Reflections: A Solo Art Show of work by Brooke Lambert runs from March 2, 2022 - March 30, 2022 at Union of Maine Visual Artists Gallery at 516 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101. Join us for an opening reception during Portland's First Friday, March 4th from 5-8 PM. Open Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10 AM - 5 PM, First Friday: 5-8 PM, Other Fridays, Saturday, & Sunday: 1 PM - 4 PM. Reflections is a solo show of abstract original prints and paintings inspired by the coast of Maine by artist Brooke Lambert. Lambert uses materials to create patterns and tangles that represent areas in tidepools or on the ocean floor, symbolizing the darker times we all must get through. She then paints the prints with luminous colors that pour through the cracks and crevices, shining a light that represents hope. Brooke's work can be seen:   www.brookelambertartist.com

  Portland, ME - Like most other things in 2021, the auction of Mail Art Cards, received by the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) Portland Gallery inside the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St. in Portland, was delayed in both December and January, because of Covid issues.   But beginning on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM and continuing to Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:00 PM (EST) UMVA will be offering an on-line auction of the cards from not only Maine artists but from artists in other states and countries.   The URL for the auction is https://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/UMVA--Mail-Art-Fundraiser-2022-29180 .   Money raised will go towards keeping the gallery open through 2022.     Since one of the founders of the Union of Maine Visual Artists was also a renowned Mail Artist - Carlo Pittore   ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Pittore ), it was decided to go with a mail art show when the January 2021 show couldn't go forward at the last moment.  

  The Union of Maine Visual Artists is pleased to host the upcoming group exhibition Polychroma at its Portland Chapter Gallery in the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress Street, Portland Maine, February 4 – 27, 2022. Polychroma features works from Becky Jane Rosen’s recent experimental quilting project, Matrilineal, alongside a new collaborative video installation by Dani Robbins, Zachary Taibi, and Poorva Singh, NEST. “Matrilineal”  Becky Jane Rosen Works from Becky Jane Rosen’s Matrilineal will be on display Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays February 4 – 27. Her work comprises colorful quilted artworks with messages of financial empowerment and personal finance concepts in paint and embroidery, stemming from lessons about money the artist learned from her mother. The works draw on themes of comfort, physical and financial security, and financial literacy. Rosen hopes to use the gentle familiarity of the tradition of quilting to ignite