Randy and Lisa Jones of Augusta bought the former Railroad Square Cinema complex, which they have renamed The Playhouse at Waterville Station. Their long-term goal is to make it a center for the arts and artisans.
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Indigenous artist Sky Hopinka to speak at Bates Museum of Art
Video and sound artist, photographer, and writer Sky Hopinka will discuss his work in a lecture presented by the Bates Museum of Art at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center. The public is welcome to the event and the exhibition free of charge. Hopinka’s four-minute video “Mnemonics […]
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‘Abandoned Industry,’ a multi-artist exhibit, will be presented at UMF Art Gallery
The spring semester season kicks off with a moving multi-artist exhibit, “Abandoned Industry.” on display from Jan. 25-March 3 at UMF Art Gallery. An opening reception will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25,at the gallery. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Maine is marked physically and poetically by its […]
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International conceptual artist to perform, share her work at UMA
Brooklyn, New York, and Venice, Italy-based artist Anne Mourier will be on UMA’s Augusta campus Jan. 23-26 performing in her exhibition, “While we still ask ourselves how to speak to each other,” and meeting with students in UMA’s classes. The artist will offer a gallery talk at her opening reception at noon on Tuesday, Jan. […]
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Exhibition features posters, artifacts to ‘Celebrate People’s History’
University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston Campus
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Artist reception to be held for ‘Explorations in Abstract’ featuring the paintings of Liz Gold
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will host an artist reception for “Explorations in Abstract” celebrating the works of Liz Gold from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery in Rangeley. Complimentary refreshments and a beer/wine cash bar will be available. The exhibit continues through March 31. Winter gallery hours […]
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Paintings, photographs on display in gallery at CMMC
The watercolor paintings of Kenneth Harvey and the photographs of Richard Plourde are on display for the month of November in the Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Harvey is a watercolor artist who has been exploring this medium for over thirty years. After working for a major […]
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Two contemporary exhibitions center Indigenous programing and events at Bates College
The exhibition “Exploding Native Inevitable,” on display October 27, through March 4, 2024, at the Bates College Museum of Art, features thirteen Indigenous artists and one collaborative from around the nation on the vanguard of their practices in ceramics, painting, video, fiber arts, and more. Occurring simultaneously, a new solo exhibition “Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio, […]
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Exhibition of Fryeburg history to be celebrated at Fryeburg Academy
The Pace Galleries of Art presents an opening reception for an exhibition in support of “Fryeburg, Maine: An Illustrated History,” a new book by Brad Fuller from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. The book explores the challenges the early settlers faced as they […]
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UMF Art Gallery presents ‘Martha Miller: A Retrospective’
An opening reception for “Martha Miller: A Retrospective” will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the UMF Art Gallery on the campus of University of Maine at Farmington. It is free and open to the public. This vibrant retrospective exhibition documents the past 20 years of Martha Miller’s extraordinarily layered and nuanced human […]