Print studios across the city open their doors Dec. 13-15 for the annual Portland Print Crawl, encouraging residents to support local printmakers with their holiday shopping and showcasing Portland’s robust printmaking community.
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Yarmouth Art Festival’s juried art show brings various artists’ work to the fore
Four artists featured in this year’s Yarmouth Art Festival discuss their work.
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Overhead costs too much to keep Lisbon Art Works open
Dozens of Lisbon artists sold and displayed their work at the shop over the roughly year it was open.
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Oxford Hills Mercantile boosts local producers with The Artisan’s Marketplace
The Artisan’s Marketplace will be between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at 9 Market Square
Posted inTimes Record
Pinecone Studio in Brunswick to host arts education retreat
Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education’s immersive “Carpe Diem Sketching” with Ed Higgins is Sept. 9, 11 and 13.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Augusta’s Colonial Theater’s windows and doors being restored
Roughly $2 million in raised funds has already been put into the theater, including a new roof and a new floor that covered a gaping hole in the old, long-neglected floor. The next project will be an expansion and restoration of the stage area.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A forgotten female artist is remembered in new book
Mary Neal Richardson, who painted in Boston and Maine, was well-known in her lifetime for her portraits, but today much of her oeuvre is considered lost.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Mural honoring two Westbrook women inspires the city
Portland artist Ryan Adams painted the mural with the help of students through the USM artist-in-residence program.
Posted inTimes Record
Freeport impressionist painter Robert Wieferich on capturing Maine-scapes
Robert Wieferich, 73, has paintings that date back over 50 years. A self-described impressionist, the Freeport-based artist seeks to capture beauty in Maine.
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This Portland print shop has pride in purpose
June is Little Chair Printing’s busiest month – because of all the T-shirts owner Hope Rovelto prints for the growing number of Pride celebrations across Maine.