The Western Maine Art Group’s Artist of the Month in June is Connie Ladd-McVey. Her work will be featured at the Main Street Gallery in Norway. The artist will host a First Friday Reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, June 3. Retiring after forty years in commercial art, and moving to Auburn, she continued expanding […]
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‘With Flying Colors’ exhibit showcases light and movement
Denmark Arts Center
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Local photographers featured in CMMC gallery
The work of local photographers Bonita Boothby and Richard Plourde will be on display for the month of May in the Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Boothby is a self-taught Maine photographer who started taking photos of her parents’ beautiful flower gardens when she was in high […]
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Review: Biographies of a musician and a painter succeed admirably in conveying the arts to young children
‘Look!’ and learn from two compelling new picture books, one about Scott Joplin, the other Winslow Homer.
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Art & Ale Window features dual show
Acrylic pour artist Joy Bennett Roberts and work from Wicked Illustrations student artists are featured in a dual show on display this month in the Gritty’s Art and Ale Window in Auburn. Roberts is primarily a self-taught artist. She gained some early art experience through the public education system as a teenager and took a […]
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$18 million art center, a cornerstone of downtown Waterville’s rebirth, takes shape
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. is expected to open in early December, with art galleries, cinema and teaching space and a cafe.
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Robert Jordan exhibition opening planned at Fryeburg Academy
The Pace Galleries of Art presents the exhibition opening reception for “Robert Jordan: Valley Landscapes in Light and Shadow” from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be provided by the Fryeburg Kitchen and Marketplace restaurant. Admission is free. […]
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Lenten Expressions Project examines the relationship between creativity and faith
The Lenten Expressions Project, a combination art exhibit and performance event exploring the interplay of spirituality and inspiration, will be held from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, at Old South First Congregational Church UCC in Farmington. More than 15 local artists share works of paintings, sculpture, photography and fabric arts. In addition, musicians, writers […]
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Young artist discovers he has been working at great-grandfather’s Winthrop school desk
Adrien Polky, a fourth grader, finds his great-grandfather’s name carved into the desk the boy uses at school. The great-grandfather, Wayne Healey, also of Winthrop, was a gifted artist, too.