This week Contemporary Maine painter Brita Holmquist shows recent work in a new solo exhibition, “The Lonely Sea and the Sky,” on view at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth beginning Thursday. The exhibition will remain on view through July 5. In her work, Holmquist uses bold colors and sweeping gestures to create dramatic images of […]
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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Keyes: His work here is done
PORTLAND – Don Meserve smiled and gripped as friend after friend walked over to him, grabbed his hand and offered thanks and congratulations. Finally, after 30 years of thinking about it and two decades of actively trying, Meserve had the satisfaction of knowing that his installation of 14 lead panels of his Stations of the […]
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Maine hits a Homer run
The iconic painter is the star of several events this summer.
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Center seeks OK to rebuild sanctuary
A new 400-seat theater is envisioned by the board of the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill.
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Saco Museum unveils treasures of art, history
SACO — Beginning this weekend, the Saco Museum will show a new permanent exhibition, “Making History: Art and Industry in the Saco River Valley.” The show, which will be on view at the museum, the Dyer Library and the Saco Transportation Center, documents the history and tradition of making items in the Saco River Valley […]
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State Theatre reopening this fall
PORTLAND — Prospects for more live music in Portland grew brighter Wednesday, when two of the leading independent music promoters in the Northeast announced plans to reopen the State Theatre on Congress Street this fall. The theater, at 609 Congress St., has been closed since 2006. When it reopens, it will seat about 1,450 people […]
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Freeport brings alive more than ’20 years of retail history’
FREEPORT – The Freeport Historical Society is bringing stories to the streets. The society is raising money to erect a series of signs marking important historical and cultural events in the development of the town. The Freeport Heritage Trail would include key sites in Freeport Village, as well as outlying areas. In all, there could […]
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Arts Dispatches, May 23, 2010
FREEPORT Historical Society speaker to discuss farmstead design The Freeport Historical Society will host its 41st annual meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Freeport Community Center. The speaker is Tom Hubka, an educator and author who will talk about his book “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn” and the story of […]
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Bob Keyes: A painterly call and response
PORTLAND – Con Fullam calls it one of his 3 o’clock in the morning ideas. “I was lying awake thinking about how in Maine, the painters, the poets and the composers are all over the map, and that speaks to the diversity and brilliance of Maine artists. I thought it would be interesting to bring […]
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He’s on top of the art world
Ahmed Alsoudani emerged from MECA in 2005 with little more than a burning ambition to be a painter. Today his works are coveted by collectors across the globe.