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Bates College Museum of Art
Address: 75 Russell St., Olin Arts Center, Lewiston, ME
Phone: 207.786.6158
Email: museum@bates.edu
Web: www.bates.edu/museum.xml
Houses the college's collection of art, with a lower gallery highlighting the permanent collection. Lectures, demonstrations, workshops and programs are open to the public, usually without charge. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 12 THROUGH DEC. 11 "Our Positive Bodies: Mapping Our Treatment, Sharing Our Choices"
JUNE 12 THROUGH OCT. 3 "Bernard Langlais: Medium and Abstraction"
JUNE 12 THROUGH OCT. 3 Landscape Drawings from the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
THROUGH DECEMBER "Mao Jacket"
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Address: 162 Russell Ave, Rockport, ME
Phone: 207.236.2875
Email: info@cmcanow.org
Web: www.artsmaine.org
The Center features 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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JUNE 13 On and Off the Midway
THROUGH JULY 18 Comic-al
THROUGH JULY 18 YOU ARE HERE: Linden Frederick, Studies, Paintings
Colby College Museum of Art
Address: 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr, Waterville, ME
Phone: 207.859.5600
Email: museum@colby.edu
Web: 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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JULY 11 THROUGH 2009 Art at Colby: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Colby College Museum of Art
Farnsworth Art Museum & Wyeth Center
Address: 16 Museum St, Rockland, ME
Phone: 207.596.6457
Email: WriteUs@farnsworthmuseum.org
Web: 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 nearby Cushing, Maine) the Olson House, where Andrew Wyeth painted some of his best-known works. Main museum, Wyeth Center, and Farnsworth Homestead open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Olson House open Thurs through Tues from 10 am to 5 pm, Wed until 8 pm. Museum and Homestead admission is $12, $10 for seniors and students, free for children under 17 and Rockland residents. Free admission to the museum on Sun before 1 pm. Olson House separate admission $5, free when combined with main museum admission.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH AUG 30 Jamie Wyeth -- Seven Deadly Sins
THROUGH OCT 18 A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth
THROUGH OCT 25 Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope
THROUGH NOV 15 N.C. Wyeth -- Painter and Illustrator
THROUGH 2009 Achieving American Art -- American Art Between the Wars
THROUGH 2009 Louise Nevelson
Institute of Contemporary Art
Address: Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME
Phone: 207.879.5742
Email: info@meca.edu
Web: 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. Free. Summer Lecture every Monday at 6:30 pm in Osher Hall. Art Walk every first Friday of the month from 5 to 8 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 24 THROUGH AUG 16 Magnify
Maine Historical Society
Address: 489 Congress St, Portland ME
Phone: 207.774.1822
Email: info@mainehistory.org
The Maine Historical Society honors, preserves, and teaches Maine history through exhibitions, tours, lectures, research, trips, and events. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, $2 for children, and free for members. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sun from noon to 5 pm. Check the Web for information on current exhibits.
Museum of African Culture
Address: 13 Brown St, Portland ME
Phone: 207.871.7188
Email: africart@museumafricanculture.org
Web: www.museumafricanculture.org
This museum is devoted exclusively to Sub-Saharan African tribal art. The museum's collection includes over 1500 pieces ranging from carved wooden masks to copper allow figures. Open Tues through Fri from 10:30 am to 4 pm, and on Sat from noon to 4 pm. A $5 donation is requested for admission.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 26 AND AUG 28 Discussion and Spirit Mask Performance with Director Oscar Mokeme
JULY 1 First Friday Opening: "Utilitarian Pots of Sub-Saharan Africa" and photo exhibit by former U.N. diplomat Eugene Boelens
JULY 10 "Friends of Africa," a slide presentation by potter Ann Schunior
JULY 24 "Artist's Story," an evening with artist Eugene Boelens
AUG 7 First Friday Art Walk
AUG 15 11th Anniversary Celebration
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Address: 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit ME
Phone: 207.646.4909
Email: ogunquitmuseum@aol.com
Web: www.ogunquitmuseum.org
A small museum dedicated solely to 20th-century American art located in picturesque "Narrow Cove," with more than 1300 pieces in its collection. Open July 1 through Oct 31, Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sun from 1 pm to 5 pm. Closed Labor Day and Aug 20 through 24. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, $4 for students, and free for children under 12.
UPCOMING EVENTS
JULY 1 THROUGH SEPT 5 "Marsden Hartley: The OMAA Legacy"
JULY 1 THROUGH AUG 30 Bernard Langlais
JULY 1 THROUGH OCT 31 "The OMAA Permanent Collection"
JULY 1 THROUGH OCT 31 "Out of the White Mountains"
Portland Museum of Art
Address: 7 Congress Sq, Portland, ME
Phone: 207.775.6148
Email: info@portlandmuseum.org
Web: www.portlandmuseum.org
The state's largest 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 $10, $8 for students and seniors, $4 for children six through 17. Free on Fri after 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JUNE 21 The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration in American Culture
THROUGH JUNE 28 Art of the Cranberry Isles
JUNE 25 Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England (opens)
JULY 4 For My Best Beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron (opens)
JULY 11 Joyce Tenneson: Polaroid Portraits (opens)
University of Maine Museum of Art
Address: Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow St, Bangor, ME
Phone: 207.561.3350
Email: umma@umit.maine.edu
Web: umma.umaine.edu
Maine's only citizen-owned permanent fine-arts collection features 6500 pieces, including works by Winslow Homer, Roy Lichtenstein, Braque, and Picasso. Open Mon through Sat from 9 am to 5 pm. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH JUNE 19 Vessels Absent Installation and Selected Works on Paper by Aaron Stephan, and Successive Approximations Works by Carol Prusa
JUNE 26 THROUGH SEPT 19 Highway of Thought: Photographs by David Hilliard; Elegant Darkness: Photographs by Connie Imboden; recent sculptures by Christopher S. Frost
