Fiore Art Center Residency alumni Sarah Loftus (2017) and Michel Droge (2018) explore the relationships between farmers and the land with a series of cyanotype prints of hand tools pulled from barns, fields, and greenhouses at seven farms across Maine. Learn more about the exhibit HERE. Exhibit will be up from January 21-April 10, 2020.…
A sampling of work by the residents from MFT’s Joseph A. Fiore Art Center, created during their 2019 summer residency: Mildred Bachrach, Sonja Birthisel, Tracey Cockrell, Genevieve Cohn, Eleanor Conover, Laurie McDonnell, Michelle Menting, Tessa O’Brien, j.e. paterak, and Sara Trunzo. Their works will be launched virtually on April 21 through MFT’s website, Facebook page,…
Tune in to learn more about the 2019 residents at MFT’s Rolling Acres Farm and the work they created during their summer residency. Across disciplines, all the work related to agriculture, environment and rural Maine. Meet the six visual artists and the poet, academic writer, songwriter and gardener in residence at the Fiore Art Center…
To mark Maine’s Bicentennial year, this show focuses on some of the history, practices, triumphs, and challenges of farming in Maine over the last 200 years–from homesteading to dairy, potatoes, blueberries, the local food movement, and present day changes and challenges. This exhibit encompasses a wide range of media to depict just some of the rich…
Wednesday, July 29th 5-6PM RSVP for Zoom Info In lieu of our Open Studio Days at the Fiore Art Center, we will be virtually sharing what our summer residents are up to. For July, meet Katie Addada Shlon, the Art Center's virtual performance artist in residency. Katie uses the natural environment as a collaborator…
Virtual Artist Talks Friday, August 21, @5-6pm RSVP Meet the artists of MFT's Bicentennial show. To mark Maine’s Bicentennial year, this show focuses on some of the history, practices, triumphs, and challenges of farming in Maine over the last 200 years–from homesteading to dairy, potatoes, blueberries, the local food movement, and present day changes and challenges.…
Tuesday, August 25th 6-7PM RSVP for Zoom Info In lieu of our Open Studio Days at the Fiore Art Center, we will be virtually sharing what our summer residents are up to. For August, meet visual arts resident James Southard (Rob)and academic writing resident, Sophie Kelmenson. Rob is working on a new project that…
Wednesday, September 30th 6-7PM RSVP for Zoom Info In lieu of our Open Studio Days at the Fiore Art Center, we will be virtually sharing what our summer residents are up to. Margot Kelley is our Fiore Art Center literary arts resident for September. During her residency, Margot is writing a lyrical, experimental essay…
October 20, 2020- January 8, 2021 This virtual exhibit explores the relationships that exist between humans and this precious resource with evocative multi-media, and considers current issues regarding water as an essential component of agriculture and our ecosystem. This show includes work from sixteen artists that show the diverse connections to this elemental and shape-shifting…
Friday November 20th 5-6 pm RSVP Join us for a virtual reception for the MFT Gallery's current show: A Reflection on Water. Talks by artists including Krisanne Baker, a multimedia ecological artist whose work focuses on water quality, and Carol L. Douglas, a Mid-coast plein air, landscape, and figure painter and instructor who writes a…
During the summer of 2020, The Fiore Art Center sponsored 4 virtual residents artists-in- residence. They are exhibiting some of the work they created during their residencies in our virtual gallery beginning January 25 through April 9, 2021. Our 2020 residents were: Katie Addada Shlon, a performance artist interested in regenerative agriculture. Learn more…
Friday, February 19th @5-6PM RSVP for Zoom Link Join us for Artist Talks to learn more about the 4 virtual residents artists-in- residence at the Fiore Art Center this past summer. In the Fiore Resisent Show, they will be exhibiting some of the work they created during their residencies in our virtual gallery beginning January 25…