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Announcing Elemental, our Spring Show!

Announcing Elemental, our Spring Show!

Join Archipelago, Island Institute’s store and gallery, for Elemental a show of works featuring the use of a variety of techniques celebrating many sources of Maine inspiration. Earth, Air, Water, Fire are present in inspiration or techniques used in the medium. Archipelago’s store and gallery shares recent works from many Maine artists including new works from Jane Banquer, Holly Berry, Andre Benoit, Pam Cabanas, Terry Golson, Lee Gordon, Emily Bell-Hoerth, Clint Jones, Richard MacDonald, Robin Rier, Susan Sidwell, Christina Vincent, Shannon Westphal, Sarah Wilde, and Ben Williamson.

 

Pieces showcase many mediums including photography, acrylic, glass, linoleum prints, steel, sgraffito, large papercuts, wood and more! Mixing new and long-time Archipelago artists, there’s something for everyone to browse or purchase for gift giving or for your own collection.

 

Join us in the gallery from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 6 to meet the artists and share good food, drink, and conversations as part of Rockland’s First Friday art walk.

This show will run through June 28, 2025. 

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Holiday Art and Craft Bonanza

Holiday Art and Craft Bonanza

Rockland – Join Archipelago, the Island Institute’s store and gallery, for a special Holiday Art and Craft Bonanza opening on Friday, November 1 and showing through Saturday, January 4, 2025. Archipelago shares recent works from many Maine artists including: Val Aponik, Holly Berry, Andre Benoit, Kathleen Bird, Kathleen Buchanan, Helene Farrar, Randy Fein, Terry Golson, Lee Gordon, Clint Jones, Sally Loughridge, Kaitlyn Miller, Wendy Newcomb, Aaron Staples, Anne Stuer, Stephen Tofield, Sarah Wilde, Ben Williamson, Virginia Winkler, and Catherine Worthington. 

Pieces showcase many mediums including encaustic, pottery, fiber and fabric, graphite, ink, acrylic, glass, woodcuts and more! Mixing new and long-time Archipelago artists, there’s something for everyone to browse or purchase for gift giving or for your own collection, just in time for the holidays.

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Visions: Maine's Coastal Edges opens in Gallery September 6

Visions: Maine's Coastal Edges opens in Gallery September 6


Rockland – Join Archipelago, the Island Institute’s store and gallery, for “Visions: Maine’s Coastal Edges” opening in the gallery on Friday, September 6 through October 26th. The gallery shares recent works from Kaitlyn Miller, Randy Fein and Anne Stuer. These three artists share their sense of place through dynamic works in a variety of mediums - encaustic, pottery, and acrylic.

Join us in the gallery from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 6 to meet the artists and share good food, drink, and conversations!

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Seeking Havens opens July 5

Seeking Havens opens July 5
Rockland – Join Archipelago, the Island Institute’s store and gallery, for “Seeking Havens: Shared Perspectives on Coastal Maine” opening in the gallery on Friday July 5th through August 31st. The gallery shares works of Holly Berry and Wendy Newcomb for the summer season. Seeking Havens is yet another intentional collaboration between Newcomb and Berry who have been friends and collaborators throughout their careers. Work in the exhibition celebrates a love for Maine’s coastal and forested landscapes.  

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"Resonance" now in the Gallery through June 30

"Resonance" now in the Gallery through June 30
Rockland – Join Archipelago, the Island Institute’s store and gallery, for “Resonance” celebrating Maine, now on display through June 30.  Resonance has the quality of being deep, full and reverberating and we hope this show has those qualities for the viewers as the works engage the audience in their love of Maine. The gallery shares work of 4 local artists using acrylic, wool, ceramic, collagraph print, and cotton as their media. Enjoy these depictions of Maine’s coastal elements with varied works on display.

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