(Fryeburg, ME) The Palmina F. & Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art at Fryeburg Academy is hosting "Strangers & Others" - a fifteen artist exhibition curated by Heather Frederick, Director of VoxPhotographs (www.voxphotographs.com) through to August 18th. There will be a Meet the Artists Reception on Saturday, June 16th, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Artists from Bar Harbor to Limerick "bring together an exhilarating firestorm of interpretations of the human face and figure," according to Frederick. "I knew the combination of two- and three-dimensional visions would be provoking—and it is."

Participating Artists Include:

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sharon Arnold (MDI), Thomas Birtwistle (Central Maine), Felice Boucher (Portland area), Ben DeHaan (Portland area), Brenton Hamilton (Midcoast), Arla Patch (Western), David Puntel (Portland area), and Abigail Wellman (Southwest).

SCULPTORS
Gary Ambrose (Western), Kerstin Engman (Midcoast), Diane Green Hebert (Midcoast), Jean Noon (Southern), Aaron Stephan (Portland area), Richard Whittier (Midcoast) and John Wilkinson (Deer Isle).

Eight fine art photographers use processes from digital archival paper prints, photographs infused into coated metal, 1850's gum bichromate prints and1860's ambrotypes (glass) to realize their works. Sculptors use plywood, stucco, bronze, plastic, cement, wood, paper, fibreglass and wire. "It's all about an artist's unique vision," says Curator Heather Frederick, "and 'Strangers & Others' cuts a wide swath. Whether through the use of unexpected materials or provoking content, the works on exhibit in 'Strangers & Others' will lead the viewer down a sometimes surreal, other times humorous, but always stimulating, path to new aesthetic destinations."

For more information, and for hours of operation, please call the Performing Arts Box Office at 207- 935-9232, or go online to www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac.