March Art Events in Maine

Searching for Me Art Exhibit - Portland Public Library

5 Monument Square
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 871-1700 Portland

Jan 12 thru Mar 01, 2012. The Portland Public Teen Library Team, in partnership with The Telling Room and Maine College of Art are proud to present the Searching for Me exhibit, featuring original art created by teens ages 12-19. The artwork and stories in Searching for Me were created by teens ages 12-19 at the Portland Public Library in December 2011 in collaboration with The Telling Room and Maine College of Art. Teens created silhouettes with Maine College of Art Students one week, and then filled the silhouettes with biographical stories the following week. Works from this collaboration will be on display in the Teen Room at the Portland Public Library from now until March 1, 2012. Event #7981 Map + Directions | Report Update Jan 12, 2012Mar 01, 2012 Art

Hooked Rug Exhibits - Saco Museum

371 Main Street
Saco, Maine 04072
Phone: (207) 283-3861 Saco

Jan 13 thru Mar 24, 2012. Two Hooked Rug exhibits at the Saco Museum. All Marked Out celebrates the hooked rug innovator and entrepreneur Edward S. Frost, who launched a rug-pattern business right here in Biddeford, Maine, in the mid-19th-century. Originally presented at the Maine State Museum in 2006, Rugs All Marked Out features rugs, burlap patterns, and metal stencils from the Maine State Museum collection. The original exhibition will be enhanced with Frost rugs and patterns from the Saco Museum's own collections, all recent acquisitions. Also on view will be modern hooked rugs by members of the Maine Tin Pedlar, a group of local hooked rug artists named in honor of Frost. Both exhibitions will be on view at the Saco Museum January 14 through March 24, 2012. An opening reception for both exhibitions will take place at the Saco Museum on Friday, January 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This reception is free and open to the public. Event #7753 Map + Directions | Report Update Jan 13, 2012Mar 24, 2012 Art

Making Faces: Photo Portraits of Actors & Artists - Portland Museum of Art

7 Congress Square
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 775-6148 Portland

Jan 14 thru Apr 08, 2012. Two newly acquired portfolios by Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau, filled with portraits of famous artists and actors of the mid-20th century, prompted this look at the art of photographic portraiture. Drawn from the Museum's growing collection of celebrity portraits, the exhibition of 35 works will examine the way in which appearence, poses, and props help to define the public perception of an artist's work, whether it be on the stage or in a museum. Other photographers whose works will be on view include Philippe Halsman, with images of notable early television personalities such as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Imogene Coca, and Jackie Gleason; and Barbara Morgan, whose photographs of the choreographer Martha Graham, capture the essence of modern dance. The exhibition will also feature portraits of some of Maine's leading artists including Andrew Wyeth, Stephen Etnier, Louise Nevelson, Robert Indiana, Brett Bigbee, and Dozier Bell, whose work will be on view in the Museum's third floor galleries. Event #7740 Map + Directions | Report Update Jan 14, 2012Apr 08, 2012 Art

Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend? - Portland Museum of Art

7 Congress Square
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 775-6148 Portland

Feb 03 thru Jun 17, 2012. Facebook friendships exist in the nebulous world of cyberspace. Social networking creates a forum where we may connect or reconnect deeply with dear friends or become acquainted with new ones on a superficial level. What happens when we reach across real time and space to physically connect with these same "friends"? In her new exhibition, Maine artist Tanja Alexia Hollander examines that question; she collapses the intangibility of cyberspace by traveling around the world on a modern-day odyssey to actually visit her 600 (and growing) Facebook friends. In this rich and multi-dimensional project, Hollander photographs her Facebook friends, prints images on paper, and exhibits the prints on gallery walls, causing her cyber-friend connections to become real and personal. Hollander's process will be explored by encouraging interaction through visitor comments and an ever-changing installation of portraits through the run of the exhibition. Are viewers supposed to acknowledge the artist's creativity, photographic skill, and role within the tradition of portraiture, or should we instead critique the management of her Facebook page? This exhibition is the fifth in a series of exhibitions. Open reception is on Friday, Feb. 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Event #7741 Map + Directions | Report Update Feb 03, 2012Jun 17, 2012 Art

Author Carl Little & Artist Eric Hopkins - Thos. Moser Gallery

149 Main Street
Freeport, Maine 04032
Phone: (207) 865-4519 Freeport

Feb 15 thru May 01, 2012. Author and artist reading at Thos. Moser Gallery in Freeport. Reception and book signing on Feb. 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with Carl Little, author of Eric Hopkins: Above and Beyond and artist, Eric Hopkins. Also exhibition featuring new works by Eric Hopkins, James Mullen and Colin Page. Event #8075 Map + Directions | Report Update Feb 15, 2012May 01, 2012 Art

Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist - Portland Museum of Art

7 Congress Square
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 775-6148 Portland

Feb 23 thru May 28, 2012. Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist will be the first comprehensive exhibition at the Museum devoted to the 19th-century French master Edgar Degas and his works on paper. Comprised of more than 70 drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs as well as several sculptures, the exhibition will provide an insightful exploration of the oeuvre of one of the most skilled and complex artists in art history. In addition to masterworks by Degas, the exhibition will include a select group of rare works on paper by artists of his circle, including captivating works by Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. To add even greater depth to the exhibition, generous loans to the Museum from major benefactor Scott M. Black including Degas's Portrait of Alexis Rouart (1895) and from Les Otten including Degas's Fourth Position in front on the left leg will be part of the installation. Paintings and drawings by Jane Sutherland, a contemporary New England artist greatly inspired by Degas, will add yet another dimension to the exhibition. Event #7742 Map + Directions | Report Update Feb 23, 2012May 28, 2012 Art

MERC: Mainers Recycling Cardboard - Engine Exhibit Space

265 Main Street
Biddeford, Maine 04005
Phone: (207) 229-3560 Biddeford

Feb 24 thru Mar 31, 2012. Artists are busy creating 2D and 3D works out of corrugated cardboard for MERC: Mainers Recycling Cardboard, an exhibit opening at Engine Exhibit Space on February 24 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and running through March 31, to help create awareness for the importance of recycling. Biddeford Recycling Center is a sponsor of the event, donating cardboard for artists. Event #8072 Map + Directions | Report Update Feb 24, 2012Mar 31, 2012 Art

Portland Society of Architects' Drink n' Crit - SPACE Gallery

538 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 828-5600 Portland

Mar 12, 2012. The Crit is a staple of an architectural education. It's the final critique in an academic studio where you hang your designs on the wall, and stand and present your ideas in front a jury of your peers. It's a chance for public glory, brilliant theoretical discussion and slings and arrows if the work doesn't measure up. In normal life, this all ends once you leave school, but we're bringing it back to Portland for architects, landscape architects, interior designers and other design fans. Open to the public. Sponsored by the Portland Society of Architects. Doors open 6:30 p.m., event at 7 p.m. Event #7874 Map + Directions | Report Update Mar 12, 2012Mar 12, 2012 Art

SERC Brown Bag Lunch Series: Artists-in-Residence

64 Acadia Drive
Winter Harbor, Maine 04693
Phone: (207) 288-1310 Winter Harbor

Mar 16, 2012. Kate Petrie, Supervisory Park Ranger - Schoodic Education District will speak about the Artist-in-Residence Program in the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park. It offers professional writers, composers, and all visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of the park. In the spring and fall, the park provides housing to participants for two-week to four-week periods. No additional stipend is available. In return, participating artists are asked to donate to the park collection a piece of work representative of their style and their stay. For an application, please send email inquiries to kate_petrie@nps.gov or call (207) 288-1310. All programs are held at Moore Auditorium. Free and open to the public; donations welcome at the door. Event #7854 Map + Directions | Report Update Mar 16, 2012Mar 16, 2012 Art

Annual Maine Open Juried Art Show

73 Elm Street
Waterville, Maine 04901
Phone: (207) 872-5422 Waterville

Mar 17 thru Apr 20, 2012. The Waterville Area Art Society and Waterville Main Street are proudly co-presenting the 2012 Maine Open Juried Art Show at the spectacular, newly-renovated Waterville Public Library in Downtown Waterville. Now entering its 22nd year, the Maine Open Juried Art Show attracts over 80 artists representing over 50 Maine communities and a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and other media. Event #3383 Map + Directions | Report Update Mar 17, 2012Apr 20, 2012 Art

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