January 20th through March 8, 2009 in the Upper Jette Galleries
Colby Associate Professor of Art Bevin Engman presents paintings, collages, and source photographs drawn from her recent explorations of the land, sea, and sky. These “quotes” from the environment of Cape Cod, where the artist spent her childhood and recently returned to paint, capture the inherent abstraction of the subject through subtle compositions of color and form.
(Image: "Due East at the Pamet" by Bevin Engman)
For more information, visit the Colby College Museum of Art website.
The Freedom Place Collection at the University of New England
(Image: "Front 2, Back 2" by Richard Yarde)
The show runs January 16 through March 15, 2009 at the University of New England's Westbrook College Campus in Portland.
Acquired over the past thirty years by Stuart Marshall Bloch, the Freedom Place Coll...
Milk
USA. Rated R. 128 minutes.
“Milk” charts the last eight years of Harvey Milk's life, ending with his very premature death. After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Milk, became a gay rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's ...
Diavolo
On Monday, January 19th at 4:00 pm at the Strom Auditorium in Rockport.
From artistic director Jacques Heim, choreographer of Cirque du Soleil’s Ka. Few companies will dazzle your senses and provoke thought like Diavolo. Dancers, gymnasts and actors leap, fly and twirl among oversize structures and surrealistic sets....
Jazz at the Square Features Steve Grover
On Tuesday, January 6 at 8:00 pm at Portland's One Longfellow Square.
Percussionist Steve Grover continues "Jazz at the Square" in 2009 with the assistance of David Wells and Tony Gaboury.
Tickets are $5 and $3 for students and seniors.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the O...
The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away
(Image: "Walking" by Abdi Roble, Kenya December 2005)
At the Bates College Museum of Art January 23 - May 29, 2009.
Somali-born photographer Abdi Roble has been documenting the diaspora of the Somali population for five years. This exhibition presents fifty-five black-and-white images that docume...
Waterfall Arts 2009 Branching Out Exhibit
Opens Friday January 9th with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Waterfall Arts Belfast.
This is the third year Waterfall Arts has brought together professional artists and young people to spend time making art related to a specific theme. This year's theme, "CODE RED" is a launching point for th...
Maine Artist Interview: Amy Stacey Curtis
(image: Detail of installation entitled "Light" by Amy Stacey Curtis)
Amy Stacey Curtis, an installation artist from Lyman, Maine, is the Maine Arts Commission’s 2005 Individual Artist Fellow For Visual Art and the recipient of three Good Idea Grants. In the year 2000, Curtis set out to ...
"Aida" at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland
On Thursday, January 15th at 7:30 pm
War rages between their two countries as Ethiopian slave Aida and Egyptian princess Amneris both fall in love with the same war hero. Slips of the heart and of the tongue seal the fates of the beautiful Aida and her heroic Radames in one of Giuseppe Verdi&rs...
The Portland Players Present "La Cage Aux Folles"
The show runs January 16 - February 1, 2009.
Based on the 1973 French play by Jean Poiret and subsequent 1978 French-Italian screen version (one of the most popular foreign films ever released in the United States), the musical focuses on a gay couple's domestic tranquility shattered when ...
"Lynne Drexler--Painter" at the Portland Museum of Art
(Image: "Misting" by Lynne Drexler)
Through March 1, 2009.
Among Monhegan Island’s early abstract painters, Lynne Drexler (1928–1999) holds a special place. This exhibition of 50 works presents the first comprehensive overview of her career. She began her career in New York with abst...
Group of Eight Local Writers Publish First Book
Eight local writers (who are also known as moms, dancers, therapists, schooner captains, flower shop owners and soda jerks!) published their first collection of stories, essays and poems.
The new collection, entitled Behind the Purple Door ($14.95), is the joint venture of eight men and wome...
Ave Maris Stella Performs in December and January
Midcoast's Maine's 20-member early music vocal ensemble, Ave Maris Stella, will give two performances at Belfast's New Year's By the Bay. They are scheduled to sing at the First Church Belfast on December 31, 2008 at 7:00 and 9:00 pm.
In January, the group will perform their popular annual program of music ...
Linden Frederick Exhibits His "American Studies"
(Image: May Day © Linden Frederick 2007)
At Forum Gallery in New York City on November 13th. On view through January 3, 2009.
"American Studies" is the result of two years work and travel by Linden Frederick of Belfast. Each of the nearly fifty oil paintings is 12x12 inches and is a contemplation of the Americ...
Artoon: Time Zone Zombies
Kenny Cole is a contemporary artist that has exhibited often around Belfast Maine. His work is sometimes political, humorous ... always engaging!
Check Kenny Cole's work on Flickr
NEA Provides Funding for Several Maine Arts Organizations
The Maine Arts Commission announces that 11 Maine Arts organizations from across the state will share $190,500 of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the fiscal year 2009. This funding includes Access to Artistic Excellence and Challenge America Fast Track grants.
Maine’s grante...
One Longfellow Square Presents Peppino D'Agostino
On Thursday, January 8 at 8:00 pm
Italian born Peppino D'Agostino is a Renaissance man. Everything about the longtime California resident and his art -- virtuoso acoustic guitarist, composer, singer, teacher and all-around entertainer -- is rooted in his heritage.
D'Agostino has had a long and distinguishe...
ARTOON: "TIME ZONE ZOMBIES"
Cartoon by Maine artist, Kenneth Cole [ website ]
Vercingetorix by Kenny Cole is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.flickr.com.
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