Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine April 17-23

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine April 17-23

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine April 17-23

“Piano Series: Jimmy Briere,” Franco Center, Lewiston

April 17 – 19, Thursday – Saturday, 12:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., “Colby on Common,” “Colby on Common” is an exhibition that showcases work made by students, faculty and staff from Colby College, the show provides the opportunity for members of the Colby community to display artwork off-campus, in a public space in collaboration with a downtown venue, free and open to the pubic, Common Street Arts, 16 Common Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-872-2787, www.colby.edu.
April 17 – 23, closed Sundays, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., “Polish Posters; Art and Allusion,” produced with curatorial assistance from Madeline Smit ’14 and art scholar Beata Niedzialkowska, this exhibition traces the evolution of Polish graphic art from the 1960s to the early 2000s, including the globally influential Polish School of Posters, drawn from a recent gift to the museum, the works will be shown in the Synergy Space Gallery and in satellite galleries in Roger Williams and Hedge halls, free and open to the public, Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6158, www.bates.edu.
April 17 – 23, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., “Bates Senior Thesis Exhibition 2014,” since its dedication in 1986, the museum has maintained a special relationship with the Department of Art and Visual Culture, this encompasses a commitment to supporting the work of Bates students through the Senior Thesis Exhibition, which highlights work from the thesis projects of graduating studio art majors, of which there are 10 this, the program emphasizes the creation of a cohesive body of work through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry, free and open to the public, Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6158, www.bates.edu.
April 18 – 19, Friday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., “Print Exhibition – ‘inkomprihensuhbuhl’,” new exhibition of fine art prints and mixed media work created by Maine artists Adrienne Beacham and Barbra Whitten during a 10-month artists’ fellowship at Circling the Square Fine Art Press in Gardiner, Maine, sponsored by the J.W. Robinson Welfare Trust, free, no tickets required, Circling the Square Fine Arts Press, 275 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-712-9734, www.circlingthesquarepress.com.
April 18 – 19, Friday – Saturday, Friday 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., “Ant Farm: at the Nexus of Art and Science Exhibit,”Ant Farm is a multi-media collaborative exhibit merging art and science inspired by leaf cutter ants, free and open to the public, Atrium Art Gallery, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-753-6500, www.usm.maine.edu/atriumgallery/exhibits.
April 19, Saturday, 7:30-9:30pm, “Piano Series: Jimmy Briere,” a gifted pianist and teacher from Montreal, Jimmy Brière performs as soloist and chamber music collaborator across Canada and in the United States, where he studied with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University, he performs the fifth of six concerts this season as part of the Franco Center’s Piano Series, tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, and students are admitted free, Franco American Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.

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