2008 Guide Almost Here!

Maine Gallery Guide 2008 on press in Montreal


The new 2008 Maine Gallery and Studio Guide is on its
way and it looks great!




Last week Anthony and I attended press check for Gallery Guide in Montreal. It went very well with no surprises. We were on press from about 11:00 am Friday through to 6:30 am Saturday. It is a long and exhausting process but very interesting. The presses are huge and it is a wonder to see the gigantic rolls of paper pass through the rollers for each individual color application. We worked with Michel Vigneault again who has been our printing rep for 3 years now at Litho-Mag. The pressmen were very good and had the color up accurately, very quickly.

The weather was fantastic and the drive north to Canada through Corbin Gore was magnificent. We got to see the last (hopefully) snow on the ground in places like Eustace. They were still skiing at Sugarloaf.




At the usual moose spotting site on our way to Canada
we watched a yearling moose drinking water and smelling the breeze.

Stan Israel will be out and about with the guides soon and busy signing up advertisers for '09. He can be reached at 949-1990. We will also be mailing some boxes out as well.

Be sure to check out our new ad options for studio artists and sign up early for special rates on all advertising.

Please let us know if we can do anything for you, or if you have any questions. 1-888-482-4405
or suzanne@stateofmaineguides.com

Happy spring!
Suzanne

Land survives all. Art runs close behind

Left to right, top to botom;
Louise Bourne, Spring Stream oil on linen, 24 x 24
Abbott Meader, Low Tide / Sea Change, oil, oil pastel and pencils, 20 x 16 1/2
Alan Magee, Brush #13/16, 100% cotton woven tapestry, 76 x 60 1/2
Dennis Pinette, November Wind #5, oil, rag paper, 29 x 37

All above are part of the Contours show at Elan Fine Arts in Rockport

Welcome all to the the Cafe des Artistes online version of the weekly Sat. morning radio show. Tune into WERU 89.9 or 102.9 to catch the show at 7:30 Saturday morning. If you are out of listening range or that’s just to darn early, you can listen to the audio of the show right here! Click on the link to the right “Listen to Podcast” , and a new page will open with the audio file. If you like, open a new browser window for the blog and follow along as Anthony and Victor announce the week’s upcoming art events.



This week on the radio show and podcast, Anthony speaks with Elan Fine Arts gallery owner Andrew Eddy about Contours, a special benefit show at the gallery.

Contours features the work of 100 prominent Maine artists including Alan Magee, Tillman Crane, Lois Dodd, Connie Hayes, Yvonne Jacquette, Ann Lofquist, Frederick Lynch, Dirk McDonnell, Ed Nadeau, Thomas Paquette, Dennis Pinette, Richard Saltonstall, and Dudley Zopp.

Gallery proceeds will go to the Land Trust providing financial support and awareness for local land preservation efforts. Visit the Land Trust website at coastalmountains.org to learn more about their vital work.

This fantastic show runs through Nov. 11. See Elanfinearts.com for more information.



Brian Vanden Brink, Abandoned House,
North Jay, ME, black and white photography,
8 1/2 x 10 1/2, at Elan Fine Arts, Rockport

Remember, if you are an artist or gallery with something interesting you would like to have listed here please get in touch with us at www.Mainegalleryguide.com and we will try to get it posted for you. We need at least 3 week advance notice. Anthony is always looking for interesting interview subjects so if you would like to be considered let us know.

ADVERTISING IN THE MAINE GALLERY & STUDIO GUIDE
Be sure to reserve your ad in 2008’s guide by signing up soon. Contact either Anthony, Stan or myself if you need assistance or information. The office number is 1-888-482-4405 or email me at suzanne@stateofmaineguides.com. You can always download a contract and rate sheet at www.mainegalleryguide.com

ATTENTION STUDIO ARTISTS
If you have never advertised with us before because you thought it was too expensive (and your precious few dollars had to got to those beautiful cadmium reds) you might be surprised. We are offering a one time special rate to first time studio artists. Contact us at 1-888-482-4405 or call Stan, our sales rep at 949-1990. We have had wonderful feedback from artists that have sold work through the Gallery Guide--They thought it well worth the investment!

Have a Great Week!

Remember to submit your CAFE news through www.mainegalleryguide.com. Please submit items 3 weeks in advance. Thanks for stopping by!

GALLERIES



Jan ter Weele, Dark Trees, oil on canvas,
at Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland.

Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, Artist Reception for Jan ter Weele, Nov 2, 5–8 pm. This show runs Nov 2 – 24, www.cooperjacksongallery.com



Elzbieta Sikorska, from exhibit
"Biting and Scratching"
at Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport

Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport will hold an opening reception today (sat) from 3 to 5 pm for two new shows: "Checking It Twice," by Adriane Herman and "Biting and Scratching: Animal Prints by Susan Amons, Keith Rendall, and Elzbieta Sikorska." Both exhibits run through December 15th. www.cmcanow.org

Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor, is showing sculpture by Ray Carbone, Carole Hanson, Scott Stoll and Don Meserve. www.gleasonfineart

Carver Hill Gallery Rockport, will host an opening reception on Thursday from 5 to 7 pm for James Strickland's show: "Exquisite Icons." www.carverhillgallery.com

"Gallery Nights" in Camden Rockport, and Lincolnville will go for one more week. Thursday night, from 5-8 pm.

Whitney Art Works, Congress St Gallery, Portland, is showing “After the end of the world”. After the End of the World attempts to reveal the vision of four artists whose work can be viewed as depictions of a time or place that exists after the end of what we perceive as our world. The show runs thru Nov. 3 and images can be seen at www.whitneyartworks.com

Also at Whitney Art Works 45 York Street, Portland, Barak Levi Olins “Tools of the Banal”. Olins has used the word “haptic” to describe elements of his work, the term “synaptic” also seems fitting. Firing across associative junctions that link bread to the body, utensils to weapons, and his own baking oven to the crematoria of the Holocaust, Olins’ work is at once visceral, poetic and neuralgic. The show runs thru Nov 3. www.whitneyartworks.com

University of New England Art Gallery, on the Westbrook College campus, “A Season under the Sun: Photographs from the Maxwell’s Farm.” This exhibit of black and white photographs depicts the 2005-growing season of the Maxwell vegetable farm and market, which has been farmed by this Cape Elizabeth family for nearly six generations. The exhibit continues through Nov. 25th.


Daniel Kaney Gallery, Portland, is showing “Speechless” , paintings by Reilly Jensen. The Exhibition runs thru Oct 27. www.kany.net

Greenhut Galleries, Portland, is showing painting by Alison Rector. Fascinated by the way light falls through windows and doorways into interior spaces, this oil painter renders the contemplative beauty and nostalgic tranquility found in unconventional perspectives of quiet interiors. The show runs through Oct. 27. www.greenhutgalleries.com

“Baxter from the inside” a show by Gallery Artists runs thru Nov. 3 at North Light Gallery in Millinocket. www.artnorthlight.com

Blue Hill Bay Gallery “Harvest Moon” which runs through Oct 25. www.bluehillbaygallery.com

High Street Studio in Belfast will feature “Belfast the Way it Was, From our Memories” This exhibit, in conjunction with the Belfast Historical Society, shows the work of local painters reflecting on the changes they have seen. www.highstreetgallery.com

“Stone House” Book Arts by University of Southern Maine Faculty. The display continues through Oct 20.

Pretty Marsh Gallery in Bar Harbor, is showing New Works by Russell D’Alessio. www.prettymarshgallery.com

MUSEUMS
The University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor is pleased to present the exhibition A Legacy of Collecting: The Vincent A. Hartgen Years, 1946-1982 beginning Oct 12. This is the first of two exhibitions which celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Museum of Art's relocation to downtown Bangor. The first exhibition will focus on the formative years of the University's permanent collection under founder Vincent A. Hartgen covering the years 1946-1982. The second exhibition, opening Dec 6, will focus on the growth of the collection from 1983 - present. During this celebration of Vincent A. Hartgen's legacy as a museum director and curator, the UMMA has also organized an exhibition from its collection of Vincent's own work for the Zillman Gallery. Through Dec 1.

Bates Museum of Art Green Horizons an organic exhibition and educational outreach program designed to examine the politics and nature of green-ness and sustainability. This exhibition brings together internationally renowned artists, Maine artists, and the Beehive Collective. The exhibition will embrace these issues as its main themes through which other artworks will explore the politics, nature, and spirit of greenness and sustainability. Through Dec 9.

Tate House Museum"Exploring the Georgian Era, 1714-1820" 3rd Annual Decorative Arts Symposium, Oct 13, 2007, 8 am-4 pm, Registration: $55 Tate House Museum Members, $65 non-Members. For more info ContactSophia Mendoza, Tate House Museum, (207) 774-6177, info@tatehouse.org

The Portland Museum of Art “Graphite.” This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. “Graphite” is on view through Nov 25.


OF NOTE
"At the Creative Center: the Arts in Maine Schools," conference which will take place this Fri. and Sat. Oct 5 and 6, at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. For more information visit www.maineartseducation.org

For information on workshops and classes at drawing room call 207-632-2391 www.alexrheault.com

CALL FOR ART
Call for Maine Photographers Curator Brendan Bullock has announced an open call for artists for the exhibition Re-View that will open at the Daniel Kany Gallery in Jan 2008. The exhibition will be open to photographers who live or work in Maine. There will be no limitation on technical process or scale. All works selected for the exhibition must be available for sale. Artists must submit between 3 and 10 images. All submissions must be received by November 1st, 2007. There is no submission fee. More information at www.kany.net/news/re-view.html

Penquis is seeking artists to create one of a kind original art with metal barn stars of all sizes for display and eventual auction at a fundraiser for Keep ME Warm Fund for Knox County. The finished product will be viewed at the Historic Inns of Rockland during the Festival of Lights and at Camden's Premier Inns during the Christmas by the Sea festivities. Interested artists should call Maria Staples at Penquis at 1-800-215-4942, or email her atmstaples@penquis.org.

Atlantic Motorcar of Wiscasset is interested in hearing from artists in print, watercolor and acrylic media who are seeking gallery/display space. They’re offering more than 2,000 square feet of display space in a high traffic area with a discerning clientel. Atlantic Motorcar charges no commission or hanging fee - the space is simply offered as a public service. Interested parties should email art@atlanticmotorcar.com, or call 882-9941.

A Web of Opportunity for Maine Artists! Dirigo Road Gallery - a new cooperative of artists residing primarily in Penobscot, Hancock, and Kennebec counties, has launched dirigoroadgallery.com. The site is designed much in the same way as a “bricks and mortar” art gallery, with dynamic and rotating displays of artwork, whose purpose is to promote, market, and sell the work of its member artists to a worldwide audience. Members must reside in the state of Maine, and there are still several membership openings for interested artists. For further information on sales or to become a member of the co-op, contact Grace Keown at 234-2243 or Connie Henderson at 234-2025.

Lollipop Art Productions of Portland. Lori Rae is looking for artists who paint with subtle colors -- no faces, or people, animals or anything with eyes -- not completely traditional works to be displayed in a Holistic Chiropractic Office in Falmouth, Maine. You drop off work, she installs it. Shows are 6 week to 3 month rotations from September to December, and into next year. There is room for about 25 medium to larger sized pieces and this is a nail hanging. Call Lori Rae for more information at 415-7143.

TRANSCRIPT
Cafe Des Artistes #0722 071020
Show Date: October 20, 2007


TEASER:

VH: “Land survives all. Art runs close behind”

THEME: King of Bongo
(ROLL THEME)


HOSTS OPEN:

VH: Hello, I'm Victor Hathaway.

AA: and I'm Anthony Anderson, and welcome to Cafe Des Artists, a weekly round-up of Maine art news, openings, and shows.

VH: We've got openings and closings to tell you about this week. And a call for artists: make a star, be a star, and do a good deed, all at once! We'll tell you more in a moment.

AA: Our opening remark was by Dennis Pinette, a Belfast artist regarding the Contours benefit exhibition for Coastal Mountain Land Trust at Elan Fine art in Rockport. In a moment we speak with Andrew Eddy owner and co-curator about the scope—and rare beauty of the show.

VH: First, here are some openings and shows in our area:


GALLERIES


AA: There will be an opening reception today at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport from 3 to 5 pm for two new shows: "Checking It Twice," by Adriane Herman and "Biting and Scratching: Animal Prints by Susan Amons, Keith Rendall, and Elzbieta Sikorska." Both exhibits run through December 15th.

VH: Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor is showing scupture by Ray Carbone, Carole Hanson, Scott Stoll and Don Meserve.

AA: Carver Hill Gallery in Rockport wil host an opening reception on Thursday from 5 to 7 pm for James Strickland's show: "Exquisite Icons."

VH: Blue Hill Bay Gallery's "Harvest Moon" exhibit has almost set, but you can see it through Thursday.

AA: Greenhut Galleries in Portland is showing paintings by Alison Rector for one more week. That exhibition closes October 27th.

VH: And "Gallery Nights" will go for one more week. Local art galleries in Camden, Rockport, and Lincolnville will be open for one more Thursday night, this week, from 5 to 8 p.m.


(ROLL THEME)


INTERVIEW/FEATURE: Andrew Eddy

CLOSE

VH: CALL FOR ARTISTS: Penquis is seeking artists to create one of a kind original art with metal barn stars of all sizes for display and eventual auction at a fundraiser for Keep ME Warm Fund for Knox County. The finished product will be viewed at the Historic Inns of Rockland during the Festival of Lights and at Camden's Premier Inns during the Christmas by the Sea festivities. Interested artists should call Maria Staples at Penquis at 1-800-215-4942, or email her at
mstaples-at-penquis-dot-org.


A: That's all for this week. If you would like to check on anything you just heard on Cafe des Artists, visit mainegalleryguide.com, where you can see a neat blog of this show complete with pictures and more info, a podcast you can listen to any time, and the world's largest collection of Maine art online.

This show is produced for WERU by Maine Galleries and Studio Guide, the annual showcase of Maine art-- pick up your free copy at most local galleries and studios. Thanks for listening and we'll see you next Saturday!



(THEME UP)



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Whitney Art Works in Portland. After the End of the World attempts to reveal the vision of four artists whose work can be viewed as depictions of a time or place that exists after the end of what we perceive as our world. Also, Barak Levi Olins - Tools of the Banal. Both November 3rd.

Bangor, Maine The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present the exhibition A Legacy of Collecting: The Vincent A. Hartgen Years, 1946-1982 beginning October 12. This is the first of two exhibitions which celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Museum of Art's relocation to downtown Bangor. The first exhibition will focus on the formative years of the University's permanent collection under founder Vincent A. Hartgen covering the years 1946-1982. The second exhibition, opening December 6, will focus on the growth of the collection from 1983 - present. During this celebration of Vincent A. Hartgen's legacy as a museum director and curator, the UMMA has also organized an exhibition from its collection of Vincent's own work for the Zillman Gallery. Through December 1.

Bates Museum of Art Green Horizons an organic exhibition and educational outreach program designed to examine the politics and nature of greeness and sustainability. This exhibition brings together internationally renowned artists, Maine artists, and the Beehive Collective. The exhibition will embrace these issues as its main themes through which other artworks will explore the politics, nature, and spirit of greenness and sustainability. though December 9.

AA: Daniel Kany Gallery in Portland is is showing paintings by Reilly Jensen, titled "Speechless." The Exhibition runs thru Oct 27.

VH: The University of New England Art Gallery, on the Westbrook College campus, has a new show called: "A Season under the Sun: Photographs from the Maxwell's Farm." This exhibit of black and white photographs depicts the 2005 growing season of the Maxwell vegetable farm and market, which has been farmed by this Cape Elizabeth family for nearly six generations. The exhibit continues through November 25th.

VH: The Portland Museum of Art is showing: "Graphite." This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum's permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. "Graphite" is on view through November 25th.

VH: "Baxter from the Inside," runs thru Nov. 3 at North Light Gallery in Millinocket.

Colorful days and Gallery Nights

Alan Bray, Farm Pond, Casein on Panel 36x24, 1998

Welcome all to the the Cafe des Artistes online version of the weekly Sat. morning radio show. Tune into WERU 89.9 or 102.9 to catch the show at 7:30 Saturday morning. If you are out of listening range or that’s just to darn early, you can listen to the audio of the show right here! Click on the link to the right “Listen to Podcast” , and a new page will open with the audio file. If you like, open a new browser window for the blog and follow along as Anthony and Victor announce the week’s upcoming art events.



Alan Bray, Slew Gundy Falls 2001, casein on panel 22 x 18

This week on the radio show and podcast, Anthony speaks with artist Alan Bray about painting from nature. Alan Bray, has studied and painted the central Maine highlands for more than forty years. The New Yorker has described his work as “mediations on landscape, rather than attempts to open a window on the world.” More of Alan's work can been seen at www.alanbray.com


Alan Bray, Path to the River
2004, casein on panel, 30 x 24

Remember if you are an artist or gallery with something interesting you would like to have listed here please get in touch with us at www.Mainegalleryguide.com and we will try to get it posted for you. We need at least 3 week advance notice. Anthony is always looking for interesting interview subjects so if you would like to be considered let us know.

ADVERTISING IN THE MAINE GALLERY & STUDIO GUIDE
Be sure to reserve your ad in 2008’s guide by signing up soon. Contact either Anthony, Stan or myself if you need assistance or information. The office number is 1-888-482-4405 or email me at suzanne@stateofmaineguides.com. You can always download a contract and rate sheet at www.mainegalleryguide.com

ATTENTION STUDIO ARTISTS If you have never advertised with us before because you thought it was too expensive (and your precious few dollars had to got to those beautiful cadmium reds) you might be surprised. We are offering a one time special rate to first time studio artists. Contact us at 1-888-482-4405 or call Stan, our sales rep at 949-1990. We have had wonderful feedback from artists that have sold work through the Gallery Guide--They thought it well worth the investment!

Have a Great Week!

Remember to submit your CAFE news through www.mainegalleryguide.com. Please submit items 3 weeks in advance. Thanks for stopping by!

GALLERIES
Whitney Art Works, Congress St Gallery, Portland, is showing “After the end of the world”. After the End of the World attempts to reveal the vision of four artists whose work can be viewed as depictions of a time or place that exists after the end of what we perceive as our world. The show runs thru Nov. 3 and images can be seen at www.whitneyartworks.com

Also at Whitney Art Works 45 York Street, Portland, Barak Levi Olins “Tools of the Banal”. Olins has used the word “haptic” to describe elements of his work, the term “synaptic” also seems fitting. Firing across associative junctions that link bread to the body, utensils to weapons, and his own baking oven to the crematoria of the Holocaust, Olins’ work is at once visceral, poetic and neuralgic. The show runs thru Nov 3. www.whitneyartworks.com

University of New England Art Gallery, on the Westbrook College campus, “A Season under the Sun: Photographs from the Maxwell’s Farm.” This exhibit of black and white photographs depicts the 2005-growing season of the Maxwell vegetable farm and market, which has been farmed by this Cape Elizabeth family for nearly six generations. The exhibit continues through Nov. 25th.

Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, new works by six Maine women will show thru Oct 19. www.carverhillgallery.com

Daniel Kaney Gallery, Portland, is showing “Speechless” , paintings by Reilly Jensen. The Exhibition runs thru Oct 27. www.kany.net

Greenhut Galleries, Portland, is showing painting by Alison Rector. Fascinated by the way light falls through windows and doorways into interior spaces, this oil painter renders the contemplative beauty and nostalgic tranquility found in unconventional perspectives of quiet interiors. The show runs through Oct. 27. www.greenhutgalleries.com

Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, “Meanderings of a Fly Fisherman” painting by Abbott Meader. www.cooperjacksongallery.com Also at Cooper Jackson Gallery, John Andrews, Painting In Relief.


Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland. Group shows runs through Oct 13. www.caldbeck.com

Mulford Gallery in Rockland is featuring an exhibition entitled “The Body in Motion and Emotion. The show runs through Oct 10. www.mulfordgallery.com

Installation work by Sergio Ramos and Joe Hartel and mixed media work by Lisa Raven will be on display through Sept. at Ofelia’s Arte Fino Gallery, Bangor.

Phoenix Loft Gallery, Belfast, Five Perspectives www.phoenixloftgallery.com

Abstract works by David Estey is showing at the new Aarhus Gallery, Belfast

Paintings by Joshua Ferry are on show at the Perimeter Gallery Chase’s Daily, Belfast.

“Baxter from the inside” a show by Gallery Artists runs thru Nov. 3 at North Light Gallery in Millinocket. www.artnorthlight.com

Art Space Gallery, Rockland, is showing works in mixed media by 4 gallery artists through Oct. 7. www.artspacemaine.com

Blue Hill Bay Gallery “Harvest Moon” which runs through Oct 25. www.bluehillbaygallery.com

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, “Misuse.” The show runs through Oct 7. www.cmcanow.org

Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, “Passing Through,” a photography show that runs through Oct 14

The drawing room, Portland, is showing “Drawn In: New Drawings by Christina Goodwin, through Oct 19.

High Street Studio in Belfast will feature “Belfast the Way it Was, From our Memories” This exhibit, in conjunction with the Belfast Historical Society, shows the work of local painters reflecting on the changes they have seen. www.highstreetgallery.com

Belfast Friday Openings, from 5 to 8 pm. each friday. www.belfastarts.com

Portland glass artist Benjamin Coombs is exhibiting, Nautical Still Life, at Daniel Kany Gallery The exhibition features twelve glass sculptures that relate to the maritime world: lobster buoys, ship hardware and various objects of Maine’s nautical culture. www.kany.net

25th Annual Print and Book Show at Turtle Gallery in Deer Isle. www.turtlegallery.com

“Stone House” Book Arts by University of Southern Maine Faculty. The display continues through Oct 20.

Pretty Marsh Gallery in Bar Harbor, is showing New Works by Russell D’Alessio. www.prettymarshgallery.com

Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber Announces Weekly - “Gallery Nights” local art galleries will remain open from 5-8 p.m. Visitors, art patrons and friends are encouraged to take advantage of these evening exhibitions to view the spectacular works at participating galleries. Gallery Nights will occur weekly – each Thurs – until Oct 25.

MUSEUMS
Tate House Museum"Exploring the Georgian Era, 1714-1820" 3rd Annual Decorative Arts Symposium, Oct 13, 2007, 8 am-4 pm, Registration: $55 Tate House Museum Members, $65 non-Members. For more info ContactSophia Mendoza, Tate House Museum, (207) 774-6177, info@tatehouse.org

The Portland Museum of Art “Graphite.” This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. “Graphite” is on view through Nov 25.

The Portland Museum of Art,“Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful.” This show will feature approximately 100 objects, including furniture, metalwork, textiles, drawings, and accessories from the collections of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and other public and private collections. The exhibition explores how Wright sought to develop a modern interior reflective of a uniquely American spirit of democracy and individual freedom, and displays his experiments with bringing these ideas to the homes of average Americans. Thru Oct 8.

OF NOTE
"At the Creative Center: the Arts in Maine Schools," conference which will take place this Fri. and Sat. Oct 5 and 6, at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. For more information visit www.maineartseducation.org



Sam Van Aken, New Transmitters
for the Same Old Stupidities,
Whitney Art Works, Spring 2007, installation view.

Whitney Art Works is proud to announce the following news from gallery artist Sam Van Aken: Sam has received the 2008 Visual Arts Fellowship from the Maine Arts Commission. www.mainearts.com for more information

For information on workshops and classes at drawing room call 207-632-2391 www.alexrheault.com

A conference titled, “Crossroads for Community Arts: Strategies for the Road Ahead,” will be held the weekend of Oct 18 in Lewiston. The event will offer an opportunity to build nonprofit leadership and organizational skills, offer networking opportunities, and provide a setting for the unified planning of the future for community arts across the state. The conference is open to all, including community arts leaders, nonprofit board members and administrators, artists, and business and municipal supporters of arts organizations serving Maine communities. Complete conference schedule, workshop topics and presenters, and registration details are available at www.mainearts.com.

CALL FOR ART
Atlantic Motorcar of Wiscasset is interested in hearing from artists in print, watercolor and acrylic media who are seeking gallery/display space. They’re offering more than 2,000 square feet of display space in a high traffic area with a discerning clientel. Atlantic Motorcar charges no commission or hanging fee - the space is simply offered as a public service. Interested parties should email art@atlanticmotorcar.com, or call 882-9941.

A Web of Opportunity for Maine Artists! Dirigo Road Gallery - a new cooperative of artists residing primarily in Penobscot, Hancock, and Kennebec counties, has launched dirigoroadgallery.com. The site is designed much in the same way as a “bricks and mortar” art gallery, with dynamic and rotating displays of artwork, whose purpose is to promote, market, and sell the work of its member artists to a worldwide audience. Members must reside in the state of Maine, and there are still several membership openings for interested artists. For further information on sales or to become a member of the co-op, contact Grace Keown at 234-2243 or Connie Henderson at 234-2025.

Lollipop Art Productions of Portland. Lori Rae is looking for artists who paint with subtle colors -- no faces, or people, animals or anything with eyes -- not completely traditional works to be displayed in a Holistic Chiropractic Office in Falmouth, Maine. You drop off work, she installs it. Shows are 6 week to 3 month rotations from September to December, and into next year. There is room for about 25 medium to larger sized pieces and this is a nail hanging. Call Lori Rae for more information at 415-7143.

TRANSCRIPT
Cafe Des Artistes #0720 071006
Show Date: October 6, 2007

VH: Colorful days and Gallery Nights


THEME: King of Bongo
(ROLL THEME)


VH: Hello, I’m Victor Hathaway.

AA: and I’m Anthony Anderson, and welcome to Cafe Des Artists, a weekly round-up of Maine art news, openings, and shows.

VH: Columbus Day Weekend is upon us, and as we near peak leaf-peeping time, there’s also some excellent art, yours for the peepin’ this long weekend. Artists, stay tuned for news about an offer of free gallery space! We’ll tell you more in a minute.

AA: And we speak with Alan Bray, a Maine artist who’s mystical landscapes are world famous.

VH: First, here are some openings and shows in our area:

GALLERIES

AA: Daniel Kany Gallery in Portland is is showing paintings by Reilly Jensen, titled “Speechless.” The Exhibition runs thru Oct 27.

VH: The University of New England Art Gallery, on the Westbrook College campus, has a new show called: “A Season under the Sun: Photographs from the Maxwell’s Farm.” This exhibit of black and white photographs depicts the 2005 growing season of the Maxwell vegetable farm and market, which has been farmed by this Cape Elizabeth family for nearly six generations. The exhibit continues through November 25th.

AA: New works by six Maine women will show thru Oct 19 at Carver Hill Gallery in Rockport.

VH: The Portland Museum of Art is showing: “Graphite.” This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. “Graphite” is on view through November 25th.

AA: Greenhut Galleries in Portland is showing painting by Alison Rector. Fascinated by the way light falls through windows and doorways into interior spaces, this oil painter renders the contemplative beauty and nostalgic tranquility found in unconventional perspectives of quiet interiors. The show runs through October 27th.

VH: “Baxter from the Inside,” runs thru Nov. 3 at North Light Gallery in Millinocket.

AA: Cooper Jackson Gallery in Portland is showing “Meanderings of a Fly Fisherman,” paintings by Abbott Meader, and a show titled, “Painting In Relief” by John Andrews.

VH: Don’t forget “Gallery Nights.” Local art galleries in Camden, Rockport, and Lincolnville will remain open Thursday nights from 5-8 p.m until October 25th.



(ROLL THEME)

INTERVIEW/FEATURE: Alan Bray

CLOSE

VH: Here’s a call for artists. Atlantic Motorcar of Wiscasset is interested in hearing from artists in print, watercolor and acrylic media who are seeking gallery/display space. They’re offering more than 2,000 square feet of display space in a high traffic area with a discerning clientele. Atlantic Motorcar charges no commission or hanging fee - the space is simply offered as a public service. Interested parties should email art-at-atlanticmotorcar-dot-com, or call 882-9941.

A: That’s all for this week. If you would like your news read on Cafe des Artists, please submit it thru mainegalleryguide.com, where you can see a neat blog of this show complete with pictures and more info, a podcast you can listen to any time, and the world’s largest collection of Maine art online.

This show is produced for WERU by Maine Galleries and Studio Guide, the annual showcase of Maine art-- pick up your free copy at most local galleries and studios. Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next Saturday!



(THEME UP)

It’s not the end of the world – except at Whitney Art Works

Reilly Jensen
It left me trapped...
Mixed media on canvas, 16 x 16
at Daniel Kany Gallery in Portland

Welcome all to the the Cafe des Artistes online version of the weekly Sat. morning radio show. Tune into WERU 89.9 or 102.9 to catch the show at 7:30 Saturday morning. If you are out of listening range or that’s just to darn early, you can listen to the audio of the show right here! Click on the link to the right “Listen to Podcast” , and a new page will open with the audio file. If you like, open a new browser window for the blog and follow along as Anthony and Victor announce the week’s upcoming art events.

Remember if you are an artist or gallery with something interesting you would like to have listed here please get in touch with us at www.Mainegalleryguide.com and we will try to get it posted for you. We need at least 3 week advance notice. Anthony is always looking for interesting interview subjects so if you would like to be considered let us know.

ADVERTISING IN THE MAINE GALLERY & STUDIO GUIDE
Be sure to reserve your ad in 2008’s guide by signing up soon. Contact either Anthony, Stan or myself if you need assistance or information. The office number is 1-888-482-4405 or email me at suzanne@stateofmaineguides.com. You can always download a contract and rate sheet at www.mainegalleryguide.com

ATTENTION STUDIO ARTISTS If you have never advertised with us before because you thought it was too expensive (and your precious few dollars had to got to those beautiful cadmium reds) you might be surprised. We are offering a one time special rate to first time studio artists. Contact us at 1-888-482-4405 or call Stan, our sales rep at 949-1990. We have had wonderful feedback from artists that have sold work through the Gallery Guide--They thought it well worth the investment!

Have a Great Week!

Remember to submit your CAFE news through www.mainegalleryguide.com. Please submit items 3 weeks in advance. Thanks for stopping by!

GALLERIES



Bennett Morris, Inquest model 06v01,
digital photo, at Whitney Art Works

Whitney Art Works, Congress St Gallery,Portland, there will be an opening and artist's reception Fri for “After the end of the world”. The word “apocalypse” translated from the original Greek simply means “the lifting of the veil” As an apocalyptic exhibition, After the End of the World attempts to reveal the vision of four artists whose work can be viewed as depictions of a time or place that exists after the end of what we perceive as our world. The show runs thru Nov 3 and images can be seen at www.whitneyartworks.com

Also at Whitney Art Works 45 York Street, Portland, Barak Levi Olins “Tools of the Banal”. Olins has used the word “haptic” to describe elements of his work, the term “synaptic” also seems fitting. Firing across associative junctions that link bread to the body, utensils to weapons, and his own baking oven to the crematoria of the Holocaust, Olins’ work is at once visceral, poetic and neuralgic. There will be an Artist Reception the First Fri of Oct 5 from 5-8 PM. The show runs thru Nov 3. www.whitneyartworks.com



Susan Porter, photograph, at
University of New England Art Gallery

There will be an opening reception Thursday at the University of New England Art Gallery, on the Westbrook College campus, for their new show called: “A Season under the Sun: Photographs from the Maxwell’s Farm.” This exhibit of black and white photographs depicts the 2005-growing season of the Maxwell vegetable farm and market, which has been farmed by this Cape Elizabeth family for nearly six generations. The exhibit continues through November 25th.



Work on view at
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport

Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, new works by six Maine women will show thru Oct 19. www.carverhillgallery.com

Daniel Kaney Gallery, Portland is having an Opening Reception Fri, Oct 5, during the First Friday Art Walk from 5 - 8 PM for Seatle Painter Reilly Jensen's show entitled “Speechless” The Exhibition runs thru Oct 27. www.kany.net



Alison Rector, Portland from Little Diamond Island,
oil on linen, 48 x 48, at Greenhut Galleries, Portland

Greenhut Galleries, Portland, is showing painting by Alison Rector. Fascinated by the way light falls through windows and doorways into interior spaces, this oil painter renders the contemplative beauty and nostalgic tranquility found in unconventional perspectives of quiet interiors. The show runs through Oct. 27. www.greenhutgalleries.com

Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, “Meanderings of a Fly Fisherman” painting by Abbott Meader. There will be an Artist Reception Thursday, Oct 4, from 5-8 pm. www.cooperjacksongallery.com Also at Cooper Jackson Gallery, John Andrews, Painting In Relief.



Kate Emlen at Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland

Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland. Group shows runs through Oct 13. www.caldbeck.com

Mulford Gallery in Rockland is featuring an exhibition entitled “The Body in Motion and Emotion. The show runs through Oct 10. www.mulfordgallery.com

Installation work by Sergio Ramos and Joe Hartel and mixed media work by Lisa Raven will be on display through Sept. at Ofelia’s Arte Fino Gallery, Bangor.

Phoenix Loft Gallery, Belfast, Five Perspectives www.phoenixloftgallery.com

Abstract works by David Estey is showing at the new Aarhus Gallery, Belfast

Paintings by Joshua Ferry are on show at the Perimeter Gallery Chase’s Daily, Belfast.

“Baxter from the inside” a show by Gallery Artists runs thru Nov. 3 at North Light Gallery in Millinocket. www.artnorthlight.com

Art Space Gallery, Rockland, is showing works in mixed media by 4 gallery artists through Oct. 7. www.artspacemaine.com

Blue Hill Bay Gallery “Harvest Moon” which runs through Oct 25. www.bluehillbaygallery.com

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, “Misuse.” The show runs through Oct 7. www.cmcanow.org

Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, “Passing Through,” a photography show that runs through Oct 14

The drawing room, Portland, is showing “Drawn In: New Drawings by Christina Goodwin, through Oct 19.

High Street Studio in Belfast will feature “Belfast the Way it Was, From our Memories” This exhibit, in conjunction with the Belfast Historical Society, shows the work of local painters reflecting on the changes they have seen. www.highstreetgallery.com

Belfast Friday Openings, from 5 to 8 pm. each friday. www.belfastarts.com

Portland glass artist Benjamin Coombs is exhibiting, Nautical Still Life, at Daniel Kany Gallery The exhibition features twelve glass sculptures that relate to the maritime world: lobster buoys, ship hardware and various objects of Maine’s nautical culture. www.kany.net

25th Annual Print and Book Show at Turtle Gallery in Deer Isle. www.turtlegallery.com

“Stone House” Book Arts by University of Southern Maine Faculty. The display continues through Oct 20.

Pretty Marsh Gallery in Bar Harbor, is showing New Works by Russell D’Alessio. www.prettymarshgallery.com

Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber Announces Weekly - “Gallery Nights” local art galleries will remain open from 5-8 p.m. Visitors, art patrons and friends are encouraged to take advantage of these evening exhibitions to view the spectacular works at participating galleries. Gallery Nights will occur weekly – each Thurs – until Oct 25.

MUSEUMS
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor “Millions Taken Daily: Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere.” The exhibition explores the idea that photographs are an integral part of daily life and that we all have a hand in creating and collecting them. Millions Taken Daily will display photographs from all over the globe, submitted by anyone (yes, anyone -- maybe even someone you know!). The show runs through Oct 6.

The Farnsworth Museum in Rockland is currently showing “The Constructed Landscape,” an exhibition that brings together work by five contemporary artists who portray in their paintings the constructed rather than the natural landscape. They challenge traditional ideas about landscape painting by depicting un-scenic sites in ways that alter our appreciation of them. Back lots, factory yards, tank farms, industrial machinery, the evidence of human involvement with the land are the subjects that inspire these artists. This exhibit continues at the Farnsworth through Oct 7.

The Portland Museum of Art “Graphite.” This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. “Graphite” is on view through Nov 25.

The Portland Museum of Art,“Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful.” This show will feature approximately 100 objects, including furniture, metalwork, textiles, drawings, and accessories from the collections of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and other public and private collections. The exhibition explores how Wright sought to develop a modern interior reflective of a uniquely American spirit of democracy and individual freedom, and displays his experiments with bringing these ideas to the homes of average Americans. Thru Oct 8.

OF NOTE
For information on workshops and classes at drawing room call 207-632-2391 www.alexrheault.com

A conference titled, “Crossroads for Community Arts: Strategies for the Road Ahead,” will be held the weekend of Oct 18 in Lewiston. The event will offer an opportunity to build nonprofit leadership and organizational skills, offer networking opportunities, and provide a setting for the unified planning of the future for community arts across the state. The conference is open to all, including community arts leaders, nonprofit board members and administrators, artists, and business and municipal supporters of arts organizations serving Maine communities. Complete conference schedule, workshop topics and presenters, and registration details are available at www.mainearts.com.

CALL FOR ART
A Web of Opportunity for Maine Artists! Dirigo Road Gallery - a new cooperative of artists residing primarily in Penobscot, Hancock, and Kennebec counties, has launched dirigoroadgallery.com. The site is designed much in the same way as a “bricks and mortar” art gallery, with dynamic and rotating displays of artwork, whose purpose is to promote, market, and sell the work of its member artists to a worldwide audience. Members must reside in the state of Maine, and there are still several membership openings for interested artists. For further information on sales or to become a member of the co-op, contact Grace Keown at 234-2243 or Connie Henderson at 234-2025.

Lollipop Art Productions of Portland. Lori Rae is looking for artists who paint with subtle colors -- no faces, or people, animals or anything with eyes -- not completely traditional works to be displayed in a Holistic Chiropractic Office in Falmouth, Maine. You drop off work, she installs it. Shows are 6 week to 3 month rotations from September to December, and into next year. There is room for about 25 medium to larger sized pieces and this is a nail hanging. Call Lori Rae for more information at 415-7143.

TRANSCRIPT
Cafe Des Artistes
#0719 070929
Show Date: September 29, 2007

VH: It’s not the end of the world – except at Whitney Art works

THEME: King of Bongo

VH: Hello, I’m Victor Hathaway.

AA: and I’m Anthony Anderson, and welcome to Cafe Des Artists, a weekly round-up of Maine art news, openings, and shows.

VH: The last Saturday of the month brings news of an opening and notice of some shows about to close. Don’t touch that dial!

AA: And we will tell you about “After the end of the world – an new exhibition at Whitney Art Works in Portland showing the apocalyptic vision of four artists

VH: First, here are some openings and shows in our area:

AA: There will be an opening reception Thursday at the University of New England Art Gallery, on the Westbrook College campus, for their new show called: “A Season under the Sun: Photographs from the Maxwell’s Farm.” This exhibit of black and white photographs depicts the 2005-growing season of the Maxwell vegetable farm and market, which has been farmed by this Cape Elizabeth family for nearly six generations. The exhibit continues through November 25th.

VH: New works by six Maine women will show thru Oct 19 at Carver Hill Gallery on Meadow St in Rockport
AA: Daniel Kaney Gallery on Exchange St. in Portland is having an Opening Reception: Friday, October 5th during the First Friday Art Walk from 5 - 8 PM for SEATTLE PAINTER REILLY JENSEN’S show entitled “SPEECHLESS” The Exhibition runs thru October 27

VH: The Portland Museum of Art is showing: “Graphite.” This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. “Graphite” is on view through November 25th.

AA: Greenhut Galleries in Portland is showing painting by Alison Rector. Fascinated by the way light falls through windows and doorways into interior spaces, this oil painter renders the contemplative beauty and nostalgic tranquility found in unconventional perspectives of quiet interiors. The show runs through Oct. 27

VH: A show called “The human form” which studies body images in mixed media is at the Nan Mulford Gallery in Rockland and runs thru mid-Oct.

AA: Whitney Art works on Congress St in Portland has an opening and artists reception Fri for a show called “After the end of the world”. The word “apocalypse” translated from the original Greek simply means “the lifting of the veil” As an apocalyptic exhibition, After the End of the World attempts to reveal the vision of four artists whose work can be viewed as depictions of a time or place that exists after the end of what we perceive as our world. The show runs thru Nov 3 and images can be seen at whitney art works dot com and the café des artists blog

VH: Don’t forget “Gallery Nights.” Local art galleries in Camden, Rockport, and Lincolnville will remain open Thursday nights from 5-8 p.m until October 25th.

AA And of course there is the First Friday art walk in Portland and Belfast

(ROLL THEME)
CLOSE

VH: And the lights in the studio are flickering a Last Call for shows which will conclude their run in the next week or so. Now’s your last chance to catch ‘em before they’re gone:

The photography show at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, “Millions Taken Daily: Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere,” will close on October 6th.

A show of paintings at The Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, “The Constructed Landscape,” will close on October 7th.

Also in Rockland, a show at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art called, “Misuse.” runs through October 7th.

A: That’s all for this week. If you would like your news read on Cafe des Artists, please submit it thru mainegalleryguide.com, where you can see a neat blog of this show complete with pictures and more info, a podcast you can listen to any time, and the world’s largest collection of Maine art online.

This show is produced for WERU by Maine Galleries and Studio Guide, the annual showcase of Maine art-- pick up your free copy at most local galleries and studios. Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next Saturday!



(THEME UP)

You say haptic, I say synaptic.

Barak Levi Olins “Tools of the Banal”,
at Whitney Art works, Portland

Welcome all to the the Cafe des Artistes online version of the weekly Sat. morning radio show.

Tune into WERU 89.9 or 102.9 to catch the show at 7:30 Saturday morning. If you are out of listening range or that’s just to darn early, you can listen to the audio of the show right here! Click on the link to the right “Listen to Podcast” **due to technical difficulties the podcast will not be available till Wed , and a new page will open with the audio file. If you like, open a new browser window for the blog and follow along as Anthony and Victor announce the week’s upcoming art events.

Remember if you are an artist or gallery with something interesting you would like to have listed here please get in touch with us at www.Mainegalleryguide.com and we will try to get it posted for you. We need at least 3 week advance notice. Anthony is always looking for interesting interview subjects so if you would like to be considered let us know.

ADVERTISING IN THE MAINE GALLERY & STUDIO GUIDE
Be sure to reserve your ad in 2008’s guide by signing up soon. Contact either Anthony, Stan or myself if you need assistance or information. The office number is 1-888-482-4405 or email me at suzanne@stateofmaineguides.com. You can always download a contract and rate sheet at www.mainegalleryguide.com

ATTENTION STUDIO ARTISTS
If you have never advertised with us before because you thought it was too expensive (and your precious few dollars had to got to those beautiful cadmium reds) you might be surprised. We are offering a one time special rate to first time studio artists. Contact us at 1-888-482-4405 or call Stan, our sales rep at 949-1990. We have had wonderful feedback from artists that have sold work through the Gallery Guide--They thought it well worth the investment!

Have a Great Week!

Remember to submit your CAFE news through www.mainegalleryguide.com. Please submit items 3 weeks in advance. Thanks for stopping by!

GALLERIES
Whitney Art Works 45 York Street, Portland, Barak Levi Olins “Tools of the Banal”. Olins has used the word “haptic” to describe elements of his work, the term “synaptic” also seems fitting. Firing across associative junctions that link bread to the body, utensils to weapons, and his own baking oven to the crematoria of the Holocaust, Olins’ work is at once visceral, poetic and neuralgic. There will be an Artist Reception the First Fri of Oct 5 from 5-8 PM. The show runs thru Nov 3. www.whitneyartworks.com



Scott Listfield, Post-Nuclear Guggenheim Visit,
oil on canvas at Whitney Art Works

Also at Whitney Art Works, at the Congress St Gallery, “After the end of the world”. The works of 5 artists will also show thru Nov 3.



Abbott Meader at Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland

Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, “Meanderings of a Fly Fisherman” painting by Abbott Meader. There will be an Artist Reception Thursday, Oct 4, from 5-8 pm. www.cooperjacksongallery.com

Also at Cooper Jackson Gallery, John Andrews, Painting In Relief.

Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland. Group shows runs through Oct 13. www.caldbeck.com

Installation work by Sergio Ramos and Joe Hartel and mixed media work by Lisa Raven will be on display through Sept. at Ofelia’s Arte Fino Gallery, Bangor.

Elan Fine Arts, in Rockport will feature the distinctive work of photographers John Goodman, Cyndi Prince and Beverly Pearce in three concurrent but solo shows: “Gesture, Being, and Revealed.” Each focuses on the individual photographer’s interest in the human form. on display thru Sept 30. www.elanfinearts.com

Phoenix Loft Gallery, Belfast, Five Perspectives www.phoenixloftgallery.com

Abstract works by David Estey is showing at the new Aarhus Gallery, Belfast

Paintings by Joshua Ferry are on show at the Perimeter Gallery Chase’s Daily, Belfast.

“Baxter from the inside” a show by Gallery Artists runs thru Nov. 3 at North Light Gallery in Millinocket. www.artnorthlight.com

Art Space Gallery, Rockland, is showing works in mixed media by 4 gallery artists thru Oct. 7. www.artspacemaine.com

Greenhut Galleries in Portland Sept 6 - Sept 29, Margaret Lawrence
Reception Thu, Sept 6, 5-7 pm. Gallery Talk scheduled Saturday, Sept 15, 1:30p.m. - Margaret Lawrence conducts a gallery walk-through. www.greenhutgalleries.com

Blue Hill Bay Gallery “Harvest Moon” which runs through Oct 25. www.bluehillbaygallery.com

Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport is showing “Up Close.” With work in a variety of media, this exhibition demonstrates how close-ups can take the form of close observation and detailed representation, or can border on abstraction. “Up Close” continues through Sept 29. www.cmcanow.org

Also at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, “Misuse.” The show runs through Oct 7. www.cmcanow.org

Also at Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, “Thicket” by Karen Gelardi. Gelardi works in a number of media: collages, paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures The show continues through Sept 29.
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, “Passing Through,” a photography show that runs through Oct 14

Mulford Gallery in Rockland is featuring an exhibition entitled “The Body in Motion and Emotion. The show runs through Oct 10. www.mulfordgallery.com

The drawing room, Portland, is showing “Drawn In: New Drawings by
Christina Goodwin, through Oct 19.

High Street Studio in Belfast will feature “Belfast the Way it Was,
From our Memories” This exhibit, in conjunction with the Belfast Historical Society, shows the work of local painters reflecting on the changes they have seen. www.highstreetgallery.com

Belfast Friday Openings, from 5 to 8 pm. each friday. www.belfastarts.com

Portland glass artist Benjamin Coombs is exhibiting, Nautical Still Life, at Daniel Kany Gallery The exhibition features twelve glass sculptures that relate to the maritime world: lobster buoys, ship hardware and various objects of Maine’s nautical culture. www.kany.net

25th Annual Print and Book Show at Turtle Gallery in Deer Isle. www.turtlegallery.com

“Stone House” Book Arts by University of Southern Maine Faculty. The display continues through Oct 20.

Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College Campus, Portland “On Island: Women Artists of Monhegan” featuring works by 35 women artists who capture the essence of Monhegan Island and its role in the history of American fine art. The show runs through Sept 23. www.une.edu/artgallery
Pretty Marsh Gallery in Bar Harbor, is showing New Works by Russell D’Alessio. www.prettymarshgallery.com
Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber Announces Weekly - “Gallery Nights” local art galleries will remain open from 5-8 p.m. Visitors, art patrons and friends are encouraged to take advantage of these evening exhibitions to view the spectacular works at participating galleries. Gallery Nights will occur weekly – each Thurs – until Oct 25.
MUSEUMS
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor “Millions Taken Daily: Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere.” The exhibition explores the idea that photographs are an integral part of daily life and that we all have a hand in creating and collecting them. Millions Taken Daily will display photographs from all over the globe, submitted by anyone (yes, anyone -- maybe even someone you know!). The show runs through Oct 6.

The Farnsworth Museum in Rockland is currently showing “The Constructed Landscape,” an exhibition that brings together work by five contemporary artists who portray in their paintings the constructed rather than the natural landscape. They challenge traditional ideas about landscape painting by depicting un-scenic sites in ways that alter our appreciation of them. Back lots, factory yards, tank farms, industrial machinery, the evidence of human involvement with the land are the subjects that inspire these artists. This exhibit continues at the Farnsworth through Oct 7.

The Portland Museum of Art “Graphite.” This exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture explores the myriad ways that contemporary artists use graphite. The exhibition features 25 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, and on loan from local artists. “Graphite”