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.
A construct-it-yourself diorama reminds us of the perils of nuclear plant accidents. This fold-out paper village includes humans in gas masks, blue horses, an apple tree, an abandoned yellow Ferris wheel, buildings, a fence, a beaver, and many other creatures. This work marked the thirty year anniversary of the disaster at Chernobyl, a 25th anniversary…
Waterville Creates!, Common Street Arts, and Waterville Area Art Society (WAAS) are pleased to present the 2019 Maine Open Juried Art Show (MOJAS) at Common Street Arts Gallery August 12 through September 7. An opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, August 15th from 5:00-7:00 pm. Now entering its 28th year, MOJAS…
As we move through the streets of Waterville, there are both familiar and unfamiliar faces. But do we really see them? Do we really know our neighbors and fellow citizens? —Séan Alonzo Harris Like many cities in the United States, Waterville has welcomed new residents in recent years, including more people of color and new…
Join Common Street Arts for an opening reception for the exhibition, I Am Not a Stranger on Thursday, September 19 from 4:00-6:00pm. This reception is hosted in conjunction with the Colby College Museum of Art’s fall Open House event from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Like many cities in the United States, Waterville has welcomed new residents in…
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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March 2019
rebecca goodale: imagining a no-go zone with blue horses and a red forest
Mon. Mar 4 - Tue. Oct 1
intersection @ 93 main
August 2019
mojas: maine open juried art show
Mon. Aug 12 - Sat. Sep 7
Sterrs Gallery, Common Street Arts
September 2019
i am not a stranger: portraits by sean alonzo harris
Mon. Sep 16 - Sat. Oct 26
Sterrs Gallery, Common Street Arts
opening reception: i am not a stranger
Thu. Sep 19
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