Sarah Bouchard Gallery in Woolwich presents Dozier Bell’s second solo exhibition currently on display at the gallery through Sept. 15. The exhibition, “Genius loci,” features new work created over the past three years, inspired primarily by three stays on Monhegan Island. “The work in this show was done during a time of transitions,” Bell says […]
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Portland-based art club encourages bad art
Bad Art Maine, led by artist and teacher Daniel Freedman, supports an anti-perfection approach to artistic expression.
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Brunswick’s Pinecone Studio presents new creative discussion series
Pinecone Studio in Brunswick has launched a new monthly event series, C.H.A.T.S. (Creative Help Active Thinking Sessions), designed to bring together creative minds and inspire collaboration among those passionate about developing their craft and business. The first session is from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the studio, 3 Cranberry Drive. The event features renowned […]
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Pop artist to host collage workshop at Merrymeeting Arts Center
American pop artist Michael Albert returns to Bowdoinham to run his hands-on collage workshop for all ages (school age and up) from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. All participants will be able to create their own collage using the same materials Albert uses to create his masterpieces. That means cereal boxes and other […]
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For one local artist, drawing and cooking are forms of meditation
On her palette and her plate these days: Juicy, red local tomatoes.
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A new book shines light on a largely forgotten group of female printmakers
‘Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers’ reexamines a collective of talented printmakers who operated in Massachusetts in the mid-20th century.
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Photos: ‘America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia’
Artist Norajean Ferris’ exhibition “America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia” is on display at Pejepscot History Center, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, through Aug. 31. “The exhibition speaks on issues that are infused in our nation, and is a hymn to our current socio-economic, cultural and political times,” Ferris said in an email. Ferris’ works […]
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Damariscotta art gallery presents solo exhibition ‘True Confessions’
River Arts presents the abstract paintings of Alice de Mauriac in a solo show in the River Room from Aug. 1-21. The public is invited to the artist’s opening reception of “True Confessions” from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the gallery, 36 Elm St., Damariscotta. Currently residing in New Harbor, de Mauriac studied at […]
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Gleason Fine Art hosts exhibition highlighting coastal Maine in pastels
Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor will open a one-person show for painter Lyn Asselta Friday, Aug. 2. Asselta’s “Where Rock Meets Water” runs through Sept. 3, with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 31 Townsend Ave. Asselta returned to Maine four years ago after spending most of her adult life […]
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Enter an antiquarian home in Damariscotta
After a lifetime of collecting antiques, Ed Oestreich reflects on how he wants to be remembered — by the sum of what he calls his “life’s work.”