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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. to 5 p.m. daily except major holidays. 443-1316

Bath: “Celebrating Excellence in Maine Art,” a selection of paintings, drawings and sculpture by artists of the Bath/Brunswick area, will be featured through July 15 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery, 798 Washington St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. 442-8455

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 to 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 to 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: “Ars Antiqua: Treasures From the Ancient Mediterranean World,” will be featured through January of 2007, at Bowdoin College at the Susan Dwight Bliss Room in Hubbard Hall. Gallery hours, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. 725-3275

Falmouth: “Photographic Designs,” a series of abstract digital images by Portland resident, Jim Baker, will be featured through June 25 at the Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Route 1. Gallery hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 781-2620

Farmington: Works by Leon LaRoche will be featured through June 30 at Heirlooms of Tomorrow, 710 Wilton Road. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 778-5315

Georgetown: New paintings by J. Day Mason will be featured through Aug. 6 at West Island Gallery, 37 Bay Point Road. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 371-9090

Harpswell: “Mixed Bag,” work by gallery artists, will be featured through July 1 at Gallery at Widgeon Cove, 31 Widgeon Cove Lane. Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 833-6081

Hinckley: “Impressions of Nature,” will be featured through Oct. 15 at L.C. Bates Museum, Route 201. Gallery hours, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 4:30 p.m. 238-4250

Kingfield: “Prints: New Relief Paintings by R.J. Gray, Jr., will be featured July 1 through July 31 at Stadley Gallery, 225 Main St. Gallery hours, daily, noon to 4 p.m. 265-5025

Lewiston: “Forests: Anchors of Earth, Tellers of Time,” will be featured through July 7 at L-A College Atrium Gallery, 51 Westminster St. Gallery hours: Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 753-6500

Lewiston: Works by Sheila Patrick and Catherine Sabine will be featured through June 30 at Central Maine Medical Center. 795-2295

Lewiston: “Cryptozoology: From Nessie to Yeti,” will be featured June 23 through Oct. 8 at Bates College Museum of Art. Free Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 786-6158

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, Route 126. The café is open seven days a week. 268-4003

New Harbor: “Guns, Politics and Furs: Pemaquid and the Defense of the Eastern Frontier 1667-1761,” will be featured continuously at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, Pemaquid Point. 677-2752

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, Route 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 All in the Family” art show will be featured through July 29 at Nettie Ricker Art Gallery at the Maine State Building. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m. to noon.

Portland: Works by Willem de Kooning will be featured through December of 2006; works by Maine Indian students will be featured through June 18; “The Quiet Landscapes of William B. Post,” will be featured through Aug. 27; “Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church,” will be featured through Sept. 10; “Crack the Code,” will be featured through Sept. 22; and “Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late 19th-Century France,” will be featured June 29 through Oct. 15, 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: “Charms, Talismans and Talking Boards: the Power of Objects,” will be featured through July 28; and “The Changing Peninsula: Two Centuries of Portland Maps and City Views,” will be featured through July 31, both at USM Glickman Family Library, Forest Avenue. 780-4200

Portland: “Alec Richardson: Restoration,” will be featured through July 1, at Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Gallery hours, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 772-2693

Portland: “Harbor Forts: A Look Behind the Walls,” will be featured through Nov. 26 at Portland Harbor Museum, on the waterfront. Gallery hours, Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $4 799-6337

Portland: “We Are Maine,” multicultural exhibit, will be ongoing at the Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. Gallery hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and after Memorial Day, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $6 828-1234

Portland: Works by Scott Davis will be featured through July 15, at Whitney Art Works, 45 York St. Gallery hours, Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. 780-0700

Portland: “Frequency,” the latest student show, will be featured through June 30 at Salt Gallery, 110 Exchange St. Gallery hours, Tuesday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 761-0660

Portland: “Michael H. Lewis: Deep Roots,” will be featured through June 24 at Aucocisco Gallery, 615A Congress St. 775-2222

Portland: “Comtemplari: Landscapes,” by J. Barry Thomson, will be featured through July 8, at Radiant Light Gallery, 615 Congress St. Gallery hours: Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. or by appointment. 252-7258

Portland: “All Worn Out,” a wearable art show, will be featured through July 31 at Sanctuary Tattoo and Gallery, 31 Forest Ave. 828-8866

Portland: “Jeffrey Bye: Paintings From New York to Maine,” will be featured through June 30 at the Clown, 123 Middle St. 756-7399

Portland: “Katherine Porter – Works on Paper,” will be featured through June 24 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Portland: “Helen Gamble – Sculpture,” will be featured through June 24 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 522 Congress St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Portland: “From Baja to Bar Harbor: Transnational Contemporary Art,” will be featured through Oct. 22 at Maine College of Art, 97 Spring St. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 7 p.m. and first Friday until 8 p.m. 775-5087

Portland: “Maine Sculptors 2006,” will be featured through June 30 at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Portland: The Fifth Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational will be featured through Oct. 31 at UNE Art Gallery and Garden at Westbrook College, 716 Stevens Ave. Gallery hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. and Thursday, 1 to 7 p.m. 221-4375

Rockland: “Maine in America,” and “The Wyeth Collection,” are featured continuously, at Farnsworth Art Museum, 352 Main St. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $8/$5 596-6457

Rockland: Works of Ann Wyeth McCoy, John W. McCoy and Anna B. McCoy will be featured through July 15 at Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. 594-5935

Rockport: “Trajectory,” will be featured through July 23 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: “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” trademark of Margaret Chase Smith, will be featured through Aug. 31, at Margaret Chase Smith Library, 56 Norridgewock Ave. Gallery hours, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free 474-7133

Topsham: Works by weaver Michael Patterson will be featured through June 30 at Maine Fiberarts, 13 Main St. Gallery hours, week days, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 721-0678

Waterville: “The Works of Alex Katz,” “Ancient Art,” and “Whistler’s Etchings and Lithotints, 1858-1896,” all ongoing at Colby College Museum of Art. Gallery hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 4:30 p.m. 872-3549

Windham: Works by 12 of southern Maine’s most sought after artists will be featured through July 1 at Little Sebago Gallery and Frame, 889 Roosevelt Trail. Gallery hours: weekdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 892-8086

Wiscasset: “The Return of Primavera: A Celebration of Spring,” will be featured through July 5 at Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main St. Gallery hours: daily, 10:30 a.m. to 6 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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