Special Events 2025
Art Talk; Collage - The Sum of the Parts
Overlapping with our exhibit Whimsy: Flights of Fancy, this talk includes remarks and works by four accomplished artists: Robin Brooks, Christine Covert, Jillian Herrigel, and Catherine Worthington. Talk will take place at the gallery. Light refreshments will be offered. Free and open to the public.
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Image: Robin Brooks stands in front of her piece at the Whimsy opening reception. Photo by Bob Bond.
Open to public
Thursday, June 5, 4pm – 6pm
Art Talk; Fiore Art Center Residency: Experience and Influence
Open to public
Thursday, June 26, 6pm
During the Wiscasset Art Walk the gallery will host a discussion based on it’s Fiore at 100: Maine Observed exhibit. This panel-led event will feature artists Jude Valentine and Michel Droge, delivering remarks on their respective residencies at the Maine Farmland Trust's Fiore Art Center at Rolling Hills Farm in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Free and open to the public.
Honoring Joseph A. Fiore - Concert and Commentary
Tickets Required
Saturday, June 28, 4:30pm
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The Maine Art Gallery presents a special concert and commentary featuring a performance by duo Susanna Fiore, jazz piano, and Jay Girill, acoustic bass. Fiore student and friend David Dewey, curator of our Fiore at 100: Maine Observed exhibit, provides commentary.
Suggested donation of $25+ per person to benefit the gallery. Email info@maineartgallery.org to RSVP and receive directions to venue in Nobleboro.
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Images L to R: Susanna Fiore and Jay Girill. Photos by Larry Osgood.
Poetry and Art with Renuka O’Connell
Open to public
Wednesday, August 13, 4pm
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Renuka O’Connell will read from her new book, “Cosmic Collect Call: Appreciate the Mystery: Poems about Life.”
O’Connell will also share select pieces of her art from the book that inspired her poetry.
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“This book is for those who wish to apprentice themselves to any dream whatsoever … These poems describe everyday experiences from my youth to present day. These are the ways I’ve walked the path through trials of grief and struggle to seek a light in a newly formed creation. It turns out that the elixirs are faith and love. Out of nothing comes something to remind us that life lived from the unknown will never fail.” - O'Connell
The book is available on Amazon, and the author will have signed copies available for sale at the reading.
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O’Connell, who lives in Brunswick, has been a creative since childhood. In love with new beginnings, coupled
with her spiritual journey, she began writing in 2019. For more information about the artist, go to renuartist.com.
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Images: Renuka O’Connell and the cover of her book, “Cosmic Collect Call: Appreciate the Myster: Poems about Life."
