Summer days fly by all too quickly, and the exhibit of works by Joseph Fiore (1925-2008), a significant painter of the Maine landscape will end on Aug. 24. Also coming to a close on that day is a sale of plein air paintings by Maine artists who created their art during the month-long “Paint it! Maine” event that began in early July.

“Fiore at 100: Maine Observed,” is presented in partnership with The Maine Farmland Trust.  The show has been extremely well received. Referencing one of his works, arts critic Jorge Arango stated in the Portland Press Herald: “A painting like “Solar Eclipse,” created five years before his death, is about as perfect a painting as one can have.” 

Sales of paintings from the Fiore show benefit The Maine Farmland Trust, which received of a large number of Fiore’s paintings from the artist’s trust, and the Maine Art Gallery. 

On Aug. 28, the gallery re-opens with “Made in Maine,” works in painting, drawing, textiles, sculpture, photography, and assemblage by Maine Art Gallery members. The exhibit runs through Oct. 18, with an opening reception during Wiscasset Art Walk, Thursday, Aug. 28 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Music by singer/songwriter Judy Caswell.

This annual exhibit provides member artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in a particularly fine exhibit space, Wiscasset’s former Old Academy building on Warren Street. Member participation helps to make the Maine Art Gallery sustainable and plays an important part in its mission of building community through the arts.

The gallery thanks season sponsor Sherri Dunbar of Tim Dunham Realty and capital sponsor Islebrook Villages at Wiscasset.

In Sept. and Oct. Jude Valentine will lead workshops for beginner to intermediate adult artists. “Working Angles: Landscape Perspective” on Sept. 8 offers remedies for problems such asbuildings and structures that don’t look quite right. “Capturing the Light: Layering Color” on Oct. 6 is a mixed water media workshop.

Visit maineartgallerywiscasset.org for sign up deadlines and details.

A nonprofit organization, the Maine Art Gallery is dedicated to the advancement and preservation of the visual, fine and applied arts through exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and educational programs for children and adults since 1958. More information can be found at www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org and on Facebook at Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset. 

The gallery is located at 15 Warren Street, Wiscasset, with free on-street parking. From the north on Route 1, turn right onto Federal Street (Rt. 218) then left onto Warren Street. From the south on Route 1, turn left onto Federal Street, then left onto Warren Street. From Main Street shops, we’re an easy 8-minute walk.