By Pat Davidson Reef, Special to the Sun Journal February 6, 2018 PORTLAND — A bright spot to keep you warm in Maine this cold winter is the 2018 Biennial Art Exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. Don’t miss it. Like a burst of light, this exhibit will stimulate those who see it. The color…
It features about 75 works by two dozen artists and diverges in terms of media. BY DANIEL KANY The 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial is possibly the most handsome since the Thon Bequest set the every-other-year exhibit in motion about 20 years ago. This year’s biennial was organized by outside curator Nat May, who worked…
Focus Printmaking 2 February 1 – 24, 2018 Opening reception Saturday, February 3 from 1-3pm An invitational exhibition featuring printmakers from all around the state. Artists include: Karen Adrienne, Judith Allen, Susan Amons, Christine Beneman, Holly Berry, Stephen Burt, Crystal Cawley, Kate Chappell, Edwige Charlot, David Driskell, Susan Groce, Adriane Herman, Christine Higgins, Alison Hildreth,…
Martin Kremer’s early glass career evolved from Japanese-style art glass lamps, elegant jewelry boxes and decorative hanging panels. More recently he has concentrated on creating fused glass vessels of stunning form, color, and texture. He has begun creating sculptures of various sizes inspired by sources such as Japanese architecture, sculptor Richard Serra, and glass maestro…
Visitors are met by a wall of works by John Whalley, Welliver and Maurice Freedman – major players all. But this show is about more than big names. BY DANIEL KANY I like painting and art exhibitions in which viewers are forced – on their own – to separate the wheat from the chaff. I think…
The Holiday Show 40th Anniversary Celebration Now extended through January! November 30 – January 27
Making Art, Building Connections November 5, 2017 Debbie Kane Maine The art and advocacy of Daniel Minter shines light on the African-American experience in Maine and beyond. Portland artist Daniel Minter has many talents: painter, sculptor, illustrator, teacher, community leader. The common thread is his desire to create. “I’ve always considered myself someone who makes…
Portland Museum of Art announces artists for 2018 biennial The 25 artists selected to represent Maine’s contemporary art scene work in a variety of media, from photography to basketmaking.Portland Museum of Art announces artists for 2018 biennial BY BOB KEYES STAFF WRITER Portland artist Daniel Minter, one of the 25 artists selected for the PMA biennial, with…
Neil Welliver was born in Pennsylvania in 1929 and lived in Maine for 35 years prior to his death in 2005. He received his BFA from Philadelphia Museum, College of Art and his MFA from Yale School of Art. He taught at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as chairman the Graduate…
written by Bob Keyes appearing in Maine Today October 16, 2017 “The Eyes Are the Window to the Soul,” 2017, oil on linen, 48 by 48 inches. Photo by Jay York, courtesy of Alison Rector In 2010, painter Alison Rector settled in at the Blue Hill Public Library and beheld the sweep of light falling…
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