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Sept 10: 2nd Friday ArtWalk in Brunswick & Topsham, 5-8pm

New exhibits and openings are on tap for this month's ArtWalk.  In Topsham, Maine Fiberarts opens "Thread by Thread: Woven Works by Sarah Haskell."  Haskell uses rich indigo linen warp and weft and handspun kozo paper to create wall hangings and incorporating themes about the environment, home, and spirit. Across the street, first time ArtWalk participant Spectrum Generations offers an artist reception for photographer John Bald and "The Mid Coast in Photography.” The ArtWalk is sponsored by Five Rivers Arts Alliance with support of Season Sponsor Waterfront Maine.

Additional new exhibits are opening at Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery, Coleman Burke Gallery, Bayview Gallery, Spindleworks' Whatnot Gallery, Gallery Framing, VSA Arts, Points of View. Artists studios and galleries are open throughout Fort Andross and in downtown Brunswick.  Image: From "Afghan Stories" by Paula Lerner, on view at Frontier.

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will be open for their new show "Henry Moore--The Drawings." This is just one of many exhibits, including  Masterpieces of European Painting from the Wadsworth Athenaeum and the soon to be closing "Maine as Muse" exhibit, on view in the Focus Gallery through October 3.

These are just a few of the highlights of the evening. The 2nd Friday ArtWalk is a free self-guided tour, and an invitation to enjoy the evening downtown.  Look for bright yellow brochure in participating venues and downtown businesses. Make a night of it! Restaurants are open all across town and an event at Frontier will follow the ArtWalk.  The 2nd Friday ArtWalk is held on the second Friday of the month, May – November. The 2nd Friday ArtWalk is sponsored by Five Rivers Arts Alliance. For more information, call us at 207-798-6964.  Image left: ArtWalk-ers at Connie Lundquist's studio in July. Image right:  Henry Moore, Helmet heads, 1949. Pencil, chalk, charcoal, wax crayon, watercolor, ink and gouache. Henry Moore family collection and Hauser & Wirth, reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore foundation.

Participating Art Walk sites

Topsham

• Maine Fiberarts, 13 Main St.  "Thread by Thread: Woven Works by Sarah Haskell" of York. Sarah uses rich indigo linen warp and weft and handspun kozo paper to create wall hangings using the Theo Morman technique, a type of intarsia for weaving. Themes about the environment, home, and spirit pervade her work. On view through November 30. 207-721-0678, www.arlenemorris.com, www.mainefiberarts.org (Handicap Accessible) Image: work by Arlene Morris, on view at Maine Fiberarts
• Spectrum Generations Community Center, 12 Main St. “The Mid Coast in Photography” by John Bald. Spectrum Generations is pleased to present a local artist in our first art exhibit and artist reception.  John Bald has been a photography enthusiast since taking a darkroom class in middle school.  He has shown his work all around the midcoast area and enjoys and specializes in seascapes, landscapes, and night photography.  Artist’s Reception with light refreshments. dabrown@spectrumgenerations.org, 729-0475 (Handicap Accessible)

Brunswick

Fort Andross- Main Tower entrance

• Frontier Cafe, Mill 3, first floor. "Beyond Darkness,” Syd Alberg. Photography exhibit Aug 27 – Oct 16 with performance Fri Oct 8th 7-8pm of Original Music and photography (virtual classical and instruments with projected video). Meet the artist 6:30pm. $6 Call Frontier for ticket. Also: “Afghan Stories,” Paula Lerner. Photo Exhibition & Multimedia Presentation. Many news stories about Afghanistan cover the ongoing insurgency and hardship of war but few tell of how people are seeking to rebuild their lives.  This work explores the other side of Afghanistan.  Presentation Fri, September 10th 7pm. Photo exhibition August 30th  – October 23rd 725-5222. www.explorefrontier.com (Handicap Accessible) 
• Coleman Burke Gallery, Mill 3, first floor. "Salt Water Farm: A Collaborative." 552-1194.

Fort Andross, Ground Floor (2nd Tower Entrance)

• Isabelle Pelissier Studio. (Ground Floor, 2nd tower entrance, downstairs and right at "T" 2nd door) Steel sculpture and paintings. 666-3479, auzelit@gmail.com (Handicap Accessible)

Fort Andross, 2nd Floor (Use "Cumberland Storage Entrance")

• Mildred Johnson Open Studio. (2nd floor) Suite 0120 Open studio: Assemblage, collage, works on paper. 207-319-4201, mjsfortandross@gmail.com (Handicap Accessible)
• Ed McCartan Studio. (2nd fl) Suite 0129B. Ed McCartan. Open Studio: Acrylics. 207-449-0208. emccartan2003@msn.com (Handicap Accessible) Image above: Natural Friends by Ed McCartan
• Alan Mast Studio. (2nd fl, above Flea Market) Suite 0228B. Open Studio: Mixed media, drawings, prints. mast@gwi.net; Joe Godleski. Suite 0228B. Paintings. joe.godleski@yahoo.com, joegodleski.blogspot.com. (Handicap Accessible)
• Jonathan Mess & Kate Bauman Studio. Suite 0222 (2nd floor, above the Flea Market) Open studio featuring ceramic sculpture and tiles by Jonathan Mess, enameled jewelry and installation by Kate Bauman. 212-0133, www.ArtMess.net , www.kate-bauman.com Image: ceramic sculpture by Jonathan Mess; design by Kate Bauman.

Downtown Brunswick-Maine St

• Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St.  "New Work by Gallery Artists." Opening reception 5-7:30. 729-5500, www.bayviewgallery.com (Handicap Accessible) Image: "Sunset, Moon" by Urbanska, on view at Bayview Gallery.
• Gelato Fiasco, 74 Maine St.  "Life Up-Close: Abstracts and Macro Photography by WIll Wohler," 607-4002.

• Whatnot Gallery, Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St (just off Maine St). "A New Dimension” with reception: September 10, 5-8 pm. Exhibit celebrates many media and dimensions as well as the re-opening of woodshopas the new “3-D Studio.” Ideas from disparate places join to create new perspectives, and as always, shine joy and humor on everyday objects and ideas. . 725-8820, www.spindleworks.org, (Handicap Accessible) Image:" Teepee" by Margaret Bowie.
• The Little Dog Coffee Shop, 87 Maine St. Open until 6pm. 721-9500. (Handicap Accessible)
• Connie Lundquist Studio, 98 Maine St. (upstairs, to the left, in back). Look for the sandwich board.  Mixed media collage and assemblage, gouache painting, graphite drawing. Refreshments. 607-2569, connielundquist.com 
• Summer Island Studio – Gallery of Fine Artisans. 149 Maine St, Tontine Mall. “Evocative Mood and Emotion” Friendship Pastelist, Pamela Cabanas’ work is both ethereal and beautiful if you have not seen it yet, please come and see things differently through her eyes. Come and enjoy! Wine cheese, hors d'oeuvres 373-1810, (Handicap Accessible) 
  

Downtown Brunswick-Pleasant Street

• Penobscot Bay Porch Swings. 4 Pleasant St.  Stop by and see swings, hammocks, pillows bags and more, made in this studio-shop. www.penobscotbayporchswings.com, 729-1616

• Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St. “Ebb and Flow” Photography by: Jennifer Kosinchuk-Kinney. Images & surroundings of the crystal clear pools of the Baker River, White Mountains, New Hampshire, to the tide pools & seashore of Maine’s coastline, from Peak’s Island, Monhegan Island and Reid State Park. Go with the flow. . .  729-9108, galleryframing@yahoo.com. (Handicap Accessible)

• Points of View Gallery, Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant St. 

  "(ART)3” Tim Banks, Judith Long, Barbara Snapp. These three neighbors share a passion for art expressed through different media – watercolor, pastel, collage, print making.  Artists’ reception. 373-9300 (Handicap Accessible)

  373-9300 (Handicap Accessible)

• Gallery at 11 Pleasant Street: VSA Arts of Maine, 11 Pleasant St “Moonlighting: Works by the VSA Maine Staff” “Moonlighting” features the ‘after-hour’ artistic creations of the VSA Maine staff; an eclectic mix of styles and media.  Refreshments.  Art-making with ArtVan, 607-4016, www.vsartsmaine.org, www.ArtVanProgram.org (Handicap Accessible) Image: "Moonlight on Water" collage by Gracia Woodward, on view at 11 Pleasant St.

Museum Way and Park Row

• Townsend Studios, 8 Museum Way (off Park Row) Photographs and pastels. www.towsendstudios.net, 725-0110 (Handicap Accessible)
• The Brunswick Inn,165 Park Row. Recent works by Bayview Gallery Artists. 729-4914, www.brunswickinnparkrow.com (Handicap Accessible)

• Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Park Row.  " Henry Moore – The Drawings" on view through October 3, 2010.  "Masterpieces of European Painting from the Wadsworth Athenaeum," long-term installation in the Bowdoin Gallery.  725-3275, www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum. 

Aprés Art

• Frontier Cafe Cinema + Gallery. Mill 3, 1st Floor.  “Afghan Stories,” Paula Lerner. Photo Exhibition & Multimedia Presentation. Presentaion: 7pm. Photo exhibition through Oct 23. 725-5222  www.explorefrontier.com  (Handicap Accessible) 

The 2nd Friday Art Walk is sponsored by Five Rivers Arts Alliance.  For more information, call Five Rivers Arts Alliance at 798-6964. Pick up yellow flyer with map or download and print map and listings (link at top of page).

 

Presented by Five Rivers Arts Alliance. Season Sponsor: Waterfront Maine

 

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