February 25 - April 17 2021
This exhibition is a survey of fascinating, metaphysically infused work in a variety of media from the estate of internationally exhibited visual artist and poet Marlene Ekola Gerberick (1935-2018).
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February 25 - April 17 2021
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Jung Hur studied traditional Korean brush technique and opened his own painting school in Seoul. In 1998, Hur originally moved to New York City before moving to Portland, Maine in 2008.
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February 25 - April 17 2021
Placed in conversation with the work of Marlene Ekola Gerberick and Jung Hur, William Zingaro’s gorgeous, minimal, abstract expressionist sculpture in various materials is featured..
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April 22 - June 19, 2020
Curated by Donna McNeil
Featuring Residents and Fellows of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation
February 6 - March 27 2021
This exhibition is co-curated by Henry J. Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who first saw kawandi while documenting Siddi expressive culture in 2004 and Sarah K. Khan. All of the quilts in the exhibition are by members of the nonprofit Siddi Womens’ Quilting Cooperative, which is keeping this tradition alive and vibrant.
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January 21 - March 20 2021
Evocative of natural forms and dynamics, Meg Brown Payson’s work “speaks to the unpredictable complexity and instability of meaningful order in the world, but also of the inevitable, if temporary, moment of finding it.”
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Nanci Kahn’s vibrant, multi-media meditations on organic forms and the concept of trust in the time of covid-19
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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