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May 23, 2021 at
Art by Polly Steadman is on display at Savory Maine in Damariscotta.
Savory Maine in Damariscotta will host a closing reception and silent auction of the paintings by Damariscotta artist Polly Steadman from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26. Savory appetizers, sweet treats, wine, and refreshing beverages will be served.
Steadman was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year and has been undergoing treatment. The reception will be a wonderful opportunity for friends and fellow artists to visit with her and wish her well.
In the coastal Maine art community, Steadman has shown frequently at the Boothbay Region Arts Foundation as well as at River Arts in Damariscotta. She is also an active member of a cooperative group known as the Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor.
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) The community will honor author Wilma Dykeman on Thursday, May 20, on what would have been her 101st birthday, and the public is invited to help celebrate.
The celebration will take place from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday at 8 River Arts Place in Asheville, in the River Arts District.
Dykeman has meant a great deal and been instrumental in the development of the French Broad Riverfront that the community recently named the new greenway after her.
Here is a list of events to commemorate her birthday:
3 pm play reading: Actress Lauren Fortuna will read from an in-progress work: a one-woman play about Wilma Dykeman.
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 11:30am
Ramone Hanley-Warren’s “Ice Out” is among the works in her solo show at River Arts now through June 2. Courtesy of the venue
“Snow Moon” - Ramone Hanley-Warren. See it at River Arts now through June 2. Courtesy of the venue
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River Arts in Damariscotta features landscape paintings by midcoast artist, Ramone Hanley-Warren. Her solo show titled “Studio Work; Drawn to Solace” opened May 13 and runs until June 2. Working in her home studio, Hanley-Warren’s landscapes draw on the area salt marshes and estuaries for inspiration.
Her education in art included Parson’s School of Design, several extended stays in Europe including an intensive study of art history and painting in Florence, and fine arts studies at S.U.N.Y. Purchase. Continuing her artwork with watercolors and plein air painting for many years, Hanley-Warren also created works for Damariscotta Pottery which is
Toe River Arts announces the opening of two printmaking exhibitions - Pressing Forward and What a Relief! at the galleries at its Spruce Pine location, on display May 8 to June 5, 2021. What a Relief! a collection of relief woodblock prints by local artists, is an exhibition of large-scale woodblock prints made by 18 artists and students from Mitchell and Yancey counties who during the Big Ink workshop in October 2020. After countless hours of carving, participants printed their blocks on the Big Ink traveling press. The smallest of the large-scale prints is 2’ x 3’, with the largest being 4’ x 8’. Learn more about BIG INK at a
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DAMARISCOTTA River Arts this week will feature landscape paintings by midcoast artist Ramone Hanley-Warren.
Her solo show, “Studio Work; Drawn to Solace,” opens May 13 and runs until June 2. Created in her home studio, Hanley-Warren’s landscapes draw on the area salt marshes and estuaries for inspiration.
“Snow Moon” by Ramone Hanley-Warren.
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Her education in art included Parsons School of Design, several extended stays in Europe (including an intensive study of art history and painting in Florence), and fine arts studies at State University of New York at Purchase College.
Continuing her artwork with watercolors and plein air painting for many years, Hanley-Warren also created works for Damariscotta Pottery, well known for its colorful Majolica pottery. The shop closed last year, and since then she has been focusing on her paintings.