CMCA Sunday Salon with Brillhart, Stites

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May 25, 2017

CMCA Sunday Salon with Brillhart, Stites

Artists Jenny Brillhart and Sara Stites will converse with CMCA Director Suzette McAvoy during a Sunday Salon June 4 at 3 p.m. at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St. Led by McAvoy, Brillhart and Stites will engage in a lively discussion on artistic collaboration and the work on view in their current exhibition, “Temporality.” The exhibition is part of CMCA’s ongoing Counterpoint exhibition series ...
Published
May 25, 2017

Faragher fetes ‘Water & Stone’ at Landing

Landing Gallery, 409 Main St., will open “Water & Stone: Schoodic & Mount Desert Island,” a solo exhibit of new paintings by Sarah Faragher, Friday, May 26. Faragher will be present at an artist’s opening reception Friday, June 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. during the Arts In Rockland First Friday Art Walk. Faragher is a 1990 graduate of Colby College. Her work was included in “Art of Acadia” by David Little and Carl ...
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May 25, 2017

‘Paperwork’ opens Yvette Torres Fine Art

Yvette Torres Fine Art will open for the season with a new exhibit, “Paperwork,” on Saturday, May 27. It will include the work of six Maine artists — Anne Ayvaliotis, Barbara Brady, Kris Johnson, Frances Kidder, Diane Langley and Carol Sloane. An artists reception will be held Friday, June 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. “Paperwork” will run through June 25. For more information, call 332-4014 or visit yvettetorresfineart.com...
Published
May 25, 2017

Exploring the art of altered books

Rockland Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County general Hospital’s Journey to Health programming offers a three-session course in the art of altered books. The classes will meet Mondays, June 5 through 19, from 5:15 to 7 p.m. at Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St. Altering books is about taking an old book and making it into something new. There is no right or wrong; the pages are there to re-create ...
Published
May 25, 2017

Fundraising show at The Art Loft

During the First Friday Art Walk June 2 from 5 to 8 p.m., The Art Loft will be showing a body of work by one of its co-founders, Paula Apro. The “Blurring the Lines” show explores the fine line between reality and fantasy … and illustrates how that line is often blurred. Viewers will have a hard time believing their eyes when they learn that all of the work on display is exactly as it was shot. No digital ...
Published
May 25, 2017

CMCA receives major donation from Camden National

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art has received a donation from Camden National Bank of $10,000 in support of CMCA’s capital campaign. To date, CMCA has raised more than $4.3 million towards its campaign goal of $5.2 million. The capital campaign has made possible CMCA's spectacular new building at 21 Winter St., designed by internationally recognized architect Toshiko Mori. "As a community bank, Camden ...
Published
May 24, 2017

First Fridays at the Farnsworth return

For the eight consecutive year, First National Bank is sponsoring First Fridays at the Farnsworth. First Fridays from June through October, the downtown Farnsworth Art Museum will open its galleries free of charge to the public from 5 to 8 p.m. The 2017 First Fridays at the Farnsworth dates, part of the Arts in Rockland First Friday Art Walks, are June 2, July 7, Aug. 4, Sept. 1 and Oct. 6. The Farnsworth Art ...
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May 23, 2017

Encaustic workshop at the Farnsworth

The Farnsworth Art Museum will hold a workshop on encaustic painting Friday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Led by artist E. Kendra Denny, the workshop will take place at the museum’s Gamble Education Center on the corner of Grace and Union streets. Participants in this workshop will learn a broad range of approaches for the ancient tradition of encaustic, or hot wax painting, through demos on various tools and ...
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May 22, 2017

‘Pop Photographica’ pops up in Rockport

Daile Kaplan will present her “Pop Photographica,” a collection of three-dimensional photo objects, Friday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. This free event is open to everyone and is put on by Maine Media Workshops and Rockport Public Library. Photography is a jubilant and disparate mix of every conceivable combination of elements: high and low art; finery and kitsch; private memories ...
Published
May 22, 2017

Free museum admission for cardholders

On the first full weekend of every month, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders enjoy free admission to more than 150 museums, in 33 states, nationwide. People who are traveling and want to check out if the city they are visiting has a participating museum can use the Museums on Us mobile phone app. The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland and Portland Museum of Art are the Maine participants. Customers must ...

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