November 2019
Introduction to Watercolors with Erica Qualey
Thursdays, October 24–November 14 Learn the basics of how watercolors work on paper. Build thumbnail sketches and color and value studies into paintings while discovering techniques such as masking, building dynamic washes, stamping, and pouring and splattering paint. Erica Qualey is an artist living in midcoast Maine. She received her BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and works as an artist, illustrator, and studio instructor. Her work has been exhibited in Maine and New Hampshire and is in private collections…
Find out more »PechaKucha Night Midcoast Maine
Presenters Hodding Carter, Emily Davis, Kathleen Florance, Linden Frederick, Janine Gates, Jennifer O’Connell, Daphne Pulsifer, Lesia Sochor, and Tom Weis share their processes and inspirations in a fast-paced, fun format. The Farnsworth is a proud partner organization.Cost: $5 at the door
Find out more »Music @ Noon—The Thoreau Piano Trio
Three internationally acclaimed artists, with concert appearances on four continents and numerous accolades including a Grammy nomination, Thoreau Piano Trio are an ensemble of "depth, brilliance and conviction" (Boston Voyager Magazine). Violinist Susan Jensen, cellist Darry Dolezal and pianist Paul Jacobs created the trio with a mission to transform conventional viewpoints, and explore links between music, art, literature and philosophy. Buxtehude Trio Sonata Op. 2 No..2 in D MajorLeonard Bernstein Piano TrioMendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 Presented in partnership with Bay Chamber Concerts, our lunchtime concerts offer a…
Find out more »Introduction to Watercolors with Erica Qualey
Thursdays, October 24–November 14 Learn the basics of how watercolors work on paper. Build thumbnail sketches and color and value studies into paintings while discovering techniques such as masking, building dynamic washes, stamping, and pouring and splattering paint. Erica Qualey is an artist living in midcoast Maine. She received her BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and works as an artist, illustrator, and studio instructor. Her work has been exhibited in Maine and New Hampshire and is in private collections…
Find out more »Share the Wonder Celebration: Visions of Sugar Plums
Celebrate the spirit of the season with the whole family! Holiday crafts, model train wonderlands, carriage rides, live music, and more await young and old at Share the Wonder, the family festival that has become a cherished midcoast tradition. Admission is free throughout the day. Share the Wonder: Visions of Sugar Plums is sponsored by the Wyeth Foundation. See an album of photos from last year's event here!
Find out more »December 2019
Diagonal Knitting with Katharine Cobey
Knitting is a sculptural skill, according to internationally acclaimed artist Katharine Cobey. This 90-minute demonstration and workshop concentrates on the expressive potentials of diagonal shaping with an emphasis on making either seamless sculptural shapes or clothing. Participants should already know how to knit and purl. No registration needed. Basic materials will be provided, but it's recommended to also bring a notebook and pencil; knitting needles in a size you like working with (two double-pointed, two straight, or one circular); and…
Find out more »Holiday Cards with Margaret Rizzio
Create one-of-a-kind holiday cards with artist Margaret Rizzio and learn about the surprising world of ephemera and mail art. She will show examples of her own mailings and give examples for your own holiday creations. Spend an evening learning collage techniques to make the most unique holiday cards and spread art/joy in the form of mail. Artist Margaret Rizzio graduated from Bennington College in Vermont with a BA in visual arts followed by an MFA from Purchase College in New…
Find out more »Gingerbread House Decorating
Art can be edible! Children will be provided with a small, preassembled gingerbread house ready to be decorated with an assortment of candies and fresh frosting. Cost: Free ($10 suggested donation)
Find out more »Gingerbread House Decorating
Art can be edible! Children will be provided with a small, preassembled gingerbread house ready to be decorated with an assortment of candies and fresh frosting. Cost: Free ($10 suggested donation)
Find out more »Knitting Outside the Box with Bristol Ivy
One of the most interesting and best parts about knitting is the huge variety of patterns available. But where does the inspiration for those patterns come from? In this class, we’ll talk about different forms of inspiration and different ways of thinking about knitting, and then explore methods and theory to bring those ideas to reality. This is a great class if you’re interested in designing, or just want to experiment with all the possibilities knitting has to offer! Must…
Find out more »DIY Gifts with Annie Bailey, Kim Bernard, Karen Francomano, Sherry Frazer, Cynthia Motian McGuirl, and others
Red gift box with white ribbon and bow. Vector 3d illustration. A collective of local artists will facilitate simple holiday projects for the gift-giving season. Come for an hour or stay for all three. This program is a collaboration with The Steel House. Annie Bailey is a multimedia visual artist born and raised in Tenants Harbor, Maine. Described as “hovering between abstraction and impressionistic realism,” her work celebrates the range of one’s creative potential, from control to chaos, through the…
Find out more »Book Signing with Jamie Wyeth and Bruce Mowday
Join us on Tuesday, December 17, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., for a very special book signing by artist Jamie Wyeth and author Bruce Mowday. The signing, in conjunction with the recent publication of Mowday’s book Stealing Wyeth, will be preceded by a short talk by the author. Those wishing to attend are invited to enter the museum through the Museum Store, on the corner of Main Street and Elm Street in Rockland. This event is free to the public. In 1982,…
Find out more »Anonymous Art Making/Giving with Annie Bailey
What’s better than making art? Surprising someone with it! We can’t spill the beans; you’ll have to come play to find out! Annie Bailey is a multimedia visual artist born and raised in Tenants Harbor, Maine. Described as “hovering between abstraction and impressionistic realism,” her work celebrates the range of one’s creative potential, from control to chaos, through the lens of maritime culture. She earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2010. Cost: Free ($10 suggested…
Find out more »Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers
The Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers Listen to seasonal music, including arrangements set to the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Christmas Bells” (I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day). The Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers play five octaves (61 bells) of English handbells and five octaves of choir chimes. The group, led by bell choir director Doris Krueger, consists of young musicians in grades 9 through 12. They have performed throughout New England, Europe, and South America. Cost: Free…
Find out more »Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers
The Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers Listen to seasonal music, including arrangements set to the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Christmas Bells” (I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day). The Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers play five octaves (61 bells) of English handbells and five octaves of choir chimes. The group, led by bell choir director Doris Krueger, consists of young musicians in grades 9 through 12. They have performed throughout New England, Europe, and South America. Cost: Free…
Find out more »Make Your Own Wrapping Paper with Annie Bailey and Sherry Frazer
Ditch store-bought wrapping paper and make your own instead! A wide variety of simple printing and paper design techniques will be used. Annie Bailey is a multimedia visual artist born and raised in Tenants Harbor, Maine. Described as “hovering between abstraction and impressionistic realism,” her work celebrates the range of one’s creative potential, from control to chaos, through the lens of maritime culture. She earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2010. Sherry Frazer is a…
Find out more »Candlemaking with Annie Bailey
Celebrate light on the darkest day of the year! All are welcome to craft hand-dipped candles in this meditative workshop. Annie Bailey is a multimedia visual artist born and raised in Tenants Harbor, Maine. Described as “hovering between abstraction and impressionistic realism,” her work celebrates the range of one’s creative potential, from control to chaos, through the lens of maritime culture. She earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2010. Cost: Free ($10 suggested donation)
Find out more »January 2020
Knitting Great Shapes with Katharine Cobey
Knitting is a sculptural skill, according to internationally acclaimed artist Katharine Cobey. This free, 90-minute demonstration and workshop concentrates on the expressive potentials of shaping. Participants should already know how to knit and purl. No registration is needed. Please bring knitting needles and yarn. Cost: Free
Find out more »Art Lifts All
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland, Maine. Photo by Jonathan Lawrence Art has the power to lift individuals, institutions and communities. Join three women leaders in the Maine arts community, Susan Danly, former Senior Curator at the Portland Museum of Art, CMCA Director Suzette McAvoy, and Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Director Donna McNeil, for an inspiring discussion on how their careers in the arts has led to mentorship and community building. Moderator is Farnsworth Director of Education Vas Prabhu. Participants…
Find out more »Music @ Noon—Meneses and Galbraith
A rare collaboration between two Grammy nominated soloists, Antônio Meneses, cellist of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio and Paul Galbraith, one of the foremost classical guitarists of our time. Described by San Francisco Classical Voice as "Musically compelling . . . a highly virtuosic and engaging performance that drew audience raves," the duo’s program includes a new arrangement of Schubert‘s "Arpeggione" Sonata, Brazilian composer Radamés Gnattali’s (1906-1988) Sonata for Guitar and Cello and Five Places from an Imaginary Brazil written for the duo by the celebrated young Brazilian composer André Mehmari.…
Find out more »Capturing the Light with Erica Qualey
Watercolor by Erica Qualey Thursdays, January 16 to February 13, 2020 Whether your subject matter is a cool misty morning, a hot and sunny afternoon, or a calm mellow evening, how you depict the light in your painting will say it all. In this class we will concentrate on capturing different types of lighting and how to make it create a variety of moods and atmosphere in your watercolor paintings. We will build on fundamental watercolor skills such as lost…
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Capturing the Light with Erica Qualey
Watercolor by Erica Qualey Thursdays, January 16 to February 13, 2020 Whether your subject matter is a cool misty morning, a hot and sunny afternoon, or a calm mellow evening, how you depict the light in your painting will say it all. In this class we will concentrate on capturing different types of lighting and how to make it create a variety of moods and atmosphere in your watercolor paintings. We will build on fundamental watercolor skills such as lost…
Find out more »Rockland, Maine: Rise and Renewal
A Talk by John Bird Focusing on the people and other key factors that shaped the story, Rockland, Maine: Rise and Renewal by John Bird chronicles Rockland’s beginnings as part of Thomaston, its rapid rise and separation from the parent community, and its cultural and material maturation followed by signs of stagnation and decline, concluding with a description of its cultural and economic reinvigoration. John Bird grew up in Rockland, Maine. Following graduation from Bowdoin College, he began a 30-year…
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Capturing the Light with Erica Qualey
Watercolor by Erica Qualey Thursdays, January 16 to February 13, 2020 Whether your subject matter is a cool misty morning, a hot and sunny afternoon, or a calm mellow evening, how you depict the light in your painting will say it all. In this class we will concentrate on capturing different types of lighting and how to make it create a variety of moods and atmosphere in your watercolor paintings. We will build on fundamental watercolor skills such as lost…
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Exiles and Outcasts: Music by VoXX
VoXX: Voice of Twenty, a midcoast chamber choir that sings unaccompanied choral music from the 15th to 21st centuries, will perform the music of "Exiles and Outcasts.” The program includes music by composers Hindemith, Gesualdo, Victoria, and Monteverdi. Music Director Matt Smith said, "We wanted to tell some interesting and tragic stories about composers across the past four hundred years. More importantly, we wanted to leverage the power of music to reflect on the feelings of exile that many people…
Find out more »PechaKucha Night
Open, spontaneous, fun: these are a few words that have been used to describe how PechaKucha brings together people and ideas for an evening of visual storytelling. Reception to follow. The Farnsworth is a proud partner and cofounder of PechaKucha Midcoast Maine. Cost: $5 at the door
Find out more »February 2020
Contemporary Stranded Colorwork with Mary Jane Mucklestone
Knit bold contemporary looks using the principles of traditional Fair Isle knitting. Let the exhibition of Katherine Cobey’s work influence you and introduce unusual materials to your piece! Using Mary Jane Mucklestone’s Flying Geese Cowl as a jumping-off point, we will create a sampler, inspired by Katherine Cobey’s use of diagonals in our patterning; experiment with color; and introduce unusual materials into our projects. Mucklestone will help guide you and offer an array of alternate materials to incorporate into your…
Find out more »Capturing the Light with Erica Qualey
Watercolor by Erica Qualey Thursdays, January 16 to February 13, 2020 Whether your subject matter is a cool misty morning, a hot and sunny afternoon, or a calm mellow evening, how you depict the light in your painting will say it all. In this class we will concentrate on capturing different types of lighting and how to make it create a variety of moods and atmosphere in your watercolor paintings. We will build on fundamental watercolor skills such as lost…
Find out more »Giorgio de Chirico and the Fickleness of Inspiration
Talk by Sam CadyGiorgio de Chirico's early metaphysical paintings are among artist Sam Cady’s favorite works in all of art history. He worked from revelations or inspirations of insight into ideas and feelings. But those revelations often contradicted each other, creating confusions and conflicts within his body of work. Cady will discuss these confusions and conflicts and talk about why he thinks the early metaphysical ones were brilliant beyond compare. Cost: $15; $10 museum members, including gallery admission
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Transforming the Ordinary: Women in American Book Cover Design
Talk by Exhibition Curator Angela Waldron Transforming the Ordinary: Women in American Book Cover Design examines the heyday of book cover design from the 1890s through the 1930s, a time of great artistic experimentation influenced by the aesthetics of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts Movement. During this period, women created thousands of book cover designs for the mass market, from simple one-color stamped designs to more elaborate multi-color designs, some which were stunningly beautiful works of art in and…
Find out more »Capturing the Light with Erica Qualey
Watercolor by Erica Qualey Thursdays, January 16 to February 13, 2020 Whether your subject matter is a cool misty morning, a hot and sunny afternoon, or a calm mellow evening, how you depict the light in your painting will say it all. In this class we will concentrate on capturing different types of lighting and how to make it create a variety of moods and atmosphere in your watercolor paintings. We will build on fundamental watercolor skills such as lost…
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Design a Handmade Book with Abbie Read
Friday and Saturday, February 14 and 15 Photo by Lynn Karlin Make a custom book and explore designs for a cover! This workshop will cover decorative paper making and Japanese stab binding. The binding you choose will set the stage for your design ideas. If you have a particular paper you want to use, please bring it. Otherwise good-quality paper will be supplied. Abbie Read lives and works in Appleton, Maine. She is interested in many different mediums and techniques;…
Find out more »Design a Handmade Book with Abbie Read
Friday and Saturday, February 14 and 15 Photo by Lynn Karlin Make a custom book and explore designs for a cover! This workshop will cover decorative paper making and Japanese stab binding. The binding you choose will set the stage for your design ideas. If you have a particular paper you want to use, please bring it. Otherwise good-quality paper will be supplied. Abbie Read lives and works in Appleton, Maine. She is interested in many different mediums and techniques;…
Find out more »Music @ Noon—Portland Piano Trio
Since their critically acclaimed debut in 2016, the Portland Piano Trio’s enlivening tautness and precision have delighted and inspired audiences throughout New England. Pianist Anastasia Antonacos, violinist Tracey Jasas-Hardel and cellist Wayne Smith have appeared on numerous chamber music series and were twice awarded a residency at the prestigious Avaloch Music Institute in Boscawen, New Hampshire. Their program focuses on a single masterwork. Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 n E-flat Major, D929 Presented in partnership with Bay Chamber Concerts, our lunchtime concerts offer a midday break in…
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Naturally Vincent: Millay as Eco-Poet
To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. —Edna St. Vincent Millay, from “Spring” Celebrate the 128th birthday of Pulitzer Prize poet Edna St. Vincent Millay with Maine poets reading letters and poems that focus on Millay’s evolution from an inveterate Romantic poet to a full-fledged eco-poet. Poets will also read their own poems about nature as well as the poetry of Abbie Huston Evans. Millay published her first poem, “Forest Trees,” at the age of…
Find out more »Creating from the Inside Out with Erika Manning
Thursdays, January 16 to February 27, 2:30 to 5:30 pm Access your creative energy and unleash artistic potential using techniques inspired by Surrealism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Instructor Erika Manning is an artist and educator who enjoys creating a safe space for students to step out of their comfort zones and embrace their inner artist. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. Cost: $252 members; $336 nonmembers
Find out more »Eliot Porter: All the Wild Places
Elliot Porter, White Aspens, Colorado, 1967, Dye transfer print, 8 x 10 3/8 in., Gift from the Textile Arts Foundation (Nancy Hemenway and Robert Barton), 1996.15.11 Talk by Farnsworth Curator Jane Bianco Among America’s foremost twentieth-century photographers, Eliot Furness Porter (1901–1990) is celebrated for his role in establishing color photography as an important art form. The Farnsworth collection includes about fifty of his images, many shot in Maine. Porter is known for his bird photographs made over his lifetime, and…
Find out more »March 2020
Pictures at an Exhibition
A Staged Reading by the Everyman Repertory Theatre Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8 Pictures at an Exhibition by Don Nigro is a collection of nine interrelated plays tracing the triangular relationship between two married artists and a model who starts out as the husband’s model, then becomes both their models, and then … neither. The plays are: Mirrors, Painter, Brown Study, Eros, Napoleons, Copenhagen, Dolls, Loup-Garou, and Doppelganger. Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely…
Find out more »Pictures at an Exhibition
A Staged Reading by the Everyman Repertory Theatre Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8 Pictures at an Exhibition by Don Nigro is a collection of nine interrelated plays tracing the triangular relationship between two married artists and a model who starts out as the husband’s model, then becomes both their models, and then … neither. The plays are: Mirrors, Painter, Brown Study, Eros, Napoleons, Copenhagen, Dolls, Loup-Garou, and Doppelganger. Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely…
Find out more »Music @ Noon—Matthew Smith, cello and Peipei Song, piano
This highly lauded duo are regular guest artists at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China as well as enjoying U.S. performing and teaching careers. Matthew is a member of Palaver Strings, the much-loved Maine-based chamber orchestra committed to enriching lives by sharing music with diverse audiences. This program is anchored by Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G Minor, a work that explores the two instruments’ capacity for expressive tenderness and is filled with the character typical of Russia’s Romantic era.…
Find out more »Andrew Wyeth: Maine Legacy Member Preview Tour
Andrew Wyeth, Walt and Henry, 1942 watercolor on paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection © 2020 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS) Farnsworth members are invited to a special preview tour of Andrew Wyeth: Maine Legacy on Thursday, March 12, two days prior to the exhibition opening to the public. Leith MacDonald, on staff at the Wyeth Study Center, will lead an informative, engrossing look at the paintings Andrew Wyeth completed during his many years in Maine. Andrew Wyeth embraced…
Find out more »Andrew Wyeth: Maine Legacy Member Preview Tour
Andrew Wyeth, Walt and Henry, 1942 watercolor on paper. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection © 2020 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS) Farnsworth members are invited to a special preview tour of Andrew Wyeth: Maine Legacy on Thursday, March 12, two days prior to the exhibition opening to the public. Leith MacDonald, on staff at the Wyeth Study Center, will lead an informative, engrossing look at the paintings Andrew Wyeth completed during his many years in Maine. Andrew Wyeth embraced…
Find out more »BADASS Women Making Maine HERstory
Presented by Midcoast WomenModerated by Pam Maus We celebrate the legacies of badass Maine women - community nursing founder Eliza Steele, United States Senator Margaret Chase Smith, and artist Edna St. Vincent Millay - through stories told by three women they inspired. Organization leader Peta vanVuuren, scholar Harley Rogers, and artist Lois Anne each tell how these courageous and visionary women infuse them with the courage to make a difference and ensure future generations of Maine herstory. This event is…
Find out more »CANCELED Jonathan Fisher: An Early Maine Polymath
Jonathan Fisher, A Morning View of Blue Hill, 1824Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 52 1/4 inches, Museum Purchase, 1965.1465.134 This event has been canceled due to the temporary museum closure. Talk by Farnsworth Curator Jane Bianco Religious belief directed Jonathan Fisher (1768–1847) as the first congregational minister in Blue Hill, Maine, but encyclopedic interests, sustained throughout his lifetime, likewise nourished his mind and soul. Raised and educated in Massachusetts, Fisher graduated from Harvard University in 1795 with a degree in…
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