A vast, empty warehouse sat in the brown fields of Kearny Point waiting for someone with a vision to give it new life. An intrepid crew of thirteen Maine artists accepted the challenge, relishing the opportunity to build a new creative community out of an old navy yard. From little more than this notion and the space, Gardenship was created.
Read MoreOur city, long noted for its rich and vibrant history, is developing a diverse and vital future and is thus the perfect subject to explore as we celebrate Maine’s bicentennial.
Read MoreBridging Eastern and Western thought through ancient uses of pattern, symmetry and iconic symbolism found in traditional forms such as Byzantine mosaics, indigenous weavings and Tibetan mandalas, Grace DeGennaro’s work possesses a meditative quality evoking stillness, balance and harmony.
Read MoreInformed by Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Tantric art, and the writings of Krishnamurti, Marc Leavitt’s Mithuna Series is an ongoing sequence of abstracted figurative paintings of multinational same-sex couples. Marc regards this vibrant, boldly colored body of work both as a humanistic expression of love and “a taking away of boundaries and violence.”
Read MoreA new series of woodcut prints from Charlie Hewitt inspired by iconic New England images and the region’s connection to the sea.
Read MoreColorful and playful, Eva Goetz’s Think A Bot It installation is a space for wonder and discussion. Large friendly robots wave with coded messages and signals requesting that we HELP and STOP, LOOK and LISTEN, asking us to engage and think about the possibilities (and dangers) in our technological future..
Read MoreAn exhibition, curated by Bruce Brown, featuring works on paper by four artists: Karen Adrienne, Kathleen Florance, Frank Mauceri, and Munira Naqui. These artists employ painting, drawing, monotypes, and computer print processes to explore exciting, contemporary uses of one of our oldest materials for conveying thought and emotion.
Read MoreCurated by Bruce Brown, the exhibition features the work of five photographers working in Midcoast Maine: Paul Caponigro, Dirk McDonnell, Ni Rong, Eleanor Owen Kerr, and Anna Mikuskova.
Read MoreAn exhibition of large-scale work from Water Stories, Anne Neely's recent solo exhibition at the Museum of Science, Boston. These paintings explore the beauty and foreboding of water, related to central themes, mostly man-made and through climate change, affecting this country.
Read MoreBy combining stone and wood with glass in her sculpture, Antoinette Prien Schultze’s work projects strength and stability while capturing an emotional, vulnerable quality. As she states, “This quality of opposites, strength and fragility, is a reminder of the beautiful balancing act that is ever present in nature.”
Read MoreAn exhibition of recent work by the artist, marked by vitality, technical mastery, and color.
Read MoreAn exhibition of the paintings of three artists - Roy Germon, Kathi Smith, and Timothy Wilson - whose expressive landscapes capture and convey place not simply as a visual experience but as an emotional one as well, inviting the viewer to draw upon his or her own memories of the indelible Maine landscape.
Read MoreCurated by Marcia Minter, this exhibition displays the Cuba-based work of photographer David Caras and the Asia-based photography of Meredith Kennedy. Although immediately recognizable as foreign, the images Caras and Kennedy capture evoke our shared humanity across cultures and the often exquisite (acute, even painful) beauty we create.
Read MoreLauded as “the greatest living American painter you’ve never heard of,” this exhibition of Harold Garde’s work focuses on his bold experimentation in Neo-Expressionism.
Read MoreHungarian-born Maine resident, Miklos Pogany, is a prolific artist with an impressive exhibition history and work in the permanent collections of many major museums.
Read MoreAn exhibition of master printer David Wolfe’s new series of portraits of both contemporaries and historical figures.
Read MoreThomas Flanagan’s hard-edged abstractions have best been described as the physical representation of sound and movement.
Read MoreAn exhibition of Hewitt's dynamic, imaginative paintings, sculpture, prints, and neon constructions. Hewitt’s connection to Lewiston, ME is the inspiration for the exhibition's title, which highlights the influence of the mill-working community on Hewitt's work.
Read MoreIan Trask’s Strange Histories is inspired by family slideshows, bringing a largely obsolete narrative art form back to life. By combining found 35mm slide photography, analog collage, and assemblage sculpture, Trask creates imaginative double-exposures that transcend the boundaries of time and experience.
Read MoreA five decade retrospective of the work of Lucile Evans (1894-1993), a fearless, emotionally complex, and extremely talented painter and printmaker who achieved an impressive career despite the marginalization and constraints faced by female artists of her generation.
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