ART MUSEUMS > MAINE

Bates College Museum of Art
75 Russel St., Olin Arts Center, Lewiston ME (map)
207.786.6158
http://www.bates.edu/acad/museum

Houses the college's collection of art, with a lower gallery highlighting the permanent collection. Open Tues. through Sat. from 10 a.m. to 5 pm.

JUNE 24 THROUGH OCT 7 Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale

Center for Maine Contemporary Art
162 Russell Ave, Rockport, ME (map)
207.236.2875
info@artsmaine.org
http://www.artsmaine.org

Featuring work by Maine artists. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Admission is $5, free for children and Rockport residents.

JULY 23 Skowhegan at 60, David Driskell: Paintings and Prints 1996-2006, works by Ron Leax
JULY 27 THROUGH AUG 6 Art Makes a Difference
AUG 12 THROUGH SEPT 30 Curator's Choice: Painting Structure, Bestiary, Jed Devine: Stills and Pairings

Colby College Museum of Art
5600 Mayflower Hill Dr, Waterville, ME (map)
207.859.5600
museum@colby.edu
http://www.colby.edu/museum

Permanent collection includes 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century American art. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 4:30 pm, and on Sun from noon to 4:30 pm. Free.

THROUGH JULY 9 William Ingham: Paintings & Drawings
JUNE 4 THROUGH JULY 9 AIA Maine Awards
JULY 26 THROUGH OCT 15 The Skowhegan School: 60 Years

Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center
16 Museum St, Rockland, ME (map)
207.596.6457
farnsworth@midcoast.com
http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org

Permanent collection includes American art with a focus on art related to Maine. Museum also features the Wyeth Center, the Farnsworth Homestead, and (in Cushing, ME) the Olson House, where Andrew Wyeth painted some of his best-known works. Main museum and Wyeth Center open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Call for evening hours. Farnsworth Homestead open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Olson House open daily from 11 am to 4 pm. Museum and Homestead admission $10, $8 for seniors, $8 for students, free for children under 17 and Rockland residents. Olson House separate admission $4, free when combined with main museum admission.

THROUGH JUNE 11 Maine in America: Approaching Abstraction
THROUGH JUNE 18 Jamien Morehouse: Liberty Banners
THROUGH OCT 15 James Wyeth: Portrait of an Artist, Andrew Wyeth: Selections, N.C. Wyeth: Artist and Illustrator
JUNE 25 THROUGH SEPT 17 Winslow Homer: A Collector's Passion (Works from the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie)
JULY 2 THROUGH OCT 15 Charlie Hewitt at Work: 20 Years of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture

Institute of Contemporary Art
Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME (map)
207.879.5742
info@meca.edu
http://www.meca.edu

The ICA showcases new perspectives and trends in contemporary art in a range of media. Open Wed through Sun from 11 am to 5 pm, on Thurs until 7 pm, and on the first Fri of every month until 8 pm. There is no admission fee.

JUNE 7 THROUGH JULY 30 From Baja to Bar Harbor: Transnational Contemporary Art

Portland Museum of Art
7 Congress Sq, Portland, ME (map)
207.775.6148
info@portlandmuseum.org
http://www.portlandmuseum.org

The museum features an extensive collection of decorative and fine arts dating from the 18th century to the present. Permanent exhibits include the Joan Whitney Payson Collection, with works by Renoir, Degas, Monet, Picasso, and other masters. Guided tours daily at 2 pm. Open Sat through Thurs from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Fri until 9 pm. Admission $8, $6 for students and seniors, $2 for children six through 17. Free for all on Fri after 5 pm.

THROUGH JUNE 18 Waponahki Student Art Show: The Forests
JUNE 23 THROUGH OCT 15 Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late-19th-Century France
THROUGH AUG 27 The Quiet Landscapes of William B. Post: Pictorial Photography in Maine
THROUGH SEPT 5 La Gioconda, Mona Lisa
THROUGH SEPT 10 Treasures from Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church
ONGOING Form and Design in Glass and Ceramics

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum
707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester, ME (map)
207.926.4597
usshakers@aol.com
http://www.shaker.lib.me.us

Located at the world's only active and functioning Shaker community, the museum has 27 exhibit rooms cataloguing more than 200 years of Shaker history in Maine communities. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 4:30 pm. Guided tours of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village premises last 75 minutes. Check Web site for tour times. Museum and store admission free. Tours $6.50, $2 for children six to 12.

ONGOING My Strength, Time and Talents, My Body and Soul: The Lives and Leadership of Elder William Dumont & Eldress Lizzie Noyes, The Sabbathday Lake Shakers and the Rickers of the Poland Spring Hotel: A Scrapbook History

University of Maine Museum of Art
Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow St, Bangor ME (map)
207.561.3350
http://umma.umaine.edu

Maine's only citizen-owned permanent fine-arts collection recently moved from its old digs in Orono to this multi-million-dollar Bangor location. The 5700-piece collection includes works by Winslow Homer, Roy Lichtenstein, Braque, and Picasso. Open Mon through Sat from 9 am to 5 pm. Admission $3.

THROUGH JULY 1 Kenro Izu: Sacred Places + 81 Heads