Koichiro Kurita was born in Japan, where he became an independent commercial photographer. Kurita now focuses upon his impressions of the natural world -quiet New England woodlands, remote Boundary Waters lakes and rocks of Minnesota and Canada, and natural features of California and Japan, extracting poetic details from the landscapes.

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In 2015, the museum was gifted material from the late Charles Cawley and his wife Julie. The material includes, books, journals, magazines, and exhibition catalogues and brochures in which the works of the Wyeths are featured. The exhibition highlights a selections of works from the Cawley gift as well as Wyeth artworks given to the museum of by the Cawley’s.

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This exhibition features several landscape, seascape, and figural paintings made by famed American illustrator N.C. Wyeth. Known for his book and magazine illustrations, N.C. was also eager to demonstrate his ability as a painter whose skills went beyond the requirements of adhering to the narratives for which his illustrations were commissioned.

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A Usable Past brings together paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by self-trained artists working in the eastern part of what is now the United States during the long nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, artists, scholars, and collectors came to believe that artworks like these expressed such supposedly quintessential American values.

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Bounty refers to both generosity and reward, but particularly for the reward sought out by the pursuit of artistic practice. The relation to the artist and their subject matter, the histories of makers and philosophers that have come before, and often private searching that occurs in seeking and finding form for the work are central parts to this theme.

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Boothbay Harbor would like to present it’s annual Harbor Festival! Enjoy 10 days of events from running a 5K to enjoying local flavor, a unique fashion show, art sales, yoga, spas, hiking, live music and so much more.

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Boothbay Harbor would like to present it’s annual Harbor Festival! Enjoy 10 days of events from running a 5K to enjoying local flavor, a unique fashion show, art sales, yoga, spas, hiking, live music and so much more.

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The Barbara Bush Foundation invites you to join us at the Celebration of Reading Maine. Funds raised from the event will support family literacy programs of the Barbara Bush Foundation, including Teen Trendsetters, an anchor of the organization that pairs teen mentors with first, second or third grade students who are behind in reading.

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Maine Preservation’s Annual Gala will be on Thompson’s Point this year. Make sure to mark your calendars for this fine affair.

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