The Bollard Bulletin for June 19, 2025
Free & mind-freeing Juneteenth events and gallery listings!
Highlights
Rap legend Rakim takes the mic tonight at Oxbow Brewing & Bottling (49 Washington Ave., Portland), with the funky Ryan Zoidis Trio and DJ Myth opening at 8:30 p.m. Tix: $50 (21+).
Modern jazz titans Kahil El’Zabar and David Murray have been exploring the genre’s furthest corners for over 40 years. Their gig at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) sold out in short order, so they’ve added a late show at 9 p.m. Tix: $35 (all ages).
The Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square.) is holding a free open house today to commemorate Juneteenth, with screenings of the James Earl Jones romance The Annihilation of Fish, live music by Kafari (at 3 p.m.) and much more from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Visual Arts
Art House Picture Frames The Painted Ladies of Maine: A Celebration of Women's Artistic Voices, a group show of work in various media, shows through July 31 during business hours. 61 Pleasant St., Portland. 221-3443. View more at addisonwoolley.com.
Bates College Museum of Art Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing shows through Oct. 11. Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 786-6158. bates.edu/museum.
Belleflower Brewing Co. Shape & Form: EMERGE Artists in Residence 2024-25 Cohort, work by Running With Scissors Art Studios, shows through July 27. 66 Cove St., Portland. Hours: noon-8 p.m. daily. belleflowerbeer.com.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
• Poetic Truths: Hawthorne, Longfellow, and American Visual Culture, 1840-1880 shows through July 20
• Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900 shows through Aug. 10
• Painted Time: Moons, paintings by Ann Craven co-created with curators, shows through Aug. 17
• Flora et Fauna: Nature in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Culture shows through March 7, 2026
Free admission. Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. 245 Maine St., Brunswick. 725-3275. bowdoin.edu.
Casco Bay Artisans Featured work by Gene Barbera, Christina Davis, Z.L. Feng,
Wes Hunting and Erika Manning shows through July 16. Hours: Mon., Thurs. and Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 68 Commercial St., Portland. 536-1577. cascobayartisans.com.
Casco Bay Frames & Gallery The 27th Annual Employee Art Show is on view through August. 295 Forest Ave., Portland. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 774-1260. cascobayframes.com.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
• the shape of memory, sculpture and installation by Carlie Trosclair, shows through Sept. 7
• Leaf Litter, composite sculpture by Elizabeth Atterbury, shows through Sept. 7
• Cheek to Cheek, paintings by Nicole Wittenberg, shows through Sept. 14
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. Admission: $10 ($8 students and seniors, under 18 free). 21 Winter St., Rockland. 701-5005. cmcanow.org.
Colby Museum of Art
• Love Your Langlais: A Community Curates shows through Oct. 20
• Hors-champs, a video installation by Stan Douglas, shows through Aug. 24
• Alex Katz: Repititions, paintings by Katz, shows through March 29, 2026
• Some American Stories, works from the museum’s Lunder Wing, shows through Sept. 26, 2026
Free admission. Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. 5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville. 859-5600. colby.edu.
Cove Street Arts
Opening reception for Phenomena, photography by Adam Ekberg and Sarah Szwajkos; Three Curiosities, paintings by Ed Valentine; and Passing Through, assemblage by Kitty Wales, Thurs., June 19, from 5-7 p.m. On view through Aug. 16 (Phenomena through Aug. 9).
• Frayed Edges, paintings by Jeff Bye, shows through July 12
• Liminality, paintings by David Barnes, Lydia M. Kinney, Nicholas Anthony Mancini and Catherine Scala, shows through July 19
• What Stays, paintings by Annie Anderson, shows through July 19
Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a,m,-5 p.m. 71 Cove St., Portland. 808-8911. covestreetarts.com.
Farnsworth Art Museum
• Native Prospects: Indignity and Landscape, paintings by Thomas Cole and work by indigenous artists, shows through July 6
• Capturing Her Environment: Women Artists, 1870-1930, shows through July 20
• Manors, paintings and murals by Anne Buckwalter, shows through Sept. 21
• Home Places: Andrew Wyeth in Chadds Ford, paintings and watercolors by Wyeth, shows through Oct. 19
• Re-Indigenizing Sacred Landscapes: From the Wigwam at Catawamkeag, shows through Jan. 4
• Ann Craven: Painted Time (2020-2024) shows through Jan. 4
Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: $20 ($18 seniors, $10 students, under 16 free). 16 Museum St., Rockland. 596-6457. farnsworthmuseum.org.
George Marshall Store Gallery Cosmic Things, a group exhibition, shows through July 13. Hours: Thurs. and Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 140 Lindsay Rd., York. 351-8200. georgemarshallstoregallery.com.
Greenhut Galleries Hands at 10 and 2, paintings by Matt Blackwell, shows through June 28. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 146 Middle St., Portland. 772-2693. greenhutgalleries.com.
LA Arts Gallery Showing Skin, experimental sculptural paintings by Libby Sipe, shows through July 10. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Fri. noon-6 p.m. 168 Lisbon St., Lewiston. 782-7228. laarts.org.
LongWoods Preserve Opening reception for One Less Travelled, work by 23 artists placed amid 54 acres of farmland and forest, Sun., June 22, from 4-8 p.m. Shows through May 15, 2027. Hours: ongoing. 76 LongWoods Rd., Cumberland Center. wanderatlongwoods.com.
Maine Jewish Museum
• Turbulence, Fragility, Resilience, paintings by Joanne Tarlin
• no one leaves home unless, paintings based on archival architectural plans of Berlin buildings occupied by Jews and persecuted artists of the 1930s, by Emily Haas
• Being There and Everywhere, photographs by Ron Faris
• YAYA, paintings by Tigist Yoseph Ron
All on view through June 26. Hours: Mon., Wed.-Fri. and Sun. noon-4 p.m. Free admission. 267 Congress St., Portland. 773-2339. mainejewishmuseum.org.
Maine Historical Society
• Lapsed Time: Portland in the 1980s, photographs by David Etnier, shows June 10 through Dec. 31
• Of Note: Maine Sheet Music shows through July 28
• Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690-1940, photographs, prints and other historic materials, shows through Dec. 31
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $10 ($5 kids 6-17). 489 Congress St., Portland. 774-1822. mainehistory.org.
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts The New Abstraction, a group show of abstract photography, shows through July 26. Hours: Tues., Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Donations encouraged. 15 Middle St., Portland. 808-8919. mainemuseumofphotographicarts.com.
Mayo Street Arts Imposing Figures, work by Pepper O’Hara and Greg Jamie, shows through June 30. 10 Mayo St., Portland. 879-4629. mayostreetarts.org.
Merrymeeting Arts Center STUFF, drawings and other work by The Artist Doug Chess, shows through June 28. Hours: Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 9 Main Street., Bowdoinham. merrymeetingartscenter.org.
Moss Galleries Falmouth Gallery (251 Rte. 1; 781-2620): Beate Wheeler’s Abstract Rhythms: 1960s on 10th Street, paintings by Wheeler, and Between Our Worlds, paintings by David Rankin and Claire Seidl, show through Aug. 9. Portland Gallery (100 Fore St., 804-0459): Keepers, a group show curated by Cody Castle-Stack and Lauren Donovan, shows through June 21. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (both locations). elizabethgmossgalleries.com.
Nadra Clark Gallery Summer Drift, work by Anne Stuer, Jen MacDonald, Lucille Holt-Sottery and David Allen, shows through Aug. 15 by appointment. 256 U.S. Rte. 1, Scarborough. 332-1659. nadraclarkgallery.com.
Ocean House Gallery Cairns in Ink, new work by Jeff Badger, shows through July 18. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 93 Ocean St., South Portland. 956-1988. oceanhousegallery.com.
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
• A Sailboat in the Moonlight, paintings by Nicole Wittenberg, shows through July 20
• Where the Real Lies, work by 19 contemporary artists, shows through Nov. 16
• Henry Strater’s Ogunquit, local landscape paintings by Strater, shows through Nov. 16
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission: $15 ($13 seniors, students and vets, kids under 12 free). 543 Shore Rd., Ogunquit. 646-4909. ogunquitmuseum.org.
Portland Museum of Art
• Skin Deep, photograms by Jo Sandman, shows through Aug. 17
• Painting Energy: The Alex Katz Foundation Collection at the Portland Museum of Art shows through Sept. 14
• Passages in American Art, works from the museum collection, is ongoing.
Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.). Admission: $20 ($18 seniors and students; under 21 free). 7 Congress Square. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Portland Public Library Washed Away, work by members of the Union of Maine Visual Artists, curated by Carl Little, shows through June 21. Hours: Mon., Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 5 Monument Square. 871-1700. portlandlibrary.com.
Richard Boyd Art Gallery Works in Watercolor, by Randy Eckard and Richard H. Eyster, shows through June 28. Hours: Fri.-Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. 712-1097. richardboydpottery.com.
SPACE Just Passing Through, work by Julia Arredondo, and An Appeal to Heaven, prints by Vin Caponigro, show through June 21. Hours: Thurs. and Fri. noon-6 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m. 534 Congress St., Portland. 828-5600. space538.org.