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Maine Arts Commission Issues Call for Veterans’ Artwork for Fall 2025 Exhibition

  • October 08, 2025
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Augusta, Maine - The Maine Arts Commission is proud to announce the Call for Art for the Fall 2025 Maine Veterans Art Exhibition, offering Maine...

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Maine Historic Preservation Commission Opens Round 1 of the Historic Community Buildings Grant Prog

  • October 07, 2025

16 September 2025 For Immediate Release Maine Historic Preservation Commission Opens Round 1 of the Historic Community Buildings Grant...

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Maine Arts Commission Opens Call for Next State Poet Laureate

  • October 07, 2025

Open Call for Next State Poet Laureate Term: Five-year appointment begins July 2026 Application Deadline: December 5, 2025 (5:00...

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Maine Literary Events

  • October 07, 2025

JULY 2025 JULY 8 - Unnamed: A Conversation with Telling Room Author Margaret Hortonat Location: Merrill Memorial Library in...

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From Waste to Wonder: Reclaimed Art & Design Inspires in Freeport

  • October 06, 2025

For Immediate ReleaseContact: Suzanne WatsonExecutive Director, Meetinghouse Arts, 4o Main St. Freeport, ME 04032207.712.3016 |...

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Reflections from Rhodora

  • September 30, 2025

Reflections from Rhodora During our recent retreat in the Katahdin region, the Maine Arts Commission gathered at Rhodora, the historic homestead...

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Orange Art Competition & Virtual Exhibition

  • September 24, 2025

Orange Art Competition & Virtual Exhibition Deadline: November 1st, 2025 Entry Fee: $24 for 3 images Apply...

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Call for Art: Sky & Clouds – Juried Online Art Competition

  • September 24, 2025

Deadline: October 31st, 2025 Organized by: Ten Moir Gallery Location: Online Exhibition (Worldwide Entry) Entry Fee: $24 for 3 images Theme:...

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Maine State Gallery - Wiscasset

  • September 22, 2025

See Be A Goldfish and other work by Quinn Williams at the Maine State Gallery in Wiscasset, Maine. Made in Maine: Annual Members Show, August 28 -...

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Saco Artist Shows New Work in Arts-Science Group Show

  • September 09, 2025

The newest piece in artist Ann Tracy's Unlikely Universe series, based on photographs taken while she was greening her studio practice, will be shown...

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Strand Theater in Rockland to Host Screening of Documentary Film “A Phantom Song”

  • September 04, 2025

A Phantom Song—by Maine filmmakers and theater producers Michael Gorman and Donna Daly of Rockland-based The Forty Hour Club—combines the...

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Executive Assistant at Monteux School & Music Festival

  • September 03, 2025

Job Posting: Executive Assistant (Remote, 10-Month Position) Monteux School and Music Festival Location: Remote Duration: September 2025 - May...

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SPACE in Portland to Host Screening of Documentary Film “A Phantom Song” by Maine Filmmakers

  • September 03, 2025

A Phantom Song—by Maine filmmakers and theater producers Michael Gorman and Donna Daly of Rockland-based The Forty Hour Club—combines the...

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Actors Raise Money for Nonprofits

  • September 02, 2025

Play Reading to Benefit Maine Civil Rights and Immigrant Groups When the lights go up on the stage at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray...

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24 Hour New Play Festival

  • September 02, 2025

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Svea-Linnea Ashe svealinnea.ashe@gmail.com Ten Bucks Theatre Company is excited to present the 11th Annual 24-Hour...

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How We Award Grants at the Maine Arts Commission

  • August 28, 2025

Our 12-Step Grant Process Application Period - Applications open for about a month, with coaching and support available to applicants. Call for...

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Free Statewide Accessible Theater Workshops this September

  • August 19, 2025

Yarmouth, Maine — The Royal River Community Players (RRCP) proudly present the Accessible Stages Collaborative, a new professional development...

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Juried Art Exhibition: Call for Art

  • August 18, 2025

Juried Exhibition Artwork Submission Form Use this form to submit artwork to our Juried Exhibition of Plein Air Art Festival 2025. Our juried...

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Associate Director of Museum Finance and Administration

  • August 18, 2025

Job DescriptionDepartment: Museum Administration and External Affairs Pay Rate Type: Salary Employee Type: Job Summary: The Associate Director...

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“Heartwood” online juried Art Call

  • August 12, 2025

CALL FOR ARTISTSHEARTWOODOnline Juried ExhibitionSeptember 10- October 17 2026Heartwood - the dense, mature inner wood that forms the structural core...

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Dan Clayman at Waterfall Arts: Lecture + Beginner Kiln Casting Workshop

  • August 11, 2025

Dan Clayman at Waterfall Arts: Lecture + Beginner Kiln Casting Workshop Join world-renowned glass artist Dan Clayman for a weekend of inspiration...

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Call for Artists: ARTinME at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation

  • August 11, 2025

Artists are being sought for the 3rd annual juried, LARGE FORMAT exhibition by the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF), ARTinME. The show, which...

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Countercurrent Collective Brings A Timely, Powerful, Beautifully Crafted Play to Belfast This Summer

  • August 05, 2025

"Lungs" by Duncan Macmillan Opens Friday, August 8th After a wildly busy first year, the artistic team at the heart of Belfast's CounterCurrent...

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Explorations A Group Exhibition of Visual Art

  • August 04, 2025

Richard Boyd Art Gallery opens September with a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures in a range of styles created by a group of national and...

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25 Eastern Views: Paintings of Maine and the Far East

  • July 24, 2025

The second weekend of August Jean Kigel celebrates 25 years of exhibiting art in Maine. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 8, 9, and 10, from...

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