On exhibit at Points of View Art Gallery is an eclectic selection of fine art prints by 18 member artists of Circling the Square Fine Art Press in Gardiner, Maine. Off the Press. On the Wall. may be viewed at the Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant Street in Brunswick from June 2-27.
Coordinated by Brunswick artist Judith Long, a member of both Circling the Square Fine Art Press in Gardiner and Points of View Artists in Brunswick, this show includes monotypes, etchings, reliefs, serigraphs, collagraphs, cyanotypes and mixed media prints. The participating printmaking artists, who reside from Freeport to Orono, are: Karen Adrienne, Robin Brooks, Christine Higgins, Judith Long, Diana McFarland, Emily Naples, Margo Ogden, Christine Olson, Rebeka Ouellette-Ames, Donna Parkinson, Ellen Roberts, Kris Sader, Susan Dean Smith, Jennifer Strode, Sarah Vosmus, Helen Warren, Lisa Wheeler, and Barbra Whitten.
Other members of Points of View Artists have been busy with the printing press, as well. Prints, Too is an exhibit of monoprints, altered prints and collaged prints. This artwork is displayed in the Garret Gallery on the third floor.
Across the street at Curtis Memorial Library, Points of View Artist Judith Long and colleagues from central Maine present Something Small Under the Blankets. This exhibit features editioned fine art prints created within 4 square inches plus related monoprints. The 13 central Maine printmakers participating include: Karen Adrienne, Robin Brooks, Corliss Chastain, Christine Higgins, Judith Long, Diana McFarland, Margo Ogden, Donna Parkinson, Ellen Roberts, Kris Sader, Susan Sean Smith, Sarah Vosmus and Barbra Whitten.
This "traveling" show was first exhibited in Gardiner in October 2013; it will be shown again at The Rock and Art Shop in Bangor this September. The work includes etchings, reliefs, serigraphs, collagraphs and solar plate prints.
Artist receptions: Friday, June 13 from 5 to 8 pm, during Brunswick’s Second Friday Art Walk.
Dates for all exhibits: June 2 - June 27
Locations: Points of View Art Gallery, 18 Pleasant Street, Brunswick
Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick
FMI: Points of View Art Gallery (207) 373-9300, www.povartistsmaine.com
Circling the Square Fine Art Press (207) 582-2108, www.circlingthesquarepress.com
Curtis Memorial Library (207) 725-5242, www.curtislibrary.com
