Maine Art Scene - Arts in Maine, Art News, Art Exhibits and Art Events in Maine, Maine Artists Biographies ... http://www.maineartscene.com Wed, 23 May 2012 22:51:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.maineartscene.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.maineartscene.com Maine Art Scene - Arts in Maine, Art News, Art Exhibits and Art Events in Maine, Maine Artists Biographies ... http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Old-Salts-Gallery-in-Camden-Exhibits-Work-by-Gigi-Aea.html “New Paintings Textiles” Opens on Saturday, June 2nd (Camden, ME) Gigi Aea's New Paintings and Textiles opens at Old Salts Gallery in Camden, Maine on Saturday, June 2nd with an artist's reception from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The paintings featured in this exhibition showcase two powerful sensibilities that foment in Aea’s work. They are a collection of sumi-e ink and pigment pieces on paper categorized by simple shapes and bold color delivered with dynamic, and gestural brush strokes. The textiles, in contrast, are intricate. Painted directly with dye on silk, they are magnificent explosions of color masterfully rendered to... News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 23 May 2012 12:58:49 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Belfast-Artist-Opens-Studio-with-New-Work.html Belfast Artist Holds Open Studio on Friday, June 1st (Belfast, ME) Artist Daniel Anselmi will be presenting new work at his studio as part of the Belfast June First Friday Artwalk. He will be presenting paintings,collages and several assemblages. An opening reception will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 pm on Friday, June 1st at his studio located at 75 Main Street in Belfast. (Image: Two New Works by Daniel Anselmi) News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 23 May 2012 11:10:11 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/New-Exhibit-Opening-June-1st-at-Betts-Gallery.html Four Artists Interpret Still Life (Belfast, ME) Betts Gallery at The Belfast Framer will be hosting a kickoff exhibit of the 2012 season on Friday, June 1st. There will be an opening reception from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. STILL LIFE is an exhibit of artists Stephanie Bartron-Miscione, Kerstin Engman, Kathleen Mack and Dina Petrillo. Their interpretation of the words “still lIfe” ranges from Images of beautiful eggs to a water faucet and much more. The work encompasses many individual unique styles. (Image: Painting by Stephanie Bartron-Miscione) News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 22 May 2012 09:25:26 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Six-Artists-Show-Work-at-High-Street-Studio-and-Gallery.html Opening is Part of June 2012 Belfast Art Walk (Belfast, ME) High Street Studio and Gallery will be having an opening on Friday, June 1st from 5:00 to 8:00 pm as part of the Belfast Friday Night Gallery Walk. A theme of ponds will be featured with paintings by Julie Cyr and Sheep Jones, clay work by Gail Savitz and Blue Moon Clay Carvers, and sculpture by Claude O'Donnell. Susan Tobey White will be showing new work continuing her food and dance series. (Image: Croak by Julie Cyr) News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 22 May 2012 06:18:05 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Indiegogo-Campaign-to-Raise-Funds-for-Waterfall-Arts-Launched.html Online Fund Raising Campaign Underway to Help Fund Damage at Belfast Arts Center (Belfast, ME) Waterfall Arts, with the help of a Project M design team, has launched an online fundraising effort at indiegogo.com (http://indiegogo.com) to cover the cost of needed renovations to the building’s basement, which is also known as the Fallout Shelter. Indiegogo has proven to be an effective way to support specific projects. News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 21 May 2012 08:53:17 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Biddeford-ArtWalk-Features-New-Venues.html www.biddefordartwalk.com (http://www.biddefordartwalk.com) Join the Festivities on Friday, May 25th (Biddeford, ME) Biddeford’s upcoming Final Friday ArtWalk on Friday, May 25th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm is adding new venues on Saco Island to its monthly event. Under the yellow awnings on Saco Island, located at 110 Main Street, Biddeford artist Patricia Flynn is hosting a grand opening of the new River Birch Gallery in Suite 1105. A collective of artists, including Flynn, Delphine Sherin, Julie Vohs, Jim Cotsis, Holly Brooks, and Rayne Grace Hoke will be showing their work. (Image: Painting by Susan Normand) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:41 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Judy-ODonnell-Natures-Influences.html The Show Opens With an Artist's Reception on June 1st from 5:00 to 8:00 pm (Portland, ME) Heron Point Gallery is pleased to show the recent works by Falmouth artist, Judy O’Donnell. Judy has been a professional sculptor for over 30 years. For her, the work is all about nature and her respect for its ultimate power. This new show at Heron Point Gallery however isn’t just about sculpture but an unveiling of her most recent paintings. Paintings that explore animal spirits and the sacredness of the earth and mythical stories of powerful spirit guides that take on animal/human form. The... News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 16 May 2012 16:49:09 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Barbara-and-Susan-Beebe-Exhibition-at-Jonathan-Frost-Gallery.html Show Featuring Mother and Daughter Artists Opens on Friday, May 25th (Rockland, ME) The Jonathan Frost Gallery located at 21 Winter Street in Rockland, will open for its sixth summer season on Friday, May 25th, with the exhibition Beebe and Beebe: A Mother – Daughter Show. The public is cordially invited to a gala Artists’ Reception from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on the 25th, featuring live music by Steve Lindsay and Friends. The exhibit will run through July 4th. (Image: Spring Flowers with Burmese Embroidery by Barbara Beebe) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 14 May 2012 17:38:48 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/David-Estey-Solo-Exhibit-at-Carver-Hill-Gallery-in-Rockland.html “Improvisations on Yupo” Opens on Friday, June 1st (Rockland, ME) David Estey is an amazing pictural linguist, creating a complex visual dialogue with this new, intuitive body of work. David arrived at this project very deliberately, and after 40+ years of consistent brush to surface effort. The show will open on the First Friday Art Walk in Rockland on June 1 from 12:00 to 8:00 pm. Improvisations on Yupo runs through July 3rd. (Image: Blue Figure by David Estey) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 14 May 2012 14:14:23 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Call-to-Artists-For-Inaugural-Show-at-Common-Street-Arts.html Common Street Gallery Transitions to Non-Profit Arts Center With Non-Juried Exhibit “ARTworks” (Waterville, ME) In early 2012, Waterville was awarded a $50,000 Creative Communities = Economic Development (CCED) Grant, the largest amount offered by the Maine Arts Commission. Through this grant, the city will be able to support the ongoing creative community and to cultivate new energy around the arts. Perhaps the biggest undertaking of this grant has been transition from Common Street Gallery (http://commonstreetgallery.com/) to the development of Common Street Arts (CSA), a new collaborative space dedicated to art education and exhibition, opening in July of 2012. In conjunction with... News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 14 May 2012 10:24:45 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Natural-Inclination-Exhibit-Featuring-Kenny-Cole.html At Monkitree Gallery Opening Friday, May 18th (Gardiner, ME) Natural Inclination is a commemoration of two significant, personal milestones—it has been twenty-five years since Clare Marron, owner of Monkitree began working on environmental issues and two years since the gallery opened. A portion of proceeds from this show will benefit both the Natural Resources Council of Maine and Clean Water Action. There will be an opening reception on Friday May 18th, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm. The show runs through July 20, 2012. (Image: Jay by Kenny Cole (http://kennycole.com/)) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 14 May 2012 07:05:00 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Cycle-of-Life-Compost-Paintings-by-Ed-Nadeau.html Painter Ed Nadeau on Exhibit in Belfast at the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery June 1st through July 11th. (Belfast, ME) For a fine art painter to devote a whole body of work to the subject of compost is certainly pushing the edge. But Ed Nadeau likes it that way. “Lots of art is rather safe these days,” he says. “Tough art has taken a back seat.” (Image: “Compost and Crow” by Ed Nadeau) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 14 May 2012 06:42:48 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/The-Making-of-40-WEST.html Special One-Time Screening of Dan Wood’s Documentary on Saturday, June 2nd at 7:30 pm (Bar Mills, ME) The feature film, 40 WEST, written by and starring Jennifer Porter, directed by Dana Packard, and featuring legendary entertainer Wayne Newton, was shot entirely in Buxton and Hollis in April and May of 2010 - primarily on a set built in the Saco River Grange Hall (http://www.sacorivergrangehall.org). Since its premiere in New York City in October, 2011, the critically acclaimed film has won or been nominated for fifteen US and International awards. News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 11 May 2012 13:09:32 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Art-is-Community.html Sponsored by the Saco River Art League (Bar Mills, ME) The juried show Art is Community is back by popular demand by both the artists and viewers. Sponsored by the Saco River Art League, this is a show and sale of regional art and fine crafts, which includes paintings, sculptures and interactive art-making for visitors during the opening weekend, June 22nd, 23rd and 24th. The show will continue to be on exhibit through July 21st in the Old White Church located at 15 Salmon Falls Road right next door to the Saco River Grange Hall (http://www.sacorivergrangehall.org). News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 11 May 2012 08:50:24 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Painting-Workshop-on-the-Coast-of-Maine-with-Susan-Tobey-White.html Dates Are July 23-24, 2012 (Belfast, ME) Susan Tobey White of High Street Studio Gallery (http://www.highstreetgallery.com) located 149 High Street in Belfast, will offer a two day acrylic painting workshop at the Searsport Shores Camping Resort (http://www.campocean.com/). This workshop is for the beginner as well as those with experience. The class will begin with an introduction to painting with acrylics with an emphasis on Loosening Up! For those who have taken classes with Susan, this will be a new approach of layering colors. The first day attendees will be using small surfaces. The second day... News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 10 May 2012 07:47:50 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/June-Exhibit-at-Richard-Boyd-Art-Gallery.html It's Not So Black and White Features Seven Artists (Peaks Island, ME) “It’s Not So Black and White” a multi-media exhibit at Richard Boyd Art Gallery opens Friday, June 1st at 10:00 am. For most artists, shading is more than just relative lightness and darkness, it’s about the nuances of tone and the creation of form and texture. The exhibit explores works by artists using values of black and white to create variations in tone from deep hues of black to silvery grays. Works by Pam Cabanas, Judy Kane, Judy O’Donnell, Elisabeth Heller, Jay LaBrie, Richard (Rick) Boyd and Keith Weiskamp... News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 09 May 2012 17:08:33 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/New-Season-at-Belfast-s-High-Street-Studio-Gallery.html Art Gallery Features New Works (Belfast, ME) High Street Studio Gallery is now open for the season. Featuring new work by gallery artists Susan Tobey White, Sheep Jones and Julie Cyr. High Street Studio Gallery hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday; Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and Sundays by appointment. (Image: Grandma's Blueberry Pie by Susan Tobey White) News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 09 May 2012 12:39:08 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Second-Isleford-Plein-Air-Workshop-With-Henry-Isaacs-and-Ashley-Bryan.html Session Two Starts the Evening of September 6, 2012 (Islesford, ME) With registration nearly filling our first session of workshops, we are pleased to announce the addition of a second workshop for 2012. The second session is also filling quickly, so be sure to reserve your place soon. These painters' workshops are formatted in order to meet the needs of a range of artists from novices to professionals. Approaches, concepts, and techniques of landscape painting are demonstrated and a series of projects suggested to participants. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 08 May 2012 09:10:11 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/My-Ongoing-Problems-with-Kindness-Confessions-of-MOGO-Girl.html At the Frontier Cafe and Gallery on Thursday, May 10th at 7:30 pm (Brunswick, ME) Everyone strives to be kind but for most of us it's not in our job description. Zoe Weil is a humane educator, author, and professional nice person. My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl is a 1-woman show written and performed by Zoe Weil, president of the Institute for Humane Education. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 08 May 2012 06:18:43 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Tanja-Alexia-Hollander-Are-You-Really-My-Friend.html At the Portland Museum of Art Through June 17th (Portland, ME) Facebook friendships exist in the nebulous world of cyberspace. Social networking creates a forum where we may connect or reconnect deeply with dear friends or become acquainted with new ones on a superficial level. What happens when we reach across real time and space to physically connect with these same “friends”? (Image: Photograph by Tanja Alexia Hollander of Wayne Curtis Louise Klaila, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 07 May 2012 17:22:57 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Ted-Keller-Exhibits-at-Rockland-s-Carver-Hill-Gallery.html The Show Runs Through May (Rockland, ME) Carver Hill Gallery is ecstatic to announce the reappearance of Ted Keller in a May, 2012 solo show opening on First Friday, May 4th. Ted will be flying in from his new home in Taos for the reception, and will be at the gallery on Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. He will speak about his work at 2:00 pm, and will be available to answer questions. Ted has been a long time favorite of ours, and we cannot wait to have him back for a few days. This body of work is a... News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:34:07 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Encaustic-Paintings-by-Kendra-Denny-on-Exhibit.html At Amalfi on the Water in Rockland (Rockland, ME) Amalfi on the Water, located at 12 Ocean Street in Rockland, presents recent works by artist Kendra Denny. Kendra is a native of Camden whose work celebrates the scenery of Midcoast Maine. The exhibition runs through the end of May. (Image: Curtis Island Light by Kendra Denny) News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:08:23 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/R.-Keith-Rendall-Exhibits-Work-at-Grace-Restaurant.html On Display May 2nd through June 3rd (Wiscasset, ME) Grace Restaurant has invited Master Printmaker R. Keith Rendall to exhibit his work throughout the month of May. The exhibition will be a new addition to Portland's First Friday Art Walk on May 4th and June 1st from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. This will be a very special opportunity to experience the unique woodcuts, etchings and carvings that Rendall is so well known for. Grace, which occupies a former church built in 1856, boasts classic architecture with the addition of modern details which has created a self-proclaimed “atmosphere of artistic mastery.” This... News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:17:38 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/2012-Art-and-Garden-Workshops-at-Old-Point-Comfort.html Classes Run May Through August in Waldoboro (Waldoboro, ME) Sara Hotchkiss at Old Point Comfort announces a series of spring and summer workshops for 2012. A variety of offerings, there is sure to be a class (or two—or more!) to please everyone. Early registration is recommended, as workshops fill up quickly. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:17:49 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/River-Tree-Arts-Announces-Two-Calls-to-Artists.html One For Splendid Splashes , the Other for Surf and Turf (Kennebunk,ME) River Tree Arts announces a call to artists for two gallery exhibitions. The first, Splendid Splashes, is River Tree Arts' oldest annual gallery show and celebrates abstract art and local artists working in painting, photography, sculpture and fiber art. The second call to artists is for the fun summer show: Surf and Turf: Seascapes, Landscapes, Sculpture, Jewelry and More Created on the Coast of Maine. This show is open to artists and craftspeople includes jewelry, pottery, glassware and other high end crafts in addition to... News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:32:09 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Photographer-C-E-Morse-Wins-Award.html From the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University (Cumberland Center, ME) Cumberland Center fine art photographer C E Morse has won the prestigious Photographic Resource Center Exposure 2012 Award. The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University selected C E Morse out of over 300 photographers as their recipient of the Exposure 2012 Staff's Picks Award. Morse's winning photographs of this annual juried competition will be featured in an upcoming issue of the PRC's Loupe . (Image: Sopoty #61 by C E Morse) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:42:57 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/StoneCrop-Gallery-Call-For-Entry-to-Photographers.html Can You Hear Me Now?: An Exhibit of Cell Phone Photography (Ogunquit, ME) My name is Dana Berenson and I am the owner of StoneCrop Gallery, a fine art photography gallery in Southern Maine. We are currently searching for work to include in our first show of the 2012 summer season, an exhibit of cell phone photography to be titled Can You Hear Me Now?” StoneCrop is looking for photographic works made using cell phone cameras for inclusion in a unique installation exhibition in the heart of southern Maine. (Image: Fence. 2012. by Dana Berenson) News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:24:35 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Harlow-Gallery-Issues-Call-For-Encaustic-Artists.html Deadline is July 1, 2012 For Exhibit in August (Hallowell, ME) The Harlow Gallery invites Maine artists to participate in an encaustic exhibition at the Harlow Gallery August 3 through August 25. The exhibition will be curated by the Harlow Gallery’s exhibition committee in consultation with Hallowell encaustic artist Helene Farrar. The exhibit will introduce the public to the diverse methods and techniques currently employed by contemporary encaustic artists. (Image: Summer by Helene Farrar) News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:44:25 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Multi-Media-Exhibit-at-Richard-Boyd-Art-Gallery.html Work by Five Artists Through the Month of May (Peaks Island, ME) The May Group Exhibit at Richard Boyd Art Gallery opens on Friday, May 4th from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. The multi-media exhibit features works by five artists working in the media of sculpture, painting, pottery and glass. Works by sculptor Judy O’Donnell, painters Jeanne O’Toole Hayman and Jay LaBrie, potter Richard (Rick) Boyd and blown glass by Keith Weiskamp are on view daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm through May 27th. (Image: Victory by Judy O'Donnell) News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:21:21 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Call-For-Entries-for-PRIMAVERA-Exhibit-Extended.html Opening of Show is May 5th (Belfast, ME) PRIMAVERA: The Maine Fine Art Figure Exhibition will celebrate modern interpretations of the nude in this classic art genre. Fine art nude photographs, drawings, paintings, and original prints will be featured. News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:48:48 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Archipelago-Fine-Arts-Gallery-Features-New-Exhibit-of-Henry-Isaacs.html “Lessons from an Island” Runs Through June 22nd (Rockland, ME) On Friday, April 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm the public is invited to an opening reception at Archipelago Fine Arts Gallery for Lessons from an Island, a show of work by Islesford artist Henry Isaacs. The food for the reception will be provided by the Islesford Dock Restaurant. (Image: View from Thrumcap by Henry Isaacs) News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:29:50 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Jim-Nickelson-Teaches-Large-Format-Printing.html Class Runs September 2nd through September 8th (Camden, ME) Camden fine art photographer Jim Nickelson will be teaching a week-long workshop on Large Format Printing at Rockport's Maine Media Workshops. This workshop will cover all aspects of printing and will of course emphasize particular issues and solutions resulting from large format prints. Students will learn to achieve the best results with these printers by photographing and working with large high-resolution images. There will be some shooting time in the field as well. (Image: The Tarn by Jim Nickelson) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:59:30 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Cardboard-Show-Corrugation-Nation-Opens.html At Waterfall Arts in Belfast on Friday, April 6th (Belfast, ME) Corrugation Nation, the open call cardboard show at Waterfall Arts opens on Friday April 6th with a reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The cardboard pieces are on display in the Clifford Gallery and throughout the building at 256 High Street in Belfast. (Image: Cardboard Work by Lynnette Sproch) News - Maine Art Headlines Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:46:39 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Bookbinding-Art-Journals-and-Kitchen-Table-Printmaking-in-Belfast.html Waterfall Arts Schedules Spring Workshops (Belfast, ME) Waterfall Arts has scheduled spring workshops and classes in Coptic bookbinding, Creating Unique Artistic Journals and a new series of low-tech printmaking techniques, Kitchen Table Printmaking. The workshops begin on April 7th and run through May 19th. (Image: Hidden Scroll Woodcut by Martha Briana) News - Maine Art Headlines Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:59:03 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Heron-Point-Gallery-Reunion-Show.html The Freeport Art Club: Where Are They Now? (Portland, ME) These four artists were at one time members of the long-time art association in Freeport called the Freeport Art Club. Join us through May 26th as we gather with them to celebrate this reunion of like-minded artists, each drawing inspiration from their natural surroundings. (Image: Painting by Julia Nichols) News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:51:41 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Artist-John-Snyder-Launches-New-Art-Blog.html Featuring Both Drawings and Paintings (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 career in his mid-twenties. Though he took art classes at the College of Visual Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Heartwood College of Art in Kennebunk, Maine, he is largely self taught. (Image: Deluge by John Snyder) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:12:25 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Farmland-Trust-Gallery-Exhibits-a-Photographic-Saga-About-Family-Farming.html “Rural Harvest” Opens on Wednesday, April 4th at 4:30 pm (Belfast, ME) Photographer Lottie Hedley believes that beauty, inspiration, conflict, determination, and intrigue all exist in our own backyards and deserve our attention. Her drive is to tell local stories which are often overlooked because of their proximity. Rural Harvest is a series of stark and gripping black and white photographs, full of contrast and mood. They document the life and work of the Gerritsen family: Jim and Megan and their four children, Peter, Caleb, Sarah and Amy. The Gerritsens organically farm potatoes and other vegetables for seed on Wood Prairie... News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:55:58 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Art-Scene-Opens-Third-Annual-Online-Artist-Showcase.html Featuring Over Artists and Close to 80 Works of Art > VIEW THE VIRTUAL ART EXHIBIT (Belfast, ME) March 3, 2012 – Maine Art Scene is pleased to announce the launch of its third annual online artist showcase. 85 artists submitted a combined total of over 400 pieces of art. Founders Brenda and Thierry Bonneville as well as curator Suzette McAvoy and Maine art collector Sam Mitchell selected 74 artists represented by almost 80 works of art. The pieces are featured in brand new and even more realistic virtual exhibit spaces. As with the previous showcases, the selected works will become part... News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:16:02 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Gallery-on-the-Green-Fine-Art-Show.html Presented by the Coastal Fine Arts Alliance of Maine August 11th and 12th in Southwest Harbor (Southwest Harbor, ME) The Coastal Fine Arts Alliance of Maine, CFAAM, will be sponsoring a juried fine arts show in the scenic coastal town of Southwest Harbor. The show will feature Maine artists showing original art work. The two day show will take place on Saturday, August 11th, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; and on Sunday, August 12th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The event will be held at Harbor House on the Green located at 329 Main Street. News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:23:19 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/3rd-Statewide-Juried-Art-Exhibit.html Virtual Opening Today! - CLICK HERE (http://www.maineartscene.com/maine-art-exhibits.html) - (Belfast, ME) March 3, 2012 – Maine Art Scene is pleased to announce the launch of its third annual online artist showcase. 85 artists submitted a combined total of over 400 pieces of art. Founders Brenda and Thierry Bonneville as well as curator Suzette McAvoy and Maine art collector Sam Mitchell selected 74 artists represented by almost 80 works of art. The pieces are featured in brand new and even more realistic virtual exhibit spaces. As with the previous showcases, the selected works will become part of Maine Art Scene's permanent virtual art library.... News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:32:24 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Epitaphs-for-the-Poets-by-Wesli-Court-is-Published.html New Work by Maine Poet Now Available (Dresden Mills, ME) Wesli Court is the anagram pen-name under which poet Lewis Putnam Turco of Dresden Mills writes his traditionally formal verse. “As reverent as it is irreverent, this charming cycle of poems brings dead poets to life and life to dead poets. Here is a guild of the centuries, by no means a 'tradition,' but a bond, rather — unbroken and ongoing — among brother and sister practitioners of an art that has always spoken life to death.” — Albert J. von Frank, co-editor, the Harvard Variorum Edition of The Poems... News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:10:03 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Spring-2012-Encaustic-Workshops-with-Diane-Bowie-Zaitlin.html Sessions Open to Various Levels (Saco, ME) Saco artist Diane Bowie Zaitlin is offering a series of two day Encaustic workshops that present a contemporary approach to the ancient medium of painting with molten beeswax and pigment. As always, classes are small with a lot of personal attention and guidance. All workshops run from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The cost for each workshop is $220 for two days including most materials. Classes are small so early registration is recommended. (Image: Brillance by Diane Bowie Zaitlin) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:40:10 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Photographer-Mary-Woodman-Receives-Gold-Award.html B W COLOR Magazine Honors Her Image “Solar Sadie” and Two Other Images (Kennebunkport, ME) Kennebunkport photographer Mary Woodman has received a Gold Award for her image Solar Sadie in the Special Issue #90 of B W COLOR magazine. In addition, two other images “Wharf Lane, Kennebunkport” and “Solar Panels, John Hancock Tower, Boston” received merit awards. (Image: Solar Sadie by Mary Woodman) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:09:25 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Fourth-Annual-Islesford-Workshops-with-Henry-Isaacs-and-Ashley-Bryan.html Register Now for September 2012 Classes (Islesford, ME) The fourth annual Islesford Workshops begin on Monday, September 3rd and run through Thursday, September 6th. These painters' workshops are formatted in order to meet the needs of a range of artists from novices to professionals. Approaches, concepts, and techniques of landscape painting are demonstrated and a series of projects suggested to participants. Conversations within this community of painters, as well as formal critiques, are conducted with groups and individuals. News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:06:45 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/e-book-Kindle-Edition-Issue-of-Lewis-Turco-Book.html Satan’s Scourge Available Now to Download (Dresden Mills, ME) Lewis Putnam Turco’s book titled Satan’s Scourge: A Narrative of the Age of Witchcraft in England and New England 1580-1697, winner of the Wild Card category of the 2009 New England Book Festival, has just been issued in a 2012 e-book Kindle edition, SatansScourge-ebook/1 by its publisher, www.StarCloudPress.com (http://www.StarCloudPress.com), of Scottsdale, Arizona. The price is $8.79 which includes free wireless delivery. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:16:08 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Unique-Art-Exhibit-Searches-for-Venue.html Maine Artists and Conservation Biologist Collaborate on “I Am Coyote” (Washington, ME) In an effort to assist the community of Maine people to rediscover the lost relationships with the wild, a group of fifteen Maine artists from all over the state and a conservation biologist are presenting the exhibit, “I Am Coyote”. The exhibit will focus on the coyote through the personal and creative expression of the artists themselves, with the goal of teaching about this native carnivore in ways that only art can bring. (Image: Coyote Mousing by Carole Whelan) News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:32:16 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/VoxPhotographs-Announces-New-Additions-to-Its-Portfolio-in-2012.html Four Maine Fine Art Photographers Bring New Work to the Gallery (Portland, ME) VoxPhotographs will expand its portfolio with the addition of work by Maine fine art photographers Jeffrey Becton, Felice Boucher, Audra Welton and Jane Yudelman in 2012. Heather Frederick, Director of VoxPhotographs, a private photographs gallery based in Portland, says that these four new artists bring to the gallery unique visions and the addition of over 120 images. As well, most of the 31 artists whose work is represented by the gallery have updated their portfolios to include dozens of new photographs.” (Image: Steel Bed and Stairs©Jeffrey Becton) News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:10:18 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Lewis-Putnam-Turco-Expands-on-His-Acclaimed-Standard-Poetry-Book.html The Book of Forms Features New Collection of “Odd and Invented Forms” (Dresden Mills, ME) For more than four decades Lewis Putnam Turco’s The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics — the well-known companion to The Book of Literary Terms and The Book of Dialogue — has been standard in the libraries of writers, teachers, scholars, and others who care about the craft of poetry. Now Turco has expanded and updated “the poet’s bible” once again, this time incorporating a collection of “Odd and Invented Forms,” which adds many interesting ancient and modern prosodies and forms with new examples written... News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:36:04 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/New-Catalog-from-Custom-Museum-Publishing.html Gleason Fine Art Chooses CMP for “American Coastal Art” (Rockland, ME) This 239-page catalog entitled, “American Coastal Art” represents a private collection by Charles J. and Irene Hamm. As mentioned in the forward by the Hamms, “We all know that ‘art’ is in the eye of the beholder. For us forming an art collection has also been demanding, opportunistic, and exciting. Irene and I decided our paintings would be by American painters, alive or dead, of American-related subjects, in any medium, of any time, and which of course attract our eye and emotions. News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:01:49 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Dressing-Up-Standing-Out-Fitting-In-at-the-Maine-Historical-Society.html Adornment Identity in Maine, 1750-1950 (Portland, ME) The exhibit runs through May 27, 2012. The Maine Historical Society presents a fascinating look at how Mainers have dressed up for a variety of occasions over two hundred years. Drawing from MHS's extensive collections, Dressing Up, Fitting In, Standing Out: Adornment Identity in Maine, 1750-1950 features a broad selection of adornments from the MHS collection, many never before displayed, including hats, jewelry, shoes, hair combs, walking sticks, and several complete costumes. Objects are accompanied and illuminated by photographs, paintings, journal entries, and more. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:13:46 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Camden-Photographer-Jim-Nickelson-Shows-at-Bates-College.html Two Images From His Nightfall Series Included in Exhibit (Camden, ME) Camden photographer Jim Nickelson is currently pursuing a major project, his Nightfall series. The work explores iconic landscapes and the night sky between dusk and dawn. The first image from the Nightfall series, Otter Cliffs, was taken a few months ago in Acadia National Park and has been selected to be included in the upcoming Starstruck international fine art astrophotography exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art opening next summer. For more information on the show, please click here (http://www.bates.edu/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/starstruck-2/). (Image: Otter Cliffs by Jim Nickelson) News - Maine Art Headlines Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:00:26 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/NEA-Chairman-Landesman-Announces-Challenge-America-Fast-Track-Grants.html Waterfall Arts One of Only 162 Grantees Nationwide (Belfast, ME) Waterfall Arts has been selected to receive one of the 162 grants of $10,000 awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts to organizations in 46 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has noted, “Art works everywhere, which is why the NEA’s Challenge America Fast-Track (CAFT) program supports projects from primarily small and mid-sized arts organizations that extend the reach of the arts to underserved audiences—those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity,... News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:29:57 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Twenty-Years-of-Holiday-Photographs-by-Marcie-Jan-Bronstein.html Belfast Photographer Makes Card Collection Available (Belfast, ME) This year marks an important anniversary for artist/photographer Marcie Jan Bronstein's annual Holiday Card Project. For the past twenty years, the artist has sent out a few hundred cards to friends, family, and collectors, featuring one new image created especially for the holiday season. In celebration of this anniversary, she has bundled together a collection of cards available for ordering, just in time for the holidays! (Image: Holiday Card Only Connect by Marcie Jan Bronstein) News - Maine Art Headlines Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:53:38 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/SUPPORT-MAINE-ART-SCENE.html We created the Maine Art Hub maineartscene.com to help Maine artists connect with an audience beyond their geographical reach, and because we believe art is essential to life. We are very thankful for the support from our 1,850 Facebook fans, our 4,830 Facebook friends, our 620 Twitter followers, our 6,000 unique monthly visitors. As you know, our magazine and our virtual art showcases do not rely heavily on advertising and we continue to be grateful for any contributions. News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:21:49 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Marc-Leavitt-Has-New-Studio-on-High-Street-in-Belfast.html Located at 153 High Street in Belfast (Belfast, ME) The public is invited to the first opening of Marc Leavitt's art studio at 153 High Street (upstairs), Belfast, Maine on Friday, November 4th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Represented by Galerie Swanstrom (Newbury and Thayer Streets in Boston) for 5 years whose owner named Marc Leavitt her Biggest Success Story in Boston Common Magazine, Mr. Leavitt's works have been showcased in articles for Architectural Digest and The Boston Globe. News - Maine Art Headlines Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:25:48 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Arts-Commission-Announces-2012-Fellowship-Awardees.html Four Grantees Annouced (Augusta, ME) The Maine Arts Commission (http://mainearts.maine.gov/) today announced the recipients of the 2012 Artists’ Fellowship Awards – one of the nation's highest awards for individual artists made by a state arts agency. The four recipients will each receive a $13,000 grant award. This year’s four Fellows are Allen Lowe from South Portland (performing/media arts), Claire Guyton from Lewiston (literary arts), Morrigan McCarthy from Portland (visual arts) and Richard Stanley from Southwest Harbor (traditional arts). News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:57:36 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Barridoff-Galleries-Announces-Two-Art-Auctions-in-2012.html The Event is Scheduled for August (Portland, ME) Barridoff Galleries' auction of American and European art will feature the more than 120 works by mid-19th Century Monhegan artists in the extraordinary John M. Day collection including the oils presented here by Michael Loew and Joseph De Martini and Luigi Loir (the Loir piece is from an important Hollywood collection). (Image: Painting by Joseph De Martini) News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:59:46 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/River-Tree-Arts-Announces-Expanded-Class-Calendar.html With Courses Offered for Every Age, Experience and Interest. (Kennebunk, ME) River Tree Arts celebrates 30 years in the Kennebunks with new classes and teachers. As the oldest community arts organization in the Kennebunks, RTA offers both traditional and innovative art and music classes for people of all ages. Join River Tree Arts for preschool Art Explorers or an after school class like Rock Band or Pewter Casting. (Image: Self Portrait by Russel Whitten) News - Maine Art Headlines Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:10:09 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Photographic-Images-by-Beth-Anne-Gordley-in-Bangor-Metro-Magazine.html Midcoast Photographer Featured (Belfast, ME) Bangor Metro features the fine art photography of Beth Anne Gordley in the August issue. Gordley’s dance photography was showcased four years ago in the publication. Melanie Brooks, editor of Bangor Metro, was perusing Beth Anne’s website and became intrigued by her various photographic genres. This lead her to contact Beth Anne, which in turn resulted in the photographer's second time as a featured artist in the Perspectives section of the magazine. (Image: Bent by Beth Anne Gordley) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:36:39 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Photographer-Terry-Hire-Lauches-Website.html New Site Features Fine Art Photography (Northport, ME) Midcoast Maine photographer Terry Hire recently launched a new website, Terry Hire Photography (http://terryhire.photoshelter.com), featuring his fine art photography as well his garden and scenic photography. The site includes hundreds of images each taken with Terry’s keen eye for detail and abstraction in the world around us. (Image: Photograph by Terry Hire) News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:57:05 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/River-Tree-Arts-Looking-For-Arts-Educators.html Arts Organization Seeks Faculty (Kennebunk, ME) River Tree Arts (http://www.rivertreearts.org/) is currently accepting resumes for art faculty for its nonprofit community arts center in Kennebunk, Maine, is accepting resumes for art faculty. Special consideration will be given to teachers who have experience working with preschool-aged children (2-5 years) and are able to teach group art, music, dance or theater classes. Teachers working with preschoolers should be able to work mornings and/or Saturdays. News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:56:24 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Henry-Isaacs-at-the-Islesford-Dock-Gallery.html Maine Painter Exhibits Works at Islesford Gallery (Islesford, ME) Henry Isaacs’ paintings reflect an emphasis of painterly qualities over representation. Isaacs renders his images with sparse but clean detail: a flag, the ramble of dock shacks, the line of boats on the shore, the trucks in the parking lot, perhaps bicycles waiting for the return of their riders. Boats sail in the background. Isaacs gives the viewer just enough of these elements to recognize them, and then takes the viewer on a fantastic escapade of paint and color: the goldenrod bottoms of the boats executed with single brush strokes, the patchwork... News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:45:47 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Indians-and-Rusticators-Wabanakis-and-Summer-Visitors-on-Mount-Desert-Island-1840s-1920s.html Through December 28, 2012. (Bar Harbor, ME) Indians and Rusticators highlights the role that Mount Desert Island played in the cultural and economic survival of the Wabanaki, the collective name for the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac in Maine. The seasonal interactions of Wabanakis and summer rusticators, summer residents from the large urban areas of the Northeast, will be explored through photographs, artifacts, and hands-on interaction. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:01:40 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Photo-Alliance-Announces-New-Website.html Midcoast Photographers Group Has Online Presence Members of the Maine Photo Alliance announce the completion of their website at www.mainephotoalliance.org (http://www.mainephotoalliance.org). The MPA is comprised of six Midcoast Maine photographers who meet monthly to share new work and to discuss fine art photography. Founded in 2009, MPA seeks to create an environment which nurtures and expands the art of its members as well as by promoting fine art photography in the community. (Image: Photograph by Susan Davens) News - Maine Art Headlines Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:18:37 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Artist-Gallery-Spaces-for-Rent.html A Unique and Affordable Opportunity for Artists and Artisans! (Kennebunk, ME) Opening May 2011, The Galleries at Morning Walk on Port Road in Kennebunk has eight individual cottage-style gallery spaces for rent. Inclusion in Morning Walk is a juried process to ensure a complimentary array of work and is only open to fine artists and artisans. News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:39:41 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/VoxPhotographs-Showcases-Fine-Art-Photographers.html Featuring Inspiring Works by Inspired Artists. (Portland Belfast, ME) Heather Frederick, Director of VoxPhotographs of Portland and Belfast, Maine announces the work of over thirty fine art photographers is now showcased in the web gallery at www.voxphotographs.com (http://www.voxphotographs.com) and available for viewing in person by appointment. Now in its fourth year, VoxPhotographs is expanding dramatically, Frederick states. For the past three years I've fostered exclusive relationships with a dozen artists, working with them to build careers, genuine bodies of work and national recognition. I've also become deeply committed to growing the collector base for the fine art... News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:26:27 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Folk-Art-on-High-at-the-Rufus-Porter-Museum.html 19th Century Decorative Weathervanes (Bridgton, ME) A collection of historic New England weathervanes will the exhibit on loan in 2011. Primarily copper molded animal forms from Massachusetts, the exhibit will be a great accompaniment to the museum's famous Bridgton vanemaker, James Lombard, who fashioned roosters with elegant tails from pine wood. The Museum has two examples of his on permanent display, and the local home owned by the Bridgton Historical Society, Narramissic, has another example. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:55:07 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Alan-Magee-Chooses-Custom-Museum-Publishing-for-New-Catalog.html New York Exhibit Alan Magee: In Sight Features Rockland, Maine Custom Musem Publishing Book (Rockland, ME) Custom Museum Publishing is pleased to announce the opening reception for local Maine artist, Alan Magee on Thursday, October 21st from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The show is being held at the Forum Gallery located at 730 Fifth Avenue in New York. Alan Magee: In Sight will include eighteen paintings as well as eight sculptures. News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:54:23 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Maine-Art-Galleries.html Click here to view the map (http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8 rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official client=firefox-a um=1 ie=UTF-8 q=Art+Galleries+in+Maine fb=1 gl=us hq=Art+Galleries hnear=Maine ei=qDM3TOXHNIL48AbC1o2DDA sa=X oi=local_group ct=image resnum=1 ved=0CC0QtgMwAA) Source: Google Maps News - Maine Art Headlines Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Hole-in-the-Wall-Studioworks-Call-for-Sculptors.html Gallery Seeks Submissions for Sculpture Garden (Raymond, ME) Hole in the Wall Studioworks is seeking sculptors to submit outdoor sculpture for its sculpture yard. The gallery is located on Route 302 in Raymond, Maine in the beautiful lakes region, with Sebago Lake only one mile away. In existence for over ten years, the sculpture yard is located directly behind the gallery in a semi-wooded area. Visitors to the gallery also enjoy walking through the sculpture garden. Sculptures will remain in the garden area of Hole in the Wall Studioworks until mid-September. News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:29:20 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/An-Evening-of-Stories-at-Aarhus-Gallery.html Once Selected, Written Works to be Performed Live. (Belfast, ME) Åarhus Gallery seeks literary short fiction by Maine writers for “as if”, an evening of readings by Maine actors. Submit one or two stories of up to 5,000 words (double spaced/12 font/numbered pages) via snail mail or email (as a Word attachment) to the address below. Include your name, street address, phone number and email address on the first page of the manuscript. News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:40 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/Special-offer-Post-your-2010-press-release-on-maineartscene.com-for-a-low-fee.html Post Your News on maineartscene.com In order to help Maine artists and arts organizations increase their visibility during these challenging economic times, we're offering a special discount on press release submissions. Sign up for a press release package and we will post your press releases on maineartscene.com for as low as $10 each: For-Profit Organizations (regular rate is $20 per press release): Post 12 press releases for $120 (a savings of $120) Post 6 press releases for $90 (a savings of $30) Non-Profit Organizations (regular rate $15 per press release): Post 12 press releases for $120 (a savings of $60) Post 6 press releases for $75 (a... News - Maine Art Headlines Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:35:41 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Art-Headlines/STATEWIDE-JURIED-VIRTUAL-ART-SHOWCASE.html NOW LIVE - CLICK HERE (http://www.maineartscene.com/maine-art-exhibits.html) After thoughtfully reviewing close to 500 works of art submitted by 99 artists, Maine Art Scene is pleased to announce the results. The following 61 artists represented by 90 works of art have been selected to be a part of the first multi-disciplinary juried online virtual showcase: Anne Alexander ∙ Daniel Anselmi ∙ David Graeme Baker ∙ Siri Beckman ∙ Louise Bourne ∙ Diane Bowie Zaitlin ∙ Marcie Jan Bronstein ∙ Mary Brooking ∙ Ragna Bruno ∙ Avy Clare ∙ Katharine Cobey ∙ Christine Cote ∙ Jamie Cypher ∙ Jane Dahmen ∙ Heidi Daub ∙ Charles... News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Maine-Artists-Interviews/Maine-Art-Scene-Interviews-Artist-Claudia-Diller.html Portland, Maine Currently living and working as a commercial artist in Portland and Kingfield, Maine, Claudia Diller’s work is inspired by Maine’s western mountains, and the islands and bays off the coast. Although she carries a camera with her wherever she goes, her paintings are mental meanderings and memories of being in the mountains, and on Huck Finn adventures with her friend Tom on their little sailboat in and around the islands off the coast. “When I’m out there I have the most incredible feeling of not wanting to be anywhere else in the world. That’s what I... News - Maine Art Headlines Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:54:08 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Marketing-the-Arts-in-Maine/Maine-Art-Scene-launches-ART-Marketing-Services.html Curatorial and Marketing Services for Individual Artists and Arts Organizations Maine Art Scene has joined forces with Bonneville Consulting to offer a full range of marketing tools and services for visual artists and galleries. The collaboration called ART MARKETING SERVICES draws on the strengths of the individual partners to offer affordable and professional internet presence, print materials, and marketing strategies. News - Marketing the Arts in Maine Wed, 27 May 2009 15:08:10 +0100 http://www.maineartscene.com/Special-Arts-Events/Statewide-Online-Music-Performers-Showcase.html Maine performers introduce themselves with audio samples, list of upcoming performances. NOW LIVE! > ADD/UPDATE YOUR 2012 LISTING (http://www.maineartscene.com/call-to-artists-maine-musicians.html) Showcased artists ensembles include: Ave Maris Stella • Brian Callaghan • Curt Bessette • Daniel Morin • Duane Spencer • Ellen Tipper • Emilia Dahlin • Eric Bettencourt • Evergreen • Hiroya Miura • Jim Gallant • John Tercyak • Jon Fernans • Marcia Gallagher • Martin Swinger • Mary Anne Driscoll • Matthew Fogg • Penobscot Bay Singers • Retta Guest Choate • Rhad Davis • Rick Dostie • Rural Electric • Steve Erwin •... News - Maine Art Scene - News Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:15:16 +0100