from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on the 24th,...
- Spectrum 2013 by Jeanne O'Toole Hayman at Richard Boyd Art Gallery
- Carver Hill Gallery Opens 2013 Season
- Dahlov Ipcar Exhibit at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast
- “Different Hours” Opens at The Gallery at Blue Heron
- Senior Art Student Exhibit at UMF
- Richard Boyd Art Gallery Opens Creatures and Critters III: Equine and Avian Art
- Chocolate Church Art Gallery Exhibits Fiddleheads and Springtime Pleasures
MAS 4TH ANNUAL ONLINE EXHIBIT: SELECTED ARTISTS
Selection Includes 44 Artists and 65 Works of Art:
Maine Art Scene magazine is pleased to announce the artist selection for its fourth annual online artist exhibit. 84 artists submitted a combined total of 375 pieces of art. Founders Brenda and Thierry Bonneville as well as curator Daphne Anderson Deeds, Maine Artist Ben Potter and Maine art colle...
CMCA Exhibits Lesia Sochor's "Garments"
(Image: "Garment 7" by Lesia Sochor)
(Rockport, ME) Lesia Sochor is having a showing of her newest series, “Garments” at CMCA (the Center for Maine Contemporary Art). The transparent oils on sewing paper are commentaries on the power and art of fashion, but also on the obsession with trend and style, and the enormity of ...
Midcoast Painter/Mixed Media Artist Eric Leppanen
(Image: "Transition" by Eric Leppanen)
Eric Leppanen is a Maine artist living and working in Belfast, Maine. Leppanen's interest in physics, the universe and the unknown is depicted in his large abstract paintings. He says, "In my experimental art, I take ideas, thoughts, colors, action, materials - add energy and let the paint flow....
Two Exhibits for Submissions at River Tree Arts
(Kennebunk, ME) River Tree Arts issues a call to artists for two summer shows in scenic Kennebunk. The ART ON MAIN sidewalk art festival, takes place on July 6, during Kennebunk’s Old Home Week. The exhibit, ART ON MAIN is accepting exhibitor applications now. Blue ribbons will be presented by River Tree Arts to an artist from each medi...
Magenta FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL Features Maine Photographer Robert Moran
(Mount Desert Island, ME) Fine art photographer Robert Moran will have a solo exhibition of work as part of the Magenta Foundation's FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL in Boston this month. The festival takes place May 16 – 19 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf and Moran's exhibit opens on May 17th with a reception from 7:00 to 10:00 pm at the Fairmont B...
Maine Poetry Out Loud Champion Announced
(Augusta, ME) Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco announced Dyer Rhoads of Waynflete School as the 2013 State Poetry Out Loud Champion on Wednesday night at an event organized by the Maine Arts Commission. Blanco, who presented signed copies of his inaugural poem to all the finalists, went on to announce Iman Omar, from Deering High Sch...
Workshops Offered by Philip Frey in May, June and August
(Image: Philip Frey Painting on Location as a Fellow During the 2012 Heliker-LaHotan Residency)
(Sullivan, ME) Philip Frey will be teaching three plein air workshops this year: on Monhegan Island, in Damariscotta and in Winter Harbor, Maine. Each day students will work on specific exercises including several small quick paint studie...
RSU 3 Students Collaborate on Project at Waterfall Arts
(Belfast, ME) On Friday, May 17th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Waterfall Arts and students from the Gifted and Talented program in RSU 3 will hold a public reception and celebration for the completion and installation of their collaborative project – a "living wall" or vertical garden on the outside walls at the arts center in Belfast....
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Offers May and June Workshops
Three New Writing Workshops from the MWPA The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) has announced three new writing workshops in May and early June.
Beginning Saturday, May 11, Christopher Locke will teach a two-part workshop entitled “Poetry and the Myth of Experience” in Biddeford. This is a generative workshop and atte...
Final Show for “Unsanctioned” in Orono
(Image: “Unconsciousness” by Kenny Cole on Display at Atlantic Designs in Bangor)
(Orono, ME) The Unsanctioned Art Show and Silent Auction is a collaboration between the Black Bear Skatepark Association, SQUAD, KahBang Arts, "Pigeon" and 38 local artists, with the goal of raising money for a s...
10th Annual Spring/Summer Concerts From VoXX
(Camden, ME) The midcoast a cappella vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty will celebrate the arrival of the 2013 summer season with its annual concerts in June and July. “Madrigals and More” is built around a core of works that celebrate the “part song” as manifested through the ages, with music that ranges from serene ...
Alzheimer’s Disease: Painting the Journey
(Image: "News Travels" by Donna Beveridge)
New watercolorist Donna Beveridge paints the reality of living with Alzheimer’s disease. Speaking volumes with her watercolors, applying blues and purples – her favorites – as well as yellows and greens in her “communicative process” Beveridge lets people know that she...
Will Barnet: Farewell to a World-renowned Abstract Artist
(Image: Artist Will Barnet © JoAnne Kalish 739P All Rights Reserved)
(New York, NY) On November 13 of 2012 world-renowned Artist Will Barnet, with strong ties to Maine (Pemaquid Peninsula & Phippsburg), passed away at age 101. He was the recipient of many awards as well as being awarded the National Medal of Arts this past year fr...
Visual Arts Director Opening at the Maine Arts Commission
(Augusta, ME) The Maine Arts Commission is currently seeking a full-time Visual Arts Director to develop and oversee the agency’s visual arts programming for the state of Maine.
The Visual Arts Director will work in a strong team setting with other program directors and under the supervision of the agency’s Executive Director to f...
Saco River Theatre Presents David Mallett
(Bar Mills, ME) On Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 pm. One of America’s true original troubadours David’s career spans four decades, and 14 albums and several hundred covers of his songs, including the American folk classic "Garden Song" [Inch by Inch, Row by Row], Dave has performed in clubs, concert halls and festivals across ...
- Renowned Musician David Mallett at Saco River Theatre
- Women in Harmony Are “Singing for a New Day”
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- Living Wall Installation Opens at Waterfall Arts
Drawings and Paintings by John Snyder on New Blog
(Image: "Deluge" by John Snyder)
(Ogunquit, ME) Maine artist John Snyder says that “art is about having an experience of the senses and emotions,” and he continuously strives to open up those experiences in his work. Born in 1965 and having lived and grown in different parts of the United States, John settled on an art c...
The Salt Exchange Features Several Artists on First Friday Exhibit
(Portland, ME) The Portland First Friday Farm to Table ART exhibit will take place on Friday April, 5th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Salt Exchange. Come and meet the artists and listen to the cool music of Jazz Alchemy. Stay and enjoy a cocktail and some of Chef Adam White's delicious food. Featured artists working in various mediums including ...
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