SURF POINT FOUNDATION SELECTS:
A MORE HUMAN DWELLING PLACE

Curated by Myron M. Beasley

ON VIEW APRIL 22 - MAY 28 // RECEPTION APRIL 22, 3-5PM

The George Marshall Store Gallery is thrilled to open its 2023 season in collaboration with Surf Point Foundation— a residency program for artists and art professionals on the coast of York, Maine. A More Human Dwelling Place is the premier showcasing of works by alumni from the program’s launch in 2019 through their 2022 rotation. Myron M. Beasley, vice chair of the Surf Point Foundation board of directors, and Associate Professor of American Studies at Bates College is curator.

A More Human Dwelling Place celebrates Surf Point Foundation and the George Marshall Store Gallery’s mutual goals of fostering meaningful connections within the visual arts community. The exhibition includes works in fiber, fresco, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, as well as works by SPF co-founder Beverly Hallam. Participating artists are listed below. The show’s title is inspired by James Baldwin’s 1962 essay, “The Creative Spirit,” in which he writes,

“The role of the artist, then, is to…make the world a more human dwelling place.”

More information is available at georgemarshallstoregallery.com and surfpointfoundation.org.

ON VIEW
April 22 - May 28, 2023
Gallery hours Thursday - Sunday, 10am-4pm, and by appointment.

An exhibition involving 30 artists that explores simple, complex and fantastic machines.

two pieces by Kolb are included, Loading in Deep Snow, oil on panel 18” x 24” and Chainsaw, charcoal on paper, 20” x 30”. These are the last available works from her logging series.

Edgewater Gallery will present a solo show of Kolb’s work, including a dozen new works, with an opening reception on Friday, October 7 from 5:00-6:30. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10-5, and Sunday from 11-4. They can be reached at 802-989-7419

Without Boundaries: Eleven at the Archive Room

Ballinglen Museum of Art

“Museums are usually boxes bounded by walls on which to hang works of art. Each work is a window into another space, emotion, sensation story transcending boundaries in spite of being confined to a stark wall. One of our goals in working on the design of this Museum was permeability: views inside from the street, views out to the street from the galleries, expansive views of infinite land, sea and space from the top floor. Bringing natural light into the galleries where the works are hung increases a sens of the infinite in spite of being surrounded by walls: Without Boundaries indeed.”

Margo Dolan, Co Founder, Ballinglen Arts Foundation

Founded in 1919 by Joseph G. Butler, Jr., the Butler Institute is the first museum of American art. The original structure, dedicated in 1919, is a McKim, Mead and White architectural masterpiece listed on the National Register of Historic places. The Butler’s mission is to preserve and collect works of art in all media created by citizens of our country. The Institute’s holdings now exceed 20,000 individual works, and the Butler is known worldwide as “America’s Museum.”

83rd National Midyear Show - The 83rd National Midyear Show May 26 – July 28, 2019 Artist Reception and Award Presentation on June 2 1-3 pm. This annual juried show exhibits the artworks of adult artists from throughout the fifty United States and its territories. The exhibition includes accepted works in all two dimensional media, including oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, drawings, prints, photographs and digital.

Ballinglen Arts Foundation

January 11 at 7:24 AM · 

"Buildings & Places : Mayo" The Ballinglen Gallery, 12th December 2018 - 2nd February 2019.

This exhibition, curated from The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Permanent Collection has the consistent theme of place. These atmospheric paintings and drawings demonstrate the deep attachment the artist feels and develops, to time spent in this place. The passion of light on everyday surroundings is very evident and very much part of the Mayo landscape. Many familiar buildings and places are included in this exhibition all created by a selection of Irish and international artists. The vernacular buildings of this rural area is captured and recorded in a realist and varied way just waiting to be viewed. Do come and see! Artists work shown in order of appearance Stuart Shils, John Smalley, Frances Ryan, Sarah McCoubrey, Norman Ackroyd, Antonio Castro Lopez, Martin Gale, Betty Brown, Kathleen Kolb, Alex Kanevsky, James Stewart, Michael Wann, Jordan Wolfson, Mark Bohne, Bob Stuth Wade, Charles Ritchie, Randall Exon.

The Nor’ Easter is the New Britain Museum of American Art’s opportunity to expose contemporary visual arts to a wide audience. This prominent showcase in the Northeast region highlights the exceptional work of emerging artists in all media.

The exhibition has been juried by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, the Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the curator of many exhibitions relating to the art of illustration. 

Kolb's painting, Bird Finder, was chosen for inclusion in this show. There is an opening reception on SUNDAY, JUNE 24 from 1:00-2:30.