Cartography and Topography: Paintings and Quilts Art Show (10/2022)

Show Run: 10/06/22 to 11/27/22

Cathy Fussell has been a practicing fiber artist for more than 50 years. She has been sewing and working with textiles since her early childhood  in Buena Vista, Georgia, her hometown. Today, she maintains a studio in Columbus, Georgia, where she specializes in making art quilts and related works in fabric. Fussell’s art is held in a number of public collections. 

 As a native of Rhode Island (known as the “Ocean State”) the vastness of the sea has always been a prominent source of inspiration for Deborah Forman. Other influences include Euclidian geometry, architectural drawings, and traditional quilting. She is interested in the contrast of illusionistic space simultaneously existing with flatness. The imagery is open to multiple interpretations; forms can describe a sky, a diagram, a syncopated beat, a pathway or a horizon. 

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Stories in Wood: The Marquetry Art of James Macdonald Art Show (8/2022)

Show Run: 8/09/22 to 10/01/22

James Macdonald, an artist, luthier, and musician based in Burnham, Maine, builds electric solid body guitars featuring hand cut marquetry art. Using a combination of handwork and machines very similar to the methods used in the 1950s, he is creating guitars that preserve the best of the past, while using the instrument as a canvas to create narrative based artwork using thin wood veneers from around the world as his palette.

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Summer Breeze Art Show (6/2022)

Show Run: 6/09/22 to 7/30/22
Guest Curated by: Breehan James

‘Summer Breeze’ brings together paintings and drawings that delight in the hazy tranquility of summer.
Exhibiting Artists: Kris Benedict, Stephen Benenson, Jana Benitez, Jill Grimes, Sarah Faragher, Hilary Irons, Breehan James, Emily Lanctot, Colin Page, Richard Raiselis, Jenna Ransom, Richard Ryan, Giordanne Salley, Marc Schepens, Suzannah Sinclair, Barbara Sullivan.

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Peaceful New England Landscapes Art Show (4/2022)

Show Run: 4/14/22 to 6/4/22
Artists: Harper Dangler & Maret Hensick

Each artist has chosen their surroundings as their muse, and both will be displaying work that conjures a sense of calm and peace. In a moment of chaos and unrest, the CCAC has chosen to show serene artwork to calm our minds and capture the beauty around us here in our little pocket of the world.

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2022 Member Art Show (1/2022)

Show Run: 1/21/22 to 2/26/22

At each turning of the New Year we take the occasion to fill our gallery with the artwork of CCAC members of all ages and experience levels. It is the perfect opportunity to see what is engaging the hearts and minds of our members.

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Slack Tide (7/2021)

Show Run: 7/2/21 to 8/7/21

The moment of pause between high and low tide when the water is without current or stress. We have all been experiencing the pandemic in different ways. But now that our part of the world is beginning to reopen, we are noting that we want to pause and reflect before being caught up in the current of our lives. We have had an opportunity to examine and evaluate our values relating to racial justice, the environment, the need for spiritual retreat and recovery, among other things. We are planning to be more deliberate in our decisions going forward. And we hope this show gives you a space for reflection, similar to the space that can be found on a long walk along the beach.

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A Congregation of Birds (4/2021)

Show Run: 4/2/21 to 5/15/21

The Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery is pleased to welcome Kathleen Buchanan, Berri Kramer, Karina Steele, and Susan Wilder for a A Congregation of Birds.

For this show, each artist has used a different medium to explore birds as a theme in their work. The show features encaustic (a painting technique in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax), linocut (in which designs are cut into a linoleum surface), mobiles, and other mediums.

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Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans (2/2021)

Show Run: 2/26/21 to 3/29/21

The Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery is pleased to welcome the Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans for their second annual exhibit. In the Guild's 17th year, they continue their mission of promoting excellence in art with a collective of artists producing an impressive spectrum of work: painting, fine art photography, fiber arts, woodworking, ceramics, stained glass, and jewelry.

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From Home in Bunny Slippers: Creations from a Community in the Weirdest Year Ever (11/2020)

Show Run:
November 21st through January 6th

From Home in Bunny Slippers: Creations from a Community in the Weirdest Year Ever is a gallery show that accompanies the book of the same name. The book is a collection of creative work compiled by the Chocolate Church Arts Center that reflects the ways in which communities across Maine (and friends from away) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges of 2020, and found catharsis through the act of creation.

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Hunting Positive (10/20)

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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Wanda Fern McNeil “Lucky Fern Photography” (8/20)

Show Run: August 28th through September 23rd

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.

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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Elaine Hranich “Maine Moments” (7/20)

Show Run: July 10th through 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.

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Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans (2/2020)

Show Run: February 28th – March 31st
OPENING: February 28th at 5PM

The Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans is a collection of practicing artists and artisans who live and work in the Bowdoinham area. Their mission 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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Happy Folk Commune (1/2020)

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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Wren Pearson (10/2019)

Show Run: October 18th – November 13th

Papier mache sculpture and painted folk art pieces under the name Bumblepuppy Folk Art. Co-founder of Fuego Diablo Arts Studio. Award-winning photographer and a writer when she runs low on paints and canvases.

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