CAMDEN — Photographer and artist Sue Michlovitz will discuss the genesis of and reasoning behind her photographs made in the natural world during an evening program titled "Water is My Inspiration…
Art
BELFAST — A new art exhibit opened this month at Waldo County General Hospital featuring work by photographer Betsy Headley and mixed-media artist Deborah Jellison. Their works are on display…
Call for Artists
BELFAST — On September 28, 2024, the streets of downtown Belfast and Heritage Park will come alive with color during the 8th Annual Belfast Chalk Walk, a free and family-friendly event that…
Opening Celebration Aug. 31
FRIENDSHIP — Photographer Thomas Petzwinkler fills the Salt Pond Studio Gallery with 24 photographic works illustrating specific moments of crystalline awareness experienced during his travels…
ROCKLAND — The final 2024 Rockland Makers Market at the Harbor will be Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. The Rockland Makers Market runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Harbor Park, and will include forty…
selected works by husband and wife Sean Alonzo Harris and Elizabeth Jabar
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre, located at 916 Main Street, kicks off the Fall season with a September art gallery show featuring two refreshing Maine artists who share a focus on the human…
highlighting how integral the rope is to the livelihoods of Maines’ coastal communities
CAMDEN — Eric Darling will lead an outdoor presentation called Drift Rope Project on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.
Over the past few years Eric Darling has…
SPRUCE HEAD — The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of Flights of Fancy, an exhibition of fine art by Waldoboro artist Jean Kigel, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 4 to 7 p.…
Coastline: Series and Progressions
CAMDEN — Artist Simon van der Ven will talk about his work on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m., at Page Gallery, 23 Bay View Street in Camden. van der Ven's work is a part of the current exhibit, …
happy thoughts, stories made up, bits of sunshine and salt and sea
ROCKLAND — Carver Hill Gallery will host an artist talk with America Martin, Saturday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m., at her solo show at The Yellow Barn Pop-Up location (20 Winter Street Rockland, across…
coinciding with the Waldoboro Art Walk
WALDOBORO — The Great Art for Great Reads Art Show reception will be held on Friday, August 30, from 5 - 7 p.m., at the Waldoboro Public Library. The reception coincides with the Waldoboro Art…
opening reception October 8
BELFAST — The Belfast Poetry Festival announces local artist Sheep Jones as its official Festival Artist. The Festival steering committee has selected several of Jones’s paintings to represent…
A phone call at just the right moment
ROCKLAND — Terry Pinto received a call one day while he happened to be searching online, trying to find a material that could remove some of the graffiti from the side of one of Director Pinto’s…
VINALHAVEN — New Era Gallery, in Vinalhaven, will open a Late Summer group show on Saturday, Aug. 24, with a reception from 5 - 7 p.m. The show honors the last weeks of summer and features gallery…
BELFAST — Belfast’s Fourth Friday Art Walk on August 23, from 4 to 7 p.m., features Maine artist Marguerite Lawler at Local Color Gallery. Lawler will present her latest exhibition, "Wish You Were…
THOMASTON — On Saturday, Aug. 24, in conjunction with the Maine Authors Book Festival, the Thomaston Academy will have an open house, open artist's studio and art show in the Academy building. …
van der Ven artist talk September 8
CAMDEN — Page Gallery presents “Coastline: Series and Progressions,” an exhibition of new work from Siri Beckman, Tom Curry, and Simon van der Ven. The show features three artists whose work…
Preview starts August 21 and 22
OWLS HEAD — The 46th annual New England Auto Auction (NEAA) will be held Friday, August 23, and Saturday, August 24, at the Owls Head Transportation Museum.
“The 46th annual New England…
new this year: live music and a dance party
LINCOLNVILLE — Celebrate art and community at the Second Annual Lincolnville Arts Fest, August 17 and 18.
Open Studio Tours
Outdoor Pop-up Show (this time, hosted by Windsor…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation has issued a call to artists for their large format “Art in Maine” juried exhibition to be held Oct. 5-Nov. 9. The awards ceremony will be held…
“an arts and crafts community exhibition where anything goes”
CUSHING — Arts In The Barn/ Cushing Historical Society presents “Creations in Cushing”, an arts and crafts community exhibition where anything goes, in sculpture, photographs, paintings, found…
opening reception Aug. 9
PORT CLYDE — The Red Barn Gallery presents its annual 10 x 10 judged show featuring small works by local artists. All entries measure 10” square. The exhibition will run from August 9 to August 30…
Third of four in series
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Makers Market will run Saturday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Harbor Park, and will include forty vendors selling their wares, from painting, prints, pottery,…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — The Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) will host its 11th Annual Pie & Art Festival on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“This popular fundraising event…
opening reception Aug. 16
TENANTS HARBOR — Ed and Kay Botkin will be showing their oil paintings and granite garden sculptures Friday, August 16 - 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Granite Gallery in Tenants Harbor. The…
North Haven native and painter Eric Hopkins spoke to a gathering of over 70 people on Hurricane Island last month to help launch CONVERGENCE: Art Meets Science, a new initiative that…
coinciding with the Camden Classics Cup and the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta
Camden Falls Gallery presents “Camden: A Boater’s Paradise”, showcasing an array of house artists. The exhibit is running now through the end of August 2024.
Camden Falls Gallery has been…
artist’s reception August 9
ROCKPORT — “New Chapter: Sparking Joy With Color and Design,” a show of glass art by MaryLou French, will be on display at the Rockport Public Library from August 2 through 30. The colorful…
PORT CLYDE — Annual Port Clyde Fisherman Doll Fair, Wednesday, August 7, 2024, from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The sewing circle members announce: The captain is joining the fisherman dolls,…
reception and artist talk August 20
BELFAST — “Homeland” an exhibit of paintings of Babushkas by Lesia Sochor will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of August 2024. The Kramer Gallery…
ROCKLAND — America Martin’s 2024 show “Outdoors Until Dusk” at Carver Hill Gallery's Rockland Pop-Up space is a reflection of time spent in Maine with family and friends and a new daughter. The…
Indigo Arts Alliance and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens are proud to unveil two sculptures by Indigo Arts Alliance artists-in-residence Shane Perley-Dutcher and Anna Tsouhlarakis. The newly…
ROCKLAND — The Midcoast Weavers and the Midcoast Spinners are joining forces for the Rockland Farmer’s Market on Thursday, August 15.
The group will show the public how to spin yarn from…
August 2 through 31
CAMDEN — Paintings and prints by Rockport artist Maureen Egan are on display from August 2 through 31 at Zoot Coffee, 5 Elm St., Route 1.
The show, entitled “It Starts with Wonder”,…
OWLS HEAD — Visit Owls Head Transportation Museum on Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and get lost in transportation history.
Experience the excitement of…
ROCKLAND — Triangle Gallery will be featuring three solo shows during the August 2 edition of First Friday Artwalk in Rockland: Cynthia Furman Selinger with “Softly Spoken”, Kitty Wales with “…
TENANTS HARBOR — On Friday, August 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., the Jackson Memorial Library, in Tenants Harbor, will hold an opening reception for its August show, which features the textile art of local…
CUSHING — Arts In The Barn/Cushing Historical Society exhibits “Miniatures by Carolyn Ahlstrand, Land and Seascapes by Joel Levine,” August 9 - 11, with an opening celebration Friday, Aug. 9, from…
OWLS HEAD — The Owls Head Village Library is offering a unique opportunity to view and bid on local artwork. The library, run entirely by volunteers, is hosting an online art auction. In addition…
ROCKLAND — On Friday, August 9, at 5 p.m., attend the Maine Coastal Islands Visitor Center, at 9 Water St., in Rockland, and view latest summer art show. This show includes two unique collections…
ROCKLAND — Join other adult artists, Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., in the Rockland Public Library’s Community Room, for a co-sponsored art making evening with the Center for Maine…
PORT CLYDE — Artist Barbara Ernst Prey’s limited edition print of the Marshall Point Light survived the devastating General Store fire in Port Clyde this fall. Celebrating four decades of artistic…
artists’ talk and reception with Andrew Anderson-Bell, Ken Banks, William Trevaskis
VINALHAVEN — Midsummer II show at New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven opens Saturday, August 3, with an artists’ talk at 4:30 p.m., in the Windy Way Barn, followed by a reception from 5 - 7 p.m. The show…
“my inner feelings expressed through symbol and metaphor”
ROCKPORT — From August 2 through 29, the Rockport Public Library’s Marine Room will be filled with whimsical and mysterious fine art prints by Joan Proudman. Proudman combines photographic imagery…
sale proceeds to be donated to Maine College of Art and Design scholarship fund
SPRUCE HEAD — The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of Fair Winds & Following Seas, an exhibition of fine art by Owls Head artist John Bisignano (1929-2021), on…
Artist Talk on Saturday, Aug. 3
PORT CLYDE — Jon Mort will welcome visitors to an Open Studio for Drawn by Night, August 3 and 4, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Fieldstone Castle, 129 Marshall Pt Lighthouse Rd, in Port Clyde.…
Artist Talk on Saturday, Aug. 3
PORT CLYDE — Greg Mort will hold an Open Studio for “Beyond My Window” August 3 and 4, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Fieldstone Castle, 129 Marshall Pt Lighthouse Rd, in Port Clyde. He will…
Page Gallery and Maine Media Workshops will host an artist talk with Brenton Hamilton about his exhibition of cyanotypes, Red Sky at Night, on Sunday, August 4, at 1 p.m. at Page Gallery, 23 Bay…
BELMONT — Everyday Pottery Studio will hold its annual Studio Open House and Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Everyday Pottery is the work of Mary…
ROCKPORT — The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s yearly exhibition New Work by Faculty opened for the summer on Friday, June 14, at the school’s Messler Gallery.
“The 29 woodworkers,…
