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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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Nature Abounds: Holiday Gallery Show

Nature Abounds: Holiday Gallery Show

Join Archipelago, the Island Institute’s store and gallery, for its new gallery show, Nature Abounds currently on display through December 30. Nature Abounds shares works of 7 local artists using lobster rope, glass, collagraph, cotton, acrylic, wood, wool and Styrofoam in their pieces. The nature along Maine’s coast inspire these artists who include Andre Benoit of Boothbay Harbor, Kathleen Buchanan of Rockport, Eric Darling of Appleton, Terry Golson of York, Hillary Hutton of Vienna, Deborah Jellison of Searsport, and Michele Kirchner of North Haven.

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