The agency’s new executive director started her job in August with 30-plus years of experience at the intersection of arts and government.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, she likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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Maine Lit Fest kicks off with events from Portland to Presque Isle
This year’s festival, featuring events from Portland to Presque Isle, has a wider geographic reach than the inaugural event in 2022.
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Maine preservation group lists Fayette’s Starling Hall among most endangered places
Starling Hall is the oldest building in Maine to have been built as a Grange Hall.
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Two Maine book festivals return this fall, with wider reach
The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival and the Maine Lit Fest both plan expanded offerings.
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Photographer Berenice Abbott embraced life in Monson, and her legacy lives on there
An exhibit in the Piscataquis County town, where the keen-eyed documentarian spent the final years of her life, includes more than 30 vintage prints on loan from a recently closed gallery planning to sell off its inventory.
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Overshadowed in their time, 3 female artists are the focus of exhibitions in Maine
Museums and collectors are giving new attention to the women of the abstract expressionist movement of the 20th century, and the work of Lee Krasner, Judith Rothschild and Lynne Drexler is on view this summer.
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The largest production ever for Opera Maine demanded a stage design to match
‘What does epic look like?’ set designer Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos asked himself when considering how to stage Verdi’s ‘Aida.’
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How Jeremy Frey changed the way the art world sees Wabanaki basketmaking
The Maine artist’s solo show at the Portland Museum of Art – the first of its kind – represents a new perception of the art form.
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Why auditioning for the Portland Symphony is sort of like being on ‘Love is Blind’
An inside look at the orchestra’s process through the hiring of a principal cello this spring.
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Shedding light on the dark side of Jamie Wyeth and his artwork
The artist’s fascination with the less idyllic aspects of Maine island life is reflected in a new exhibition that explores the unsettled mood in many of his paintings.