Gretchen Arsenault is the featured artist in the Art and Ale Window at Gritty’s in Auburn. Now settled in Lewiston, Arsenault is originally from Toledo, Ohio. Arsenault’s work has grown from painting trees to using glass and other materials to create multi-media pieces. She uses these materials to transfer her thoughts and feelings to the […]
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Arts center in downtown Waterville to take shape as beams move into place
Steel beams are expected to be installed starting Monday for the $18 million Paul J. Schupf Art Center. The center will include art galleries, three cinemas, a cafe, studios and a skywalk to the Waterville Opera House.
Art Walk L/A features live music
The next Art Walk L/A begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24. In-person arts experiences downtown include drumming by Taiko Maine Dojo, a Portland-based community taiko drumming group that seeks to share Japanese culture through the unifying spirit of kumi-daiko; performances by Bates College a cappella groups the Merimanders, the Deansmen, and the Crosstones; […]
Exhibit highlights representation of Black women
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Mixed media artist featured in Gritty’s window
Victoria Cleary is the featured artist for the month in the Art & Ale Window at Gritty’s in Auburn. Cleary is a mixed media and acrylic artist living and working in Winthrop. Using acrylic paint and found objects, she crafts the monsters and beasts of her imagination. Symbolizing anxiety, insecurity, and the unknown, the monsters […]
CORRECTION: UMF reschedules anniversary celebration
“Reimagining the Real,” the exhibit on Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World,” opens on Sept. 2, at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Emery Community Arts Center. The 10th Anniversary celebration for the Emery has been rescheduled to Friday, Sept. 3. The opening reception for the exhibitions will take place at the Emery Community Arts Center on […]
Lewiston native featured in Art and Ale window
Bryce Cloutier, an artist and cook born and raised in Lewiston, is the next featured artist in the Art and Ale window at Gritty’s in Auburn. Cloutier started drawing and painting early and used that love of art to fuel his passion for cooking. After cooking in kitchens since the age of 16 and attending […]
Local painter to host art exhibit at Auburn home
Twelve Maine artists will be exhibiting artworks at the home and barn of oil painter Michael Ranucci from 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28. The public is welcome. The exhibit will feature a variety of paintings and works to include the Maine landscape, portraits, old master studies, sculpture, and more. Exhibiting artists include Elizabeth […]