Regional sculptor Amanda Sisk, the first-ever artist-in-residence at the historic Governor John Langdon House in Portsmouth, talks about her plans for historically-inspired art.
Art
Two locals share “pretty good” art
Local painters Bill Paarlberg and Ken Fellows, who have a joint show opening this weekend at the Kittery Art Association, describe their work with watercolors.
Art and skateboarding in Newmarket
Bubs Skateboard Shop in Newmarket is upholding the long tradition of uniting skateboarding and art with a one-night show featuring about a dozen artists on Saturday.
State of the arts in Portsmouth
The good news: Portsmouth has a vibrant arts and cultural community that generates tens of millions of dollars in economic activity each year. The bad news: That money does not necessarily make it back to the local arts organizations or artists, who are finding it increasingly difficult to live and work in the Port City. That was the gist of Art-Speak’s State of the Arts presentation to the Portsmouth City Council on Monday.
Portsmouth’s Art ‘Round Town highlights
A roundup of exhibits opening at local galleries on Friday as part of the monthly Art 'Round Town event in downtown Portsmouth.
June art events across the Seacoast
New art exhibits are opening this weekend with events in Rochester, Dover, and Exeter.
Seacoast artist takes on how we dress
Seacoast photographer Nancy Grace Horton's new solo show, That's What She Said, opens on Friday, May 27, at Engine in Biddeford, Maine. The show is focused on gender roles and includes photos of local drag persona Bunny Wonderland.
Made in Chases Garage
After a winter’s worth of work, the gallery at Chases Garage in York, Maine, reveals unexpected connections among its artists. Although each studio is very different, common themes emerge when spaces and ideas are shared. Those themes are on display as the gallery kicks off its summer season with a new exhibit.
Maine attraction: new art in Ogunquit
A preview of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art’s 2016 season, which opens with a slate of new exhibits on May 1.
Four favorites: photo show in Dover
“Talented Women,” the new exhibit at Camera Commons in Dover, showcases the work of four regional photographers with serious talent.
More than a memory: exhibit in Dover
The enduring appeal of Charles Sawyer’s hand-painted photographs is on display at the Woodman Museum.
Planning stages
When it comes to marketing itself as a destination, Portsmouth is one of the best, according to Scott Ruffner. It’s “up there with any city...
Art to the rescue
Todd Bonita's new gallery in Portsmouth opens with a benefit exhibit that's bringing the Seacoast arts community together.
Leap year
The ArtPM Challenge encourages everyone to make a piece of art during the month of February, and this year, participants put their heart into it.
Truth and beauty
Discovering Edmund Tarbell’s local history and living legacy Edmund Tarbell was studying the old masters in Paris when the new movement of Impressionism caught his...
Where the music is
Bob Nilson has always been drawing. The 83-year-old Portsmouth artist says the joke in his family was that he was “born with an in-grown pencil.”...
Lost neighborhood
Jim Splaine remembers the first time he saw his father cry. It was July 11, 1966, a Monday night, and Splaine and his family were...
Larger than life
It’s not apparent, at first, that the artist walked on the painting or that he encouraged people to throw things at it. The first thing...
On the mark
Portsmouth is a city of dichotomies. Art-Speak board member Duncan Craig recently described it as follows: “One of the great things about Portsmouth is this...
One on one
Back in 2003, Seacoast photographer Roger Goun began taking photos at presidential campaign events. It was standard stuff, Goun says — photos of candidates at...
Making change
Posters are accessible and ubiquitous, more likely seen in a dorm room or alleyway than in an art gallery. But therein lies the potential. An...
Welcome home
Mainers Orson Horchler’s street art is short-lived, but not shortsighted. His latest project, called “Mainers,” is a series of portraits featuring a diverse group of...
Getting crafty
by Beth LaMontagne Hall It was about seven years ago when Portsmouth jewelry maker Megan Stelzer and Dover artist Jocelyn Toffic came up with the...
Area art exhibits
DOVER Gallery 6 “Out of This World” contains fanciful creatures in playful settings and promises to take viewers on journeys to strange worlds, on view...
Find your element
If it’s the thought that counts, then the handmade, local gift has got to count for more, since it considers the whole community. This small...