exhibitions
CSA presents a selection of exhibitions each year that incorporates local, regional, established, and emerging artists as part of gallery and event programming. This arrangement of exhibitions allows for a broad representation of artists and media throughout the state of Maine and beyond. Community representatives serve on an Advisory Committee designed to shape and create programming that is relevant and accessible for all community members and continually seek proposals for ideas on a wide array of exhibition related programming.
american babel is a model of our divided country using the plain paper shopping bag as a substitute for the everyday consuming american. each bag, almost identical, is cut with one of two lenses: circles or squares - us versus them. some have views wider than others, still, however, they are tenuously perched together, looking…
In response to Waterville Creates' 2018 call for Temporary Public Art related to the theme of the Kennebec River, artists throughout the New England region submitted their proposals for consideration. Three artists have been selected to install their work in the City of Waterville from June through September 2018. Maggie Libby, Voices of the River:…
This year, the Maine Film Festival unpacks the cinematic experience with a deeply-exploratory art exhibition held in conjunction with MIFF -- MIFFONEDGE, now in its sixth year of entertaining Festival goers at Common Street Arts. MIFFONEDGE Vol. 6 features a suite of immersive sensory experiences that invite us to step outside of our everyday perception…
River Stories Day Join Common Street Arts and artist Maggie Libby from 11:00-6:00 p.m. to interact with her public art installation, River Stories, which celebrates the Kennebec River as a natural resource and as a central element for industry and recreation in Central Maine. As part of the River Stories project, Libby invites participants to…
this exhibition is a collaboration between the waterville area art society, harlow gallery, wesserunsett arts council and common street arts. the artists included in this show were asked to respond to the kennebec river and its importance as a natural resource for the towns and cities that surround it. this magnificent waterway has sustained communities for…
join us in celebrating the opening of ebb + flow: reflections on the kennebec river---a collaborative exhibition with common street arts, waterville area art society, harlow gallery, and the wesserunsett arts council that responds to the kennebec river as a defining natural resource for the towns and communities that surround it. free.
Born in Lebanon, Rabee Kiwan immigrated to the United States in 2002 to complete his medical training and he has lived in Portland since 2009. Rabee has been painting portraits, landscapes, and still lifes since he was a young child when his father gave him a watercolor set. Drawing inspiration from everyday life sustains his…
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May 2018
scott minzy: american babel
Tue. May 15 - Sat. Sep 1
intersection @ 93 main
June 2018
Temporary Public Art 2018
Fri. Jun 1 - Sun. Sep 30
Waterville
July 2018
miffonedge vol. 6
Sat. Jul 14 - Sat. Jul 21
Common Street Arts
river stories day
Thu. Jul 26
Common Street Arts
August 2018
ebb + flow: reflections on the kennebec river
Wed. Aug 1 - Sat. Sep 8
Common Street Arts
opening reception: ebb + flow: reflections on the kennebec river
Thu. Aug 2
Common Street Arts
October 2018
face to face: portraits by rabee kiwan
Wed. Oct 3 - Sat. Nov 3
Common Street Arts
