Show Run: 10/8/21 to 11/20/21
Artists: Jennifer Goldfinger and Kathryn Geismar
This show discusses memory and identity using oils and mixed media. This pairing of artists is a powerful presentation that promises to provoke thought and emotion.
Read MoreShow 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.
Read MoreShow Run: 5/28/21 to 6/26/21
An exhibition juxtaposing minimalism and fullness through painting and photography. Recent works by Maryjane Johnston and Tanja Kunz.
Read MoreShow 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.
Read MoreShow 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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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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