OPENING EXHIBITS

AUGUSTA

“Incidental Consequences,” UMA Senior Exhibition, May 11-31, Danforth Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive. Opening reception will follow May 11 graduation ceremony. Accretion of nine individual artistic styles and personalities featuring: photographic works, a video installation, a graphic novel, ink drawings, mixed-media prints and plush sewn creatures. Artists include: Adrienne Beacham, of Augusta; Danielle DeWald Pease, of Hampden; Sabrina Langway, of Augusta; Jennifer Smith, of Augusta; Tim Hofmann, of Portland; Amanda Giampetro, of Winthrop; Lisa Tiger, of Waterville; Christina T. Epley, of Hallowell; and Miguel Hidalgo, of Waterville; 621-3274.

BELFAST

Sublime Monotony, May 2- June 2, Åarhus Gallery, 50 Main St. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., May 2. Feature the works of Marcie Jan Bronstein, Gabriella D’Italia, Clint Fulkerson, J. T. Gibson, Stew Henderson, Kevin Johnson, Mark Kelly, Marc Leavitt, Karen MacDonald, Richard Mann, Wesley Reddick, Willy Reddick and Kate Russo. Hours: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; 338-0001 or www.aarhusgallery.com.

FARMINGTON

6th Annual Arts Night presentations, Monday-Wednesday, Emery Community Arts Center. Prelude to and celebration of the UMF Michael D. Wilson Symposium — an annual, University-wide forum of scholarly and creative achievements. Arts night will present visual and performing arts events by UMF students and faculty at venues around campus. Featuring the sixth annual Pixel Hunter Festival — a screening of the best student video and animation projects.

Phil Carlsen, composer, conductor, musician and UMF professor of music, will jump start the next day’s events with his newly-composed piece for automobile orchestra. The “Car-Car Can-Can” will line up more than 24 cars for a “song-and-dance routine for automobile chorus line.” This is the fifth installment in Carlsen’s series of traffic jam sessions.

HALLOWELL

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at The Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. and Vaughan Homestead, 2 Litchfield Road. The Gallery and the Vaughan Homestead Foundation have teamed up with Farmingdale artist Johanna Moore to celebrate Pinhole Photography Day, an international event created to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography; www.pinholeday.org, harlowgallery.org, vaughanhomestead.org or 622-3813.

ON EXHIBIT

AUGUSTA

The Brother and Sister Exhibition — Frances and David Hodsdon, Harlow on the Circle lobby gallery, 45 Memorial Circle; through June 14. Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily; free.

Art exhibit, in conjunction with Capital Read, Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St.; through April 30. This year’s book selection is “The Submission” by Amy Waldman. Called “Recovering, Remembering and Memorializing: Celebrating How We Honor People, Pets, Places and the Past.” Sculpture, photography, painting, watercolor, poetry, quilting, scrapbooking and basketry. Participating artists are: Karen Jordan Allen, Wilbur Allen, Susan Farnsworth, Cathy Firth, Diane Fontaine, Pete Harden, Nancy Harden McGinnis, Leslie Michaud, Cheryl Miller, Gina Mosca, Judith Ronco, Doris Todd and Carole Whelan.

Sculpture and nature art show, Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St. Featuring: Hank Tyler, of Hallowell; Dan Ucci, of East Pittston; Clara Cohan, of Portland; Ray Carbone, of Steuben; Tim Shay, of Indian Island; Robert Katz, of Hallowell; William Royall, of Southport; and Andreas von Huene, of Arrowsic. Call 626-7989.

FARMINGTON

UMF Art Students Top College Experience with Senior Exhibit, through May 18, UMF Art Gallery and throughout the Emery Community Arts Center, 246 Main St. Features works of UMF students Kim Fenner, of Farmington; Ben Frost, of Farmington; Becky Grzesik, of Farmington; John Harlow, of Athens; Joe Knight, of Biddeford; Jon Knight, of Biddeford; and Alex Portela, of Windsor. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday and by appointment.

Joyce Dubay, through April, SugarWood Gallery, 248 Broadway. Hours: 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 778-7002.

GARDINER

Double Vision, Monkitree Gallery, 263 Water St. Featuring Jim and Fran Townsend, of Richmond. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 512-4679 or email clare@monkitree.com.

HALLOWELL

Play, Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St., through Saturday. Featuring: Linda Desantis and Phyllis Ouellette, of Auburn; Julia Mason, Marie Palluotto and Mary Becker Weiss, of Augusta; Michael Branca, Kathryn McCoig and Linda Murray, of Bath; Sherrie Damon, of Belgrade; Barbara Eldred, of East Boothbay; Jason Alden, of Brattleboro; Maria Castellano-Usery and Ed McCartan, of Brunswick; Debra L. Arter, of Damariscotta; Erin Callaway, of Dover-Foxcroft; Allison McKeen, of Dresden; Johanna Moore and Alice Rohman, of Farmingdale; Margie Austin, of Farmington Falls; John Carnes, Aleana Chaplin, Stephanie Lane, Kay Morris, Christine Sullivan, Tina Wood and Zoe Yanez, of Gardiner; Ruth Angmar, Amy Kopple, Nancy McGinnis, Jenny McKendry, Jane Pronovost, Salley Wagley and Malley Weber, of Hallowell; Marlene Barter, of Jefferson; Harolyn Zaldumbide, of Lewiston; Petrea Noyes, of Lincolnville; Joan Perry, of Livermore; Helene Farrar, of Manchester; Pamela Hetherly, of Mount Vernon; Jeanne Finley, of Newport; Abbott Meader, of Oakland; Samuel Hoey and Emily Kalar, of Orono; Matt Demers, Shana L. Rowe and Judith Schuppien, of Pittston; Corliss Chastain, Sylvia Kraemer and Rachel McDonald, of Portland; Christine Higgins, of Readfield; Evelyn Dean, of Richmond; Gwen Sylvester, of Rockland; Marie Spaulding, of Sidney; Forrest Meader, of Skowhegan; Kay Miller, of South Bristol; Robin Brooks, of Topsham; Joel White, of Union; Jason Morgan, of Wayne; Noah Gottlieb, Genevieve Monks-Keller and Molly Russell, of Whitefield; Ruth Crovo, Kerry Wilkins Deming, Maya Deming, Stephanie Harkness and Penny Markley, of Winthrop; and Susan Perrine, of Woolwich. Hours: noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, noon-8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 622-3813 or kvaa@harlowgallery.org.

NEW PORTLAND

Indian art from the United States, Canada and South America, Nowetah’s American Indian Museum, Route 27. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free; 628-4981.

RICHMOND

Work by David Estey, Richard Whittier and Mort LaPointe, The Royal Gallery, 52 Main St.; 737-2257.

SKOWHEGAN

Jim Albert and John Alsop, through May, River Roads Artisans Gallery, 75 Water St. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; riverroadsgallery.com.

New work by Bernie Beckman and John Bozin, through June 7, Central Maine Artists Gallery, 72 West Front St. Featuring: Joe Kennedy, Wally Warren, pottery by Nancy Meader and Suanne Muelhner. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

FOR PUBLIC VIEWING

AUGUSTA

Craig Wratten, featured artist at MaineGeneral’s Art Gallery, 6 East Chestnut St., through Friday.

WHITEFIELD

Matt Demers, Uncas Farms, 98 Townhouse Road; 215-2392 or matthewjdemers@yahoo.com.

WINSLOW

Winslow High School Art Show, through April, Winslow Public Library, 136 Halifax St.HALLOWELL

The Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Hours: noon-6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; visit harlowgallery.org, call 622-3813 or email kvaa@harlowgallery.org.

OTHER MUSEUMS/GALLERIES

AUGUSTA

“Northeast to Southwest,” Bonnie J. Tucker Gallery, 87 Western Ave.; 623-1751.

Maine State Museum, 83 State House Station. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday; call 287-2301 or visit mainestatemuseum.org.

Children’s Discovery Museum, 171 Capitol St. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; childrensdiscoverymuseum.org.

BELGRADE LAKES

Spring Gallery and Sculpture Garden, 81 Main St. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; 495-3113 or springgallerymaine.com.

BELFAST

Åarhus Gallery, 50 Main St. Hours: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; call 338-0001 or visit aarhusgallery.com.

FAIRFIELD

Fairfield Historical Society, 42 High St. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Tuesday; 453-2998.

FARMINGTON

Nordica Homestead Museum, Holley Road. Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Admission: $2; lilliannordica.com or 778-2042.

University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday; elizabeth.olbert@maine.edu or 778-7002.

Washburn-Johnson Fine Art Gallery, 155 Front St. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; 860-0258.

GARDINER

Circling the Square Fine Art Press & Gallery, 275 Water St. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; circlingthesquarepress.com or 582-2108.

Monkitree Gallery, 263 Water St. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; call 512-4679 or email clare@monkitree.com.

HALLOWELL

Maple Hill Farm Inn, 11 Inn Road. Hours 9 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; stay@MapleBB.com or 622-7777.

HINCKLEY

L.C. Bates Museum, U.S. Route 201. Hours: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday; 238-4250 or lcbates@gwh.org.

KINGFIELD

Fine Arts Gallery, 245 Main St.; email reinholtgallery@gmail.com or call 266-4656.

Stadler Gallery, 225 Main St. Hours: noon-4 p.m. daily; 265-5025.

Ski Museum of Maine, 256 Main St. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Sunday; call 491-5481.

LEWISTON

Museum L-A, 35 Canal St. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Admission: $5; 333-3881.

L/A Arts, 221 Lisbon St. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 982-7228 or laarts.org.

LIVERMORE

Washburn-Norland Living History Museum, 290 Norlands Road. Admission: $10 for adults, $25 for families; 897-4366.

OAKLAND

Macartney House Museum, 25 Main St.; 465-7549.

PORT CLYDE

Blue Water Fine Arts, Main Street. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 372-8087 or bluewaterfinearts.com.

ROCKLAND

Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 594-5935.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave.. Hours: 4-6 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday; 236-2875 or cmcanow.org.

SKOWHEGAN

River Road Artisans Gallery, 75 Water St. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; visit riverroadsgallery.com.

Margaret Chase Smith Library, 56 Norridgewock Ave. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 474-7133.

Skowhegan History House, 66 Elm St.; 474-6632 or skowheganhistoryhouse.org.

UNITY

Centre Gallery Unity College Center for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St.; unityme.org or 568-3147.

WALDOBORO

Maine Antique Toy and Art Museum, U.S. Route 1. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Monday; by appointment; 832-7398.

WATERVILLE

Colby College Museum of Art. Hours: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon-4:30 p.m. Sunday; call 872-3228 or colby.edu/museum.