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  • Maine Photographer Mary Woodman Receives Gold Award
    B W COLOR Magazine Honors Her Image “Solar Sadie” and Two Other Images (Kennebunkport, ME) Kennebunkport photographer Mary Woodman has received a Gold Award for her image Solar Sadie in the Special Issue #90 of B W COLOR magazine. In addition, two other images “Wharf Lane, Kennebunkport” and “Solar Panels, John Hancock Tower, Boston” received merit awards. (Image: Solar Sadie by Mary Woodman)

  • Waterfall Arts to Host Building-Wide Art Openings
    Friday, March 2nd Kicks Off the 2012 Exhibition Season (Belfast, ME) After being closed since December, Waterfall Arts in Belfast will kickoff the 2012 exhibition season with three building-wide shows. The first floor Clifford Gallery will host the sole mid-coast appearance of the acclaimed multi-media touring exhibit, Painters, Players and Poets, unique collaboration celebrating the talents of Maine artists. In the Fallout Shelter, Waterfall Arts' fifth of Branching Out series will be on display, with collaborative works around the theme of water. And on the three floors throughout the Corridor Gallery, Gardiner Area Artists will be featured. (Image: Painting by Dahlov...

  • Waterfall Arts’ 4th Annual Family Fun(d)raiser Dinner
    Monday, February 27, 2012 is the Date for Pastabilities 4.0 (Belfast, ME) Sumptuous pasta dishes made by caterers, chefs and talented gourmands include Rebecca Miller (lobster mac and cheese), Shameem Highstreet (mushroom paprikash), Lou Chamberland (gluten free lasagna), Pam McKeen (ratatouille and gluten free bread/crackers), Carol Gater (chicken Alfred), Megan Cullen (spaghetti carbonara - second seating only), Christine West and Elaine Bielenberg (traditional tomato sauce and chicken cacciatore). There are two separate seating times this year to comfortably accommodate everyone in the Waterfall Arts’ Fallout Shelter; one at 5:00 pm and another beginning 6:30 pm. Noah Fishman and friends will provide...

  • Art2012 Call for Artists
    Harlow Gallery's 17th Annual Juried Show Seeks Submissions (Hallowell, ME) The Kennebec Valley Art Association invites artist submissions to Art2012, the 17th annual juried show at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell. Art2012 is open to all Maine artists and to any artist with a strong connection to Maine. Original fine art in any media may be submitted, including hand pulled prints, photography and sculpture as well as fine crafts, including ceramics, glass and fiberart. Jewelry and clothing are not eligible. (Image: Gwen Sylvester of Rockland, Winner Best in Show for Art2011)

  • Common Street Gallery Exhibits Situations by Painter Lucy Mink
    The Opening Reception is on Friday, March 9th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm (Waterville, ME) “Situations”, new exhibit at Common Street Gallery on view March 9th through April 19th, showcases new and recent work by New Hampshire painter Lucy Mink. Mink works with oil on linen and was recently awarded a Pollock-Krasner grant. (Image: I needed a place to put some things that we weren't allowed to talk about by Lucy Mink)

  • Maine Artist Call for Entries
    Primavera: The Maine Fine Art Figure Exhibitions (Belfast, ME) Primavera: The Maine Fine Art Figure Exhibitions will celebrate modern interpretations of the figure, or nude, in this classic art genre. Primavera I will feature fine art figure photography, and Primavera II will feature fine art figure drawing, painting, and block printing. This inaugural event will take place at Galerie Dufour in Belfast between April 14th and May 18th. The call is open to part-time and full-time Maine residents. The show will be juried by accomplished artists David Estey (painter) and Charles Laurier Dufour (photographer). (Image: Drawing by David Estey)

  • David Mallett Band Benefit Concert
    Proceeds Will Go to Two Non-Profit Organizations (Waterville – February 6, 2012) Spectrum Generations Muskie Center and the Kennebec Montessori School are collaborating to bring folk legend David Mallett and his band, along with special guest Steve Fotter, to the Williamson Auditorium on Sunday, March 11th at 2:00 pm. This concert will benefit both non-profit organizations.

  • L/A Arts Fundraiser Reception Features Music of John and Joel
    Piano Men Performance by Joe Boucher and Others (Lewiston, ME) L/A Arts is proud to present its fund raising event, Piano Men , a tribute to the music of Elton John and Billy Joel. On Saturday, March 17th, enjoy an evening of wonderful food, community and music. The reception begins at 6:00 pm in the Heritage Hall of the Franco American Heritage Center with food donated by Jasmine Cafe, The Library Cafe, Italian Bakery, Heather's Bakery, and Niky's Greek Restaurant. Starting at 7:30 upstairs, Joe Boucher will perform the music of the 70s in “Piano Men”, a...

  • Fourth Annual Islesford Workshops with Henry Isaacs and Ashley Bryan
    Register Now for September 2012 Classes (Islesford, ME) The fourth annual Islesford Workshops begin on Monday, September 3rd and run through Thursday, September 6th. These painters' workshops are formatted in order to meet the needs of a range of artists from novices to professionals. Approaches, concepts, and techniques of landscape painting are demonstrated and a series of projects suggested to participants. Conversations within this community of painters, as well as formal critiques, are conducted with groups and individuals.

  • The Tao of Painting I and II Offered by Linda Packard
    The Intuitive Painting Workshops Begin in March (Bangor, ME) Bangor artist Linda Packard will offer workshops designed for painters who are interested in freeing themselves from recording information to work in a more intuitive, expressive way, developing a dialog with one’s painting. According to Packard who has offered this workshop before, “This does not mean one has to work abstractly. Representational work evolves intuitively as well. The workshop is designed to help conquer one’s fears in art-making: fear of failure, judgment, or imperfection. Let go of the rules. Work from the heart.” (Image: Painting by Linda Packard)

  • Funding for Kenny Cole’s United States Artists Project Sought
    Watch Video (http://www.usaprojects.org/project/as_high_as_heaven)

  • March Exhibit at Richard Boyd Gallery
    “PIA a 20th Century Retrospective” Opening March 3rd (Peaks Island, ME) Richard Boyd Art Gallery announces a grand reopening on March 3rd from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm featuring a retrospective exhibit of 20th century Peaks Island Art. Whether theatrical art, music or traditional art, Peaks Island has always been a haven for artists. The retrospective exhibit explores a full range of artistic works by eight artists working on Peaks Island during the 1970s through the 1980s. On view are over 25 works of art from private collections, many of the pieces having not been on public display for over 30...

  • Black and White Night at River Tree Arts
    Friday, February 10th Starting at 5:00 pm (Kennebunk, ME) This Friday, River Tree Arts will hold two black and white themed events. The evening begins with the opening reception for Charles Gatewood's black and white photography collection, Wall Street , from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. At 7:30 pm, the popular RTA Movie and a Concert starts as the acclaimed trio of Duane Edwards, Marc Chillemi and Tom DelRossi return to create an original live music score to the groundbreaking silent film, “Miss Lulu Bett”. Directed by William C....

  • Waterfall Arts Holds Pastabilities 4.0
    Save the Date: Monday, February 27, 2012 (Belfast, ME) This is not your ordinary plate of spaghetti, but your chance to sample ravishingly sumptuous, olfactory-stimulating, mouth-watering, divinely appealing gourmet pasta dishes made by caterers, chefs and talented gourmands. We have planned for two separate seating times this year to comfortably accommodate everyone in the Waterfall Arts’ Fallout Shelter. You can choose from 5:00 pm or 6:30 pm to enjoy your meal. You won’t want to miss Waterfall Arts' 4th annual wintertime family fun(d)raiser.

  • Old Salts Gallery February Opening
    Group Show “Organic Observations” Features Ten Artists (Camden, ME) Old Salts Gallery of Camden opens the month of February with a group show featuring contemporary artists working in a variety of mediums. Please join us for a reception at 25 Mechanic Street on the corner of Mechanic and Washington Streets on Saturday February 4th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The exhibit continues through February 29th. (Image: Prospect Hill Blueberry Barren by Nancy Desmond)

  • 2012 Maine Literary Awards Open for Nominations
    Deadline for Submissions is March 1, 2012 (Portland, ME) The Maine Writers Publishers Alliance (MWPA) has opened the 2012 Maine Literary Awards for nominations. Entries will be accepted until March 1st and the winners will be announced live on May 31st. In addition, the MWPA is pleased to announce four new categories in the Book Awards this year: the John N. Cole Award for Maine-Themed Nonfiction; Crime Fiction; Speculative Fiction; and Memoir.

  • Vacation Art Camp at Waterfall Arts
    Chinese Ink Drawing Calligraphy With Lesia Sochor (Belfast, ME) During February break, popular instructor Lesia Sochor will be teaching a Chinese Ink Drawing Calligraphy course at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. Students ages 8 to 12 will learn about the ancient art of Chinese painting and character making. The characters in Chinese calligraphy are over 4,000 years old and believed to be the oldest writing system in the world. Students will practice this ancient and beautiful art form while painting plum blossoms, pandas, mountains and more. Students will paint on rice paper and...

  • Kim Bernard: Stuff Moves
    On Exhibit February 8th Through March 11th (Boston, MA) Boston Sculptors Gallery is pleased to announce Stuff Moves, a solo exhibition of Maine artist Kim Bernard’s recent kinetic sculptures. Fascinated with movement, kinesthetics and the basic laws of motion, Bernard’s kinetic sculpture synthesizes movement and materials, informing works that are both experiential and interactive. (Image: Quantum Revival Kinetic Sculpture by Kim Bernard)

  • Ten Maine Fine Art Photographers on Exhibit
    SINGULAR at the Pace Gallery in Fryeburg (Portland, ME) Ten of Maine's fine art photographers will be strutting their stuff through March 19th in SINGULAR, opening Saturday at the Palmina S. and Stephen F. Pace Galleries of Art at Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine. The opening reception is on Saturday, January 28th from noon to 2:30 pm. Curator Heather Frederick says, Some photographers make portraits of people. SINGULAR is about portraits of objects—a single object, or a group of the same type of object. Take ten artists and you'll get ten very different approaches no matter what the theme, and SINGULAR...

  • Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
    Through February 19th (Brunswick, ME) Presented by The Theater Project of Brunswick. When four lost New Englanders who enroll in Marty's six-week-long community-center drama class begin to experiment with harmless games, hearts are quietly torn apart, and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. A beautifully crafted diorama, a petri dish in which we see, with hilarious detail and clarity, the antic sadness of a motley quintet.

  • e-book Kindle Edition Issue of Lewis Turco Book
    Satan’s Scourge Available Now to Download (Dresden Mills, ME) Lewis Putnam Turco’s book titled Satan’s Scourge: A Narrative of the Age of Witchcraft in England and New England 1580-1697, winner of the Wild Card category of the 2009 New England Book Festival, has just been issued in a 2012 e-book Kindle edition, SatansScourge-ebook/1 by its publisher, www.StarCloudPress.com (http://www.StarCloudPress.com), of Scottsdale, Arizona. The price is $8.79 which includes free wireless delivery.

  • Susan Tobey White Offers Watercolor and Acrylic Classes
    Artist Teaches Courses in Her Belfast Studio Gallery (Belfast, ME) Susan Tobey White will be offering classes open to watercolor and acrylic students at High Street Studio Gallery beginning on Wednesday January 25th from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. The classes will be held for six weeks and students may attend one or all six classes.

  • Wonders of Clay for Kids Class Returns to Waterfall Arts
    The Ten Week Class Begins in Belfast on Wednesday, January 25th (Belfast, ME) Another round of the ever popular Wonders of Clay Class for Kids begins on Wednesday, January 25th from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Ages 5 through 15 are welcome. Linda Stec leads the class in hand building, tiles and working the wheel. There's plenty of time for exploration and collaboration. Linda has years of experience teaching ceramics and nurturing the creativity of children and adults. The class runs for ten weeks, with the last class on March 28th. No classes will be held during Thanksgiving week. The cost is...

  • Photographer Charles Gatewood’s Wall Street
    Presented by River Tree Arts and The Kymara Gallery (Kennebunk, ME) “Charles Gatewood’s Wall Street,” is an exhibition of rare vintage and contemporary photographic prints based on the photo essay, “Wall Street.” The exhibition illustrates the 1970s style and culture of New York City’s notorious financial district and has won acclaim for the photographer’s use of architectural imagery and satire. Included in the exhibit are the photographer’s legendary portraits of William S. Burroughs, Bob Dylan, Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, and Brion Gysin with his “Dream Machine.” The show will open on Friday, February 10th with a celebration/happening from 5:00 to 7:00...

  • Open Call for Cardboard Art Exhibit at Waterfall Arts
    Corrugation Nation Opens on Friday, April 6th. (Belfast, ME) Waterfall Arts invites artists of all ages to contribute artwork for an upcoming show titled Corrugation Nation. The show will run from April 6th until May 18th, with a closing party on Friday, May 18th that will include a raffle of several of the pieces from the show. (Image: Universe (Boxed) by Karen MacDonald) The predominant material in the artwork must be cardboard (at least 60%), the kind that has corrugation as a structural basis, as opposed to paperboard (cereal box type board). Other media may be included in the piece, such...

  • Unique Art Exhibit Searches for Venue
    Maine Artists and Conservation Biologist Collaborate on “I Am Coyote” (Washington, ME) In an effort to assist the community of Maine people to rediscover the lost relationships with the wild, a group of fifteen Maine artists from all over the state and a conservation biologist are presenting the exhibit, “I Am Coyote”. The exhibit will focus on the coyote through the personal and creative expression of the artists themselves, with the goal of teaching about this native carnivore in ways that only art can bring. (Image: Coyote Mousing by Carole Whelan)

  • VoxPhotographs Announces New Additions to Portfolio in 2012
    Four Maine Fine Art Photographers Bring New Work to the Gallery (Portland, ME) VoxPhotographs will expand its portfolio with the addition of work by Maine fine art photographers Jeffrey Becton, Felice Boucher, Audra Welton and Jane Yudelman in 2012. Heather Frederick, Director of VoxPhotographs, a private photographs gallery based in Portland, says that these four new artists bring to the gallery unique visions and the addition of over 120 images. As well, most of the 31 artists whose work is represented by the gallery have updated their portfolios to include dozens of new photographs.” (Image: Steel Bed and Stairs©Jeffrey Becton)

  • Lewis Putnam Turco Expands on His Acclaimed Standard Poetry Book
    The Book of Forms Features New Collection of “Odd and Invented Forms” (Dresden Mills, ME) For more than four decades Lewis Putnam Turco’s The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics — the well-known companion to The Book of Literary Terms and The Book of Dialogue — has been standard in the libraries of writers, teachers, scholars, and others who care about the craft of poetry. Now Turco has expanded and updated “the poet’s bible” once again, this time incorporating a collection of “Odd and Invented Forms,” which adds many interesting ancient and modern prosodies and forms with new examples written...

  • New Exhibit in January at the Common Street Gallery
    In the Current Opens on January 6th. (Waterville, ME) Common Street Gallery opens January with a group show titled “In the Current: A Fish Exhibition” featuring various artists working in different mediums. There will be a reception on Friday, January 6 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm to open the exhibit.

  • New Catalog from Custom Museum Publishing
    Gleason Fine Art Chooses CMP for “American Coastal Art” (Rockland, ME) This 239-page catalog entitled, “American Coastal Art” represents a private collection by Charles J. and Irene Hamm. As mentioned in the forward by the Hamms, “We all know that ‘art’ is in the eye of the beholder. For us forming an art collection has also been demanding, opportunistic, and exciting. Irene and I decided our paintings would be by American painters, alive or dead, of American-related subjects, in any medium, of any time, and which of course attract our eye and emotions.

  • Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In at the Maine Historical Society
    Adornment Identity in Maine, 1750-1950 (Portland, ME) The exhibit runs through May 27, 2012. The Maine Historical Society presents a fascinating look at how Mainers have dressed up for a variety of occasions over two hundred years. Drawing from MHS's extensive collections, Dressing Up, Fitting In, Standing Out: Adornment Identity in Maine, 1750-1950 features a broad selection of adornments from the MHS collection, many never before displayed, including hats, jewelry, shoes, hair combs, walking sticks, and several complete costumes. Objects are accompanied and illuminated by photographs, paintings, journal entries, and more.

  • Camden Photographer Jim Nickelson Shows at Bates College
    Two Images From His Nightfall Series Included in Exhibit (Camden, ME) Camden photographer Jim Nickelson is currently pursuing a major project, his Nightfall series. The work explores iconic landscapes and the night sky between dusk and dawn. The first image from the Nightfall series, Otter Cliffs, was taken a few months ago in Acadia National Park and has been selected to be included in the upcoming Starstruck international fine art astrophotography exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art opening next summer. For more information on the show, please click here (http://www.bates.edu/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/starstruck-2/). (Image: Otter Cliffs by Jim Nickelson)

  • NEA Chairman Landesman Announces Challenge America Fast-Track Grants
    Waterfall Arts One of Only 162 Grantees Nationwide (Belfast, ME) Waterfall Arts has been selected to receive one of the 162 grants of $10,000 awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts to organizations in 46 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has noted, “Art works everywhere, which is why the NEA’s Challenge America Fast-Track (CAFT) program supports projects from primarily small and mid-sized arts organizations that extend the reach of the arts to underserved audiences—those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity,...

  • MAS Annual Call to Maine Artists: 2012 Statewide Juried Virtual Art Exhibit
    Deadline for Submissions: Extended to December 31, 2011. Maine Art Scene magazine is organizing its much anticipated third annual multi-disciplinary virtual showcase of contemporary Maine painters, fine art printmakers, fine art photographers, sculptors, potters (new!), furniture makers (new!), mixed-media, multimedia artists. This statewide interactive showcase will be available online at www.maineartscene.com (http://www.maineartscene.com) and maine-art-exhibits.com (http://www.maineartscene.com/maine-art-exhibits.html) in February 2012.

  • Twenty Years of Holiday Photographs by Marcie Jan Bronstein
    Belfast Photographer Makes Card Collection Available (Belfast, ME) This year marks an important anniversary for artist/photographer Marcie Jan Bronstein's annual Holiday Card Project. For the past twenty years, the artist has sent out a few hundred cards to friends, family, and collectors, featuring one new image created especially for the holiday season. In celebration of this anniversary, she has bundled together a collection of cards available for ordering, just in time for the holidays! (Image: Holiday Card Only Connect by Marcie Jan Bronstein)

  • New Exhibit at Carver Hill Gallery
    Join the Festivities on December 2nd During First Friday Art Walk. (Rockland, ME) Carver Hill Gallery will be displaying a special showing of smaller works for this First Friday Art Walk. The Gallery is especially happy to announce Ten By Ten, a series of gorgeous work by Maine artist Diane Bowie Zaitlin. The gallery has been a huge fan of Zaitlin’s for quite some time, and this will be an introduction to what we hope will be many more showings in the future.

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  • Marc Leavitt Has New Studio on High Street in Belfast
    Opening Event on Friday, November 4th (Belfast, ME) The public is invited to the first opening of Marc Leavitt's art studio at 153 High Street (upstairs), Belfast, Maine on Friday, November 4th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Represented by Galerie Swanstrom (Newbury and Thayer Streets in Boston) for 5 years whose owner named Marc Leavitt her Biggest Success Story in Boston Common Magazine, Mr. Leavitt's works have been showcased in articles for Architectural Digest and The Boston Globe.

  • Maine Arts Commission Announces 2012 Fellowship Awardees
    Four Grantees Annouced (Augusta, ME) The Maine Arts Commission (http://mainearts.maine.gov/) today announced the recipients of the 2012 Artists’ Fellowship Awards – one of the nation's highest awards for individual artists made by a state arts agency. The four recipients will each receive a $13,000 grant award. This year’s four Fellows are Allen Lowe from South Portland (performing/media arts), Claire Guyton from Lewiston (literary arts), Morrigan McCarthy from Portland (visual arts) and Richard Stanley from Southwest Harbor (traditional arts).

  • Barridoff Galleries Announces Two Art Auctions in 2012
    The First Event is Scheduled for April 26th. (Portland, ME) Barridoff Galleries' auction of American and European art will feature the more than 120 works by mid-19th Century Monhegan artists in the extraordinary John M. Day collection including the oils presented here by Michael Loew and Joseph De Martini and Luigi Loir (the Loir piece is from an important Hollywood collection). (Image: Painting by Joseph De Martini)

  • River Tree Arts Announces Expanded Class Calendar
    With Courses Offered for Every Age, Experience and Interest. (Kennebunk, ME) River Tree Arts celebrates 30 years in the Kennebunks with new classes and teachers. As the oldest community arts organization in the Kennebunks, RTA offers both traditional and innovative art and music classes for people of all ages. Join River Tree Arts for preschool Art Explorers or an after school class like Rock Band or Pewter Casting. (Image: Self Portrait by Russel Whitten)

  • Photographic Images by Beth Anne Gordley in Bangor Metro Magazine
    Midcoast Photographer Featured (Belfast, ME) Bangor Metro features the fine art photography of Beth Anne Gordley in the August issue. Gordley’s dance photography was showcased four years ago in the publication. Melanie Brooks, editor of Bangor Metro, was perusing Beth Anne’s website and became intrigued by her various photographic genres. This lead her to contact Beth Anne, which in turn resulted in the photographer's second time as a featured artist in the Perspectives section of the magazine. (Image: Bent by Beth Anne Gordley)

  • Harbor Works Gallery Exhibits Folk Photography
    A Display of Communication Through Photo Postcards. (Harpswell, ME) Harbor Works Gallery features Folk Photography: America in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1920 through April 30, 2012. There will be an open house and reception on Friday, August 12th, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. It was the most popular form of communication, a social network of its time. Teddy Roosevelt was President, the Boston Red Sox had just won the first World Series, Ford’s Model A had rolled off the factory floor and the Hershey Bar had reached nearly every grocery store, when Kodak introduced the folding pocket camera, enabling anyone...

  • Photographer Terry Hire Lauches Website
    New Site Features Fine Art Photography (Northport, ME) Midcoast Maine photographer Terry Hire recently launched a new website, Terry Hire Photography (http://terryhire.photoshelter.com), featuring his fine art photography as well his garden and scenic photography. The site includes hundreds of images each taken with Terry’s keen eye for detail and abstraction in the world around us. (Image: Photograph by Terry Hire)

  • River Tree Arts Looking For Arts Educators
    Arts Organization Seeks Faculty (Kennebunk, ME) River Tree Arts (http://www.rivertreearts.org/) is currently accepting resumes for art faculty for its nonprofit community arts center in Kennebunk, Maine, is accepting resumes for art faculty. Special consideration will be given to teachers who have experience working with preschool-aged children (2-5 years) and are able to teach group art, music, dance or theater classes. Teachers working with preschoolers should be able to work mornings and/or Saturdays.

  • Henry Isaacs at the Islesford Dock Gallery
    Maine Painter Exhibits Works at Islesford Gallery (Islesford, ME) Henry Isaacs’ paintings reflect an emphasis of painterly qualities over representation. Isaacs renders his images with sparse but clean detail: a flag, the ramble of dock shacks, the line of boats on the shore, the trucks in the parking lot, perhaps bicycles waiting for the return of their riders. Boats sail in the background. Isaacs gives the viewer just enough of these elements to recognize them, and then takes the viewer on a fantastic escapade of paint and color: the goldenrod bottoms of the boats executed with single brush strokes, the patchwork...

  • Indians and Rusticators: Wabanakis and Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s
    Through December 28, 2012. (Bar Harbor, ME) Indians and Rusticators highlights the role that Mount Desert Island played in the cultural and economic survival of the Wabanaki, the collective name for the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac in Maine. The seasonal interactions of Wabanakis and summer rusticators, summer residents from the large urban areas of the Northeast, will be explored through photographs, artifacts, and hands-on interaction.

  • New Cookbook Features Illustrations by Belfast Artist
    Susan Tobey White's Watercolors in Will Holtham's Home Port Cookbook (Belfast, ME) Will Holtham's Home Port Cookbook released earlier this month from Globe Pequot Press, features illustrations by Belfast painter Susan Tobey White. A Martha’s Vineyard institution since 1931, the Home Port is the place to go locally for traditional New England–style, fresh-off-the-boat seafood. In this book, former chef/owner Will Holtham shares stories and culinary secrets from his forty years at the helm. Among the more than 100 recipes are featured menu items such as the award-winning Quahog Chowder, Broiled Swordfish, Baked-Stuffed Lobster, and Key Lime Pie, along with seafood cooking...

  • Maine Photo Alliance Announces New Website
    Midcoast Photographers Group Has Online Presence Members of the Maine Photo Alliance announce the completion of their website at www.mainephotoalliance.org (http://www.mainephotoalliance.org). The MPA is comprised of six Midcoast Maine photographers who meet monthly to share new work and to discuss fine art photography. Founded in 2009, MPA seeks to create an environment which nurtures and expands the art of its members as well as by promoting fine art photography in the community. (Image: Photograph by Susan Davens)

  • Artist Gallery Spaces for Rent
    A Unique and Affordable Opportunity for Artists and Artisans! (Kennebunk, ME) Opening May 2011, The Galleries at Morning Walk on Port Road in Kennebunk has eight individual cottage-style gallery spaces for rent. Inclusion in Morning Walk is a juried process to ensure a complimentary array of work and is only open to fine artists and artisans.