Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset – Generations Opening Reception

Opening reception will be Saturday, May 6, 4pm to 7pm. This year the Maine Art Gallery celebrates the 65th anniversary of its founding by noted artist and writer, Mildred Burrage (1890-1993). In honor of this anniversary we created a special exhibition that combines works by select artists from the gallery’s founding years with a juried show of current members and invited artists.

The selected artists from our early years include Burrage and the four jurors of the initial 1958 season’s exhibition: Gene Klebe, F.W. Saunders, William Kienbusch, and William Thon. We also expect to include works from other early participants, such as Marguerite Zorach, Dahlov Ipcar, John Heliker, Laurence Sisson, and Stephen Etnier. Works by these artists are provided by private collections and galleries.

Generations will also feature photographic portraits by David Etnier of several of the early artists, as well as a display of historical memorabilia from the founding period. Carl Little, the prominent Maine-based art writer and critic, will help curate the historical section of the show and jury the contemporary member art.