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Peterson, Ron Bolt, Thomas McKnight, T omoe Yokoi, Rockwell Kent, Margaret Babbitt, Peyton Higgison, R.C. Gorman, Will Barnet, Nancy Jones, Carol Collette, Harold Altman, Alan Magee, Jim Dine and others. Special summer shows include: Original prints from the Gallery collection, including works from the artists listed above (June); Watercolors by Harvey Peterson. An opening reception with artist present takes place on Thursday, July 9,5 to 8 p.m. (July 9 to July 30); Paintings by Rufus Coes. An opening reception with artist present takes place on Thursday, August 6, 5 to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 10:30 to 5:30. Beginning in July, call for the Gallery's extended summer hours. 772·2693. The Stein Glan Gallery, 20 Milk St., Portland. Summer events include: New work and experimental pieces featuring works by 30 northeast glass artists (May 1 through May 26); Glass from the vivid imagination of Peter Greenwood (May 27 through July 7); The most significant glass sculpture show in the northern United States, featuring the work of 14 nationally recognized glass artists (August 19 through September 30). Monday to Saturday, 10:30 to 6; Sunday 12 to 5. 772-9072. Times Ten, 420 Fore St., Portland. Fine functional crafts from ten Maine craftspersons, including clocks by Ron Burke, earthenware pottery and tiles by Libby Seigars, and handwoven rugs by Sara Hotchkiss. Monday to Saturday, 10 to 6.761-1553. Bath. The Gallery presents a series of summer shows and exhibitions, including: Multimedia, a juried exhibition open to artists in every medium, including painting, sculpture, prints, photography, weaving, ceramics, metal, jewelry, basketry, and more (through May 2); Figures and Faces, a sequel to the Nudes and Portraits exhibitions. Entries due May 5; reception May 15 from 5 to 7 (May 8to May 30); Summer Invitational, the Gallery as a sculptured environment created by Nantz Comyns. Public reception, June 12 from 5 to 7 p.m.; and Summer Juried, an exhibition open to painters, sculptors and printmakers. Entries due July 21; reception July 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. 442-8455. Leighton Gallery, Parker Point Road, Blue Hill. The Gallery presents works in all media by contemporary artists from Maine and around the country. From May 31 toJune 19, the Gallery presents A Preview of Coming Attractions, featuring sculptor Mark Matthews and photographs by Dolores September, and paintings by Philip Barter; from June 21 to July 10, a show of paintings by Wendy Lewis, Yves Liston, Karl Schrag, Heidi Daub, and Donna Zaitlin. From July 12 to July 31, an exhibit of paintings by Lenore Straus, Jane Hall, Leon Golden, Paul John, and photographer Ivan Massur. In addition, the Gallery presents changing exhibits of such regulars as Sean Morrissey, Judith Leighton, Mark Matthews, Eliot Sweet, Robert Shetterly, Edwin Gamble, Jane Wasey, Priscilla Pattison and Ray Carbone. Monday to Saturday, 10 to 6; Sunday 1 to 6

Tracy Johnson Fine Jewelry, 62 Market St., Portland. Featured jewelry artists include Tracy Johnson, Karen Hennessey, Cindy Edwards and Kit Carson. One-of-a-kind custom designs and fine watches are a specialty of the house. Tuesday to Saturday, 12 to 6; or by appointment. 775·2468. Wellin Gardiner Fine Arts, 4 112 Milk St., Portland. The Gallery features a selection of 18th and 19th century historical, botanical, architectural, sporting, marine, and natural history prints. The Gallery also specializes in traditional custom framing with hand-painted french-lined mattes. Tuesday to Friday, 10 to 5:30; Saturday, 10 to 5.

Galleries Around the State

Andy Warho), Rebel Without a Cause, 1985, at O'Farrell Gallery

(except on opening Sundays). 374-5001. O'Farrell Gallery, 46 Maine St., Brunswick. Through February 28, the Gallery presents a Prints and Posters Show, featuring work by Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Neil Welliver, Leticia T arrage, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Edvard Munch and others. Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 5. 729-8228.

MUSEUMS

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Beginning in May, the Museum presents a series of exhibits: Recent Acquisitions: 1985-1987 (through June 7); "Twilight of Arcadia: American Landscape Painters in Rome 1830-1880" (through July 5); and ''Watercolors from the Permanent Collection" (through June 21).

The Museum also offers a series of Gallery Talks in tandem with these exhibits: "Watercolors From the Permanent Collection" by Museum docents Lisa Paige and Victoria Piehl (Wednesday, May 6, 1 p.m., Walker Art Building); "T wilight of Arcadia: American Landscape Painters in Rome 1830·1880" by John W. Coffey, museum curator (Friday,

May 22, 3 p.m., Walker Art Building); and "Recent

Acquisitions: 1985-1987" by museum director Katherine

J. Watson (Saturday, May 23, 10:30 a.m., Walker Art

Building). Tuesday to Friday, 10 to 4; Saturday, 10 to 5;

Sunday, 2 to 5. Closed Mondays and holidays. 725-8731 x253.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Continuing exhibits from the collections, including artifacts, carvings, costumes and paintings of the two famous explorers. Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 4; Saturday, 10 to 5; Sunday, 2 to 5. Closed Mon· days and holidays. 725-8731, x253.

Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Showing through April: Bricks and Benefactors:

Campus Buildings, and Famous Names: Letters from the Lyman Abbott Autograph Collection. Monday to

Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to midnight; Sunday, 10 a.m. to midnight. 725-8731, x253.

Maine Maritime Museum, 963 Washington St., Bath.

The museum offers the visitor a comprehensive experience of nineteenth century seacoast life, a time when half of all merchant vessels flying the United States flag were built in

Bath. The Museum's collections include ships' paintings, models, navigational instrum~nts, fishing gear, antique tools, period furnishings, family portraits, foreign trade items and other memorabilia, and an outstanding collection of over a half-million documents, account books, ships' logs, ships' plans, maps and charts. The Museum's Appren· • ticeshop constructs and restores wooden boats using tech· niques and tools from the golden age of shipbuilding. For more information, call 443-6311.

Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art, Westbrook Col· lege, Stevens Avenue, Portland. From May 12 to October 25, the Gallery presents the Permanent Collection, whose foundation is in the superb works collected by Joan Whitney

Payson, including drawings by Daumier, Degas, Glackens,

Ingres, Picasso, and Whistler; and paintings by Chagall,

Courbet, Robinson, Rousseau, Sargent, Sisley, Soutine, van Gogh, and Wyeth. In addition, loans of works by

Cassatt and Stuart will help the Gallery celebrate its Tenth

Anniversary Year. Tuesday to Friday, 10 to 4; Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5. Closed Mondays, holidays and between exhibitions. 797-9546.

Penobscot Nation Museum, Center St., Indian Island,

Old Town. The Penobscot Tribal Museum displays traditional and contemporary Northeast Indian arts and crafts, including basketry, wood carvings, stone sculpture, and prehistoric stone implements. Paintings, artifacts and costumes are also on display. Monday through Friday, 12 to 4.

Mornings by appointment. $1/$1.50. 827-6545.

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland.

Winslow Homer: The Charles Shipman Payson Collection is once again on view at the Museum. The exhibition of 13 watercolors and 4 oils by Homer remains on view through the summer. Next in the Margaret Coleman Brown lecture series is "New Views of Historic Houses and a New Gallery of Decorative Arts," presented by Graham H9Qd, vicepresident and chief curator, Colonial Williamsburg (May 7, 8 p.m.). "Work in Progress" presents Films by Huey on

Thursday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. In June, the Museum hosts the public opening of "Skowhegan: A Ten-Year Retrospective." In honor of its 40th anniversary, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture ha~ organized an exhibition of 51 works by artists who attended the School's program between 1975 and 1985. The exhibition continues through September 13. In conjunction with this show,

Judy Goodwin presents a gallery talk entitled "The Skowhegan School and the Art of Our Time." The Museum is also looking for slides of recent works from Maine artists for a new Portland Museum of Art Docent Outreach Program.

Beginning in September, docents will offer slide talks to community groups on contemporary Maine artists. Send up to 10 slides, clearly labeled with name, title, date, medium and dimensions, along with your resume and promotional material, to: Education Department, Portland Museum of

Art, Docent Slide Bank, 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, 04101. Museum admission: $3/$2/$1. Tuesday to Satur-

day, 10 to 5; Thursday to 9; and Sunday 12 to 5. Free admission Thursdays 5 to 9. 775·6148. The William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, 19 Elm St., Rockland. Changing exhibitions throughout the year feature loan exhibits from other centers, selections from the Museum's own permanent collection, and contemporary artists. The Museum's collection focuses on American art from the 18th century to the present. Its

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collection is rich in the works of regional artists, such as N.C. Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth, Alex Katz, Will Barnet, Louise Nevelson, and Neil Welliver. From May 3toJuly 5, the Museum presents an exhibit of works by sculptress Jane Wasey and painter Howard Clifford. From July 9 to September 20, the Museum presents an exhibit of watercolors by Carolyn Brady. Summer hours are 10 to 5, Monday to Saturday; Sundays, 1 to 5. $2/$1. 596-6457. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland. Continued on page 18

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