‘Think Spring’ at River Arts
Tue, 03/21/2017 - 3:00pm
Newcastle artist Carolyn Wiley’s painting featuring robin eggs shouts spring! Courtesy of River Arts
Wiscasset artist Pamela Logan will have you all a-buzz about the arrival of spring! Courtesy of the venue
Newcastle artist Anna Shaw’s sheep shearing spring image is a smile generator. Courtesy of River Arts
Story Location:
241 U.S. Route 1
Damariscotta, ME 04543
United States
241 U.S. Route 1
River Arts’ newest exhibition, "Think Spring" is on display through Sunday, April 9. The gallery is carrying us cheerfully into springtime images of whimsy, blooming flowers, baseball, garden paths, and some of the best looking fish in town. Full of fun and imaginative interpretations of spring, this show is bringing smiles to everyone who comes in.
The juror for this exhibition was Andres Verzosa. Veroza is the founder of Portland’s First Friday Art Walk and has been a contributing arts columnist and reviewer for Art New England. He is most commonly associated with Aucocisco Galleries in Portland, which he owned and directed. Verosa recently served as Interim Executive Director and Curator at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art where he curated the museum’s first outdoor solo exhibition by contemporary sculptor Gary Haven Smith as well as the 2017 exhibition schedule that includes exhibits by Dahlov Ipcar, Will Barnet, John Marin, Cabot Lyford, and a World War I exhibition from OMAA’s permanent collection. He also guest curated five exhibitions as part of the Maine Photo Project.
Local artists selected by Verzosa: Sally Giddings Smith, East Boothbay; Mark Reilly, Boothbay; Rick Dickinson, Southport; Sandra Griffin, John Lorence, Bob Thomas, Edgecomb; Betsy Fear, Kat Mead-Von Huene, Woolwich; Virginia Forrest, Pamela Logan, Cindy Spencer, Wiscasset; David Christian, Frank Dinsmore, Sarah Fisher, Frieda Hanlon, Jean Harris, Caroline Janover, Polly Steadman, Damariscotta; and Anna Shaw, Helen Warner, Carolyn Wiley, Newcastle.
River Arts is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Mondays. River Arts is located at 241 U.S. Route 1 in Damariscotta.
River Arts holds 10 themed, open, juried exhibitions per year. The full 2017 main gallery exhibition schedule is available online at riverartsme.org. Queries and requests may be directed to River Arts at 207-563-1507 or by email at info@riverartsme.org
