Community Calendar

Belfast Free Library Food Drive
Throughout February, Belfast Free Library will be collecting non-perishable food items for our fourth annual food drive. All donations will go to the No Greater Love Food Pantry in Belfast. The goods will be accepted at the main circulation desk, during regular business hours. Needed items are peanut butter, cereal, oats, pasta sauce, tuna, soup, etc. In the first half of the month, choose a valentine card made by library staff to thank you for your generosity. For more information call 207-338-3884.

The Yarmouth Arts Alliance is hosting “2 x 14 Love Show,’ a celebration of fourteen local artists through March 3, at the Gallery at Merrill Memorial Library. The artists include Cindy Asherman, Emily Blaschke, Lisa Clement, Bob Delaney, Peter Hale, Ginny Keegan, Maureen McHugh, Gayl McNally, Jason Prince, Marni Prince, Sheri Oliva, Brenda Overstrom, Anne Tomaso, and Mardie Weldon. Each of the artists is showing two pieces of work.
In addition to the hung art, floral artists Celine Kuhn, Lisa Molloy, and Christine Slader, will be creating bouquets to complement the pieces.
There will be a reception February 11 from 4pm-6pm in the gallery on the second floor.

If you’re in or around Portland, Maine this February stop in Richard Boyd Art Gallery to see an exhibition of paintings created by a group of established and nationally renowned women artists’ with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and interests joined by their love of creating art.

The exhibit is comprised of paintings created using innovative and traditional techniques in a range of mediums and styles by artists’ Deena S. Ball - watercolor, Linda Caron - watercolor, Patricia Chandler – oil and cold wax medium, Carrin Culotta – oil, Kristin Horton - oil, and Jen Pagnini – mixed media.

The exhibit is open free of charge every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM through February 26th, 2023. Additional days and times by chance or appointment. For more information contact the gallery by phone at (207)-712-1097, email info@richardboydartgallery.com or visit the gallery’s website at www.richardboydartgallery.com .

For exhibit updates follow the gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardBoydArtGallery and on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/richardboydartgallery9327 .

Image of ‘Santiago Art Show’ by Linda Caron. Watercolor on Paper

To help ring in the New Year, Richard Boyd Art Gallery opens an annual exhibition on January 1st at 10:00 a.m. comprised of smaller works of visual art including paintings created en plein air and in studio settings, limited edition bronze sculptures, and a select offering of works in clay.

‘Ringing in the New Year’ features paintings by artists’ Deena S. Ball, Patricia Chandler, Carrin Culotta, and Kristin Horton; sculptures by Charles Ellithorpe DVM and Laura Freeman; and works in clay by Rick Boyd.
The exhibit is open free of charge every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. through January 29th, 2023. Additional days and times by chance or appointment.

For more information contact the gallery by phone at (207)-712-1097, email info@richardboydartgallery.com or visit the gallery’s website at www.richardboydartgallery.com .

For exhibit updates follow the gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardBoydArtGallery and on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/richardboydartgallery9327 .

Image of ‘Thaw’ by Deena S. Ball 11” x 14” Watercolor on Yupo

January 4 through January 29, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. "Resurgence: UMVA in the Midcoast” Exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery at the Camden Public Library. After many years of dormancy, a new effort to bring back the Midcoast Chapter of the Union of Maine Visual Artists is culminating in this group exhibition at the Camden Public Library during the month of January. The art exhibited includes photography, painting, monoprints, and mixed media work. Find more information at librarycamden.org.

The Roux Institute, in partnership with the Lewiston Public Library, the City of Lewiston, and Community Organizing Alliance, invites you to join us for our upcoming Start Summit -- the opportunity for Lewiston-area community members to transform ideas into prototypes.

At this fun and fast-paced event, you’ll experience what it’s like to build a startup team and race to develop a business—all with the support of experts and colleagues and fueled by good food!

At the Start Summit, we will encourage you to explore new and innovative ideas for improving and making an impact on your community through an entrepreneurial lens. As a participant, you can expect to take part in a Design Thinking workshop, work with a team to identify a high-potential problem, learn from a current startup founder, and pitch to a panel of judges for your chance at a cash prize.

All month our gallery in the Devoe Community Room features the paintings of local artist Peter Yezukevich.

Join the Colby College Museum of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, for an art-making activity, games, and music, as part of the monthly First Friday offerings across downtown Waterville.

From 4–6 pm, gather with Tessa Greene O’Brien, the Lunder Institute resident fellow who created the Fields Alive with Pollen + Wings mural in the Hub at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. We’ll use the same design process that Tessa used to create this 30-foot-tall work of art—adding our own drawings of local flora (plants) and fauna (animals), creatures from our imagination, or colorful geometric shapes to Tessa’s original sketches. The creation of this large collaborative artwork will be fun for all ages.

In addition to these activities, there will be more First Friday Downtown Waterville experiences happening with Waterville Creates, The Colby Arts Office at the Greene Block + Studios, The Center for Book & Print, and a host of downtown businesses.

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity of Waterville by inviting people downtown to engage in multidisciplinary arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit downtown Waterville to meet artists, participate in workshops, listen to live music, eat delicious local food, and come together as a community.

Bring a craft to work on while meeting and learning from like-minded people.
Free and no registration is required.

Portland’s First Friday Art Walk is a free self-guided tour of art galleries, art studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the first Friday of every month from 5-8pm. Its mission is to open the doors of Portland’s visual arts community by joining together and introducing a wider audience to the unique vitality of the artists and venues of Portland, promoting interest with non-exclusivity and easy-access, thereby strengthening the arts and community through diversity and celebration.