Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.

The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary.

The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory.