Show Run:
October 16th through November 18th

The Chocolate Church Arts Gallery presents Hunting Positive, an exhibition of writers and visual artists discussing the difficult times we are currently surviving. Fifteen powerful women’s voices will be assembled in a show featuring works on paper, installations, sculpture, and painting alongside essays and poetry.

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Show Run:
September 25th through October 14th
Artists: Ross Alan Bachelder and David Matson

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Show Run: August 28th – September 23rd
Wanda Fern McNeil has deep New England roots and a deep love for all-things-wildlife. She can often be found exploring hiking trails or kayaking the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters of Maine accompanied by her camera. What began as a personal pastime has grown into “Lucky Fern Photography”, where her passion for nature is reflected in her art. Wanda’s wish is to capture and share the beauty of nature, one amazing moment at a time.

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Show Run: July 10th – August 20th
There won’t be an in-person gallery opening event, but we will be doing online video content with Elaine via Facebook. Follow us on Facebook for more information.

Maine Moments is a collection of artwork by local Bath artist, Elaine Hranich. Elaine, the youngest of six children, grew up living in the small coastal community of Toms River, New Jersey and spent much time outdoors as a child. She lived in central New Jersey surrounded by beautiful farm land for 20 years before moving and settling in Maine over a decade ago.
Her art guidance has been primarily through private instruction and in recent years she has attended multiple workshops in Maine and Vermont. She is grateful to those who introduced her to plein air painting as this has provided her with the opportunity to paint the essence of nature.

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Opening Reception: February 28th | 5-7PM
Show Run: Through March 31st

The Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans is a collection of practicing artists and artisans who live and work in the Bowdoinham area. The group started with five people in 2004 and has grown to a diverse membership of twenty which includes artists, photographers, potters, woodworkers, fiber artists, jewelers, and other artisans. For over fifteen years, the group has hosted a Holiday Show and Sale at the Bowdoinham Town Hall during the first weekend in December. This has become the anchor for a town-wide celebration of events kicking off the holiday season. In recent years, the Guild has presented shows at the Merrymeeting Arts Center, participated in local art walks, and had a booth at the Celebrate Bowdoinham event. Individual artists actively market their work through a variety of venues.

The current mission of the Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans is to support and encourage Bowdoinham artisans by providing a means for them to collaborate, exhibit, and sell their work and to foster the value of art and hand crafted works.

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Opening: Friday, January 3rd @ 6PM
followed by 7:30PM performance
Show Run: January 3rd – January 14th

A compliment to Resurgence Dance Company’s original production, Happy Folk Commune. The Gallery is open during performances of this contemporary ballet on Friday and Saturday night as well as Sunday afternoon. 

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Opening: November 22nd @ 5PM
Show Run: November 22nd – January 2nd

Points of View Artists is a diverse group of greater Brunswick area artists who work together to foster an environment of mutual support, artistic development, and lifelong learning.

We are committed to sharing our passion for art with the greater community. We are members of the Brunswick Downtown Association and participate in the Second Friday Brunswick events organized each summer. We are also proud supporters of Arts Are Elementary (artsareelementary.org), and were co-founders of 10 X 10 Brunswick, an art endeavor that benefited all K-5 students in Brunswick from 2008 to 2017.  

 The artists are: Bonnie Dickey, Barbara Bean, Beth Heron, Carolyn Judson, Judith Long, Alan Mast, Nan Moran, Jackie Melissas, Ed McCartan, Ed Morton, Ann Slocum, Barbara Snapp, Craig Snapp, Nancy Marstaller.

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Opening: October 18th @ 5PM
Show Run: October 18th – November 13th

Artist Bio
Wren Pearson‘s first paint surface was a half-frozen trout that was unceremoniously slapped onto a white t-shirt at the urging of Georgetown artist, Julie Hoffman. That afternoon of making fish prints on a kitchen table began a creative adventure that approaches its third decade. Wren began Purple Perch Papers in the early nineties, a line of handmade papers and cards, after classes with papermakers Martha Blowen and Richard Lee. She transitioned into papier mache sculpture and painted folk art pieces, as well as collage jewelry from hand-painted papers under the name Bumblepuppy Folk Art.  Bumblepuppy went on to include hand-painted t-shirts and small garden sculptures. Founding the ‘Circle of Friends’ holiday art fair in the Freeport/Pownal area, Wren spent 25 seasons inviting area artists and the public into her home studio to celebrate giving hand crafted gifts.  After several years in Texas, Wren returned to Maine with a new color palette heavily influenced by the west and the strong colors of Mexican and Central American art.  In Pownal, she has co-founded Fuego Diablo Arts Studio with her husband, composer/musician Jamie Pearson, where they have hosted Open Mic Music Nights, car boot sales, art shows and sales, and run a hot sauce business called Big Phil's Kitchen.  Wren Pearson is an award-winning photographer and a writer when she runs low on paints and canvases.

Artist Statement
“It‘s a frustrating thing, trying to create a painting that matches the one in your mind.  I've yet to do it. But sometimes you get a glimpse at what's possible and you're happy in the small details. A shadow under a straw hat. A strand of hair. The color of a dog's eye.  So you keep trying.”

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Opening: September 13th @ 5PM
Show Run: September 13th – October 13th

Encaustic artist and jewelry maker Anne Strout, abstractionist Denis Boudreau, abstract and figurative artist Roland Salazar Rose, and author, artist and musician Ross Alan Bachelder.

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Show Run: August 16th – September 11th

“Painting plein air offers a great sense of adventure and exploration. Discovering new places and rediscovering familiar ones with the luxury of time (as painting requires) is one of the most satisfying moments of life. When these paintings get worked deeply into my psyche I can then morph them into something more fantastical or abstract and in that way can keep a theme evolving into something new and exciting again. Working with different paint mediums, surfaces, and sizes is a way to capture the feeling I am seeking to communicate and allows for a greater sense of play and surprise.”

Show Run: July 19th – August 14th

Multiple Artist Mixed Media Show
For 29 years the Sebascodegan Artists have been a gallery in the Old Orr's Island church in Harpswell. This year they are taking their gallery on a "road show", displaying their art in places throughout mid-coast Maine. The artists are a successful group due to their cooperative spirit and energy, and produce high quality work that they would love for you to come and see. Their work includes their watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels and pottery.