Augusta: “Maine’s Civil War Flags, “This Land Called Maine,” “12,000 Years in Maine,” “Maine Bounty: Woods, Sea and Granite,” “Made in Maine,” “Struggle for Identity,” and “Reflections of Maine,” are featured year round, all at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday and all state holidays. 287-2301

Bar Harbor: “Layers of Time: Archaeology at the Abbe Museum,” is ongoing; and “Mocotaugan: The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife,” will be featured through Dec. 31; “2005 Waponahki Student Art Show: The Forests,” will be featured through August 31; and “Dr. Abbe’s Museum in Mr. Dorr’s Park,” will be featured through Oct. 16, all at Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert St. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 288-3519

Bath: Ongoing exhibits, “A Maritime History of Maine,” “Lobstering and the Maine Coast” and “Percy and Small Shipyard,” at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except major holidays. 443-1316

Bath: Watercolors by Gretchen Conklin will be featured through June 19, at Mae’s Cafe and Bakery, corner of High and Centre Streets. The cafe is open Tuesday-Sunday. 442-8577

Bath: “Traces,” works by Sarah Cowperthwaite and Richard Keen of Richmond, will be featured through May 21 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. 442-8455

Belfast: Works by 11 Maine artists will be featured through May 31 at the Working Art Gallery, 65 Main St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 338-4820

Bethel: The Gould Academy Spring Student Art Show will be featured through May 28 at Owen Art Gallery. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and weekends by appointment. 824-7700

Biddeford: Works by Biddeford resident Ernest Menard will be featured through June 29 at Saco Bay Artists, 265 Main St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 284-9949

Boothbay Harbor: “Helen St. Clair: A Personal View,” will be featured May 26 through June 28 at Gleason Fine Art, 31 Townsend Ave. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 633-6849

Brunswick: The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College is showing “Continuing Exhibits from the Collection” and “S.S. Roosevelt: A Model of Strength,” continuing. Gallery hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. 725-3416

Brunswick: “Pejepscot Past Times: Objects from the Original Collection,” is ongoing, at Pejepscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday until 8 p.m. 729-6606

Brunswick: “Tom Chapin: Sculpture,” and Andrea Sulzer: Drawings,” will be featured through June 4 at ICON Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St. Gallery hours: weekdays, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. 725-8157

Brunswick: “Charles Movalli and Dale Ratcliff: New England Perspectives,” will be featured through June 4 at Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St. 1-800-244-3007

Damariscotta: “In the Garden,” works by Heidi Daub, Mike Stiler, Ann Bourassa, Kendall Jan Jubb and Katie Lee,” and “Introducing,” works by Dick Alden, Avy Claire, Peter Happny, Reg Logan and Allen Wynn, will be featured through June 5 at the Firehouse Gallery, One Bristol Road. Gallery hours: May and June, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 563-7299

Dover-Foxcroft: “The Art of S.I.L.K.,” by Irvin Krupke of Bangor, will be featured through May 31, at Abel Blood’s Pub/Restaurant, 100 E. Main Street. 564-0041

Falmouth: “Wild Flowers and Sea Grasses,” will be featured through May 22; “The Little-Understood Art of Portraiture,” will be featured through May 29; and “New Color Works by Ben Georgia,” will be featured May 19 through June 19, all at Elizabeth Moss Gallery, 251 U.S. Rt. 1. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 781-2620

Fryeburg: The Fryeburg Historical Society Museum, 96 Main St., is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and 5:30 to 9 p.m. and every Thursday 1 to 4 p.m. and at other times by appointment. 935-4192

Georgetown: New paintings and photographs by Barbara Hadden will be featured through June 5 at West Island Gallery, 37 Bay Point Road. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 371-9090

Gorham: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Collection,” will be featured through May 31 at Gorham Library at Bailey Hall. 780-4269

Hallowell: “Art2005,” the tenth annual juried art show, will be featured through May 29 at Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Friday, noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 622-3813

Lewiston: “New Acquisitions: Local and Global Contemporary Photography,” will be featured through May 30; “Senior Exhibition,” will be featured through May 29; and “The Environment of Landscape: Works From the Olivia and Elwood Straub Collection,” will be featured through Sept. 1, all at Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 786-6158

Lewiston: Works by June Dragoon will be featured through May 31 at Central Maine Medical Center. 795-2295

Lewiston: “Threatened and Endangered: Artist’s Books Created by Rebecca Goodale,” will be featured May 26 through July 1 at L-A College Atrium Gallery, 51 Westminster St. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 753-6554

Liberty: Early American hand tools, Native American artifacts and the work of over 75 contemporary Maine artists and craftspeople are ongoing at the Davistown Museum, 58 Main St. Gallery hours: Labor Day through Christmas, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 288-5126

Litchfield: Ongoing, changing art exhibit by Aleta Manchester of New England landscapes, historical to the present, is featured at the Country Café, Rt. 126. The café is open seven days a week. 268-4003

New Portland: Ongoing exhibits, featured year round, include Indian art from the U.S., Canada, South America, with special focus on Maine’s Abenaki, also with a basket collection, at Nowetah’s American Indian Museum, Rt. 27. Gallery hours: daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free 628-4981

Nobleboro: Paintings by Philip Barter, Eric Hopkins, Paul Plante, Elena Jahn, John Neville and Jane Dahmen are featured continuously at Gallery House, 5 Center St. Gallery hours: daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 563-8598

Poland Spring: The works of area youth artists will be featured May 21 and 22 at the Poland Spring Preservation Society Nettie Ricker Art Gallery. 998-4142

Portland: “Contemporary Art From the Permanent Collection,” “Newly Restored McLellan House and L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Galleries,” all ongoing; “The Maine Perspective: Architectural Drawings, Part II: The Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival, 1875-1925,” will be featured through June 12; “Modern British Silkscreen Prints,” will be featured through June 26; and “Museum of Art Biennial,” will be featured through June 5, all at Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square. Gallery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 775-6148

Portland: “Treasures III: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration,” will be featured through June 30; and “A Sense of Time, A Sense of Place,” works by seven book artists studying under Rebecca Goodale, will be featured through June 30, both at the USM Glickman Family Library. Gallery hours: Tuesday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, 12:30 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 780-4276

Portland: “Talking Walls: Discover Your World,” will be featured through September of 2005 at Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Labor Day to Memorial Day. 828-1234

Portland: “George Daniell: Watercolors,” will be featured through May 28, at Aucocisco, 157 High St. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. 775-2227

Portland: An exhibition of Asian ceramics will be featured through June 30 at the Dora L. Small School. 591-9035

Portland: “War Flowers: From Swords to Plowshares,” will be featured through August 19, at USM Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. 780-5008

Portland: “Visions and Vistas: Classical and Surreal Landscapes,” will be featured through June 15 at Radiant Light Gallery, 615 Congress St. Gallery hours: Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. or by appointment. 252-7258.

Portland: “Charles Thompson: Paintings and Sculpture,” will be featured through May 28, at The Clown, 123 Middle St. 756-7399

Portland: “Katherine Bradford Paintings,” will be featured through May 28 at Aucocisco Galleries, 615A Congress St. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. 775-2227

Portland: “Life Exposed,” photographs by Sr. Pauline Quinn, O.P., will be featured through May 31 at the Portland Public Library, 3 Monument Square. 766-5540

Portland: Works by Margaret Gerding will be featured through May 28 at Greenhut Galleries, Middle Street. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 772-2693

Portland: “Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection,” will be featured through July 3 at UNE Art Gallery, Westbrook College Campus. 797-7261

Portland: “Pause,” a group show of black and white photography, documentary radio and nonfiction writing will be featured through July 8 at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 110 Exchange St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and first Fridays from 5 to 8 p.m. 7610660

Rangeley: “Cross Section,” photographic exhibit, will be featured through May 31 at Rangeley Friends of the Arts. 86402837

Rockland: “Maine in America,” and “The Wyeth Collection,” are featured continuously; “Farnsworth and Kno-Wal-Lin Hospice Exhibition,” will be featured through June 15; and “Andrew Wyeth: Early Watercolors,” will be featured through Sept. 18, all at Farnsworth Art Museum, 352 Main St. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $8/$5 596-6457

Rockport: “A Celebration of the Art of Wood,” “Cicely Aikman and Fred Scherer: Slants of Light,” and “Brian Vanden Brink: Images of Home,” will be featured through June 4 at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. $5 236-2875

Skowhegan: “Welcome Ike: President Eisenhower Visits Skowhegan, a photo display, will be featured through June 30; and “Let’s Play: Pastimes from the Past,” will be featured May 23 through July 1, both at Margaret Chase Smith Library, 56 Norridgewock Ave. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free 474-7133

Waterville: “The Works of Alex Katz,” “Ancient Art,” and “Whistler’s Etchings and Lithotints, 1858-1896,” all ongoing; and an exhibition of the world’s most popular and seductive musical instrument, the guitar, will be featured through July 10, all at Colby College Museum of Art. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 4:30 p.m. 872-3549

Wiscasset: “Mysterious Masterpieces: Unsolved Signatures, Monograms and More,” will be featured through June 3 at Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main St. Gallery hours: daily, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 882-7682

Yarmouth: “Yarmouth at the Turn of the Century,” ongoing, at Yarmouth Historical Society, Main Street. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 846-6259

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