Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance » Visual Art Exhibitions and Events http://www.portlandarts.org Strengthening Portland By Strengthening The Arts Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Call for artists! http://www.portlandarts.org/2010/07/call-for-artists/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2010/07/call-for-artists/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:58:09 +0000 alice http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=109 Seeking unaffiliated artists to exhibit in PACA’s office (shared with the Portland Downtown District) at 549 Congress Street for First Friday Art Walk. Interested? Email info (at) portlandarts.org for details.

]]> http://www.portlandarts.org/2010/07/call-for-artists/feed/ 0 First Friday Art Walk October 2 – with Trolleys! http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/10/first-friday-art-walk-october-2-with-trolleys/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/10/first-friday-art-walk-october-2-with-trolleys/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:53:42 +0000 virginia http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=74 This Friday is the first FFAW of the fall season, and to celebrate, PACA is teaming up with Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tours to run the trolleys during the art walk!  The trolleys will run from 4:30 until 8:30, and will be available to transport art walk participants from Longfellow Square in Portland’s West End to Washington Avenue on the East End.

Board Secretary Virginia Rose commented, “With so many new venues across Portland, we are hoping to make travel between downtown and Munjoy Hill easier, and bring more art walk participants across the Franklin Artery in style.”

The trolley will run, free of charge, making stops along the following route: Longfellow Square, Congress Square, Monument Square, Washington Avenue & Congress Street, India Street & Middle Street, Exchange Street & Middle Street. For more information about Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tours, see their website: www.portlanddiscovery.com.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

]]> http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/10/first-friday-art-walk-october-2-with-trolleys/feed/ 0 Celebrating Public Art in Maine: 30 Years! http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/05/celebrating-public-art-in-maine-30-years/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/05/celebrating-public-art-in-maine-30-years/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 20:31:20 +0000 Peter http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=72 Celebrating Public Art in Maine: 30 Years of the Percent for Art Program

The Public Art Event Series

As the Maine Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program enters its 30th year, the agency is celebrating the program’s transformative power by sponsoring a series of public art events that take place throughout the state in 2009.

The Public Art Event Series is designed to foster discussions about public art in Maine. National and international experts and public artists will spark conversation by challenging preconceived notions about what public art is today as they share their artistic methods and practices.

Through a juried selection process, five Maine arts organizations were funded by the Maine Arts Commission to present dynamic speakers who will make significant contributions to our notions of public art. The local arts organizations are: Tides Institute and Museum of Art in Eastport, Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance, Waterville Arts Council, SPACE Gallery in Portland and Maine College of Art.

Schedule:

May 29, 7pm
Amy Hausmann
Discusses Arts for Transit (AFT) Program
SPACE Gallery, Portland

June 5 – Oct. 31
Eighth Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational
(Conversation with the artists on August 26)
Art Gallery – University of New England, Westbrook College Campus, Portland

June 6, 6pm
Jean Shin
Discusses Celadon Remnants
SPACE Gallery, Portland

June 19, 5 – 8pm
Eco-Motion
A multi-site installation of interactive sculpture
Downtown Belfast

July 25 – Sept. 12
Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
Watch the creation of public sculptures
SERC, Schoodic Point

Aug. 9 – 15
Sue Clifford
Parish Maps: Building a Sense of Place through the Work of Common Ground
Tides Institute and Museum of Art, Eastport

October 9, 6pm
Amy Franceschini
Discusses Futurefarmers and Free Soil
Maine College of Art, Portland

October 17, 2pm
Swoon
Discusses public installations and interventions
SPACE Gallery, Portland

November 13-14
Liz Lerman and Juice 2.0
Art, Innovation and the Built Environment, Camden

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Saturday, May 30th
11:00am – 1:00pm
$5

We are having an Arts & Crafts event for all ages! Activities will include: Cartooning lessons by Ed King, painting slates from our roof, making beaded jewelry, making magnets and collages, and more! All materials included (but bring your own if you’d like!) Kids should wear clothes they can get messy.

St. Lawrence Arts Center
76 Congress St. Portland, Me.
775-5568

]]> http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/05/arts-crafts-event-may-30th-st-lawrence/feed/ 0 New Art Show At Expanding Arts Center http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/05/new-art-show-at-expanding-arts-center/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/05/new-art-show-at-expanding-arts-center/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 13:32:21 +0000 Peter http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=70 The gallery at Running With Scissors will open a group show of new works of art during the First Friday Art Walk on June 5.

Join the artists for a reception including live music performed by the local group, under a cardboard sea from 5:00 to 10:00 pm. “Looking Inside” will present art in a variety of mediums from the fifteen artists who make up this unique art collective. Friday’s celebration will also be an open studio event, offering the public a unique opportunity to meet the artists and visit their studios.

The upcoming show also celebrates running with scissors’ one-year anniversary at its new location, 54 Cove Street, home of the Cove Street Art Center.  The show continues through July 31. For more information or directions, call 699-4242.

The relocation of running with scissors artist studio space to Cove Street has resulted both in an expansion of it’s fully-equipped studio concept and a revival of it’s vibrant and re-known gallery.  The 7 year old studio’s presence has also inspired owner, Jeff Ritter, to transform the entire building into the Cove Street Art Center, which, as well as being home to running with scissors and J.S. Ritter Supply for jewelers, will soon house a second gallery and artist studio space. Construction is virtually completed on the 3500 square feet Open Concepts Studios which includes studio space for most art disciplines, a gallery, and a metals and glass workshop/classroom space. Although appropriate for a variety of art disciplines, all of the studios will have natural gas feeds and ventilation and are approved for the use of soldering equipment making these studios ideally unique in Portland for both jewelers and glassmakers.

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April 13 @ 7pm – Spring Networking Event with Maine VLA
Location: Constellation Art, 511 Congress Street, Portland
Doors open at 6:30pm

May 11th @ 7pm – Marketing through Technology
Location: SALT
Doors open at 6:30pm

May 19th @ 6pm – The Creative Economy: Then and Now
Location: Maine Historical Society
Doors open at 5:30pm

June 6th @ Noon-2:30pm – Workshop for Artists
Location: Space
Doors open at 11:30pm


Creative Conversations is a way to connect creative individuals: to each other, to organizations, to information, to opportunities. Sponsored by the Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance and Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in partnership with Constellation Art, this meeting focuses on providing a networking opportunity for artists and members of the creative community. Additionally, Maine VLA’s Zeke Callanan will present an overview of the support available for legal needs of artists and creative businesses. Join us for this lively event moderated by MECA’s Jessica Tomlinson. Light refreshments will be served. Don’t forget to bring your business cards!

]]> http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/05/creative-conversations-spring-schedule-2009/feed/ 0 First Friday Art Walk April 3rd! http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/04/first-friday-art-walk-april-3rd/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/04/first-friday-art-walk-april-3rd/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:21:58 +0000 virginia http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=67 Get out on the town this Friday for April’s First Friday Art Walk -  with over 70 venues exhibiting this month, there is sure to be something for everyone!  Pick up a free brochure at any participating venue or download the PDF on the website, www.firstfridayartwalk.com

]]> http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/04/first-friday-art-walk-april-3rd/feed/ 0 Police Photography Exhibit & Community Dialogue http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/03/police-photography-exhibit-community-dialogue/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/03/police-photography-exhibit-community-dialogue/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:26:37 +0000 virginia http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=66 The Arts & Equity Initiative of the City of Portland will host “Thin Blue Lines: Police Photography Exhibit and Community Dialogue” on April 3rd.  The exhibition will be in Portland’s City Hall Chambers Gallery on the 2nd Floor, and will be on view from 4:30 to 6 pm, followed by Community Dialogue from 6 to 7 pm.  The exhibit includes the photos from the Arts & Equity Initiative Police Poetry and Photo Calendar.  Photographers include David Wade, Jeff Swanson, Kate Philbrick, Rose Morasco, Rachel Morales, and police officers Off. Chris Mitchell, Off. Gayle Petty, Det. Mary Sauschuck, Off. Karl Geib and Off. Victor Cote.  For more information see www.artsandequity.us

]]> http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/03/police-photography-exhibit-community-dialogue/feed/ 0 First Friday Art Walk February 6! http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/02/first-friday-art-walk-february-6/ http://www.portlandarts.org/2009/02/first-friday-art-walk-february-6/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:23:07 +0000 virginia http://www.portlandarts.org/?p=62 Another fun and free art walk is happening in Portland this Friday, February 6, from 5 to 8 pm.  Please see the FFAW link for more information about venues and exhibiting artists.

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Whitney Art Works

492 Congress Street

Portland, ME 04101

Project 00018: What is “Debate” in French? For those who still just don’t get it.
A new exhibit and performance series by Maine ’s conceptual artist, christophermichaelsullivan,

There are still two more performances that are not to be missed!

Friday, January 16, at 6 p.m:
ART
Contemporary Western Diets in Performance and Conceptual Art
(This is not an argument)

Friday, January 23, at 6 p.m:
INTELLECT
A town hall approach to perception and the creation of meaning
(Recipe for injury)

For more information on www.christophermichaelsullivan.com

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