Photographer Kate Greene takes a deep dive with ‘So Much Water So Close to Home’ at Grant Wahlquist Gallery in Portland.
Bob Keyes
Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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Crewe Foundation appoints next generation to leadership role
Reid Crewe, whose father and uncle started the charitable arts organization, is its new vice president of administration.
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Maine music industry forms alliance to save local venues
The group of industry professionals has launched a $500,000 fundraising campaign.
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Couples getting married face changing plans, ‘wedding shaming’ in wake of outbreak
The Millinocket reception that led to more than 120 COVID-19 cases and counting has had a logistical and emotional toll on Maine couples with upcoming weddings.
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Biennial marks goodbye for CMCA director
Suzette McAvoy retires this fall, as the Rockland venue’s biennial opens.
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Artist Maya Lin joins Colby College through remote fellowship
The artist will work with students and faculty though the Lunder Institute for American Art.
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Watch local painters at work in their gardens
Attend Artascope’s virtual event Sunday, or buy a ticket to be with the artist in person.
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Moss Galleries mounts online exhibition of rare paintings by Lynne Drexler
Unusual for Monhegan, the artist was an abstract painter and lived on the island year-round.
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Maine Media Workshops receives its largest grant
The $1.125 million gift will help bolster the Rockport school’s Arnold Newman Prize in Photographic Portraiture.
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Drought conditions cover much of Maine, and there’s little relief in sight
The dry weather is beginning to take its toll on farmers who have no access to irrigation.