September 2016
Lynn Karlin and James Macdonald
A new exhibit open from Sept. 23 to October 31 with an artist talk on September 23, 4:30-5:30pm and art walk/opening reception, 5:30-8pm, featuring The Tray Series: photographs by Lynn Karlin and Growers and Grown: New Farmers in Waldo County by James Macdonald. Read the press release on our gallery webpage.
Find out more »October 2016
Cultivate: Farm & Art Tour
MFT Gallery is excited to participate in the Belfast Creative Coalition's annual Cultivate: Farm & Arts Tour. The gallery will be open during this special Saturday event from 10am-3pm. Check out their website for full event details: http://belfastcreativecoalition.org/cultivate/
Find out more »November 2016
Two by Two
From Nov. 7-January 6, 2017 MFT Gallery will show two couples, four photographers; Kathryn Oliver & Ralph Hassenpflug and Drew Sanborn & Margaret Lindsey Sanborn. Join us November 18 for an artist talk, 4:30-5:30pm and opening reception, 5:30-8pm. Please note that the Gallery will be closed November 1-4 for installation. When it comes to photography, couples Ralph & Kathryn and Margaret & Drew are two peas in a (tri-)pod. For both pairs, being photographers together is a core part of their relationship…
Find out more »January 2017
In Dialogue with Nature
Please join us for our next gallery show and artist talk: In Dialogue with Nature Exhibiting the four artists-in-residence who spent a month during the summer of 2016, living and working at MFT’s Joseph A. Fiore Art Center in Jefferson: Thomas R. Higgins (courtesy of Greenhut Gallery, Portland) Robert Pollien (courtesy of Dowling-Walsh Gallery, Rockland) Thérèse Provenzano Susan Smith With new work by Julie Cyr, Dahlov Ipcar, Sheep Jones, Christopher O’Connor and Lou Schellenberg on the second floor. The exhibit…
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The Inside View Artist Talk and Reception
Join us for The Inside View, on exhibit from April 3rd through June 23rd. There will be artist talks at 5:00pm on Friday May 26, followed by a reception as part of the Belfast Art Walk from 5:30-8:00pm. With The Inside View, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery is aiming to show a variety of interior views of farms: old and new; still used for farming or transformed into an artist’s space; the family’s kitchen table versus the cow’s barn. The group…
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Summer Stable Show 2017 Artist Talk and Reception
Summer Stable Show 2017 Land and Sea on display July 3rd-September 15th. Artist Talks Friday July 28th at 5pm followed by reception 5:30-8pm during Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk. Read the full press release here.
Find out more »October 2017
Sarah Loftus presents the history of Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson
Sarah Loftus spent six weeks this summer as the Historical Writing Resident at the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center researching the history of Rolling Acres Farm and writing the “farm’s story.” She will present her research and the history of the farm Wednesday, October 25 at 7:00 pm, doors open 6:30 pm at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson. The historical writing residency was funded in part by a Maine Arts Commission Arts and Humanities Grant. Loftus holds an M.A.…
Find out more »May 2018
A Summer on the Land: MFT Gallery Exhibits Work by Last Year’s Fiore Art Center Residents + Art Talk/Walk
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery opens 2018 with a multi-media show that recalls the summer season. Six visual artists with strong ties to Maine, a historical writing resident, and the resident gardener, share the work they created during their 2017 residency at the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at MFT’s Rolling Acres Farm in Jefferson. A professional jury consisting of Bevin Engman, Professor of Art at Colby College and Sam Cady, distinguished artist and teacher, selected the six visual artists for…
Find out more »June 2018
Susan Bickford’s (Stillness)18 to be held at MFT’s Joseph A. Fiore Art Center
$25.00
Renown Maine artist, Susan Bickford, is moving her annual gathering to the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center for 2018. This will bring artists across many disciplines together to celebrate our connection to nature and invoke a deepening sense of place. Movers, vocalists, musicians, writers, visual artists, foragers, an astrologer and a cook are among the players who will have been here in retreat for 4 days preparing the celebration. You are invited to share an afternoon in gratitude for the…
Find out more »June Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk
For those who can't make it to the gallery during weekday hours, come by and see our Summer Stable show 5:30-8pm while we are open late for the Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk.
Find out more »July 2018
Summer Stable Show Art Talk and Art Walk
Summer Stable Show 2018 On view from Monday, June 4 - Friday, August 31 Artist Talk & Reception, part of Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk
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