Art In Bloom, Newfields

April 28-June 9, 2017
Can't make it to the MFA? Come to MSA and help us usher in Spring with Main Street Art's first Art in Bloom exhibit. This exhibit features fresh flowers paired with the artistic floral interpretations by local artists including Peg Duffin, Dusty Knight, Amy Brnger, Ella Carlson,  Heather Park, and Verity Boyer. 
Live floral arrangements provided by the Newfields Garden Club. ​

---

Convergence/Divergence 

March 10 - April 14, 2017
This exhibit showcased the work of the Tributary Artists, 7 Seacoast area painters. They exhibited oil, acrylic and water color paintings of scenics and people, mostly  of the Seacoast area.

---

We are proud of our shared gallery space and classroom, and are glad to offer at least 9 or more shows every year exhibiting the talent of regional artists, along with nationally located artists. 

The annual Seacoast Photographers Association show Windows: Picture This. This  exhibition featuring the work of local photographers is a study of how multiple talented artists interpret a theme. In addition to the opening, there will be Art Talks on Saturdays.

Opening Reception September 9, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Talks on Saturdays at noon. The show runs through October 15.

 Image credit Robert Jones

The Intimate Portrait

This show highlights the photographic works of 6 photographers who studied together under the direction of Joyce Tenneson at the Maine Media Workshop. Despite different styles and influences, the common thread of portraiture unites this show into a rhythmic and enticing exploration of people.

---

---

February 2016
The Art of Graphic

One misconception about graphic art is that it is based in commercialism, lacking the creative freedom or self expression often associated with other visual art genres. This collection of artists is a dynamic and eclectic showcase of work exploring the many obvious and subtle ways that graphic arts and fine art influence each other in positive ways.

---

Featured in this show are:
Soosen Dunholter
Carter Humphreys
Marcy Pope
Alicia Quimby
Bryan Rutland
Jodi Scaltreto

Alicia Quimby

Marcy Pope

---

January 2016
Art Among Us: Masks

This annual show features the work of those dedicated individuals who already give their time and energy to all manner of daily operations at Main Street Art. We are not only an organization dedicated to providing quality art experiences to the community, we also endeavor to enrich the creative process of our members. We have extremely talented staff and volunteers and we are proud to have their work on display.

---

Catherine Green-
Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Catherine’s work is comprised of clean lines and clear color. The compositions often focus on specific detail in the foreground with an atmospheric background. Each piece may be comprised of as many as 45 individual stencils based on the complexity of the image. Some of her ideas take up to six months to complete.
Catherine’s prints have been widely recognized, notably through her inclusion in the Cheremeteff Exhibition of American Prints at The Book Chamber in Moscow and by winning the Yankee Magazine Print Award. Recently, she showed in the New Hampshire Institute of Art Biennial, received the League of NH Craftsmen’s Charles and Elizabeth Gorst Print Award and was added to the permanent collections of the League of NH Craftsmen and The McIninch Art Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University.
Inspired by natural themes, Catherine's screen prints showcase traditional still life subjects such as flowers and fruit as well as nests, birds, seashells and leaves. “I am always looking at trees,” she says. “In their particular settings, their relationships with other things and the movement of their branches. Each one has something to say.”

---

Previous Exhibitions

Days of Summer: 2015 Summer Camp Show
 featuring the work of summer camp and Art in the Afternoon students

Edge of Realism
an Exhibition Featuring the Work of Jeff Wagner and Judith Andrews
May 22 - July 10

Solid Space; A 3 Dimensional Show
April 10-May 22, 2015

---

5th Dimension: Works on paper
February 20 - April 2, 2015

Art Among Us: One Big Family
January 9 - February 6, 2015

"Color!"
Featuring Gaby Grossman and Rose Bryant
November 21 - December 30, 2014

'Wandering Watercolorists'
featuring Barbara Day Richards, Joanne Ravgiala,
and Lisa Lynn Alyson
October 17 - November 14, 2014

'Life is good'
seacoast photography group
September 13 - October 11, 2014