FRYEBURG — The Pace Galleries of Art presents the exhibition opening reception for Ian Factor: Resolve & Resilience on Sunday, October 16 from 2-5 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. This show features a collection of emotionally arresting works in oils on canvas and charcoal on paper created over […]
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Library shows Richardson’s ‘Swarm’ exhibit
NORWAY — Morgan was born and raised in the Oxford Hills. As a child, Morgan would steal her mother’s camera and take pictures of anything and everything around her. She often would document her family’s life and travels. Morgan was always drawn to any creative process and began to find her niche in her sophomore […]
Cottage St. Creative Exchange announces Gala Elemental
NORWAY — Elemental, celebrating air, fire, earth and water during Cottage Street Creative Exchange’s annual fundraising gala of dance and music, will be held Saturday, November 5 from 6 to 8 p.m., with a dance party following from 8 to 9 p.m. on the top two floors of the Art Moves Dance Studio building at […]
Church hosts Steinberg concert
OXFORD — Hosanna Church is pleased to announce that Jeff Steinberg, the 4’ 6” Tiny Giant, will be here in concert on Thursday Evening, October 13 at 7 p.m. Bonus! This year, the great songwriter and musician Jeff Rudloff (pronounced rude-loff) will also be here. Rudloff wrote many of Steinberg’s famous songs, such as Masterpiece […]
Tweedie paintings on display
NORWAY — Visitors to Norway Memorial Library can enjoy an art exhibit in two glass display cases. “The Phenomenal Intricacy of Such Tiny Creatures” features fifteen whimsical watercolor paintings of insects painted by Alice Tweedie. Alice has been an artist all of her life. She began drawing and painting insects a few years ago, but […]
Painted Ladies Group to exhibit paintings at Gallery 302
BRIDGTON — Who are the Painted Ladies? Historically, they hail from the Victorian era in reference to vibrant, colorful, architecturally sophisticated houses, painted with verve, gusto and style. The Painted Ladies Group of Maine women can relate to those bold adjectives, as they gather to share their passion for painting not houses but works of […]
New Artist Linda Dillion joining Gallery 302
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 is pleased to welcome artist Linda Dillion. Linda Dillon was born and raised in New York, moved to Maine in 1995, and to Delaware in 2005. She retired in June of 2021 after over 40 years of teaching art in public, charter, and private K-12 schools. She spent those years focused […]
Postponed Dance party to be held Sept. 18
NORWAY — Dj Thunder will mix music for a dance party presented by Cottage Street Creative Exchange which had been postponed twice due to Covid and rain. This time it will be held rain (on the 2nd floor of the Art Moves Dance Studio building on the corner of Cottage and Temple Streets in Norway) […]
Grant WMAG’s September Artist
NORWAY — The Main Street Gallery will feature Sherry Grant as Artist of the Month through September. Sherry taught school for many years, and after retiring in 2016, decided she would try to develop her artistic style, as she comes from a musical and artistic family that goes back for generations. These influences were deeply […]
Peaceful Means to perform at First Universalist Church
NORWAY — Peaceful Means will appear live at First Universalist Church, 479 Main St. in Norway, on Friday, September 16, at 7 p.m. The show is free, but donations are welcome. Masks will be required. Peaceful Means is a new musical duo featuring the harmonious warmth and presence of Leah Boyd and Heather Pierson. […]