Upcoming Art in Maine http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php http://www.maine.info/events/art/february.php#2984 Still-life works celebrate the significance of all aspects of daily life. They embrace a moment in time and create a memory that combines real life and its representation in art. Objects of Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art is a selection of more than 50 paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the 17th through the 20th centuries that will focus on the depiction of inanimate objects. Featured artists will include Marsden Hartley, Henri Matisse, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Yinka Shonibare. This exhibition will present important works that illustrate both aspects of the genre-objects as stand-alone imagery and those serving as one element of a larger composition. The out-of-the-ordinary assortment of works come together to form such themes as table settings, flowers, fruits and vegetables, fish, and works in three dimensions. http://www.maine.info/events/art/february.php#2984 43.654427 -70.262398 http://www.maine.info/events/art/february.php#2985 As an abstract painter, Maine artist Frederick Lynch (born 1935) uses a system of repeated geometries and mathematical divisions to explore a multitude of visual possibilities. His paintings evoke the type of order and chaos found in patterns of nature-branching, veining of leaves, and molecular systems. This exhibition of 25 recent works by Lynch will pair his large painted canvases with smaller sections of each of his paintings. This will be Lynch's second solo exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art in the past two decades. http://www.maine.info/events/art/february.php#2985 43.654427 -70.262398 http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php#3370 This "Modernism and Masquerade" exhibition features the graphic work of Max Beckmann (1884-1950), providing important focus on the German artist whose powerful approach to the human condition continues to move and inspire viewers. Featuring approximately 40 prints from the Museum's permanent collection and from private collections, the exhibition explores Beckmann's portrait work as well as his treatment of scenes of both gaiety-the circus and theatre-and alienation. http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php#3370 43.654427 -70.262398 http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php#3365 Shake off the winter doldrums and celebrate the coming of spring at the next Downtown Bangor Artwalk from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on March 19th. The Downtown Bangor Arts Collaborative brings photographers, painters, musicians, fiber artists, installation artists, potters and more before the public - all showing original works of art in their studios and other local venues. The event is free and open to the public - so come out and celebrate the best of what the city has to offer! Art walk maps listing the participating venues and featured artists can be found at The University of Maine Museum of Art, Metropolitan Soul, Bangor Wine and Cheese, the Bangor Public Library and One Lupine Fiber Arts. http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php#3365 44.801182 -68.777817 http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php#3383 Waterville Main Street and the Waterville Area Art Society proudly present the Maine Open Juried Art Show (MOJAS). Open to all amateur and professional artists 18 years and older living in Maine, MOJAS is a juried show that highlights the remarkable and diverse talent of Maine's finest artists. A semi-formal, opening night reception will be held at the Waterville Opera House Dance Studio on Thursday, April 1st, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served and award presentations will be made. http://www.maine.info/events/art/march.php#3383 44.556011 -69.631927 http://www.maine.info/events/art/may.php#3347 Creature Feature III Smallworks Art Show and Sale at The Grand Theatre in Downtown Ellsworth. Show will be up for viewing in The Grand Lobby May 1st through May 21st. Artists' reception and sale May 21st 3-7pm. This annual sale and show features work by 5 nationally known local artists: Rebekah Raye of Blue Hill, Suzan Scribner-Reed of Winterport, Laura Balombini of Blue Hill, Heidi Daub of Blue Hill and yours truly, Christina Heiniger of Lamoine. This is an exceptional opportunity to purchase work by accomplished professional artists at very reasonable prices. 10% of sales will be donated to The Grand Theatre of Ellsworth. Artists will also bring smaller items like digital prints, cards and other items to sell at the sale. Please join us. For info call (207) 664-2404. http://www.maine.info/events/art/may.php#3347 44.541698 -68.422836 http://www.maine.info/events/art/may.php#2986 Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and his wife Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. After more than 40 years of collecting art, they decided to start giving the collection away. The Portland Museum of Art is the recipient of 50 works from a national gifts program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States. The best-known works in the Vogel Collection are examples of minimal and conceptual art, but they also include pieces of a figurative and expressionist nature. Primarily a collection of drawings, the collection also includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints by artists mainly working in the United States. This exhibition will feature a selection of the works from the Vogel gift which includes work by artists such as Will Barnet, Richard Tuttle, Claudia De Monte, and Steve Keister. http://www.maine.info/events/art/may.php#2986 43.654427 -70.262398