Where to Draw the Line:
The Maine
Drawing Project 2011
Contact:
Project Manager
Camille M. Smalley (207) 283-3861 ext. 115 education@sacomuseum.org
Saco
Museum
371 Main Street
Saco,
ME 04072
For Release: Immediate Tuesday,
September 13, 2011
THE MAINE DRAWING PROJECT ANNOUNCES JULY-
DECEMBER PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS
Maine—The
Maine Drawing Project 2011 is pleased to announce the programming for the
September through December season. Throughout the state of Maine, museums and art galleries are hosting
a variety of events, from receptions and gallery talks to hands-on activities
using the medium of drawing. Join us for the second half of the Maine Drawing
Project, 2011!
Where to Draw the Line:
The Maine Drawing Project is a statewide visual arts initiative, developed by
the Maine Curators Group that represents a unique collaboration between Maine's arts
organizations. As part of the Maine Drawing Project, museums and galleries
across Maine
will offer exhibitions that focus on the process of drawing and how artists use
it as a vehicle for creating diverse forms of visual expression. These
exhibitions, scheduled throughout the 2011 calendar
year, feature work by artists from Maine
and around the world, including images drawn directly onto gallery walls,
hand-traced computer algorithms, and sketches of the Iraq war. They present an array of
contemporary and historical artworks that come from the prestigious collections
of Maine's
museums and galleries. http://chitna.asap.um.maine.edu/mainedrawing/
ONGOING AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATORS
University of New England
Art Gallery
716 Stevens Avenue,
Portland, Maine
04103
July 27 through October 30
Children’s Book Illustrators
are sometimes overlooked as fine artists who engage the youngest at heart among
us. The UNE Art Gallery
is offering a wonderful array of works by some of the best artists in this
genre, including Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Jules Feiffer, Eric Carle, Leonard
Baskin, E.B. Lewis, Barbara Cooney, Nancy Burkert and many more!
DRAWING THE LINE & POINT OF DEPARTURE
Barn Gallery
Shore Road & Bourne
Lane, Ogunquit, Maine
03907
August 10 through October 10
Artists of the Ogunquit Art Association will have two exhibitions at
Barn Gallery. Drawing the Line,
August 10 – September 10, shows work in different drawing media on
two-dimensional surfaces. Point of Departure,
September 14 – October 10, will exhibit paintings, graphics and sculpture
with the drawings that inspired them.
DRAWING INTO SCULPTURE
George Marshall Store Gallery
140 Lindsey Road,
York, Maine 03902
August 27 through October 2
Drawing into Sculpture
is William Brayton’s exploration across two and three-dimensional media.
References to plants, wind patterns, and wooden boat building methods create a
dialogue between nature and the built environment. Wood, metal and composite
materials cast shadows to create drawings in the third dimension.
DRAWN TO MODERNISM Ogunquit Museum of American
Art
543 Shore Road, Ogunquit,
Maine 03907
Drawn to Modernism
features works by American Modernist artists in the permanent collection of the
Museum. In the early 20th century, Ogunquit was a destination for artists who
came to draw and teach in the area’s art colonies. Peggy Bacon, Will
Barnet, Paul Cadmus, Marsden Hartley, Bernard Karfiol, Rockwell Kent, Walt
Kuhn, Gaston Lachaise, Charles Woodbury and others are featured.
DRAWN FROM THE RIVER: DRAWINGS BY ARTISTS OF THE SACO RIVER VALLEY
Saco
Museum
371 Main Street,
Saco, Maine 04072
September 16 through November 13
Drawn from the River: Drawings by
Artists of the Saco River Valley, featuring drawings by
19th-century masters in the Saco
Museum collection. Also
on view, Christy Bergland: Late Seasons of
Great Pond, in which the artist uses variety of drawing media
capture the essence of four seasons at Biddeford Pool.
DRAWING ON
Lord Hall Gallery, University
of Maine at Orono
5743 Lord Hall, Orono,
Maine 04469
October 12 through November 18
Drawing
On explores the immediacy of the drawing process by
presenting works drawn directly on the walls of the Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine. Invited artists will work
individually and collaboratively in the gallery to create an
environment of unique but temporary drawings.
UPCOMING
EVENTS AND PROGRAMS:
ARTIST LECTURE
WITH RICHARD MICHELSON Tuesday,
September 27, 5-6:30 p.m. UNE Art Gallery, Portland Maine Richard
Michelson is both a poet, children’s book author, and the owner of the
Richard Michelson Galleries in Northampton,
MA. Join us and hear what he has
to say about children’s books!
ARTWALK GALLERY TALK WITH CHRISTY
BERGLAND Friday,
October 7, 6 p.m.
Saco Museum, Saco,
Maine
Make the Saco Museum's
newest exhibition part of your Artwalk evening! At 6 p.m., artist Christy
Bergland will speak with visitors about her series of 16 drawings capturing the
change of seasons outside her studio window in Biddeford Pool. This FREE
event coincides with Portland's
First Friday Artwalk on Friday, October 7.
DRAWING ON: OPENING
RECEPTION Friday,
October 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Lord
Hall Gallery, University of Maine at Orono
Campus Drawing
On, an exhibition of contemporary drawings, explores the immediacy of the
drawing process by presenting works drawn directly on the walls of the Lord
Hall Gallery at the University
of Maine. Eight Maine artists will work
individually and collaboratively in the gallery to create an environment of
unique but temporary drawings.
COLLECTING
DRAWINGS
Tuesday,
October 18th,
6-8pm
Portland
Museum of Art, Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium
A
special event for the Portland Museum of Art’s Friends of the Collection
and Maine Curators Group to celebrate the 2011 Maine Drawing Project.
Collectors, conservators, and curators will share insights on collecting and
caring for works on paper.
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