Ed Douglas: Cornerstones
January 14 - February 20, 2021
This exhibition features the work of Ed Douglas, the retired Chair of the art department at Maine College of Art. Most of the work is drawn from his Quarry Rocks series, a body of early work displaying the foundations (or cornerstones) of Douglas’ long and illustrious career to come.
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Cyanotype
December 17, 2020 - February 20, 2021
Curated by Bruce Brown
Featured Artists:
Aaron T Stephan
Brenton Hamilton
Cole Caswell
Jeannie Hutchins
Judith Allen-Efstathiou
Karen Adrienne
Meggan Gould
Margaret Watson
Susan Davens
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STEAM
October 15 - January 30 2021
Curated by Wes LaFountain, the exhibition examines the interplay of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with the arts, creating STEAM.
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I Am An American
Work from five artists - George Longfish, Natasha Mayers, Leonard Meiselman, Daniel Minter, and Robert Shetterly - explores what it means to be an American.
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Flight
September 24 - January 2 2021
Curated by Lissa Hunter, Flight features Gayle Fraas, Duncan Slade, Kathleen Florance, Lin Lisberger, Lisa Pixley, Lissa Hunter, Paul Heroux, and Tim McCreight.
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Faculty Photography
October 22 - December 12 2020
Curated by Bruce Brown, the exhibition showcases the work of the faculty teaching photography in our local colleges and universities.
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Soulful Stitching
February 6 - March 27, 2021
An exhibition of the handmade quilts of the Siddis in India, curated by artist and scholar Sarah K. Khan and Prof. Henry J. Drewal. The Siddis are descendants of African immigrants. While they have integrated many aspects of Indian culture, Siddis have also retained and transformed certain African traditions. In the visual arts, one tradition stands out: the patchwork quilts known as kawandi.
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Séan Alonzo Harris
The stunning photography of Séan Alonzo Harris with prints available from each of his series.
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Maine Coast Sojourn Preview
September 17 - November 7 2020
A preview of next fall’s exhibition Maine Coast Sojourn, a multi-year collaboration between artist Timothy Wilson and Maine Coast Heritage Trust celebrating the Trust’s 50th anniversary.
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George Lloyd: Amuse Bouche
September 17 - November 7 2020
Our first artist-in-residence, George Lloyd, has been hard at work, and we had hoped to exhibit the fruits of those labors this fall, but then a global pandemic hit. A full exhibition has been rescheduled to next year, but, in the meantime, we offer an appetizer - an amuse bouche.
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Distilled
August 20 2020 - October 17 2020
Featuring the captivating work of photographers Cynthia and John Orcutt, curated by Bruce Brown. The Orcutts beautifully document fragile spaces, both natural and manmade.
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Jon Imber Retrospective
August 6 - October 10 2020
A dazzling retrospective of the always brilliant and ever-evolving work of the late, great Boston and Maine based painter, Jon Imber (1955-2014). Early in my career, the content was the subject; the paint was the means to tell a story. Today, the paint itself is the conveyor of whatever it is that I need to say. ~Jon Imber, 2012
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Singular and Serial
July 9 - September 19 2020
Inspired by Catherine Kernan's book Singular and Serial: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint, our eponymous exhibition, curated by Kernan, Chris Beneman, and Jane Goldman, brings the book into the gallery space, including monotypes and monoprints from two dozen artists featured in the book,
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Lin Lisberger: Gravity
June 11 - September 12 2020
Combining work from two of her series, Who’s the Victim? and Ladder and Bridge, Lin Lisberger explores fundamental forces that we often feel but do not fully understand, which more and more draw us into opposition.
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Architecture
June 11 - August 15 2020
Featuring David Clough, Jean Noon, Donald Peterson, Liv Kristin Robinson, Sarah Szwajkos, and Brian Vanden Brink, Architecture features beautifully constructed photographs of stunning and varied buildings. The exhibition is curated by Bruce Brown.
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DM Witman: Index
Reminiscent of herbarium records, DM Witman’s Index series records the flora of a small patch of intertidal marsh of the St. George River where she lives and works.
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Distilled
August 20, 2020 - October 17, 2020
Featuring work by photographers Cynthia and John Orcutt, curated by Bruce Brown.
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Floriography: The Language of Flowers
June 1 - August 1 2020
Our first post-lockdown exhibition, a stylistically diverse burst of floral-themed works by four talented female artists, couldn’t feel more timely, more life-affirming, or more richly evocative of spring’s unwavering optimism and the force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Artists: Eileen Gillespie, Beverly Hallam, Maret Hensick, and Marjorie Moskowitz.
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Gardenship: First Voyage
February 27 - July 3 2020
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.
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Portland 2020
February 6 - June 6 2020
Our 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.
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