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Yarmouth’s bronze birds’ dedication ceremony

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

The dedication and celebration of Yarmouth’s public art installation “Over the Path” will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. The ceremony will be held on Main Street near the overpass. In case of inclement weather, it will be held Sept. 28. Created by Pownal artist and sculptor John Bowdren, the bronze […]

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Landmark Brunswick mural that sparked representation debate finished

by Jason Claffey August 1, 2023August 2, 2023

“Many Stitches Hold Up the Sky,” installed at the site of a former fort built to repel the Wabanaki, is intended to convey Brunswick’s growing diversity.

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Temporary art coming to Western Prom in the form of ‘friendly monsters’

by Megan Gray April 10, 2023April 9, 2023

The installation of seven wooden benches carved to look like creatures is the latest project commissioned by the nonprofit TempoArt.

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Artists behind controversial Brunswick mural work overtime to quell stereotype concerns

by John Terhune February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Hallowell artists Chris and Jen Greta Cart have spent the past two months revamping their half-finished, 1,400-square-foot mural, which will soon hang outside the Cabot Mill in Brunswick, in the face of critiques that the original design reinforced harmful stereotypes.

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Daniel Kany: Brunswick’s ‘Many Stitches’ mural is more harm than charm

by Daniel Kany Guest colummn January 13, 2023January 12, 2023

I was alarmed and extraordinarily disappointed to have learned about the large-scale mural that is slated to go up on Fort Andross in Brunswick. I certainly have nothing against murals. We have great ones in Maine. The South Solon Meeting House is a high point of American fresco. The Portland Museum of Art and the […]