ROCKLAND The Farnsworth Art Museum on Saturday will host a bookbinding workshop at the museum’s Gamble Education Center. The program will be led by multi- media artist and teacher Cynthia McGuirl, and will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In this workshop, participants will create their own sketchbook. Bookbinding techniques such as accurate […]
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Eye/Hand: Photographs and fine art prints at Tao Yuan Restaurant
BRUNSWICK Eye/Hand, an exhibit featuring fine art prints by Judith Long and photographs by Burke Long, opens on March 7 at the Tao Yuan Restaurant, on Pleasant Street in Brunswick. Curated by Joan Carney, the works will be on display through April 30. Joan Carney assembled six distinctive groups consisting of hand pulled prints (etchings, […]
French Film Festival at Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Cinema Studies Program are honored to present the Tournées Francophone Film Festival through March 5. Films will be screened in Kresge Auditorium at 7 p.m., with the exception of a matinée for “The Rabbi’s Cat” for children at 10:30 a.m. Films will be […]
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ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 A desire to experience thrills and sensory enjoyment is building within you, Aries. You may find yourself drawn to anything that seems risky or out of character. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Taurus, you are accustomed to doing everything by the book, but you may be tempted to […]
‘Visiting Mr. Green’ at CCAC
BATH Authenticity and self-truth are themes explored in the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s theatre production of “Visiting Mr. Green” by Jeff Baron, with performances Friday-Sunday. What starts as a comedy about two men who do not want to be in the same room together becomes a gripping and moving drama as they get to know […]
Hot Chocolate Thursday at the Chocolate Church
BATH On March 3, the Chocolate Church Arts Center launches Hot Chocolate Thursday as the first in a series of monthly discussions on arts-related subjects. Photographer Bruce Barlow will lead the session as a mini-workshop on how to display artwork for the best visual impact at 7 p.m. in the art gallery located at 804 […]
Chocolate Church Arts Center debuts Membership Art Show
BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center will debut the 2016 Membership Art Show on Friday with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. The art gallery is in the annex building located on 804 Washington St. in Bath. “This show is a highlight of our gallery year while we anxiously wait to see what artwork is entered,” […]
Local artist’s ‘Paint-a-Thon’ campaign for charity continues
BRUNSWICK Brunswick artist Maria Castellano-Usery is continuing her work of art philanthropy for the budget-conscious on Saturday at Wyler’s, located at 150 Maine St., Brunswick. To celebrate her growing program, Brushstrokes with Impact, she invites the community to join her at Wyler’s, where Castellano-Usery will be having a pop-up art show and Paint-a-Thon, with a […]
Potter Mark Shapiro March 2
LEWISTON Potter Mark Shapiro will visit Bates College to discuss the history of American stoneware at 7 p.m. on March 2, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Titled “The Potter’s Craft in America: Two Centuries of Stoneware and the Present,” Shapiro’s talk will explore early American stoneware and postwar […]
Presentation to focus on inclusivity
LEWISTON Bates College will present a talk by Audrey Peterman, a nationally recognized leader in the movement to make America’s public lands relevant to all demographic groups, at 7:30 p.m. March 2 in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. An author and environmentalist, Peterman is known for weaving themes of relevance, […]