Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Indiana estate representative offers valuable paintings as collateral for $5 million loan
In court documents, James Brannan of Rockland said the money is needed to pay legal bills, but art scholars and the late artist’s friends condemn the move made a day after Brannan agreed to not sell any more artworks.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
Fashion designer Jason Brown emerges as musician Firefly
The Penobscot jeweler and designer applies his modern take on cultural traditions to a new art form.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2020
In absence of ‘Stand Down,’ agencies step in to help Maine’s homeless veterans
The pandemic has forced the event, held annually at Togus VA Medical Center in Augusta, to take on a new form.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
Robert Indiana’s estate, art representative reach agreement
They’ve asked to put legal proceedings on hold as they work out the details, which they have not disclosed.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2020
News Center Maine’s Lee Nelson will anchor his last broadcast Friday
The Channel 6 newscaster is retiring from his more than 30-year career to work as a personal trainer.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
Questlove looks for his musical roots in Maine
When he was 5, a woman in Portland bought him his first records. Now he wants to find her.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
Bethel artists lose $1 million public art contract
The pandemic’s toll on a Seattle convention center’s revenue led to the complicated project getting cut.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
Maine poet, activist and mentor Lee Sharkey dies at age 75
She published many books of poetry and was an influential editor and mentor.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
Portland Museum of Art employees seek to unionize
Management denies workers’ accusations of union-busting tactics, but says it doesn’t believe a union ‘is right for our museum.’
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PublishedOctober 18, 2020
Paintings fulfill a promise to keep Ashley Bryan in Maine
Bates College shows works by the beloved artist that were gifted by his longtime friends.
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