VoxPhotographs has partnered with four of the designers

whose work is featured at the

Vanessa is featuring “Pier #2″ on dye-infused coated metal by
Portland artist Freddy Silva, and five Maine Heritage reproductions of
hand-painted photographs of Ralph Farnham Blood (1930′s) and J.C. Bicknell(1910′s) to install in her hallways of rich browns, golds and pale sea green.

Pier#2 (Popham Beach) ©Freddy Silva

Twilight (Mount Katahdin), c.1912 by J.C. Bicknell

At Anchor, c.1930 E. Prom, Portland by Ralph Farnham Blood

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Karen selected “Gingko Leaf” on dye-infused coated metal
by Michael Heiko of Portland.

Using slightly unexpected & unanticipated elements, Karen’s work evokes
a unique confidence & sophistication – creating refreshing interiors that
are shaped by each individual client.

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Kate selected five reproductions from the vintage collection at
VoxPhotographs, resulting in a real sense of Portland in earlier days…

Union Station, 1947

Room design to me should be an eclectic mix of textures, colors and time periods, mixing old and new and adding an element of the unexpected.

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Lynne selected two understated contemporary works to complement
her muted palette: “Bug Light/Snowstorm” by Michael Heiko, and

“White Feather on Black #3″ by Sarah Szwajkos.

“Bug Light/Snowstorm” by Michael Heiko

“White Feather on Black #3″ by Sarah Szwajkos

Create a relaxing environment by bringing the atmosphere of  the EXTERIOR architecture to the INTERIOR of the house, implementing 21st Century technology and products while respecting the character of ‘yesteryear’.______________________________________________________________________________

Our thanks to Vanessa Helmick, Karen Gallagher,
Kate Halpert Lowry and Lynne Maxfield-Cole ~ 
and the Portland Symphony 2011 Show House!
Together we are keeping Maine’s fine art heritage alive and well.

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All in one place.

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Photo by Braelyn Degnan

Time Friday, May 6 at 5:30pm – May 7 at 1:00am

Location Geno’s Rock Club 625 Congress Street Portland, Maine

Created By Geno’s Rock Walk

More Info Come see our new exhibit of photography by Braelyn Degnan on the first Friday in May! “Why is She Taking a Picture of That?!” Braelyn Degnan bought her first camera last spring on a whim and now brings it nearly everywhere with her. Preferring uncommon subjects, the mutterings of passerby’s inspired this series’s title. She works in social services and her other interests include good books, bad television and rock shows. Later that night onstage will be: Wesley Allen Hartley and The Traveling Trees, Ladycop( Brooklyn) and Cats and Cats and Cats(London) So its sure to be a night like no other!

Bogy paints Manana, 1935
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Text by Candace Kanes

Images from Maine Historical Society

Talk of the 1930s evokes images of food lines, unemployed people looking for work, belt tightening, government programs, and other economic hardship associated with the Great Depression. While Maine and Mainers experienced a number of economic hardships, that fact does not tell the whole story of Maine in the 1930s.

Gladys Hasty Carroll, South Berwick, 1937
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Another, perhaps surprising, story is the strength and vitality of the arts and artists in Maine during that decade.

In Ogunquit, Charles Woodbury and Robert Laurent both operated art schools and the community teemed with artists and galleries. In Kennebunkport, writer and historian Kenneth Roberts built a new home, Rocky Pasture, in 1937 with proceeds from his book Northwest Passage, and continued to write from that location.

Lucius Hitchcock, Southport, July 18, 1936
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Booth Tarkington, who had won two Pulitzer Prizes, dictated his works at his home, Seawood, near Roberts’ home. Tarkington lived in Maine half the year. Gladys Hasty Carroll of South Berwick published her best-known novel, As the Earth Turns, about farm life in Maine, in 1933.

On Monhegan Island, Abraham Bogdanov and numerous others painted during the summer months as artists had since the middle of the nineteenth century. In Surry, a drama school and theater opened in 1929 and continued until 1938, when it took a break for the duration of World War II. In Southport, Lucius Hitchcock worked at his summer home drawing illustrations for books and magazines.

Kenneth Roberts, Kennebunkport, 1939
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

These particular Depression-era arts activities in Maine are chronicled in newspaper articles and accompanying photographs – arts contributions in themselves – by Emmie Bailey Whitney, editor of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine, and her husband, G. Herbert Whitney, inside repairman for New England Telephone and Telegraph in Lewiston, and an accomplished amateur photographer.

Between 1933 and 1940, the Whitneys visited a number of artists, writers and others connected to the arts in Maine. The stories and photos celebrated both the artists and the inspiration of Maine in their works and left a record of the 1930s version of Maine’s “creative economy.”

Booth Tarkington dictating a story to Elizabeth Trotter
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Emmie Whitney’s 1935 Lewiston Journal article about Abraham Bogdanove began, “Monhegan has inspired some of the finest marines that have been painted in the eastern section of the United States, and among their painters – artists who have come year after year and had their summer studios on this ‘farthest east’ island of the Maine coast – none stand higher in the art world than Bogdanove.”

The celebration of Maine and of art did not always ignore the economic hardships of the 1930s. Whitney also wrote, “Mr. Bogdanove has never consented to commercialize his art. When the depression and adverse economic conditions have made customers for his paintings scarce, he has preferred to live unpretentiously on the income from his teaching and lectures.”

G. Herbert Whitney’s photographs and Emmie Bailey Whitney’s articles are reminders of the persistence of the inspiration of Maine to artists, writers and musicians and of the effects of these artists on Maine and beyond — in addition to illuminating the creative aspects of Maine during the Great Depression.

Description

While stories of hardship and suffering are not hard to find in Depression-era Maine, a series of photographs taken to accompany newspaper articles during that era offer another view: the strength and vitality of the arts and artists and of other personalities in 1930s Maine.

Venue

Address:
489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101

Dates

Today – May 3rd, 2011

Times

Monday through Saturday, 10am-5pm

Fees

Members: Free Adults: $8 Seniors, AAA, & Students: $7 Children: $2, under 6 free

Contact Information

Website:
www.mainehistory.org/

Name:
Elizabeth Nash

Phone:
(207) 774-1822

You are Invited
To the First Friday Art Walk
Opening Reception
At Maine Historical Society
Exposed: Rare Photographs of Life in Maine

June 4, 2010
5-8 PM
Maine Historical Society
Earle G. Shettleworth Lecture Hall
489 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101

Dear Friends,

Please join us during Portland’s First Friday Art Walk for the opening reception of the June series of images in our latest photography exhibit. Refreshments provided by Local Sprouts Catering and Shipyard Brewing Co.

On May 7th we had our opening party- which was a blast! 600 guests enjoyed food, drinks, music, a raffle, print sale, interactive iMac station, and fun party favors like temporary tattoos and a comic foreground to pop your head in and have your photo taken. Check facebook and flickr to see images from the event!

The June party will be just as exciting! If you aren’t local to Portland you can still catch the show at our Online Gallery, www.VintageMaineImages.com.

See you there,
Dani Fazio
Maine Historical Society
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June Series of Images:on display at Maine Historical Society  through June 30, 2010

Early Electrical Tattooing, Portland, 1925

Camera Club, Portland, 1898

About the Exhibit

Exposed: Rare Photographs of Life in Maine

Separated by time and space and made by anonymous photographers, these seemingly unrelated images weave together a visual narrative of life in Maine that is both timeless and surprising. The unusual perspective and subjects enhance the curious and aesthetic quality of these rare images.

Juxtaposing scenes of urban and rural living, of public and private moments, of performance, instruction, work, protest, play, incarceration, and exploration, Exposed has a single purpose: to illustrate the variety of activity in Maine throughout our recent history.

Exposed illustrates history through the subject matter and types of images. Reproduction prints have been made from daguerreotypes, monochrome photographs, and glass plate negatives with dates ranging from 1860 to 1975.

These informal photographs provide a sharp contrast to classical images of Maine and to the traditional materials one may expect to find at the Maine Historical Society.

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