Art Appraisals of New England

10/30/2025

10/28/2025

Creative
Is not a strong enough word

10/17/2025

Award winning weaver artist friend so happy for you!

10/17/2025

Looking forward to Rockland awards presentation and cheering all the super artists.

We are thrilled to announce that Passamaquoddy basketmaker Gabriel Frey has been named a recipient of the 2025 Maine Craft Artist Award! Presented by , this distinguished honor recognizes artists who have made a significant and lasting impact on Maine’s craft community through their artistry, mentorship, and advocacy.

Highly celebrated for his finely crafted pack baskets and for his leadership in advancing the understanding of Indigenous craft traditions, Frey embodies a profound respect for the natural world and carries stories of cultural continuity, environmental stewardship, and familial knowledge.

Frey’s work will be featured in our upcoming exhibition, “Mawte: Bound Together,” opening November 19 at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Co-curated by Kendall DeBoer and Sarah Sockbeson, “Mawte” will present contemporary Wabanaki art that centers Indigenized methodologies and artistic expression. “Shared cultural context is something that binds us together,” Frey shared about his work in the show. “For Wabanaki people, our art, spirituality, and ways of knowing are all together. The pieces that I have created for this exhibition explore the intersection of these cultural expressions.”
📷 Gabriel Frey, photography by Greta Rybus

10/09/2025

Congratulations !

06/28/2025

This looks like a Terrific exhibit

In her 1929 essay “A Room of One’s Own,” Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) argued that for women to write fiction, they needed physical space of their own in which to think and work, as well as a sufficient income. Woolf recognized that long-existing gendered expectations have limited women from pu...

06/01/2025

05/31/2025

See you soon, for this talk and exhibit! June 7, 2pm York Public Library, York, Me.

In his illustrated talk, art critic and author Carl Little will revisit the life and art of Beverly Hallam (1923-2013). Little will highlight Hallam, the innovator, who explored cutting-edge techniques, from acrylic to computer graphics. He will also share personal reminiscences related to his book,