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Art review: Activist artist couple’s PMA exhibit both playful and provocative

by Stacey Kors March 8, 2020March 11, 2020

New York-based Carrie Moyer, a painter, and Sheila Pepe, a fiber-based installation artist, who met in Maine, return with ‘Tabernacles for Trying Times.’

Northern Forecaster

Yarmouth students raise awareness of refugee crisis with special project

by Kate Irish Collins March 3, 2020March 10, 2020

All grades at Harrison Middle School are participating in the 25 Million Stitches art installation.

The Forecaster

Falmouth art gallery features work by local girls

February 25, 2020

FALMOUTH — A Company of Girls has partnered with seven local female artists to help girls make and exhibit their own art. The Emerge 2020 show is on exhibit at ArtaCustom Framing, 223 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth through Friday, Feb. 28, and is free and open to the public. A Company of Girls, based in […]

Arts & Entertainment

The study of medicine inspires 2 art shows at UNE

by Ray Routhier February 23, 2020February 22, 2020

Exhibits at galleries in Portland and Biddeford focus on images of the body and the college’s medical programs and tradition.

The Forecaster

Arts Calendar: Feb. 12-21

February 12, 2020February 10, 2020

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts Exhibits/Galleries Faculty Triennial Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland. On view to March 1. Free, meca.edu. “Perfection,” Able Baker Contemporary, 29 Forest Ave., Portland. Poses questions about what constitutes “perfection,” to March 2, ablebakercontemporary.com. The Tolerance Project, a message of social acceptance, Maine College […]

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Best known as a muralist, Rufus Porter was much more

by Bob Keyes February 2, 2020February 5, 2020

An exhibition at Bowdoin College reveals that the greatest accomplishments of the painter, who grew up in Bridgton, were in science and invention.

Arts & Entertainment

East Bayside pioneer Zero Station relaunches its gallery

by Bob Keyes January 26, 2020January 25, 2020

Its owners are refocusing on its original mission – now that the neighborhood has caught up.

Forecaster Opinion

Mainewhile: Everyone needs to engage with the art community

by Heather D. Martin January 21, 2020January 20, 2020

If you choose to share your life with an artist, as I do, the odds are good you are going to spend a fair amount of your leisure time popping into galleries, strolling through museums and scanning the cheese platter at art openings. Fortunately, I happen to like these spaces. I like them so much […]