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.
returnings is the result of artist and woodcarver, Doug Frati's, 20 years of gathering and repurposing dilapidated beds. As a woodcarver, Doug Frati has amassed a wide range of antique headboards and found them to be a rich source of carving material. These wood turnings or bedposts have been accumulating in his barn for years.…
In all its various forms and configurations, Juliet Karelsen's work cross-references painting, stitching, tapestry, rug making, embroidery, abstract art, fantasy, landscape, textile, miniature worlds, and even science - from botany to mycology to planetary and solar - touching on the micro and macro scales. Though there’s nothing political about actual nature, tragically, nature as a…
During the holiday season, the Common Street Arts gallery is transformed into a marketplace filled with unique and distinctive gifts created by talented artists + makers. This year’s bazaar will feature exclusively handmade crafts from over 60 artisans selected by Common Street Arts for a one-of-a-kind retail experience. The Holiday Bazaar provides an opportunity for…
Join Common Street Arts as we celebrate the work of our Common Street Arts clay members together with Maine potters in the exhibition, CSA Clay! on view in the CSA gallery from January 13 through February 15, 2020. All work in the exhibition is for sale and this a great opportunity to support Maine artists…
MAPS (Maine-Aomori Printmaking Society) is an exhibition of prints by artists from Maine and Aomori, Japan, presented by Friends of Aomori, the non-profit organization that supports the Sister City relationship between the two states. MAPS is a multi-tiered exchange project developed to share prints, exhibitions, and artist residencies between Maine and Aomori on an ongoing…
As human-induced climate change continues to evolve, the associated impacts on the Earth’s ecosystems are unfolding before our eyes in real-time. To hold a mirror to some of the destructive human behaviors that contribute to this widespread undoing of the planet, artist Ian Trask will present a large-scale installation made entirely from reimagined consumer waste.…
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October 2019
doug frati: returnings
Tue. Oct 1 - March 31, 2020
intersection 2.0 @ 93 main
juliet karelsen: heptagonal autumn
Mon. Oct 7 - Sat. Dec 21
intersection 2.0 @ 93 main
November 2019
7th annual holiday bazaar
Thu. Nov 21 - Mon. Dec 23
Sterrs Gallery, Common Street Arts
January 2020
csa clay!
January 13, 2020 - February 15, 2020
Sterrs Gallery, Common Street Arts
April 2020
maps: maine aomori printmaking society
April 13, 2020 - July 2, 2020
common street arts
July 2020
unEarth: installation by ian trask
July 27, 2020 - November 7, 2020
common street arts