Painters, Poets and Players | Western Maine Art Group

Wayne Hall

Sit, Look, and Listen!

On exhibition at the Lajos Matolcsy Arts Center Gallery:

Painters, Poets and Players

The Western Maine Art Group in Norway, Maine is exhibiting a unique traveling show of collaborating painters, musicians and furniture makers. Sit, look and listen to 48 elite Maine artists including Dewitt Hardy, Dahlov Ipcar, Monica Kelly, Barbara Sullivan, Robert Shatterly, Frederick Lynch, Daniel Minter and more! The furniture makers are represented by the likes of Thomas Moser, Kevin Rodel and Peter Turner. This show will also feature our own Western Maine Art Group Artist Julieanne Reed, Poet Kenneth Frost and a chair created for this occasion.

To quote Bob Keyes of the Portland Press Herald, “Painters, Players and Poets promises to be an exhibit unlike any other in recent Maine History. It will include a display of original work, a chair, and an iPod with the corresponding song or poem. People who visit the exhibit are encouraged to sit and listen to music or words while contemplating the art.”

Dahlov Ipcar

The goal of the show is pretty simple as per Con Fullam the initiator and director of this collaboration, “I want people who visit the exhibit to take away the amazing brilliance and diversity in the arts that exist in the state of Maine. This show has it all…contemporary, abstract, and realistic art. And in terms of music, we’ve got jazz, gospel, folk, new age, and contemporary.”

Opening reception for this show will be October 5th 5-7. It will be on view through October 31st at the Lajos Matolcsy Arts Center, 480 Main Street, Norway, Maine Wed. 9-5, Thurs. 2-4 Fri.1-5, Sat 1-5.Due to high demand there will be extended hours FMI call 743-7813, or 739-6161. The exhibit is free and open to the public and it is wheelchair accessible.

Click to visit the Painters, Players and Poets website

via thewmag.org