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Maine Arts Commission Issues Call for Veterans’ Artwork for Fall 2025 Exhibition
- October 08, 2025
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
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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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