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By Hilary Nangle on September 29, 2012
Maine artists are being showcased in exhibitions at both the Portland Museum of Art; the Farnsworth Museum, in Rockland; and the Colby Museum of Art, in Waterville. Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine opens at the Portland Museum of Art In conjunction with the opening of the newly restored Winslow Homer Studio, the Portland Museum of [...]
Posted in Activities, Greater Portland, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Colby College Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Portland, Portland Museum of Art, Rockland, Waterville, Winslow Homer Studio |
By Hilary Nangle on January 24, 2012
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Film fans take note: On Friday, Feb. 3, the Farnsworth is kicking off a new program, Rockland Shorts: An International Film Series, with a screening at The Strand Theatre. The bimonthly series aims to show contemporary, probing, independent films that help define the digital generation with restriction of culture, format, [...]
Posted in Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Farnsworth Museum, Penobscot Marine Museum, Portland Museum of Art |
By Hilary Nangle on August 14, 2011
Rockland rocks. Named a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the small Maine coastal city edging Penobscot Bay retains the heart and spirit of a working town, buzzes with the added pizazz of excellent museums, a vigorous arts scene, surprising restaurants, eclectic shops, and delivers a more than generous serving of lobster, [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on March 24, 2011
Ink this exhibit on your Maine calendar of events. Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World and the Olson House will open at the Farnsworth Museum’s Wyeth Center on June 11 and will remain on exhibit through Oct. 30, 2011. The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Rockland museum’s acquisition of the landmark homestead, captured for posterity [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World, Cushing, Farnsworth Museum, National Historic Landmark, Olson House, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on August 10, 2010
This is the seventh year of the Farnsworth Museum’s annual Paint the Town fund-raising event, but the first in which local galleries have encouraged the artists they represent to participate, and that means the opportunity to purchase works by artists such as Eric Hopkins (see image) and others, while helping benefit the museum. Here’s the [...]
Posted in Events, Maine Made, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning | Tagged Farnsworth Museum, Maine, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on January 26, 2010
“The State of Printmaking since 1940,” the third in a series of exhibitions featuring prints from the museum’s collection, opens Sat., Jan. 30, at Rockland’s Farnsworth Museum. This one highlights conceptual and technical trends in American printmaking since the beginning of World War II. Techniques represented in the exhibit include relief, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, photo-mechanical [...]
Posted in Events, Penobscot Bay | Tagged exhibit, Farnsworth Museum, gallery talk, Maine, Rockland, State of Printmaking |
By Hilary Nangle on January 10, 2010
On four Thursdays in January and February, The Farnsworth Museum will screen the PBS-produced film series Art:21 at 6 p.m. in its auditorium. The series focuses exclusively on American contemporary visual art and artists, providing intimate, behind-the scenes views of artists as the hey transform inspiration into art and grapple with the physical and visual [...]
Posted in Events, Penobscot Bay | Tagged Art:21, Farnsworth Museum, film series, Maine, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on July 17, 2009
Two talks, two locations, both about current exhibitions at the Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland. • “Robert Indiana, Pop Master at the Farnsworth,” July 27, Bar Harbor Art historian and exhibit co-curator John Wilmerding will talk about the renowned artist Robert Indiana at College of the Atlantic‘s Gates Community Center . The free talk begins [...]
Posted in Events, Penobscot Bay | Tagged arts in Maine, Arts talks, Bar Harbor, Farnsworth Museum, Jamie Wyeth, John Wilmerding, museum exhibits, Robert Indiana, Rockland Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on June 8, 2009
Not a sequal to the popular book, but installations of Robert Indiana’s iconic sculptures at Rockland’s The Farnsworth Museum. Both will be installed on Monday, June 15. The two should serve as billboards for the museum’s summer exhibition, Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope. EAT, which stands twenty feet high and contains close to [...]
Posted in Events, Penobscot Bay | Tagged Eat sculpture, Farnsworth Museum, Hope sculpture, Love sculpture, Maine art, Maine travel, Robert Indiana, Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope exhibit, Rockland Maine, summer art exhibit in Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on January 16, 2009
Andrew Wyeth, famed painter of such iconic works as Christina’s World, has died, according to information provided by the Farnsworth Museum of American Art, in Rockland. Wyeth, who divided his time between Brandywine, Pa., and midc0ast Maine, created quite a stir a while back with the discovery of the Helga paintings. “Andrew Wyeth’s work, an [...]
Posted in Penobscot Bay, Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Wyeth death, Farnsworth Museum, Maine, Rockland |
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