June 2021
Farnsworth and CMCA Third Sunday Tours at 10
Sunday, June 20 Join education coordinators Jude Valentine of the Farnsworth Art Museum and Mia Bogyo of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art to tour current exhibitions comparing and contrasting thematic artworks from both organizations. Participants will travel to both art institutions to view works in person, learn about varied art-making approaches and create a visual response of their own. Cost: Free to FAM / CMCA members; children under 16 and Rockland residents.
Find out more »Graphite Drawing with Whitney River
Mondays, June 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 3 to 5 pmon Zoom Back by popular demand! Suitable for beginning and intermediate drawers. Explore the fine art of rendering in value with an expert. In this class, students will gain confidence in drawing through a combination of fun exercises, quick sketches, and extended still lives. Shading with graphite requires us to slow down, focus, and allow ourselves to be completely present and aware of what we are perceiving. In this…
Find out more »Graphite Drawing with Whitney River
Mondays, June 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 3 to 5 pmon Zoom Back by popular demand! Suitable for beginning and intermediate drawers. Explore the fine art of rendering in value with an expert. In this class, students will gain confidence in drawing through a combination of fun exercises, quick sketches, and extended still lives. Shading with graphite requires us to slow down, focus, and allow ourselves to be completely present and aware of what we are perceiving. In this…
Find out more »Keeping a Nature Journal with Sherrie York
Three sessions: Wednesdays, June 30, July 7, and July 14 From 1 to 3 pm, Online via Zoom For many of us in the past year, time spent in nature helped to ease both our sense of isolation and our cabin fever. Keeping an illustrated journal or nature sketchbook can help us continue and deepen that experience, and maybe even regain some of the focus that has seemed so elusive. We will meet together online to build basic drawing and…
Find out more »July 2021
First Friday at the Farnsworth: July 2021
The Farnsworth Art Museum is thrilled to announce the return of First Fridays at the Farnsworth, sponsored by First National Bank and First National Wealth Management, on Friday, July 2, 2021, from 5 to 8 p.m. Independence Day weekend is the perfect time to come back to Rockland's Main Street, and celebrate our city as the Art Capital of Maine. Main Street will be closed to car traffic beginning at 5 p.m. Admission to the Farnsworth will be free! All…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 3
Workshop 3 - Topic: Creating Shimmering Water In Your LandscapesWednesday, July 7 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, July 8 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, July 9 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. …
Find out more »Keeping a Nature Journal with Sherrie York
Three sessions: Wednesdays, June 30, July 7, and July 14 From 1 to 3 pm, Online via Zoom For many of us in the past year, time spent in nature helped to ease both our sense of isolation and our cabin fever. Keeping an illustrated journal or nature sketchbook can help us continue and deepen that experience, and maybe even regain some of the focus that has seemed so elusive. We will meet together online to build basic drawing and…
Find out more »Wyeth Day—Betsy’s Gift: A Conversation with Jamie Wyeth
Upon Betsy Wyeth's passing in 2020, the Farnsworth Art Museum received from her bequest twenty-seven works by three generations of Wyeth family artists: six by N.C., two by Andrew, and nineteen by Jamie. Together, they greatly enriched the museum's already strong holdings of their works, and at the same time demonstrate Betsy Wyeth's passion for collecting. Farnsworth Chief Curator Michael K. Komanecky will talk with Jamie Wyeth about his mother's collecting, and his impressions of the works she left to…
Find out more »Keeping a Nature Journal with Sherrie York
Three sessions: Wednesdays, June 30, July 7, and July 14 From 1 to 3 pm, Online via Zoom For many of us in the past year, time spent in nature helped to ease both our sense of isolation and our cabin fever. Keeping an illustrated journal or nature sketchbook can help us continue and deepen that experience, and maybe even regain some of the focus that has seemed so elusive. We will meet together online to build basic drawing and…
Find out more »Farnsworth and CMCA Third Sunday Tours at 10
Sunday, July 18 Join education coordinators Jude Valentine of the Farnsworth Art Museum and Mia Bogyo of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art to tour current exhibitions comparing and contrasting thematic artworks from both organizations. Participants will travel to both art institutions to view works in person, learn about varied art-making approaches and create a visual response of their own. Advanced registration is required. In addition, we request that all visitors agree to the following guidelines before their visit: Cost:…
Find out more »13 Ways of Looking at a Poem – Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Monday & Wednesday, July 19 & 21, andMonday & Wednesday, July 26 & 28, from 10 to 11:30 amOnline via Zoom. A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring a wide range of possibilities for creating new poems. How does poetry allow us to break through thresholds and borders? What holds us back? What moves us forward? In this two-week workshop, we will explore thirteen ways to widen our ability to open new spaces and pursue new forms as they offer consolation…
Find out more »13 Ways of Looking at a Poem – Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Monday & Wednesday, July 19 & 21, andMonday & Wednesday, July 26 & 28, from 10 to 11:30 amOnline via Zoom. A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring a wide range of possibilities for creating new poems. How does poetry allow us to break through thresholds and borders? What holds us back? What moves us forward? In this two-week workshop, we will explore thirteen ways to widen our ability to open new spaces and pursue new forms as they offer consolation…
Find out more »13 Ways of Looking at a Poem – Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Monday & Wednesday, July 19 & 21, andMonday & Wednesday, July 26 & 28, from 10 to 11:30 amOnline via Zoom. A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring a wide range of possibilities for creating new poems. How does poetry allow us to break through thresholds and borders? What holds us back? What moves us forward? In this two-week workshop, we will explore thirteen ways to widen our ability to open new spaces and pursue new forms as they offer consolation…
Find out more »13 Ways of Looking at a Poem – Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Monday & Wednesday, July 19 & 21, andMonday & Wednesday, July 26 & 28, from 10 to 11:30 amOnline via Zoom. A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring a wide range of possibilities for creating new poems. How does poetry allow us to break through thresholds and borders? What holds us back? What moves us forward? In this two-week workshop, we will explore thirteen ways to widen our ability to open new spaces and pursue new forms as they offer consolation…
Find out more »August 2021
Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 4
Workshop 4 - Topic: Painting the Working ShorelineWednesday, August 11 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, August 12 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, August 13 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. This is…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »September 2021
Robert Indiana: The Hartley Elegies with Michael K. Komanecky
Elegy: a song or a poem expressing sorrow, or lamentation for someone who is dead. Farnsworth Chief Curator Michael K. Komanecky will discuss a group of ten silkscreen prints by Robert Indiana, The Hartley Elegies. Created between 1989 and 1994 along with eighteen related paintings, they were inspired by a 1915 painting by the prominent American modernist Marsden Hartley did in Berlin in memory of his fallen friend and presumed lover, Karl von Freyburg, a German soldier who was killed in…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 5
Workshop 5 - Topic: Painting Among Giants… ForestscapesWednesday, September 8 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, September 9 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, September 10 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. This is…
Find out more »Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
Find out more »George Tice and Andrew Wyeth: Parallel Visions with Angela Waldron
Maine has a centuries-old history of attracting artists captivated by the state’s natural beauty and the quiet ethos of its hard-working inhabitants. Over a period of many decades, nationally-renowned photographer George Tice and artist Andrew Wyeth were drawn to Maine, inspired by the state’s past, and a present that speaks to a sense of timelessness and the enduring qualities of honor and dignity in an honest days’ work. Through familiar scenes of the ordinary and everyday, Tice's and Wyeth's works are a testament to the essential connectedness of people to their…
Find out more »October 2021
Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 6
Workshop 6 - Topic: Capturing the Colors of FallWednesday, October 6 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, October 7 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, October 8 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. This…
Find out more »Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
Find out more »November 2021
Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
Find out more »December 2021
Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
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