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Art Walk4 things to see at November’s art walk: chickens, DIY art and a new sculpture for Congress Street
Come November and the humble, fat turkey takes his perch on the throne — king of the bird kingdom. Portland's First Friday Art Walk is rebelling. Down with the turkeys, in with the chickens! And puffins! And penguins that look like dinosaurs! Read on
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Art ExhibitsArtists of Addison Woolley Group celebrate Biddeford’s visual complexity during “Text + Texture” at Engine
"Text + Texture" attempts to capture the look, feel and visual rhythms of the city by focusing on the sights, signs and surfaces that define it. Using a variety of media and photographic techniques, the artists celebrate the sensory complexity of an urban environment while also seeking out moments of calm and revelation. Read on
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Art Exhibits“Opposing Gestures” at USM explores the act and process of human expression
Through a variety of digital portals, "Opposing Gestures" shares the artists' political views, and does so with the pretense that an individual's expression, or gesture, can be symbolic of society. Read on
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ArtPortland Museum of Art’s interactive Portrait Gallery project lets visitors take arty selfies
The interactive Portrait Gallery project offers visitors a chance to dress up like the portraits in the collection and snap a photo of themselves with an iPad mounted on the wall. Read on
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ArtBuild your art collection: Sneak peek of Collect: MECA’s Fall Art Sale (Oct. 9-11)
Collect: MECA’s Fall Art Sale is a "salon-style extravaganza of art." It's also an opportunity to see and buy the work of both emerging and established artists, many of whom are MECA faculty, students and alumni. Read on
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Art“Coyote Connections” exhibition at UNE explores the world of coyotes
The exhibition includes about 100 works of art in a variety of media by dozens of Maine artists and coincides with the gallery's annual sculpture invitational on the gallery grounds. Many well-known artists contributed work. Read on
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Art Exhibits“Treasures of British Art” at PMA showcases work spanning 6 centuries: 1400-2000
The collection is on long-term loan to the Denver Art Museum, which has assembled the best 50 or so paintings for a traveling exhibition. Portland is the first stop. Read on
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Art WalkTalk to Salt: Your portrait, your words captured on Congress Street during Friday Art Walk
You are interesting. It's true. Your thoughts are worth hearing, your aspirations are worth sharing, and your sarcasm is worth spreading. That's the basic premise of Salt's "First Friday Art Talk," an on-the-street portrait and interview session that Salt has done during the last two First Friday Art Walks. Read on
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Art Walk5 things to see at October’s Art Walk in Portland: Woodblock witches, antique autos and wine waltzes
Portland, you sure are feeling reflective this month. Artists are painting from old journals. They're bringing out antique cars. Merrill Auditorium's organ is getting a photography exhibit on its historic restoration project. Read on
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ArtBerwick’s recently opened Blackbird Studio & Gallery is about community and connecting with one another
The new art gallery features the work of artists from southern Maine and New Hampshire. Read on
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This week's roundup of Things to do This Weekend includes Portland Print Crawl and an Ugly Sweater Party at Foundation Brewing. Plus we send you to Portland Museum of Art to see "Winds of Desire" with this week's Indie Fill column. Face the Music previews Lucy Kaplansky at One Longfellow Square and Tap Lines suggests some solid seasonal brews. All this and more!
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