NORWAY — Local artist and sculptor William Janelle from Bridgton, Maine, will be the guest artist at the Community Gallery Space, Café Nomad, 450 Main Street, from Dec. 2, 2014- Jan. 30, 2015. This show will be a representation of wall hanging wood carvings. Janelle is a self-taught sculptor who works primarily in wood and […]
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Final exhibit at Lyceum gallery in Lewiston opens Nov. 21
After seven-and-a-half years of working with some of the finest artists in the region, gallery owner Tammie Grieshaber will close its doors on Friday, Jan. 2. Grieshaber stated that health issues demand a much slower change for the near future. After the Lisbon Stree gallery closes, Lyceum Gallery will continue its exhibits at the Hilton […]
Call for artists, artisans, collectors for Holiday HodgePodge at Hallowell gallery
Each artist or collector may submit one work of art and ?current members of the Harlow Gallery may submit two works of art — all Maine creatives are welcome. Dates to deliver artwork to the Gallery at 160 Water Street are Sunday, Nov. 30, from noon-4 p.m., and Monday, Dec. 1, from 2-6 p.m.? Gallery […]
Bath gallery to host pastel show with reception on Nov. 15
BATH — The Chocolate Church Art Gallery will host the Pastel Painters of Maine Holiday Members Show. The opening reception will be from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. The exhibit will be displayed until Dec. 31. The PPOM Holiday Members Show exhibits pieces from 50 artists in the art gallery at 804 Washington Street. Gallery […]
‘Whoop and Drive ‘er’ author, artist talk and book signing at Hallowell gallery
HALLOWELL — The Harlow Gallery at 160 Water Street will host an art talk and book signing by award-winning Belfast artist David Estey from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16. His new book is a humorous, illustrated memoir called“Whoop and Drive ‘er – Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine.” Estey will discuss and read from his […]
Portland gallery calls for art submissions by Nov. 9
PORTLAND — The Constellation Gallery, home of the Maine Artist Collective, has put out a call for art throughout Maine for the upcoming Miniatures Show which runs from Nov. 21-Jan. 27. Maine-based artists can submit their creations, in any media, as long as the work measures 11 x 14 inches or smaller, including any frame […]
‘Maine Landsc[r]apes’ photography exhibit to open at Gardiner gallery on Nov. 4
These photos come with a twist, requiring you to look deeper into your picturesque surroundings, challenging you to discover the incredible beauty of imperfection. “I found myself drawn to images that were not just pretty pictures and not merely scars on the Earth,” St. Pierre explained, “but a combination of both; images that can be […]
Lewiston hospital to display works of painter, photographer; exhibit opens Oct. 30
Paintings by Joseph Cousins and photography by Daniel J. Marquis will be on display in the hospital’s lobby main corridor, near the 60 High Street entrance, from Oct. 30-Dec. 4. Cousins, who maintains a studio gallery in Freeport, has been invited to exhibit in many New England juried shows, including the Maine Biennial at Bowdoin […]
‘Freakin’ Weird!’ exhibit to open at Lewiston gallery on Oct. 30
The graphite drawings are the realization of a wildly vivid, creative mind strongly influenced by science fiction and executed with controlled perfection. Callahan’s artistic influences of comic books, northern European old masters, and icons and religious art are demonstrated in this collection. Callahan is well known in Maine as a museum preparator for Bates College, […]
UMF Art Gallery presents “Change” — the art of Portland artist and master chef Jung Hur
These days, contemporary painting can seem more at home on a tiny, handheld screen than in real-space human encounters. In dramatic contrast, Hur’s imposing, seductively layered canvases assert their real presence and their spirit of inquiry invites the viewer into a deeper dialogue. Rigorously trained in traditional Asian ink painting in his native South Korea, […]