Arts & Leisure

Jeremy Frey in his studio, in Eddington. This year, his baskets are traveling to exhibitions from Portland to New York to Paris.

The Modern Master of Wabanaki Basketry

Jeremy Frey is the subject of the first-ever major retrospective of a Wabanaki artist. Amid the hype, he’s still able to lose himself in the steady rhythm of weaving in his home studio, where he’s forever cognizant of tribal basketmakers’ challenging history and tenuous future.

an airstream set up at a Searsport Shores Oceanfront Campground campsite

Searsport Shores Invites You to Connect with Nature, Music, and Your Inner Artist

The oceanfront campground’s owners understand that nature can spur creativity.

Lights Out Gallery founders Karlë Woods, Reed McLean, and Daniel Sipe in an under- construction studio

Can Norway’s New Lights Out Gallery Power an Artistic Surge?

The nonprofit aims to transform a tumbledown old snowshoe factory into a creative hub.

Sylvia Alberts, Red Tide Pool, 2010

The Monhegan Museum
Tickets & Exhibition Catalogue Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win tickets to view, A Common Bond: Women Artists of Monhegan Island, at the Monhegan Museum.

For her Maine Maritime Museum exhibit, sound artist Dianne Ballon pointed her mic at the radio-controlled foghorn of Portland Head Light

Maine Maritime Museum Has All the Bells and Whistles

The Bath museum’s latest exhibit tunes in to the sounds of the coast.

illustration of miniature wire-haired dachshund sitting on a log outside of a cabin in the woods

Long Way Home

A lost dog, a loving family, and a lesson in letting go.

Photographer Aliza Eliazarov's Great Pyrenees-Border-collie mix

A Kittery Photographer Unleashes Two Years’ Worth of Dog Portraits

For Aliza Eliazarov, finding subjects for her new book, The Best Dog, was a walk in the park.

The mural It’s a Beautiful Day, Whenever We’re Together, by Ryan Adams and Rachel Gloria Adams (pictured with developer Chris Thompson), welcomes visitors to Thompson’s Point.

How an Old Portland Train Depot Became an Engine for the Arts

From the beginning, filling Thompson's Point with public art was integral to the developers' plans.

Cumberland Crossing by OceanView residents Mary Morton, Sam Broaddus, and Susan Stasiowski

The Artists of Cumberland Crossing by OceanView Are Pursuing Their Passions

And connecting with each other to form a vibrant, creative community.

Lynn Bonsey and her daughter, Hilary Eyestone, the duo behind My Mother's Diaries on TikTok

The Maine Women Behind the Viral TikTok Account My Mother’s Diaries

Lynn Bonsey’s video-diary entries, recorded by her daughter, are a hit online.

exhibition cases a the Nylander Museum of Natural History

This Natural-History Museum Digs into Maine’s Prehistoric Past

Caribou's newly reopened Nylander Museum of Natural History is home to 50,000 minerals, prehistoric fossils, and mollusk shells.

Allen Insurance and Financial employee Cameron Gartley. Photo by 5iveleaf Photography

100 Percent Employee-Owned Allen Insurance and Financial Recognized

The Maine agency was named 2023 Employee-Owned Company of the Year by The ESOP Association’s New England Chapter.

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