Eastport Kitchen Garden Tour Set for August 19
Six Eastport kitchen gardens will be open to the public on Sunday, August 19, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The rain date is set for Sunday, August 26, with the same time. The Eastport Kitchen Garden Tour has been coordinated by area gardeners who enjoy growing some of their own food for all sorts of reasons.
A Short Gallery Talk Sponsored by the Eastport Gallery
A short gallery talk at noon will resume on Wednesday, August 22nd with five local artists posing the question “Is There a Women’s Aesthetic?”
Eastport Gallery Announces A New Show by Lubec artist, Sherry Ashby Cunningham
A new one-person show opens at the Eastport Gallery on August 20th entitled “Women in the Woods,” by Lubec artist Sherry Ashby Cunningham. The artist will present works in oil and prints of hand-pulled wood-cuts revealing a very personal view of her world.
Award Winning Artist, Joanne Houlsen, To Open at Eastport Gallery
New Works by award winning artist Joanne Houlsen will open August 6th at the Eastport Gallery. Houlsen, a 15 year member of the Gallery, will present works in oil with a concentration on the architectural features of the Eastport landscape. Well acquainted with the city, Joanne spends a good deal of time here each year photographing its structures and landscapes, evaluating their light and shadow, then translating them into beautiful paintings rendered in contemporary realism.
Eastport’s Wild Apple Trees
What if? What if all the wild apple trees were saved in Eastport, Maine? What if we could feed the wildlife and harvest apples for a cider mill? What if we didn’t let all those apples go to waste?
Eastport Gallery Announces Exhibition of Photographer, Gary Guisinger
For the first time at the Eastport Gallery well-known photographer Gary Guisinger opens a one person show entitled “8×10+1” on July 23rd. Guisinger, whose work has long been known in Washington County, is showing his hauntingly beautiful black and white photos, a dramatic departure from his editorial work with the New York Times, Associate Press, and National Geographic.
The Eastport ArtWalk Opens with Rob Derry’s Exhibition at the Eastport Breakwater Gallery
Downeast Maine Photographer and Eastport resident, Rob Derry, leads off the 2012 Eastport ArtWalk at the Eastport Breakwater Gallery on June 15th with an opening of his exhibit, “Colors of Eastport” from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Rob has always enjoyed visiting eye-catching locales and taking photographs has allowed him to revisit those places over and over again.
Eastport Gallery Announces the Exhibition of Contemporary Folk Artist, Ann C. Rosebrooks
Contemporary folk artist Ann C. Rosebrooks will open a show at the Eastport Gallery on July 9th until July 21st. Rosebrooks, a resident of North Grosvenordale, Connecticut, and Cutler, Maine, has been a Gallery member for several years and also a member of Lubec Arts Alive. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design she has garnered many awards for her paintings including best painting in the Arts Worcester Biennial and the Dorothy L. Irish Award for works on canvas from the Salmagundi Club in New York City. She has been selected for artist – in – residence programs in Woodstock, Connecticut and Ubud, Bali.
The Eastport Gallery Opens with the works of Arthur Cadieux
Born in Belfast, Maine, Arthur considers himself a Downeast Expressionist and many of his paintings do reflect coastal subject matter. However, the great body of his work includes portraits, figures, landscapes, and cityscapes from everywhere Arthur has lived, but it’s the expressionist facet of his work that those who are drawn to his pieces most appreciate. The heightened color and an unmistakable rhythm are riveting and one can almost hear the music that Arthur dances to as he paints.
The Eastport Gallery Opens for the 2012 Season
The Eastport Gallery opens its 26th season on June 9th with a roster of 30 artists. Included this year are Dominic Noe of Eastport and Sharon Mack of Machias, whose work was accepted from among six applicants juried by the membership at the May meeting.