Arts & Leisure
Over 20 years ago, in the charming Portsmouth, N.H., gallery owned and managed by Ginny Vaughan, I noted the work of nationally-acclaimed York artist Robert Eric Moore.
Take a trip across the border this Saturday and Sunday, and you're likely to see some of the most beautiful quilts made by local hands, all in the name of helping others.
Old York Garden Club members gathered at the First Parish Church Fellowship Hall on Oct. 11 for a "Flavors of Fall Pot Luck Luncheon" to celebrate the start of a new season
Ongoing
On Saturday, Oct. 28, the Ogunquit Heritage Museum will host its fifth installment in the "Do You Remember?" series from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ogunquit Baptist Church.
Area spots to pick-your-own produce, take a hayride, etc.
The artist Craig Hood, a University of New Hampshire professor who is represented in the current Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) exhibition, commented to museum director and exhibit curator Mike Culver that he would try to bring his students to our beautiful oceanfront museum to broaden their exposure to contemporary art, in particular to the many ways in which the figure can dominate and/or send a message.
Two centuries of printmaking in Maine is being celebrated in 25 of the state's arts institutions, including, locally, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art where insightful, whimsical prints created by the late Peggy Bacon are currently on view, and the Old York Historical Society's George Marshall Store Gallery, where an exhibition of the prints of University of New Hampshire Professor Scott Schnepf just opened.
Perhaps the easiest place in which to begin enjoying this comprehensive around-the-state Maine Print Project is right here in York - namely, at the Old York Historical Society's waterfront George Marshall Store Gallery.
Garelick Farms is bringing back its Milk Masterpiece Carton Design Contest this fall by inviting young artists to create commemorative designs with the theme, "Why My School is Important to Me."
