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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PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
Artists sought refuge from pandemic by returning to Maine, and found opportunity
Creative natives who had gone off to careers in big cities are seeing the state through new eyes upon coming home.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
New collaborative space among Colby’s additions to Waterville arts scene
The Greene Block + Studios will house artist fellows, exhibits and performances.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2021
Rashod Taylor wins Newman Prize from Maine Media Workshops
The $20,000 award recognizes a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
New arts center in downtown Waterville named after Colby president
The Greene Block + Studios was dedicated at a ceremony Tuesday.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
A $10 million gift, USM’s largest ever, will help build a new home for the music school
The donation to the project planned for the Portland campus comes from philanthropist Suzi Osher, in honor of her late husband.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Art made by prisoners is on display in Portland
The exhibition is on view at Portland Media Center through Oct. 29.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Portland Stage adopts vaccine requirement before season-opening show
The theater, which welcomed back in-person audiences in October, announced the change in requirements Tuesday.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Court battle over Robert Indiana’s estate heats up over allegations of violence and forgery
A former employee of art publisher Michael McKenzie tells the court that McKenzie threatened his employees if they did not cooperate in forging Indiana’s signature and concealing evidence.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Two artists show paintings from their time in the wilds of Maine
Michael Vermette and Timothy P. Wilson have shows in Boothbay and Portland, respectively.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Separate careers of Maine theater couple on the rise, together
Reba and Brent Askari are each enjoying success, as a theater director and a playwright, respectively.
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