The no-strings donation comes from Emily Eaton Moore, 60, an active patron and trustee who died in March.
Bob Keyes
Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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Books Q & A: Portrait of the artist
Carl Little’s retrospective on beloved Maine painter Dahlov Ipcar offers insight into a long, prolific career — and an ever-youthful, imaginative spirit.
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A look back at a painterly career
The Bates College Museum of Art examines the body of work of Joseph Nicoletti, old-school artist.
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Portland painter chosen Monhegan resident artist Christopher Keister, a painter from Portland, has been named the 2010 Monhegan Island artist-in-residence by the Monhegan Artists’ Residency Corporation. Keister is a formalist painter with abstract tendencies. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. His work has been featured in the Center for […]
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Arts Planner
Maine’s summer theater season begins anew this week, as both Ogunquit Playhouse and Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick draw the curtain beginning Wednesday night. • Ogunquit opens with star power. Emmy Award-winning TV star, celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer Carson Kressley makes his theater debut in the musical “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Kressley, who has […]
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Keyes: Old Port Festival is, at the end of the day, about the music
It might seem that after 30-plus years, the Old Port Festival would run itself. If only that were true. In fact, the annual festival — set for a week from today — continues to be a lot of work for the organization that presents it year after year, Portland’s Downtown District. There are ever-evolving details […]
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Single-day tickets available for Nateva
The $89 tickets provide access to all four festival stages at the festival.
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Cover Story: Animal Dreams
Sculptor Wendy Klemperer and curator June LaCombe have created an exotic menagerie among the trees and fields of Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm.
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Arts Dispatches
Photographer’s estate updates, improves website The estate of Todd Webb announced a recent refurbishment of its website, toddwebbphotographs.com. The new site features images, extensive biographical text, exhibition data, collection information and a frequently updated news tab. Currently, two touring exhibitions accent Webb’s photographs. “Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art” tours Europe […]
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And for Webheads, Winslow on the ‘Net
There are plenty of opportunities to see Winslow Homer paintings in person this summer. But if you prefer looking at art on the computer, there’s plenty of Homer to view online as well. On Saturday, the Portland Museum of Art will debut a Web site of highlights from its vast collection of Homer illustrations. The […]