TOPSHAM Maine wil be featured in an exhibition 1,500 miles away in St. Louis, Mo., thanks to an international artist with Mid-coast ties who now lives in Topsham. Patricia DuBose Duncan, of Topsham, is participating in “Maine Trees” — a series of work that’s part of “50+: Exhibition Celebrating Success” at the Washington University School […]
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TREES FROM MAINE ARTISTS’ PALETTES
BRUNSWICK Harpswell artist Margaret Leonard will show paintings and collages from a series called “Local Trees” at a local coffee shop. From July 1 through July 28, the show at the Little Dog Coffee shop will feature collage work from a winter trip to Ecuador and paintings from a series called “Local Trees.” Leonard is […]
Bradford exhibit opens at Bowdoin
BRUNSWICK — “Katherine Bradford: AUGUST” will open at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art with a public reception beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, in coordination with the opening of the exhibition “Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea.” Bradford is a New York-based painter and a longtime member of the Maine arts community. The […]
Exploring Prendergast’s side of the sea
BRUNSWICK An exhibition opening Saturday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will explore, for the first time, Maurice Prendergast’s lifelong fascination with the seaside in the late- 19th and early-20th centuries. The first retrospective of Prendergast’s work in more than two decades, “Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea” will be on view Saturday through Oct. […]
Sportsmen offer youth field day
PHIPPSBURG — Phippsburg Sportmen’s Association is hosting a Summer Youth Field Day on Sunday. Activities will begin at the Sportsmen’s Association’s Clubhouse and Outdoor Education Center on Route 209, Main Road. For younger participants — grade and middle school age — the day is organized in a series of hour-long sessions including archery, flycasting, target […]
11 windjammers to arrive for festival
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has announced that 10 tall ships will be at this year’s 51st annual Windjammer Days Festival, June 25 and 26. The schooners are scheduled to appear in Linekin Bay on Tuesday and in the harbor on Wednesday. Maine Maritime Museum in Bath is offering a […]
Series begins with ‘Gentlemen Heroes’
WISCASSET The Historic New England Wiscasset summer lecture series begins on Sunday, June 23, with “Gentlemen Heroes: The American Field Service and Edward Carter Sortwell.” Historian and collector William Foley tells the story of the American volunteer ambulance corps in World War I and its local connection. The lecture begins at 3 p.m. in the […]
Harkness opens new exhibit of own work
BATH — Artist Johannah Harkness opens an exhibit of new work today when her “Visions of Johannah” studio participates in the monthly Bath ArtWalk from 5 to 8 p.m. Harkness’ new body of work features allegorical portraits, with subjects whimsically attired and posed in surreal settings. The Visions of Johannah studio is located at 141 […]
Blacksmith discussion set at historic house
DAMARISCOTTA — Jeffrey Miller, a master blacksmith and historian from Waldoboro, will demonstrate his trade at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Miller will work at his 18thcentury traveling forge, creating a number of small items and sharing insights into the daily work of a blacksmith. […]
Free flights for kids at Young Eagles rally
BRUNSWICK — Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, June 22, as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 87 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Brunswick Executive Airport. The rally — weather permitting — is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young […]