April 24 – 25, 2008
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Transitions is an on-going series featuring film and video by contemporary artists. The series takes place during the short window of time in which the exhibitions in our main gallery are being dismantled and reinstalled. Video art is just one of the many emerging media that play an increasingly important role in the landscape of Maine's contemporary art.
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March 29 – April 13, 2008
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Public Closing Reception: Sunday, April 13, 3-5pm
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March 1 – April 19, 2008
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This group exhibition explores the existence of a parallel world, one of fantasy, wishful dreaming, or apocalyptic dimension. Ranging from contemporary takes on fairytales, to fanciful, but believable organic shapes, to layers of narratives, the exhibition includes various stylistic trends as well as media, and unites artists working on this theme in Maine and beyond.
Participating artists are Jeffery Becton, Dyan Berk, Diana Cherbuliez, Hilary Irons, Pamela Johnson, Joshua R. Marks, Ellen Rich, Justin Richel, Andrea Sulzer, and Sandy Winters.
Reception: Friday, March 21, 5-8pm
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Ellen Rich |
February 2 – 28, 2008
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In seeking to expand CMCA’s presence through the state, the organization has hosted an exhibition in Portland every winter for the past few years. Linear Perspectives presents paintings, works on paper and three-dimensional objects in which the use of line is predominant. The exhibition is organized by Bruce Brown, CMCA’s Curator Emeritus.
Participating artists: Ahmed Alsoudani, Josefina Auslender, Siri Beckman, Alan Bray, Sam Cady, Diana Cherbuliez, Jed Devine, Ted LaFage, Kendra Ferguson, Horst Hamann, Anna Hepler, Cassie Jones, Nick Lamia, Robin Mandel, Toby Mussman, Daniel Minter, Joseph Nicoletti, George Pearlman, Danica Phelps, Benjamin Potter, Shannon Rankin, David Row, Julianna Swaney, Robert Solotaire, Michael Winkler, and John Wissemann.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 1, 5–8pm
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Michael Winkler |
January 6 – March 22, 2008
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This exhibition features nineteen artists who openly acknowledge spirituality as a central impetus for art-making, forming a spectrum of attitudes both sincere and searching. Slideshow Lecture by Kelly Jackson,
CMCA Assistant Curator:
Friday, March 14, 6-8pm
Free of charge
Jan Raye Allen, Tom Block, Matthew Capezzuto, Scott Davis, Bonnie Jean Eadie, Joshua Ferry, Heather D. Freeman, Jessica Gandolf, Jonathan Gibson, Andrew Hopkins-Lisle, Elizabeth A. Jabar, Elena Katz, Nate Larson, Holly Meade, Gaylen Morgan, Arla Patch, Dianna J. Rust, Becki Smith, andJoyce Tenneson
Public Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 5, 2-4pm
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Jonathan Gibson |
January 6 – February 23, 2008
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This exhibition will honor Frances Hodsdon’s long-time presence and influence on Maine printmaking by combining her work with that of ten of her artist friends.Frances Hodsdon and Friends Roundtable
Sunday, January 27, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
Anne Ayvaliotis, Leonard Craig, Nancy Freeman, Alison Hildreth, Dahlov Ipcar, Frederic Kellogg, William B. Martin, Natasha Mayers, Martha Oatway, and John Wisseman
Public Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 5, 2-4pm
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January 6 – March 15, 2008
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Emerging photographer Benjamin Rush has been exploring the less attractive side of urban America – the struggle of discovery and of knowing a place.
Sponsored in part by the
Thomas Peter Michelena Fund
Public Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 5, 2-4pm
Visit the artist's website.
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Benjamin O. Rush |
January 6 – March 15, 2008
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Michael Waterman, son of Portland artist Alfred Waterman, is aware of developments in contemporary art, but at the same time he maintains a sense of timelessness in style and subject matter.
Public Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 5, 2-4pm
See more of the artist's work.
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Michael Waterman |
December 20 – April 15, 2007-08
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Selected prints from the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s exhibition “Biting and Scratching: Animal Prints” are on view at the Augusta State Capitol now through mid-March 2008 as part of the Maine Arts Commission’s Art in the Capitol program. These unusually large prints by Maine artists Rendall and Amons are hanging in spaces in the Maine State House and the Maine Arts Commission’s building across the street, and are available for viewing by the general public. This exciting opportunity to give part of the exhibition a second venue was under the initiative of Kerstin Gilg, Public Art Associate at the Maine Arts Commission, after seeing “Biting and Scratching” at CMCA in Rockport in the fall of 2007.
Both Rendall and Amons have chosen animals as their main subject matter for woodcuts, etchings, and monotypes of stunning beauty and boldness. Both artists work large-scale and push traditional printing techniques to new limits. In her large monotypes Amons experiments with repeated motifs and intricate color schemes. Using just a spoon for transferring his imagery and working from direct observation, Rendall’s woodcuts are exquisitely detailed renderings of creatures of land and sea. His extremely large woodcut of sea urchins was a show stopper at CMCA’s 2006 exhibition “Maine Printmakers: 1980-2005.”
Find out more about this exhibition at the Capitol here.
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Susan Amons |
October 21 – December 15, 2007
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Artists in this exhibition have chosen animals as their subject matter for woodcuts, etchings, and monotypes of stunning beauty and boldness. Their large-scale works push traditional printing techniques to new limits.
Biting and Scratching Roundtable Discussion
Sunday, October 21, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
Saturday, October 20: Members’ Reception: 2-3pm; Public Opening Reception: 3-5pm
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by Elzbieta Sikorska |
October 21 – December 15, 2007
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In an exhibition installed both at CMCA and sites around the midcoast, Adriane Herman invites us to take a closer look at the material we generate (and disgard) daily. To do this, she has called the community to collect otherwise discarded “to-do” and grocery lists and submit them to the artist via CMCA. She pays homage to these lists through a process of inlaid burnishing panels on view at CMCA. Envelopes calling for community members to “enlist their lists” can be found with various community partners, such as libraries and coffee shops, many of which host large-scale replicas of notable lists.
Funded in part by the Maine Community Foundation.Slideshow and Project Presentation by Adriane Herman at CMCA
Friday, November 2, 7pm - Free of charge List Brainstorm Session with Adriane Herman at Rockland Public Library
Saturday, November 3, 1pm - Free of charge
Saturday, October 20: Members’ Reception: 2-3pm; Public Opening Reception: 3-5pm
Click here for more information.
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by Adriane Herman, detail |
October 15 – 18, 2007
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In this quirky little film by artist Carl Klimt, puppets powered by cardboard engines search wistfully for direction and purpose in a fun filled fluffy dream.
Transitions is an on-going series featuring film and video by contemporary artists. The series takes place during the short window of time in which the exhibitions in our main gallery are being dismantled and reinstalled.
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by Carl Klimt |
October 13 – December 15, 2007
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While living in Austin, Texas in the early 1990’s, Jocelyn Lee took a series of black-and-white images of the neighborhood children. She semi-directed the children, but allowed for spontaneous reactions and interactions with a given toy or location. Some of these rarely exhibited images are quite disturbing, others plainly funny, but in all of them the children seem to occupy a world of their own making.
Saturday, October 20: Members’ Reception: 2-3pm; Public Opening Reception: 3-5pm
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by Jocelyn Lee |
October 10 – December 13, 2007
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The late contemporary art curator Marcia Tucker recently wrote, "it is increasingly hard to find artists who publicly acknowledge spirituality as a primary impetus for art-making." This exhibition features eleven artists who openly address this aspect of their work, which form a spectrum of attitudes, both sincere and searching. All are highly personal, reflecting their maker and challenge viewers to consider what form art oriented towards the spirit might take. The works on view are part of a larger exhibition "PORTALS: Art and Spirit" at Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockport, January 6 – March 22, 2008.
Scott Davis, Bonnie Jean Eadie, Joshua Ferry, Heather D. Freeman, Jessica Gandolf, Jonathan Gibson, Nate Larson, Holly Meade, Gaylen Morgan, Arla Patch, Joyce Tenneson
Reception: Tuesday, November 6, 5-7pm at Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, in the Andover Hall Chapel.
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October 6 – 14, 2007
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CMCA presents the 18th annual "Work of the Hand," a prestigious invitational crafts show and sale where over fifty of Maine's finest established and emerging crafts artists offer work of exceptional quality and unique design, including clothing, jewelry, pottery, fiber, leather work, furniture, glass, and lighting for sale, order or commission. Opening with a Collectors' Preview Evening, Friday, October 5 from 5 to 8 p.m., admission $15.00, the show continues Saturday, October 6 through Sunday, October 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, admission $5.00, members free. Proceeds support CMCA's exhibitions and educational programs.
Libby Barrett, Monique Bousquet, Jen Burrall, Jo Ann Kelly Catsos, Tim Christiansen-Kirby, Fiona Clark/Vincent DeLisle, Katharine Cobey, Kathleen Colton, Morris Dorenfeld, Richard Dunham, Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer, Deborah Gordon, Jackie Haines, Wayne Hall, Sara Hotchkiss, Abby Huntoon, Peggy Johnson, Jody Johnstone, Nanney Kennedy, Curtiss LaFollette, Florence Lusk, Susan Merrill, Jan Muddle, Leslie Brody Nelson, Elizabeth Nowers, Jan Owen, George Pearlman, Carol Petillo, Etienne Perret, Patrick Plourde, Meryl Ruth, Nina Scott-Hansen, Jessica Sirois, Peter Schlebecker, Roy Slamm, Lenora Stack, Julie Stackpole, Tressa Sularz, Scott Tubby, Simon van der Ven, Glen Veevaert, Paulus Wanrooij, Fiona Washburn, Paulette Werger, Jonathan White, Akiko Yokoyama
Collectors' Preview Evening: Friday, Oct. 5, 5-8pm
Admission $15 - Catered by Swan's Way
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August 11 – September 29, 2007
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Karen Gelardi is a multi-talented artist whose collages, paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures function as a dynamic system of observed and invented natural forms.
Gallery Talk: Sunday, September 16, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
Friday, August 10: Members’ Reception: 5-6pm; Public Opening: 6-8pm
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August 11 – September 29, 2007
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With work in a variety of media selected from a call to artists, this exhibition features artists for whom a close-up look at a subject constitutes an important part of their oeuvre. The works demonstrate how close-ups can take the form of close observation and detailed representation or can border on abstraction.
Participating artists include: Naomi Aho, Judith Allen, Susan Bickford, Peter Chamberlain, Tanya Fletcher, Maggie Foskett, Gary Green, Grace Hopkins-Lisle, Dorie Klein, Sarah Knock, Rebecca Krupke, Tanja Kunz, Peggy Lumpkins, Kristin Malin, Nancy Manter, Cindy McIntyre, Gaylen Morgan, Bennett Morris, Chris Peary, Sandra Lee Phipps, Paul Plante, Cyndi Prince, Peter Ralston, Abbie Read, Denise Remy, Jan Rosenbaum, Ken Sahr, Michael Shapiro, Lee Silverton, Sarah Sorg, Janice Spaulding-Zysk, Scott Stoughton, Mat Szwajkos, Sarah Szwajkos, John Whalley, Shoshannah White, Mary Woodman, Maria Wyzykowski, Blackie & MaxineUp Close Roundtable Discussion
Sunday, August 26, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
Friday, August 10: Members’ Reception: 5-6pm; Public Opening: 6-8pm
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August 5 – 5, 2007
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Sunday, August 5, 2007
5:00 – 9:00 p.m.Dinner will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m.
RSVP required. Kaja Veilleux, auctioneer
Bill Davis, jazz pianist
Dinner catered by Swan’s Way Generous sponsorship by
Town & Country Realtors
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August 4 – October 7, 2007
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This group exhibition predominantly features object-makers who use ideas of reverse functionality—making the domestic exotic, making the benign political, making the familiar alien, etc.—taking recognizable objects and giving them contradictory meanings.
Participating artists include: Deborah Arter, Kate Carr, Crystal Cawley, Diana Cherbuliez, Jeffrey M. Clancy, Sarah Doremus, Jessica Esch, Carly Glovinksi, Elizabeth A. Jabar, Elana Katz, Sage Lewis, Holly Meade, Dawn Nye, Victoria H. Paskett, Benjamin B. Potter, Ellen Rich, Carlos Ulloa, Jill Snyder Wallace, Lucy WhiteMisuse Roundtable Discussion with Debra L. Arter, Benjamin B. Potter, Sage Lewis; facilitated by Kelly Jackson, CMCA Assistant Curator
Sunday, September 9, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
Friday, August 10: Members’ Reception: 5-6pm; Public Opening: 6-8pm
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July 27 – August 4, 2007
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Preview all works for CMCA's annual benefit auction
July 27 – August 4 at CMCA in Rockport
Call 207-236-2875 x306 for reservations.
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July 22 – 26, 2007
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The video Equal/Opposite explores nuances of our emotional reactions toward physical stimuli. The artists perform a series of interventions on each other that are shown in real time with their reactions shown in slow motion to allow for a careful reading of facial expression. Transitions is an on-going series featuring film and video by contemporary artists. The series takes place during the short window of time in which the exhibitions in our main gallery are being dismantled and reinstalled.
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May 26 – July 28, 2007
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With his stylized abstractions of animals, flowers, and other vegetation, Kievitt blurs the lines between detailed renderings and decorative patterning. With subtle tonalities of black and white, these works on paper do not clamor for attention, but rather ask for quiet engagement.
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May 26 – July 28, 2007
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Gilbert presents haunting photographic observations of light reflecting off water. The works in this exhibition have been created in negative, positive pairings with each photograph accompanied by a mordancage version of the same image.
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April 28 – July 21, 2007
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With this exhibition, visitors are given a unique opportunity to see another side of Alan Magee’s oeuvre, his most personal and provocative work. These rarely exhibited drawings, monotypes, collages, and found-object sculptures express his concern for the ethical and spiritual well-being of our current society. Magee addresses the fragile humanity in all of us, namely our capacity for violence directed towards others as well as ourselves. While dark in subject matter, his is a profoundly concerned art that is full of compassion and fellowship.
Generously sponsored by the Allen Agency and Allen Financial Group.Film Viewing Maine Masters: Alan Magee
Tuesday, May 15, 7pm
Free with gallery admission Distinguished Lecture with Alan Magee
at the Rockport Opera House
Friday, July 20, 7pm
$3 members, $5 non-members
Friday, May 4, 6pm: Opening Tour of Exhibitions with Britta Konau
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April 28 – July 21, 2007
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This group exhibition of ten photographers includes manipulated images of nature using a wide range of techniques. The artists’ accompanying statements address questions of technology and artistic freedom.
Participating photographers include: Marcie Jan Bronstein, Jeremy Barnard, Jeffery Becton, John Paul Caponigro, Adam Bryant Chittenden, Kevin Johnson, Cyndi Prince, Claire Seidl, Scott Stoughton, and Alan Stubbs.
Altered Nature Roundtable Discussion
Sunday, May 20, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
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Adam Chittenden |
April 22 – 27, 2007
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The audio documentary Dominique (2007) consists of still images of Dominique Helene Louise Emanuelle London (1951-2007) taken by Susi Eggenberger that are accompanied by Dominique’s narration as well as music created specifically for this project. Dominique was an artist and transgendered woman living in Kennebunk. In this film Dominique shares some of her experiences and thoughts with great charm and humor, but also touches on the struggle she faced to attain what she really wanted from life—to be a woman.Susi Eggenberger, photography
Matt Largey, audio
Edward Wright, music
Transitions is an on-going series featuring film and video by contemporary artists. The series takes place during the short window of time in which the exhibitions in our main gallery are being dismantled and reinstalled.
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April 7 – May 20, 2007
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The 2006 Biennial Juror’s Prize Recipient, Ethan Hayes-Chute is a young emerging artist whose work will also be included in the 2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. His small paintings and sculptural tableaux are humorous depictions of houses and other apparently uninhabited structures, which contain a quirky vitality. Their unusual shapes are oddly in tune with their colorful surroundings of undulating horizons and barren trees.
Gallery Talk with Ethan Hayes-Chute and Henry Wolyniec in conjunction with public reception: Friday, April 13, 6pm
Free with gallery admission
Public Reception: Friday, April 13, 5-7pm
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April 7 – May 20, 2007
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Henry Wolyniec constructs abstract paper collages to which he often adds dots by hand or overprinting of patterns. These meditative pieces invite the viewer to linger over intricacies of shape, color, and rhythm. This is the first solo exhibition for the artist in a larger arts institution.
Gallery Talk with Ethan Hayes-Chute and Henry Wolyniec in conjunction with public reception: Friday, April 13, 6pm
Free with gallery admission
Public Reception: Friday, April 13, 5-7pm
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April 6 – 21, 2007
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CMCA's annual extravaganza of
artwork by local school students K-12
Public Closing Reception: Saturday, April 21, 3-5pmPizza generously provided by Domino’s Pizza
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March 4 – April 21, 2007
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CMCA’s fifth biennial juried exhibition of work by Maine’s
college/university juniors and seniorsNext Generation Roundtable
Sunday, March 18, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
Serena Bartovics, Rachel E. Bingham, Molly Brosnan, Asherah Cinnamon, Ted Closson, Jenna Crowder, Daniel Duarte, Honora Dunham, Amy Ear, Michael Gallagher, John Peter Gardiner, Kate Hourinan, Lis Janes, Pamela Jensen, Robin Jane Kluz, Ninoslav Krgovic, Heather Leonard, Dan MacLean, Drew McDonald, Tamara McElroy, Yumiko Murakami, Yeshe Parks, Chatfar Rodney, Samantha Mary Smith, Kristen Spalding, Erik Stoesser-Casad, Karla S. Stratton, Michelle Stuckey, Nicholas F. Zalisk, and others
Saturday, March 3, Members’ Reception: 2-3pm; Public Opening: 3-5pm
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by Lis Janes |
February 28 – March 25, 2007
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In seeking to expand CMCA’s presence through the state, the organization has hosted an exhibition in Portland every winter for the past few years. This year’s exhibition is from an open call to artists selected by CMCA curator emeritus, Bruce Brown. While the show’s title may say it all, the exhibition brings surprises of how the human body is represented in a visual format. Painters, photographers, and sculptors will all be represented in this exhibition with arms, ears, eyes, legs, torsos, to be found within their various parts. Admission free of charge. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11am – 5pm. Sunday 1–5pm. Portland Phone: 207.879.5742 x283
Ted Arnold, Brenda Bettinson, Lucinda Bliss, Michael P. Branca, Crystal Cawley, Alan Clark, Tim Clorius, Scott Davis, Dan Dowd, Jon H. Edwards, Becky FitzPatrick, John Goodman, Charlie Hewitt, Phyllis Janto, Dorie Klein, Kris Larsen, Ron Leax, Charlie Lemay, Sage Lewis, Gretchen Lucchesi, Yvonne Maiden, Brad Maushart, Dirk McDonnell, Elizabeth McMillen, Judy Novey, Thom O'Connor, Matt O’Donnell, Whitney Oppersdorff, Jane Page-Conway, Charles Rasmussen, Denise Remy, Benjamin O. Rush, Dianna J. Rust, Claire Seidl, Mat Thorne, Simon van der Ven, Shoshannah White, Jessica Yankura
Opening Reception in Portland: Friday, March 16, 5-8pm
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February 24 – March 31, 2007
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With his large color photographs, Birtwistle imbues the strange beauty and humor of Maine’s agricultural fairs with a hauntingly formal quality.
Saturday, March 3, Members’ Reception: 2-3pm; Public Opening: 3-5pm
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by Thomas Birtwistle |
February 16 – 16, 2007
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Over the last decade artist Owen F. Smith has explored how new media, such as digital art and Internet-based art, have affected issues of representation and perception. With this exhibition, he will consider how in a constantly changing digital environment, instability and flux have become the constants.
Gallery Talk with Owen F. Smith
Sunday, March 25, 2pm
Free with gallery admission
See Owen F. Smith's website here.
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by Owen Smith |
January 7 – February 24, 2007
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Residencies create exceptional circumstances for artists to follow their muse – the companionship of other creative people, the ability to work without interruption and distraction, as well as a new environment that can be invigorating but also result in spatial or linguistic isolation. This position apart from everyday concerns often allows artists to explore more freely new avenues of creation and many times results in a rapid transformation of their work. Some artists have described residencies as “The gift of time away from the quotidian of life at home…” (Barbara Sullivan). “It offers a new perspective, a clarity of thought and an opportunity to take the kind of risks you might otherwise avoid.” (Lin White)
The fourteen artists in Time Out were awarded national and international residencies by private or public foundations, ranging in length from three to six weeks. Each artist is represented by works executed during those “times off” or by artworks that have been strongly influenced by the experience of the residency. The work will be accompanied by artists’ statements. Artists in the exhibition: N.B. Aldrich & Zach Poff, Dyan Berk, Kenny Cole, Cynthia Davis, Janis Goodman, Friederike Hamann, Diane Langley, Martha Miller, Robert Pollien, Barbara Sullivan, Sharon Townshend, Ling-Wen Tsai, Lin White
Members’ Reception: Saturday, January 5, 2-3pm; Public Opening: 3-5pm
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by Ling-Wen Tsai |
January 7 – February 18, 2007
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Start Here proves that to find artistic talent, you don’t always have to look very far. The Camden High School has been a virtual breeding ground for young artistic talent over the past two decades and more recently under the tutelage of Simone Van Der Ven. Many creative students have been able to find their own artistic voice and have gone out into the larger art world achieving a substantial measure of success within Maine, nationally and internationally.
Michael Appleton, Samantha Appleton, Gideon Bok, Sam Brosnan, Maile Colbert, Katherine Fraser, Jesse Gillespie, Rob de Mar, Chris Mir, Scott Peterman, Danica Phelps, Ashley Seelig, and Jessica Stammen
Members’ Reception: Saturday, January 5, 2-3pm; Public Opening: 3-5pm
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by Jesse Gillespie |
January 7 – February 10, 2007
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A Matter of Perception 2007 is the sixth in a series of very special juried exhibitions. It was organized by VSA arts of Maine by sending out a call for art to hundreds of artists with disabilities throughout the state of Maine. The exhibition that will be on view at CMCA was juried by Suzette McAvoy, Dennis Pinette, and Wally Mason, among many other notable jurors.VSA arts of Maine is a non-profit art, education and disability organization affiliated with VSA arts, an international organization founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith. Formerly known as “Very Special Arts,” the organization changed its name in 1999 to reflect the progress that had been made by disabled people. It now stands for “Vision of an inclusive community, Strength in shared resources, and Artistic expression that unites us all.” A Matter of Perception 2007 encompasses a great variety of work amongst which everybody will find something special. Visitors will appreciate the creative abilities and expressive strength of people who are disabled or rather, differently abled.
Members’ Reception: Saturday, January 5, 2-3pm; Public Opening: 3-5pm
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by Nancy Bassett |
November 1 – 30, 2006
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Founding members of Maine Coast Artists (now CMCA), Stell and Shevis, present a selection of prints from their seventy years as practicing artists. Now in their nineties, this husband and wife team reside in nearby Camden.
Opening Reception at the Camden Public Library's Picker Room: Sunday, November 5th, 2-4pm
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October 22 – December 16, 2006
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The exhibition includes nearly 250 editioned intaglio, relief and planographic prints created over the past 25 years by 225 artists. Works were selected by invitation and from a general call to artists between June and December, 2005.Sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank. Printmakers Roundtable Discussion: Sunday, November 12, 2pm
“Maine Printmakers” and “Vinalhaven Prints” are part of “The Maine Print Project,” the largest collaborative arts project in Maine’s history, celebrating 200 years of printmaking in Maine through an innovative series of exhibitions, education programs, and symposia about all aspects of Maine printmaking. To learn more about “The Maine Print Project,” and the other 25 collaborating art museums and nonprofit arts institutions, please see www.maineprintproject.org.
Print Symposium: Saturday, October 21, 1pm
Rockport Opera House, $3 members, $5 non-members
Public Opening Reception: Saturday, October 21, 3pm
Admission: $5; free with symposium and for members
For more information, images of work, artist listing and about The Maine Print Project, click here.
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October 22 – December 16, 2006
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During its nearly twenty-year history, the Vinalhaven Press, founded and directed by Patricia Nick, attracted a renowned group of Maine, American, Cuban, and other international printmakers to the Vinalhaven studio, located in a former island schoolhouse. The Bowdoin College Museum of Art holds the complete archive of Vinalhaven Press prints, and works from this archive have been selected by Bowdoin curator Alison Ferris for this exhibition.
Public Opening Reception: Saturday, October 21, 3pm
Admission: $5; free with symposium and for members
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October 7 – 15, 2006
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CMCA's Annual Crafts Show and SaleProceeds benefit CMCA programs.
Sponsored by Phi Home Designs.
Laurie Adams, Susan Atwater, Libby Barrett, Cherylyn Brubaker, Ray Carbone, Tim Christensen-Kirby, Autumn Cipala, Kathleen Colton, Michelle Crosby, Judith Day, Gabriella D’Italia, Morris Dorenfeld, Sam Dunlap, Alison Eads, Penny Gentle, Stephen Gleasner, Jackie Haines, Wayne Hall, Judy Ham, Dennis Harrington, Sara Hotchkiss, Abby Huntoon, Jessica Keteyian, Patti Kissinger, Beverly Lamoureaux, Jeff Lind, Diane Linscott, Phyllis Harper Loney, Stuart Loten, Florence Lusk, Laurel McDuffie, Cynthia McGuirl, Susan Mills, Jan Muddle, Elizabeth Nowers, David Orser, Jan Owen, j.e. Paterak, George Pearlman, Etienne Perret, Linda Perrin, Carol Petillo, Pat Plourde, Thomas Raymond, Brian Reid, Robinsunne, Gail Savitz, Beryl Schmid, Nina Scott-Hansen, Diana Thomas, Glen Veevaert
Collectors’ Preview Evening: Friday, October 6, 5–8pm
Preview Admission: $15
Catered by Swan’s Way
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August 12 – September 30, 2006
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Ahmed Alsoudani, Anne Arnold, Anne Ayvaliotis, Will Barnet, Dozier Bell, Bob Brooks, Thomas Cornell, Clark FitzGerald, Maggie Foskett, Marlene Ekola Gerberick, Nancy Glassman, Rebecca Goodale, Gary Hamel, Stephen Hensel, Mark Heyer, Dahlov Ipcar, William Irvine, Janice Kasper, Bernard Langlais, Jocelyn Lee, Steve Lindsay, Cabot Lyford, Stephen Pace, Tom Paiement, Frank Pitcher, Paul Plante, Peter Ralston, Benjamin O. Rush, Alexandra Sax, Nina Scott-Hansen, Mike Stiler, Julianna Swaney, Ann Weber, William Wegman, Erik Weisenburger, Janwillem van de Wetering, Jamie Wyeth, Sharon YatesArtist Roundtable Discussion: “Maine Menagerie”
Sunday, September 24, 2pm
Opening Reception: Friday, August 11, 5-7pm
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Julianna Swaney, "Nesting," 2005, drawing |
August 12 – September 30, 2006
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For his final invitational exhibition, CMCA curator Bruce Brown returns to the concept of his first curated exhibition twenty years ago by introducing artists to CMCA audiences.
Elise Ansel, Eric Brown, Sean Cavanaugh, Douglas Florian, Howard Greenberg, Nick Lamia, Honour Mack, Anne NeelyArtist Roundtable Discussion: “Painting Structure” Sunday, September 17, 2pm
Opening Reception: Friday, August 11, 5-7pm
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Anne Neely, "Crossing," 2005-6, oil on linen |
August 12 – September 30, 2006
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Galley Talk: Jed Devine
Sunday, August 20, 2pm
Opening Reception: Friday, August 11, 5-7pm
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Jed Devine |
July 27 – August 5, 2006
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29th Annual CMCA Benefit Auction
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Featuring works by more than 100 contemporary Maine artists.
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© Connie Hayes, "Red in Rockport," 2005, oil on canvas, 30" x 40" |
June 3 – July 23, 2006
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The Maine Participants 1996-2005
Becca Albee, Astrid Bowlby, Michael Branca, Toni Jo Coppa, Kyle Durrie, Tonya Ingersol, Hilary Irons, Juliet Karelson, Robert Lieber, Rob de Mar, Ross Moreno, William Pope.L, Jonathan Santos, Peter Simensky, Chris Sollars, Aaron T. Stephan, Bryan Stryeski, Andrea Sulzer
Opening Reception: Friday, June 2, 5-7pm
Learn more about Skowhegan...
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©Hilary Irons |
June 3 – July 23, 2006
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Drawings and small sculpture
Opening Reception: Friday, June 2, 5-7pm
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©Ron Leax |
April 9 – May 27, 2006
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Works on paper and wood by Deer Isle artist Kendra Ferguson, exhibiting a spare aesthetic and quiet structure.
Gallery Talk with Kendra Ferguson: Sunday, April 30, 2pm
Members’ Preview: Saturday, April 8th, 1-2pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 2-4pm
Click here for more images.
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©Kendra Ferguson, from "The Side by Side Drawings," 2003-2006 |
April 9 – May 27, 2006
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Jurors: Jennifer Gross, Seymour H. Knox, Jr. Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Yale University Gallery of Art, New Haven, CT; John Walker, artist and Professor of Painting, Visual Arts Division of School for the Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA; Andrew Witkin, Director, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.Accepted Artists: Robin Bowman, Meghan Brady, Courtney Brecht, Rush Brown, Renate Caraballo, Matthew Charland, Megan Chase, Albina Colden, Stoney Conley, Tillman Crane,
Jane Dahmen, Daniel E. Davis, Angela Devenney, Nicole Duennebier, David E. Dupree, Jon Edwards, Lauren Fensterstock, Joshua Ferry, Richard Field, Becky FitzPatrick, Ronald Frontin, Travis McCoy Fuller, A. Jacob Galle, Beth Anne Gordley, Rachel Gordon Bernstein, Gary Green, Bruce Habowski, Sean Harris, Connie Hayes, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Crystal Heiden, Adriane Herman, Duncan Hewitt, Lucy Hodgson, Frances Hodsdon, Gail Stetson Hollenbeck, Grace Hopkins-Lisle, Hilary Irons, Yvonne Jacquette, Karen Jelenfy, Nina Jerome, Penelope Jones, Rachel Katz, Carl Klimt, Ted LaFage, Nicholas Lamia, Joel Levasseur, Karen Lewis, Mike Libby, Kristin Malin, Wally Mason, Eliza Massey, Thomas Peter Michelena, Kayla Mohammadi, Meg Brown Payson, Scott Peterman, Gina Platt, Alison Rector, Ellen Rich, Nettie Locke Rogers, Andy Rosen, Kenneth Sahr, Bridget Spaeth, Mara Sprafkin, Jessica Stammen, Aaron T. Stephan, Bryan Stryeski, Mike Stiler, Colin Sullivan-Stevens, Stephen Sunenblick, Mat Thorne, Deborah Wing-Sproul, Sachiyo Yoshida, Michael Zachary
Gallery Talk with Biennial Artists, Facilitated by CMCA Education Director, Cathy Melio: Sunday, April 23, 2pm Panel Discussion with Select Artists and CMCA Assistant Curator, Kelly Jackson: Sunday, May 7, 2pm Panel Discussion about Contemporary Maine Art in conjunction with the CMCA Biennial, with CMCA curator Bruce Brown, Susan Danly, curator at the Portland Museum of Art, and Suzette McAvoy, curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum: Sunday, May 21st, 2pm
Members’ Preview: Saturday, April 8th, 1-2pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 2-4pm
Click here to see Biennial images.
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March 16 – 26, 2006
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©Isaiah Pottle |
March 4 – 12, 2006
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In this its third incarnation, "Plugged In" is a biennial exhibition designed to create a network of artists exploring technology-based art. Co-hosted by the SPACE gallery, Portland.
Participants include: N.B. Aldrich, Sama Alshaibi, Benjamin Bellas, Thomas Callori, Bianka Craanen, Irina Danilova, Kathy Desmond, Tim Folland, A. Jacob Galle, Leah Gauthier, Charlie Hewitt, Andy Hurt, Carl Klimt, Ben Levine, Jim Mahoney, Guy Marsden, Tyler McPhee, Yumiko Murakami, Abby Sadauckas, Joel Seah, Nathan Stevens, Mat Thorne, Deborah Wing-Sproul
Gallery Talk and Closing Reception: Sunday, March 12th, 2-5pm. Owen Smith, director of the New Media Program at University of Maine, Orono, and one of the "Plugged In" curators, will facilitate a discussion with artist participants. A closing reception from 3 to 5pm, will follow the gallery talk.Saturday, March 11, 2006, 3:30pm
"Unintended Consequences" Live music and multi image/video projection performance with five collaborating artists: Ben Levine, James Fangbone, Abby Shahn, Wally Warren, and Paul Lebrau. Two projection screens define the borders of a space in which music and image are being created. The work is both composed and improvisational. A visually rich, meditative space, resonant of ritual, recycles traditional cultural and artistic forms and discovers paths to a timeless place where identity of the original is transformed into new possibility. "Unintended Consequences" will be performed at CMCA on Saturday, March 11th and Sunday, March 12th, both days at 3:30 pm. There will also be a closing reception for "Plugged In Fest III" on March 12th from 3 - 5 pm, following a discussion at 2 pm, facilitated by Owen Smith, one of the curators of the exhibition.
For more information about SPACE's activities, click here.
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©Susan Bickford, Installation from 2004 "Plugged In Fest II" |
February 1 – 25, 2006
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Introducing Maine photographers Ilya Askinazi, Jeffery Becton, Thomas Birtwistle, Gary Briechle, Terence Falk, Anderson Giles, Elizabeth Greenberg, Brenton Hamilton, Cyndi Prince, Sarah Szwajkos, J. Barry Thomson, Gilbert Welch, Jessica Williams
522 Congress Street, Portland, Maine
(at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery, MECA)Portland Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm. Sunday 12 - 5 pm. Closed Monday.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 5-8pm Panel Discussion on Sunday, February 19th, 2pm
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©Thomas Birtwistle, "Tomatoes, Union Fair", 2005, c-print |
January 8 – February 25, 2006
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Lennart Anderson, Ted Arnold, Mary Aro, Jeff Badger, Lucy Barber, Barbara Beebe,
Susan Beebe, Thomas Birtwistle, Paul Caponigro, Robert Diamante,
Jonathan Frost, Harold Garde, Samuel Gelber, Shelia Geoffrion, Beverly Hallam,
Brenton Hamilton, Tina Ingraham, Katharina Keoughan, Wendy Kindred, Rebecca Krupke,
John Laurent, John LeBlanc, Ann Lofquist, Alan Magee, Janet Manyan, Genetta McLean,
John Moore, Nancy Morgan Barnes, Antonia Munroe, Joseph Nicoletti, Wilson Jay Ong,
Therese Provenzano, Michael Reece, Lee Silverton, Mike Silverton, Marjorie Strauss,
Barbara Sullivan, Susan Van Campen, John Whalley, Sharon Yates
Members' Preview Tour: Saturday, January 7, 1pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 2-4pm
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©Robert Diamante, "Squash," 2002, c-print |
January 8 – February 25, 2006
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Photographic Portraits of Maine Artists
Margot Balboni, Bob Brooks, Peggy McKenna, Greg Morley, Liv Kristin Robinson, Philip Rogers, Joyce Tenneson, and William Thuss
Members' Preview Tour: Saturday, January 7, 1pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 2-4pm
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©Greg Morley, Portrait of Dudley Zopp |
January 8 – February 25, 2006
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Ranging from huge to tiny, these drawings and prints explore the relationship between landscape and memory. Interested in the idea of land as a place where memory is both stored and erased, Sulzer approaches a drawing as unknown land offering the profound opportunity of being lost.
Gallery Talk with Anna Hepler and Andrea Sulzer: Sunday, February 12, 2pm
Members' Preview Tour: Saturday, January 7, 1pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 2-4pm
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©Andrea Sulzer, ink on paper |
January 8 – February 25, 2006
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Hepler's recent drawings are inspired by euphoric moments of suspended geometry such as the momentary exploded sphere of light from a firework, or the tenuous structure of a Dandelion whorl. Based on a series of recent spherical wire sculptures, this exhibition of drawings aims to depict the fragility of these suspended, ethereal structures.
Gallery Talk with Anna Hepler and Andrea Sulzer: Sunday, February 12, 2pm
Members' Preview Tour: Saturday, January 7, 1pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 2-4pm
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©Anna Hepler, untitled, 2005, ink and Plexiglas |
October 22 – December 17, 2005
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Featuring photographers Jason Crain, Daniel E. Davis, Jon H. Edwards, Anderson Giles III, Wally Mason, Elke Morris, Claire Seidl, Todd Webb
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22, 2-4pm
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©Wally Mason |
October 22 – December 17, 2005
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New paintings by the winner of
CMCA’s 2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition prize
Gallery Talk: Saturday, December 3, 2pm
Gallery Talk generously sponsored by A.G. Edwards.
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22, 2-4pm
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©Gideon Bok |
October 22 – December 17, 2005
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Drawings and sculptural installations in various media about connections.
Gallery Talk: Sunday, November 13, 2pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22, 2-4pm
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©Nancy Romines Walters |
October 8 – 16, 2005
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CMCA's Annual Crafts Exhibition and Sale. Admission: $5. Sponsored by Phi Home Designs.
Peter Asselyn, Susan Atwater, Colleen Bedard, Mary Allen Chaisson, Autumn Cipala, Fiona Clark, Kathleen Colton, Ben Coombs, Nancy Galland, Wayne Hall, Judy Ham, Dennis Harrington, Sara Haskell, Sara Hotchkiss, Abby Huntoon, David Jacobson, Jeffrey Jelenfy, Patti Kissinger, Condon Kuhl, David Lancaster, Robert Lash, Diane Linscott, Phyllis Harper Loney, Joseph Lyon, Laurel MacDuffie, Janet Muddle, David Orser, Jan Owen, George Pearlman, Harvey Peterson, Carol Petillo, Patrick Plourde, Amy Putansu, Janet Redfield, Barbara Reitz, Richard Robertson, Meryl Ruth, Gail Savitz, Beryl Schmid, Stell Shevis, Pam Slaughter, Paul Stefanski, Lisa Svedberg, Ann Thompson, Sharon Townshend, Lucy Tracy
Collectors' Preview Evening: Friday, October 7, 5-7pm. Preview admission: $30
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August 12 – October 1, 2005
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An exploration and interpretation of the importance of water to earth and its inhabitants, presented in diverse mediums. Generously sponsored by Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland.WATER SYMPOSIUM: Sunday, September 11th, 2pm
Panel discussion with Scott Dickerson of the Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Rachel Nixon of the Georges River Land Trust, and Nick Bennett, Staff Scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine in conjunction with the CMCA exhibition "Water." Symposium generously sponsored by Rockport Marine.
Susan Amons, Barbara Anderson, Brenda Bettinson, Marvin Bileck, Thomas Birtwhistle, Nina Bohlen, Katherine Bradford, Alan Bray, Sam Cady, Bill Curtsinger, David Dewey, Lois Dodd, Jeollyn Duesbury, Carolyn Eyler, Kathleen Florance, Kathie Florsheim, Harold Garde, Scott Goldberg, Gary Green, Heather Hagel, Connie Hayes, Anne Hepler, Paul Heroux, Eric Hopkins, Nina Jerome, Richard Keen, Justin Kirchoff, Donna Laliberte-Caron, Diane Langley, Julie Levesque, Gretchen Lucchesi, Rose Marasco, Dirk McDonnell, Elizabeth Cashin McMillan, Holly Meade, Gaylen Morgan, Toby Mussman, Emily Nelligan, B.B. Nelson, Stephen Pace, Duane Paluska, Meg Brown Payson, Danica Phelps, Dennis Pinette, Gina Platt, Jonathan Price, Debi Ray-Chaudhuri, Paul Rickert, Vivien Russe, Paul Ryan, Sean Ryan, Susan Shatter, Karl Schrag, Stell Shevis, Peter Schellenberger, Anne-Katrin Spiess, Ruth Sylmor, William Thon, Josette Urso, Sam Van Aken, Jules Vitali, Geoffery Warner, Neil Welliver, Titus Welliver, Sasha White, Richard Wilson, John Wissemann, Nancy Wisseman-Widrig, Jessica Yankura
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 11, 5-7pm
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August 12 – October 1, 2005
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Photographs from 25 years of work exploring the extreme physical discipline required of the athlete and artist.Generously sponsored by the First National Bank of Damariscotta GALLERY TALK: Saturday, August 20th, 4pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 11, 5-7pm
Click here to visit the John Goodman website.
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©John Goodman |
July 28 – August 7, 2005
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Benefit Art Auction
AUCTION: August 7
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Image detail: Stephen Pace, "Six Horses," 2003, pen and pencil, 15x17.5" |
July 26 – August 7, 2005
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A colorful exhibition of vests created especially for beloved Rockport resident, Billy Wolf, by his family and friends. Inspired by the Swiss tradition, many vests were based on sketches by midcoast artists and by CMCA founding members Blackie Langlais, Stell and Shevis, and Denny Winters.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 27, 5-7pm
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Billy Wolf |
June 9 – July 24, 2005
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An exhibition of Maine artists who have documented Cuba, and examples of significant contemporary Cuban art from Maine collections. “Cuban Connections” Panel Discussion: Friday, July 8, 7pm Distinguished Lecture with Holly Block, author of Art Cuba: The New Generation “Contemporary Art from Cuba”: Friday, July 22, 7pm
MAINE ARTISTS: Charles Altschul, Judith Ellis Glickman, Barbara Goodbody, John Goodman, Frederic Kellogg, Richard Lee, Peter Michelena, Marta Morse
CUBAN ARTISTS: Alvaro, Jose Bedia, Pablo Borges, Los Carpinteros, Alberto Cassado, Jose Fuster, Freddy Gaista, P. Gonzales, Juan Carlos Hernandes, J. Miguel, Kcho, Arturo Montoto, Manuel Pena, Marta Maria Peres, Ramos, Sandra Ramos, Sandra Antonia Riera, Esterio Segura, Jose Angel Toirac, Nester Vega, Jose Angel Vincench
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11, 2-4pm
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©Charles Altschul, "Museum of the Revolution, Havana," (detail) 2001, inkjet photograph, 23x74" |
June 9 – July 24, 2005
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An exhibition of mixed-media sculpture by Diana Cherbuliez, and works on paper and canvas by Alison Hildreth. The artists share a fascination with literature, biology, and the nature of human memory, as they are entwined through imagery and materials that mix the personal with the iconic.Gallery Talk: Sunday, July 17, 2pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11, 2-4pm
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©Diana Cherbuliez, "Edgewise," 2005, mirrors and glass, variable dimensions |
June 9 – July 24, 2005
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Three painters present diverse works sharing the common theme of time.Gallery Talk: Tuesday, July 12, 7pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11, 2-4pm
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©Grace DeGennaro, "Cubes," 2005, gouache and watercolor, 41x29” |
April 16 – June 4, 2005
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Maine's foremost architectural photographer presents a 30 year retrospective of photography emphasizing residential architecture, accompanying the release of his book "At Home in Maine."
Sponsored by Down East Enterprise
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 16, 2-4pmGallery Talk and Book Signing: Saturday, May 14, 2pm
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©Brian Vanden Brink, "Maine Farmhouse" |
April 16 – June 4, 2005
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PAINTINGS FROM MAINE AND FLORIDA
Paintings by Cecily Aikman also on view at Roundtop Center for the Arts, May 6 - 28, 2005
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 16, 2-4pmGallery Talk: Sunday, April 24, 2pm
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©Cicely Aikman, "Fred and Sienna" |
April 16 – June 4, 2005
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Guest Curator: Ken KeoughanAn exhibition featuring the various artistic approaches utilizing the medium of wood.
Anne Alexander, Peter Asselyn, Alan Bradstreet, Michael Branca, Ray Carbonne, Timothy Clark, Kenny Cole, Gideon Dorman, Ben Goldsmith, Victor Goldsmith, George Erickson, Steven Gleasner, Blake Hendrickson, Stephen Hensel, Mark Irving, Phyllis Janto, Ken Keoughan, David Lancaster, Robert Lash, Steve Lindsay, Cabot Lyford, Dick McFaul, Don Meserve, Ralph Moxcey, Stephen Porter, Malcolm Ray, Lynn Simmons, Laurie Stearns, Mike Stiler, Jacques Vesery, Geoffrey Warner, Lukas Weber, Dan West
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 16, 2-4pm
Gallery Talk with Guest Curator Ken Keoughan:
Sunday, May 1, 2pm
Click here to see images.
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©Gideon Dorman, "The Circus" |
April 7 – 10, 2005
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Participating schools include: Ashwood Waldorf School, Camden Hills Regional High School, Camden Rockport Middle School, Children's House Montessori, Horizon Arts Program, Peopleplace, Riley School, Rockport Elementary and Elm Street School.
Public Reception: Sunday, April 10, 3-5pm
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February 28 – May 18, 2005
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A diverse group exhibition of real and surreal depictions about how Mainers cope--and even thrive--during the long winter season. This exhibition is a modified version of works previously on view at CMCA in the Winter of 2005, now on view at the State House in Augusta.
Pat Apt, Thomas R. Barrett, Siri Beckman, Barbara Beebe, Susan Beebe, Susan E. Bennett, Thomas Birtwistle, Louise Bourne, Kathy Bradford, Marcie Jan Bronstein, David Campbell, Len Clarke, Jill Hoy, Dahlov Ipcar, Aaron Konieczky, Norbert Leser, Holly Meade, Ed Nadeau, Wilder Oakes, Scott Peterman, Richard Saltonstall, Madeline de Sinéty, Lesia Sochor, Melanie West
Click here to see images from the exhibition.
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February 26 – April 2, 2005
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The fourth biennial juried exhibition featuring Junior and Senior art majors from Maine Colleges and Universities.
Rachel Beaupré, Megan Booth, Martha Briana, Paul Frederick Brown III, Carol Byars, Lindsay Faith Carter, Katrina Cartwright, Jennifer Chiarell, Thomas S. Cook, Jason Andrew Crain, Lenora L. Ditzler, Benedicta B. Doe, Tracy Doyon, Désirée Reine Duell, Nicole Düennebier, Nilanjana Dutt, Kevin Gallagher III, Erica Girard, Sara Hamada, Anne Holt, Asma Husain, Laura Jefferis, Lauren N. Jellison, Emily C. Johnson, Robert Katz, Carl Klimt, Linda Lambertson, Jonathan Laurence, Jack Mauch, Joseph McVetty III, Amy Mersfelder, Martha Miller, Mason T. Miller, Scott Minzy, Hallie Mueller, Kerry O'Connor, Sarah Louise Peters, Camden Ramsay, Elizabeth Reid, Jack Rigollet, Sasha Schroeder, Rebecca Stockbridge, Christopher Michael Sullivan, Julianna P. Swaney, Alexandra Sylvia, Greta Van Campen, Brooke Winter-DiGirolamo, Sachiyo Yoshida
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 2-4pm
Click here to see images from the exhibition.
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©Scott Minzy |
February 26 – April 2, 2005
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Susan Bickford (Universtiy of Maine, Augusta), Justin Kirchoff (Maine College of Art), Dee Peppe (Colby College), Jan Rosenbaum (Rockport College)Gallery Talk with Susan Bickford, “Degrees of Ownership - In my Backyard”: Sunday, March 13, 2PM
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 2-4pm
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©Susan Bickford |
February 26 – April 10, 2005
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Artist Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) present unique works on paper by young students from the Maine Sea Coast Mission, "EdGE" Youth Program in Washington County, and a print created by "A Company of Girls" in Portland. Both projects were recent collaborations with renowned artist Tim Rollins and Maine College of Art's Creative Community Partnerships (CCP) Program.
EdGE Students
Cherryfield: Jesse Blackburn, Kyle Fickett, Summer Torey; Columbia Falls: Meagan Doucette, Evan Emerson, Hayley Foresman, Meghan Hatt, Sam Roberts, Jared Thaxter, Kristi White, D.W. Merritt, Meagan Alley, Natasha Boada, Erin Crowley, Brittany Crowley, Nick Martin; Harrington: Tilly Berendt, Kyle Leackfeldt, Aslynn McKee, Elizabeth Weininger; Millbridge: Jared Burt, Bryhannah Esposito, Veronica Smith, Narragaugus: Heather Froshour EDge staff: Charlie Harrington, Ashley DeRosier, Mike Hebert, Alahna Roach, Tom Absalom, Wendy Harrington MECA Students: Sasha Johnson, Meghan Yates, Patricia Brace, Bronwen Burlecamp, Allison Baird, James Kincaid, Devin Witter, Dylan Blanchard, Kevin Gallagher, Tim Montgomery, Taylor Franklin MECA Faculty: Elizabeth Jabar MECA Staff: Jennifer Christian, Phil Stevens Photographer: Sean Harris Sponsors: The King & Jean Cummings Trust Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and funded in part through a New Century Arts & Humanities grant from the Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Humanities Council, the Levine Family Foundation, the Maine Sea Coast Mission and Maine College of Art's Creative Community Partnership Program.
Pre-Opening Reception Presentation: Saturday, March 5, 1pm.
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February 3 – 26, 2005
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Current work by thirteen artists who search for the purity of artistic expression by exploring abstracted geometric shapes, forms, and colors in painting, sculpture, and works on paper.An adapted version of the exhibition recently on view in CMCA's Main Gallery in Rockport, Maine travels to 522 Congress Street, Portland (at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery, MECA).
Eric Brown, Ben Butler, Daphne Cummings, Kendra Ferguson, Martha Groome, Jeff Kellar, Frederick Lynch, Duane Paluska, Greg Parker, Scott Peterman, Noriko Sakanishi, Don Voisine, Mark Wethli.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-8pm
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10am -5pm. Sunday 1-5pm. Closed Monday.
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©Scott Peterman, "Egypt Flats I" |
January 9 – February 19, 2005
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A diverse group exhibition of real and surreal depictions about how Mainers cope--and even thrive--during the long winter season
Pat Apt, Thomas R. Barrett, Siri Beckman, Barbara Beebe, Susan Beebe, Susan E. Bennett, Thomas Birtwistle, Louise Bourne, Kathy Bradford, Marcie Jan Bronstein, Sam Cady, David Campbell, Len Clarke, Dan Dowd, Jacob Galle, Lynne Harwood, Jill Hoy, Dahlov Ipcar, Aaron Konieczky, Norbert Leser, Holly Meade, Ed Nadeau, Wilder Oakes, Scott Peterman, Richard Saltonstall, Madeline de Sinéty, Lesia Sochor, Barbara Sullivan, Melanie West
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 8, 2-4pm
Click here to see images from the exhibition.
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©Louise Bourne, "The Bicycler" |
January 9 – February 19, 2005
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An installation honoring the unending spirit of love and loss concerning the struggle to choose an abortion.
Gallery Talk: Sunday, January 30, 2pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 8, 2-4pm
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©Lihua Lei, opening performance "Sidhe" |
January 9 – February 19, 2005
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Photographs from 1984-2003 of the Callanish stones on Scotland's Outer Hebrides and Big Reed, a 5,000 acre old growth forest preserve in northern Maine.
Gallery Talk: Sunday, February 6, 2pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 8, 2-4pm
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©Dana Strout, from the Callanish series |
October 24 – December 19, 2004
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Current work by thirteen artists who search for the purity of artistic expression by exploring abstracted geometric shapes, forms, and colors in painting, sculpture, and works on paper.
Eric Brown, Ben Butler, Daphne Cummings, Kendra Ferguson, Martha Groome, Jeff Kellar, Frederick Lynch, Duane Paluska, Greg Parker, Scott Peterman, Noriko Sakanishi, Don Voisine, Mark Wethli
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 23, 2-4pm
Gallery Talk with Mark Wethli: Sunday, December 5, 2pm
Look inside the gallery.
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by Fredrick Lynch |
October 24 – December 19, 2004
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Celebrating the diversity and magic that line contributes to art, whether drawn on paper with pencil, scratched on an etching plate, carved from wood, blown in glass, or painted on canvas.
Marvin Bileck, Kyle Durrie, Larry Hayden, Duncan Hewitt, Pamela Johnson, Cassie Jones, Penelope Jones, Joe Kievitt, Eugene Koch, Robert Lieber, Joseph Nicoletti, Stephen Pace, Ernest Paterno, Sandra Quinn, Whitney River, Marguerite Robichaux, Michael Winkler
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 23, 2-4pm
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©Joe Kievitt |
October 1 – 31, 2004
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Sponsored by CMCA at the Camden Public Library, this exhibit is based on the novel 'Peyton Place' written by Grace Metalious, which was later made into the classic film shot in Camden. In dark and familiar tones, Monroe captures the shadowy conditions of the human experience through sparsely inhabited by instantly recognizable local backdrops.
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 2, 3-5pm
Directions to the library here.
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September 9 – 17, 2004
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The Center for Maine Contemporary Art by the harbor in Rockport Village will present the 15th annual "Work of the Hand," Maine’s premier craft show and sale. Over 50 of Maine’s finest craft artists, working in glass, fiber, clay, wood, and metal , create beautiful, functional objects for sale, order, or commission in an historical seaside gallery. "Work of the Hand" opens on Friday, October 8 with a Collectors’ Preview Evening from 5 to 8 p.m.
Peter Asselyn, Klara Borbas, Monique Bousquet, Clare Bridge, Cherylyn Brubaker, Mary Allen Chaisson, Autumn Cipala, Kathleen Colton, Anne Cox, Squidge Liljeblad Davis, Richard Dunham, Judith Fischer, Tyler Gulden, Wayne Hall, Judy Ham, Carol Heddon, Sara Hotchkiss, Matt Hutton, David Jacobson, Susan Lalemand, Christine Leith, Stephanie Levy, Laurel MacDuffie, Austin Matheson, Ingrid Menken, Monfredo/McCormick, Janet Muddle, Janet Nannen, Betty Nichol, David Orser, Jan Owen, Ernest Paterno, George Pearlman, Harvey Peterson, Patrick Plourde, Amy Putansu, Barbara Reitz, William Richey, Meryl Ruth, Gail Hoag Savitz, Nina Scott-Hansen, Stell Shevis, Rob Sieminski, Pam Slaughter, Camilla Stege, Lisa Svedberg, Diana Thomas, Ann Thompson, Lucy Tracy, Bonnie Violet, Rebekah Younger
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September 3 – October 3, 2004
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"Couples" features four husband and wives who are successful professional artists. While David Kapp and Cecily Kahn of Friendship and New York City are both painters emphasizing abstraction, like most of the artists, the artist couples are primarily engaged in pursuing different artistic disciplines. Sara Crisp paints with encaustic (wax) while her husband Gregg Lipton makes furniture in Cumberland. Kathy Butterly is renowned for her highly imaginative and small ceramics while Tom Burckhardt is a painter and digital artist. Both, however, like to work on paper and offer examples in this exhibition. The exception is printmaker Susan Webster and poet Stuart Kestenbaum, director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle. The two have collaborated on a series of 20 prints that combine each other's artistic specialty as one artistic statement. CMCA curator Bruce Brown notes that "many artists share their lives together. For this exhibition I sought artists who have a limited history in exhibiting at CMCA and whose work is diverse." Susan Webster and Stuart Kestenbaum will discuss their collaboration on Sunday, September 12 at 2 p.m. Sara Crisp and Gregg Lipton will speak about their work on the final day of the exhibit, October 3 at 2 p.m. Both talks are open to the public with the $3.00 gallery admission for non-members. "Couples" is sponsored by the First National Bank of Damariscotta.
Kathy Butterly/Tom Burckhardt, Sara Crisp/Gregg Lipton, Cecily Kahn/David Kapp, Susan Webster/Stuart Kestenbaum
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 2nd, 5-7pm
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by Susan Webster and Stuart Kestenbaum |
September 3 – October 3, 2004
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Scott Davis titles his exhibition of paintings, drawings and Polaroids "Works" with characteristic simplicity. Davis' images, typically labeled "identified flying objects", "rest stops," and "four ways," have all the formal elements of classic forms and shapes reduced to essentials. Davis mixes the universal with the mundane. His deceptively simple shapes can be read on several levels -- from boat forms to space ships or as complete abstractions. A sublime sense of color and impeccable craftsmanship infuse the artist's work.
"Scott Davis: Works" is sponsored by C&M Business Works.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 2nd, 5-7pm
To see images in gallery, click here.
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September 3 – October 3, 2004
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The genesis of "Maggie Foskett: Who was Sadie Cooksey?" reaches back to 1979 when Camden photographer Maggie Foskett stumbled onto an isolated cemetery in Geneva, Illinois. Foskett, celebrated for her magnified and colorful photographic impressions of natural life taken without a camera or film, changes course here to present a documentary construction of black and white photographs about the early history of the Illinois State Industrial School for Delinquent Girls in Geneva. Although Foskett photographed as many headstones as possible in the cemetery choked with weeds and fallen branches on that gray afternoon twenty five years ago, she developed the negatives only recently. She records her story by concentrating on a single figure - Sadie Cooksey (1904-1924) whose tombstone, one among 53 young girls and infants set aside for unclaimed bodies, caught the photographer's attention. Foskett explains that "Who was Sadie Cooksey" is "a question with no answer. Sadie was one of hundreds of girls condemned year after year for immorality or incorrigibility. The dates on her tombstone are all we know of her." Nevertheless, intensive historical research on Foskett's part allows her to share with her audience a likely semblance of what Cooksey's life on the 240 acre self-sufficient state-run farm was like and changes that have transpired since the 1930s.
Sponsored by the Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 2nd, 5-7pm
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by Maggie Foskett |
September 3 – November 22, 2004
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A juried exhibition of work by members of the Maine Woodworking Association.
Co-sponsored by CMCA
Opening Reception: Friday, September 3, 5-7pm
For more details, visit www.woodschool.org
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by Roy Slamm |
July 29 – August 29, 2004
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Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7pm
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"Clammers' Marks" by John Walker |
July 29 – August 29, 2004
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Paper drawing installation.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7pm
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"Study for So Below, I" by Astrid Bowlby |
July 29 – August 29, 2004
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Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7pm
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"Portsmouth, New Hampshire" by Terence Falk |
July 29 – August 29, 2004
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Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7pm
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"Maps" by Denise Froehlich |
July 29 – August 29, 2004
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video installation
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7pm
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video still from "Bjorn Again" by Chris Sollars |
July 15 – 25, 2004
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CMCA's Annual Art Auction
Generously sponsored by Camden National Bank
Final Preview and Dinner: Sunday, July 25th, 5pm
Cost: $30 admission includes dinner and drinks outdoors and bidding card. Call 207-236-2875 for advance reservations
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"White Light on Water" by Lois Dodd, Lot #60 |
June 5 – July 11, 2004
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The Center for Maine Contemporary Art's summer season bows on June 6 with its 2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition featuring 85 visual artists representing 40 Maine communities. A preview honoring all artists is set for Saturday afternoon, June 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. Biennial jurors Sam Cady, an artist of Friendship, Sharon Corwin, Colby College Museum of Art Curator, Waterville, and Waqas Wajahat, an independent art dealer from New York City, selected 113 works of art from among nearly 2350 submissions by 620 artists who submitted work in all mediums.
Nathan Ahern, Susan Amons, Jonathan Bailey, David Baker, Lucy Barber, Jeff Barnum, Heather Beard, Jeffery Becton, Dyan Berk, Thomas Birtwistle, John Bisbee, Gideon Bok, Meghan Brady, Courtney Brecht, Allison Cooke Brown, Emily Brown, Ray Chen, Matt Cote, Meredith Cough, Kelly Cowan, Daniel E. Davis, Scott Davis, Brian H. DeRosia, Lindsay Foster, Jessica Gandolf, Anne Garland, Janis Goodman, Gary Green, Ryan Greene, Ramone Hanley-Warren, Sarah Helen Harvey, Tanja Hollander, Matt Hutton, John Imber, Cassie Jones, Christopher Keister, MaJo Keleshian, Jeff Kellar, Coleen Kiely, Joe Klofas, Lolly Koon, Tim Lawton, Anya Lewis, Graham Macbeth, Benjamin Magro, Marisa Martino, Wally Mason, Michael McFalls, Larissa Mellor, Garry Mitchell, John Monroe, Andrew Gordon Moore, Gaylen Morgan, Greg Morley, Mali Mrozinski, B. B. Nelson, Gina Platt, John Polhemus, Amy Pollien, Robert Pollien, Justin Richel, Mimo Gordon Riley, Whitney River, Nettie Rogers, Meryl Ruth, Sean Ryan, John Michael Saldaña, Andrea Schmidt-Cough, Johan Selmer-Larsen III, Jill Snyder Wallace, Robert Steinmetz, Aaron Stephan, David Stess, Valeria Steverlynck, Mary Alice Treworgy, Bonnie Violet, J. Jules Vitali, Kari Wagner, John Whalley, Richard Wilson, Michael Winkler, Brooke Winter-DiGirolamo, Paula Wood, Michael Zachary, Dudley Zopp
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 5th, 4-6pm Sponsored by KeyBank.
Click here to take a look inside the 2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition
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June 5 – July 11, 2004
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"The Stone Paintings, 1975 to the Present" features the poetic and lyrical abstract paintings of nature by Joseph Fiore, an authoritative artist with a long, but quiet presence in Maine. A recorder of the landscape for more than five decades, in 1978 Fiore moved from painting expansive landscapes to depicting rock fragments collected in the Delaware Water Gap and Maine. His studios in New York and Maine contain a collection of rocks that have caught the artist's attention on frequent walks. This exhibition presents key examples of Fiore's investigation of colorful shapes which he describes as "marks which looked like figuration of man's making, fossils and geometric patterns of fault lines" since that moment. Rocks provide "a portable piece of the landscape itself, and one which connects us to history in geologic time," Fiore explains.
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 5th, 4-6pm
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"Capricio" by Joseph Fiore |
May 11 – July 10, 2004
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"Home," an exhibition featuring Maine and Brooklyn artists, has returned home to Maine, having attracted positive attention in the New York Times, New York Magazine, and the Maine press during its two month winter installation at the d.u.m.b.o. arts center in Brooklyn, New York. It is now on view in an expanded version at the Westbrook College Campus Art Gallery of the University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. Organized by Bruce Brown, Curator of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, "Home" considers the import of home as architecture, household objects, the human body, and family relationships.
Participants also include Greater Portland artists Melonie Bennett, Michael Branca, Jill Dalton, Lauren Fensterstock, Erica Hansen, Jo Ann Jones, Rose Marasco, Celeste Roberge, and Aaron Stephan. Brooklyn artists George Ferrandi and David McQueen round out the exhibition, along with Katherine Bradford, Eric Brown, Danica Phelps, Sean Ryan – Brooklyn-based artists with solid Maine ties.
For more information, call 207-797-7264 x4499.
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April 10 – May 30, 2004
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A gala exhibition of contemporary Maine fiber art featuring 43 Maine artists from throughout the state opens April 10th at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport. Sponsored by Maine Fiberarts, the show will continue through May 30th and includes a wide-range of media including knitted work, embroidery, art quilts, apparel, sculpture, felted work, hooked rugs, weavings and handmade paper.
The exhibition is part of Maine Fiberarts’ "State of Fiber 2004"—a yearlong, statewide celebration including 115 events and events, open farms and studios. For more information on other State of Fiber events, contact Maine Fiberarts, 207-721-0678, or see www.mainefiberarts.org.
Allison Cooke Brown, Cherylyn Brubaker, Elizabeth Busch, Suzanne Carmichael, Betty Carter, Mary Allen Chaisson, Katharine Cobey, Deborah Rustin Cyr, Morris David Dorenfeld, Cally Dow, Gayle Fitzpatrick, Levina Gerritsen, Joli Greene, Susanne Grosjean, Sarah D. Haskell, Dianne S. Hire, Bill Huntington, J. Dare Johnstone, Mia Kanazawa, Berri Kramer, Georgeann Kuhl, Yvonne Lamoreaux, Richard Lee, Christine Leith, Stephanie Green Levy, Cynthia McGuirl, Janet McLain, Patti Mitchem, Jeannie Mooney, Audrey Nichols, Lauren Ostis, Alice Hobbs Parsons, Susan Perrine, Elaine Pew, Mary Ann Schwarcz, Anne Walker, Jill Snyder Wallace, Patricia Wheeler, Marcia Whitney, Linda Wickey, Jennifer Morrow Wilson, C | |
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