Celebrating the opening of its new location and gallery space, LA Arts will host an exhibition by Maine artist Lesia Sochor, titled “REUSE • REPAIR • RECONSIDER.” The exhibition, which explores the concept of repair using the image of ripped jeans as a metaphor, will open Tuesday, Jan. 17, and run through Sunday, March 12. […]
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Music, free drawing and dance classes and more at August Art Walk L/A
Head downtown for live arts experiences in more than a dozen locations during Art Walk L/A from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. Three Point Jazz will perform at 5 p.m. in Dufresne Plaza. In the event of rain, this performance will move to Callahan Hall in the Lewiston Public Library located at 200 Lisbon […]
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Gerald Walsh hired as manager of L/A Arts
LEWISTON — The board of directors of L/A Arts announces that Gerald Walsh is the new arts agency manager. Walsh, a visual artist, received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and has exhibited his work across the Northeast for the past two decades. He has taught at several […]
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LA Arts hosts the Titus Abbott Collective along with Paint & Drums Duo
The Titus Abbott Collective and the Paint and Drums Duo will perform beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at LA Arts in Lewiston. An electrifying evening of spontaneous creativity features a pair of improvised music performances. The Paint and Drums Duo, featuring NYC-based drummer Michael Sarin playing solo drums along with Maine based […]
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Art for all and all for art: Lewiston-Auburn sees boom in public art installations
Some of the Twin Cities public art goes back more than 150 years, while other works are so new they haven’t been dedicated yet. And there’s more planned.
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‘Renée Bouchard: Allegory of Prudence’ exhibit on display in Lewiston gallery
“Allegory of Prudence,” an exhibit of paintings by Renée Bouchard, will be on display from Friday, Nov. 5, through Friday, Dec. 17, at the LA Arts gallery in Lewiston. The exhibition title is a reference to the painting of the same name by Venetian Renaissance painter Titian in which the Latin inscription ex praete/rito / […]
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Tom Jessen wants you to make art and have fun with it too
Face Time: Maine artist whose show ‘Play’ debuted at the L/A Arts Walk wants to challenge the notion that art must be ‘serious’ to be good.
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LA Arts features three new window displays for Spring
LA Arts and community partners bring a lively Art in the Windows program to downtown Lewiston this spring, with new work now on view at a number of locations along Lisbon Street. Echoes and Loops, New Paintings by Kate Cargile will be on view in the LA Arts Gallery windows at 221 Lisbon Street in […]
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Recent works by Mildred Bachrach on view in LA Arts windows
Recent artworks by Mildred Bachrach will be on view from Monday, March 15, through Saturday, May 1, in the windows of the LA Arts Gallery in Lewiston. Bachrach’s recent works employ repetitive imagery in mixed media as a response to the COVID pandemic and as a way of coping with today’s world. The images are […]
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Art Walk L-A continues as virtual event – with some downtown elements as well
LEWISTON – The next “virtual” Art Walk L-A happens Friday, Aug. 28, on www.laarts.org/artwalk/, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram and includes visual arts, music, prose poetry, and more. Featured elements include Local Writers Read genre spotlight: dark fantasy, featuring writers Josh Gauthier and Jessica Koch; “Art is Vulnerable – Let’s Talk,” Joan Crawford speed painting by […]