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Modernism and Masquerade: Max Beckmann (1884–1950)

At the Portland Museum of Art - March 13th through May 23rd.

(Portland, ME) This exhibition features the graphic work of Max Beckmann (1884–1950), providing important focus on the German artist whose powerful approach to the human condition continues to move and inspire viewers.

(Image: "Woman With Candle" by Max Beckmann)

Maine Art Galleries

Greenhut Galleries Exhibits Glenn Renell (Image: "Pinaleno Woods" by Glenn Renell) (Portland, ME) Glenn Renell is a recent retiree from teaching at the Maine College of Art, and moves comfortably back and forth from colorful, high-keyed paintings to high contrast (black-and-white) landscapes of Maine, infused with his experience of painting in the American...

Editor´s Movie Picks

The Art of the Steal (view trailer) USA. 101 minutes. Not rated. In 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes formed a remarkable educational institution around his priceless collection of art, located just five miles outside of Philadelphia. Now, more than 50 years after Barnes' death, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court for control of the art, and intend...

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Statewide Online Music Performers Showcase

Maine Dance Performances

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Comes to Portland At the Merrill Auditorium on Saturday, March 20th at 8:00 pm. (Portland, ME) Glorious, powerful, intelligent – Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) is dance that energizes, inspires, and feeds the soul. DCDC presents the work of three of the most creative geniuses in American dancemaking, drawn from the company&rsqu...

Artists Openings/Exhibits

Gallery Show Celebrates Community Art (Image: 44N 69W: Radius Belfast 2009, Courtesy of Al Arthur) (Belfast, ME) Please join Åarhus Gallery for an opening reception Friday March 5th, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm for the second annual "44N 69W: Radius Belfast". An all encompassing show running from March 4th through the 28th, of work by Maine residents of ...

Maine Artist Interview

Interview with Maine Painter Ingrid Ellison ("Branching Out" by Ingrid Ellison) Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ingrid's earliest memories of Maine were floating in a little sloop amidst the fog and rocks of the coastline. Ingrid's studies led her to a BS from Skidmore College and an MFA from American University. Additionally, she spent a year learning printma...

Maine Jazz and Blues Scene

Roomful of Blues in Freeport On Saturday, March 20th at 8:00 pm. (Freeport, ME) Even though Roomful of Blues’ lineup has changed over the years, the band has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. Currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon, the band has never sounded fresher or stronger. In 2010,...

Maine Photography

Celebrating Women Exhibit at the University of New England (Image: Photography by Paola Gianrturco) March 8 through May 20, 2010. (Portland, ME) "Celebrating Women" is an exhibition of vibrant color photographs focused upon six festivals around the world that honor women’s lives. Until artist Paola Gianrturco undertook this photographic assignment no one had documen...

Maine Art Classes

Painting En Plein Air in Isleford This Fall Little Cranberry Island 2010 Labor Day Workshop Overflows -Second Session Announced! (Isleford, ME) Henry Isaacs, co-faculty Ashley Bryan and Susan van Campen, are excited by the early enrollment for their plein-air workshop, September 3rd through 5th, 2010. In response, they’ve added a second session which will take place Se...

Diane Bowie Zaitlin Gives Encaustic Painting Workshops

Maine Arts Organizations News

Waterfall Arts Artist Mentoring Program Exhibit Opens (Image: "The Ghost of Amelia Earhart as a Child" by Seth Whited and Emma Bonneville) The Show Will Run Through April 23, 2010. (Belfast, ME) The fourth annual Branching Out Mentoring Project exhibit is up at Waterfall Arts’ Clifford Gallery. Working together using photography, video, clay, painting, drawing, ...

Maine Literary Event

Left Bank Books Hosts Second Annual Winter Lyceum (Searsport, ME) Left Bank Books will launch its second annual Winter Lyceum with a stimulating lineup of speakers to help while away winter Sunday afternoons. All Lyceum talks will take place between 3:30 - 5:00 pm. The 2010 winter schedule is: February 7 (snow date February 14): Capt. Brendan McAvoy First Mate of the Main...

Special Arts Events

Special Benefit Event for Haiti with The Toughcats (Rockport, ME) The Toughcats will rule the dance floor at a March 13th Tropical Dance Party at the Rockport Opera House to benefit Partners in Health, a nonprofit organization that’s been working in Haiti for over 20 years. Three talented musicians hailing from North Haven, the Toughcats have just released their second a...

Maine Theater Performances

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Conversations at Midnight At Various Venues, March 12th Through March 27th. The Everyman Repertory Theatre presents a staged reading production of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s verse play, Conversations at Midnight. These lively and often hilarious 'after dinner' conversations are rich with muscular and powerful verse that varies from the formality ...

Maine Art Museum Exhibits

Frederick Lynch Exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art (Image: Segment Collective 4 by Frederick Lynch; Courtesy of the Portland Museum of Art Website) "Division and Discovery" Will Run February 27th through July 11th. (Portland, ME) As an abstract painter, Maine artist Frederick Lynch (born 1935) uses a system of repeated geometries and mathematical divisions to explo...

Maine Authors

2010 National Book Award Winner, Phillip Hoose at Frontier On Thursday, March 25th at 7:00 pm. (Brunswick, ME) Phililip Hoose's book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice is a biography of young Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old who refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Colvin's act of defiance in 1955 (nine months before Rosa Park's cel...

Maine Concerts

Colby Symphony Orchestra Plays Mozart and Haydn On Saturday, March 13th at 7:30 pm in the Lorimer Chapel. (Waterville, ME) The Colby Symphony Orchestra presents a Year-Long Tour Through the History of Orchestra Music: The Classical Period. Mozart and Haydn are considered to be the pillars of the classical style: Mozart's Serenade K. 525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) and Haydn's...

Maine Art Jobs and Resumes

Maine Art Resumes - Judith M. Geer JUDITH M. GEER P.O. Box 34 • Fairfax, VT 05454 • (802) 309-4201 • judyg548@gmail.com Arts Administrator ~ Marketing Associate ~ Development Associate ~ Box Office Manager • Over twenty years experience in customer service. • Hard working, detail oriented, able to multitask. • Analytic...

Maine Arts Commission News

Employment Opportunity at the Maine Arts Commission (Augusta, ME) The Maine Arts Commission is currently seeking a full time Arts and Humanities Associate to oversee the agency’s technology program. The position offers a salary range of $37,544.00 to $50,876.80 annually. The deadline for applications is April 9, 2010. The Technology Associate position involves the develo...

Maine Opera

Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème At Portland Ovations on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8:00 pm. (Portland, ME) A candle, a key, and a longing for spring on a cold Christmas eve … the lives of struggling artists in Paris are high-spirited, but ultimately as fragile as a dying flame. This is their story. The music of Puccini’s La Bohème is amon...

Maine Live Music

Enter the Haggis Plays Waterville At the Waterville Opera House on Friday, March 12th at 7:30 pm. (Waterville, ME) After a brilliant show in 2009, Enter the Haggis returns for a repeat performance. Not for the faint of heart, Enter The Haggis’s live show is a musical feast: viscerally dynamic, emotionally uplifting and intellectually stimulating. The ba...

Maine Art Headlines

Conversation at Midnight Presented by The Everyman Repertory Theatre At Various Venues, March 12th Through March 27th. The Everyman Repertory Theatre presents a staged reading production of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s verse play, Conversations at Midnight. These lively and often hilarious 'after dinner' conversations are rich with muscular and powerful verse that varies from the formality ...

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