In June, Portland will host two festivals dedicated to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, one mostly in churches and the other in more casual settings.
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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Portland Museum of Art biennial reflects our changing times
The new exhibition, which officially opens on Friday, features diversity in content and artists.
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Opera House Arts is seeking a new artistic director
The Stonington arts organization will begin a national search to replace Meg Taintor.
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Maine craft artist of the year nomination deadline is Feb. 28
This year’s winner will join others in 2019 exhibition at Fuller Craft Museum.
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Rockland artist Warren Seelig wins $50,000 fellowship
The United States Artists prize recognizes career accomplishments and excellence.
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Portland Chamber Music Festival hires Grammy-nominated violist as artistic director
Melissa Reardon, who performed at the festival last year, will take over for founding artistic director Jennifer Elowitch later this year.
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Preserving the legacy of James Fitzgerald
A new book draws a complete picture of Monhegan’s most famous painter.
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Aboard cruise ships across the world, a Belfast couple teach and create art
Marcie Bronstein and Alan Fishman found a way to combine their love of art with their desire to travel.
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Artists Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen Nguyen win inaugural Ellis-Beauregard Foundation fellowship
They will create a site-specific work at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland in 2018.
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Copper salvaged from Maine’s Capitol dome to become public art
Judith Allen and James Creighton were selected to make pieces using copper panels from the former dome.