Art
Now Showing
Bridget Besaw | "Maine Farms At Work" | Photography Exhibit
Showing: June 15-August 8
Farming in Maine is at once robust, thriving, threatened, modern, ancient, venerable, dirty, tedious, and hip. It is as diverse and complex as the thousands of farmers whose labor and love stewards a million acres of working landscape.
Bridget Besaw produces imagery as a tool for enviornmental protection. Bridget works closely with environmental organizations to help them envision, and then create in-depth photography projects that tell the story of how they are helping to create a sustainable global community.
The photographic exhibit "Maine Farms At Work" is a collection of images the Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) commissioned Bridget Besaw to create to tell the story of what the MFT is working to protect. Maine Farmland Trust works to permanently preserve Maine's agricultural lands. Without such protection,valuable agricultural land that grows our food and feeds the local economy risks being developed into home sites and parking lots. Since 1999, the organization has helped preserve over 13,500 acres of farmland. In addition, MFT operates FarmLink, a program that connects retiring farmers with younger people trying to enter the business. To date, MFT has made 42 links - that's 42 farms that will likely continue for at least another generation. With these images, MFT hopes to inspire a renewed appreciation for the vibrant farming hertiage that shapes Maine identity.
Tom Chapin | "Modern Obsession" | Sculpture
Showing: June 27-August 22
Far Shore - Manna
Tom Chapin was born in Buffalo, NY in 1954 and began working at 18. He was an itinerant carpenter for a time, designing and building a number of curious buildings across New England. Chapin became a sculptor at 33. He has exhibited in the U.S., the U.K, Belgium and Italy. He has won a Pollack-Krasner grant and the London Chelsea Art Council's Portobello Prize, and is a MacDowell Fellow, among other awards. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe, as well as in English and Italian newspapers. His sculpture is in the permanent collections of the DeCordova Museum, The Addison Gallery of American Art, and a number of other museums in the U.S. as well as in corporate and private collections in the U.S., Europe and Asia. A fine carver of granite, stone, marble and wood, Chapin also works in bronze. The scale of his work ranges from minature to megalithic granite on earthworks.
Previously At Frontier
Rob Logan | Painting Exhibit
Showing: Apr 6-June 13
Robert Logan has been making art, surfing and teaching for the last thirty years. He presently has a studio that he shares with his talented wife in Harpswell, Maine and shows his work nationally. He is continually inspired by children's art and works with kids in his studio. His 7 year old son is a constant inspiration. Robert also works in school systems throughout the country doing various art projects. Most recently he has worked at schools in the Boston, Massachussetts area and Juneau, Alaska. His current project he is working on is "Artist Trading Cards", a project involving the sharing of ideas. His favorite art hero is "any 5-7 year old who can wield a pen..."
SALT Institute | "Meet Me Anywhere"
A Fall 2008 Student Photography Exhibit
Showing: Feb 23-Apr 4
Mariel Waloff | Salt Fall 08, from a story entitled "Lubec, America"
The fall 2008 semester takes us all over the state of Maine, to bring us wonderful works of storytelling.
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Guy Saldanha | Gathering Remnants | Photo Exhibit
There was a time when America was the workshop of the world. Every town had a mill, every community was known for a trade, and every worker relied on their hands to earn a living. Their homes, like Gloversville and Nanticoke, Helper and Steelton, evoke the pervasiveness of industry, the imperatives of purpose and necessity. Their voices, descended from immigrants of every nationality, are the lore and language of labor. Some may dismiss the relevance of their experience, dwell on the harshness of their task, or turn away from their unsightly workplaces. But those who know the history will tell you that coal and iron built this country, that American craftsmanship had no peer, and that the advanced technology we now enjoy is the cummulative result of their toil.
Gathering Remnants is a turn-of-the-century journey through America's oldest industries, fragmented and scattered by the global economy. It is a collective portrait of people who persevere in occupations obscured by the electronic culture, and a parting glance at a form of work that is rapidly disappearing from our landscape.
Marie Preaud | "Portraits Of Innocence" | Photo Exhibit
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"Irreplaceable - Wildlife In A Warming World" | Photo Exhibit
Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. Scientists predict that global warming will become a leading cause of species extinction over the next several decades. As we work to address the impacts of global warming on humans -- rising sea levels, destructive storms, drought -- we also need to protect imperiled wildlife from a warming world. Please help these vulnerable plants and animals – partner with the Irreplaceable public education effort.
View magnificent photos of species in peril taken by leading international photographers. Learn about the many ways global warming has impacted them and may impact all us.
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Brian Wedge | "Stranded" | Photo Exhibit
Brian Wedge is an award winning photojournalist who has traveled the world documenting stories of importance and meaning. He has covered a wide range of topics, highlighting the elements of humanity and relevance in the complex stories he covers. "Stranded" is the story about the critically endangered Loggerhead sea turtles, the impoverished villages that are killing them in record numbers, and the unique efforts to save both the turtles and the communities from extinction. "Stranded" documents the complexities of conservation: the devastation of a critical resource by bycatch, the limited options of an isolated fishing fleet, and the heroic dedication of scientists to save the Loggerheads.
Rick Payette | "Jazz In Black & White" | Photo Exhibit
With years of musical experience in the jazz world, Rick Payette has a natural flow in his paintings that brings out jazz performers in dark and smoky atmosphere of clubs. The choice to not use color in his work has proven his point that "less is more".
Paula Lerner | "Afghan Stories" | Photo Exhibit
Paula Lerner is an award winning photojournalist who's work has taken her from the Amazon to Afghanistan. Since 1985 she has been working for magazine clients including Smithsonian, People, Time, Newsweek and Business Week in addition to many foreign publications. Her personal work has been shown in venues throughout the United States and has been part of national traveling exhibits. Women's issues have been a recurring theme in her work, and she began photgraphing projects about women in Afghanistan in 2005. In 2006 she collaborated with The Washington Post.com to produce a multimedia feature about women in Kabul, which won a prestigious Webby Award. She is currently at work on a new project about women in Kandahar.
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NATHAN DEYESSO ~ DSO CREATIVE FABRICATION
NEW WORKS IN BENT STEEL
Nate is a Maine artist and has been a furniture builder for the last eight years. The ocean and its wonder are the major themes throughout his recent work. The feelings and sights from his trips into the sea are then translated into art forms. A cresting deep swell, smooth oscillating waves, and long horizons lines off in the distance, can all be seen within a familiar porthole shape framework. The pieces are representational but abstract enough to allow freedom for emotional interpretation.
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CELEBRATE WITH SPINDLEWORKS ~
2008 marks our 30th year. For three decades Spindleworks has offered a nurturing environment for artists with disabilities. We will celebrate this milestone through events and exhibits throughout the year.
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THE SALT INSTITUTE FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES PRESENTS ~
This past spring, students from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies spent fifteen weeks documenting unique and compelling stories about Maine people’s lives and livelihoods. Those students will proudly present their work at the Frontier Gallery in June. The exhibit, titled “reverb,” is scheduled to run from June 2-28th and will feature student work from all three documentary tracks – radio, writing, and photography.
MAINE STATE MUSIC THEATER ~
CELEBRATING THEIR 50th YEAR ANNIVERSARY
The Maine State Music Theater Presents A Tribute to 50 years of Talent, Passion and Leadership in the Performance Arts. The prints on display have been hand picked to highlight some of the best performers and performances in the history of the MSMT.
FUTURE IN FOCUS ~
A Photography Exhibit by 5th Graders From Woodside Elementary School, In Collaboration With Bowdoin College
What does 'sense of place' look like to a fifth grade student? Over the course of the past year, a small group of Bowdoin College students have taught Miss Hall's class at Woodside Elementary School the art of digital photography. The Bowdoin students, led by Aspen Gavenus, helped each student develop his or her own artistic and technical photography skills. The fifth graders explored different local community spaces, including Cathance Nature Preserve, Wolfe's Neck State Park, and their own elementary school in Topsham. Their final project, as shown at Café Frontier, is a collection of photographs capturing each child's unique and important sense of place in their community.
Journey Into Japan
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Japan America Society of Maine.
National Geographic Photographer and Maine resident David McLain has generously donated all proceeds from signed, limited-edition print sales to Frontier.
Help us to produce our next project by purchasing a print or canvas. Each archival print is signed by David and the edition of prints is limited to only 50.
Prints may be purchased at Frontier and by phone order -- credit cards accepted.
Signed Print cost: $40
SILK ROAD | GREENLAND KAYAK & ICEBERG
Archival Photo-Canvases: $500 - 1,000
Seven life-size archival photo-canvases bring to life the exhibit "...Go Beyond-A Visual Journey." McLain's photography from around the world illustrates the core passions that inspire Frontier: Beyond; Spirit; Destination; Feast; Ritural; Detail & Return. Please call Frontier at 725-5222 to discuss pricing and availability of these canvases as a complete set or as individual fine art purchases.
VISIT: www.davidmclain.com
