Outgoing director Laura Faure ‘put Maine on the map’ in the dance world.
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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Two performers’ paths meet again in Opera Maine’s ‘La Traviata’
The opera will be performed Wednesday and Friday at Merrill Auditorium.
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In search of solace, Anne Ireland goes to most natural places
The painter’s Maine-inspired landscapes helped her appreciate life after the death of her son.
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John Walker’s view ‘From Seal Point’ gets more relaxed, post-retirement
The reluctant exhibitor has two shows this summer, in Rockland and Brunswick.
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Andrew Winter’s paintings of Monhegan in the off-season
The summer-long exhibition in the island museum shows what it looks like when most of the artists have gone away.
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Ogunquit museum displays friendship – and falling out – of founder and Ernest Hemingway
A new exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art explores Henry Strater’s relationship with the writer, including the incident that inspired ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’
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Maine photographer’s iPhone photo goes big time on billboards around the world
Apple found Kari Herer’s image on her Instagram feed and selected it for an international ad campaign.
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SPACE Gallery hires artist from Philadelphia to be its next director
Kelsey Halliday Johnson describes herself as a “keenly interdisciplinary practicing artist.”
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Former Colby president ‘Bro’ Adams takes post with Mellon Foundation
He says the appointment will allow him to continue to promote the humanities as a way to ‘help us understand our contemporary circumstances.’
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Spreading joy, Philip Barter finds his oasis in making the art of Maine
The longtime Maine painter shows new work and celebrates the release of a book about his life and career.