The Union of Maine Visual Artists is pleased to present the “UMVA Members' Spring Exhibition” at the UMVA Gallery in the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress Street, Portland Maine, June 2-28, 2019. Thirty-four artists from across Maine will be represented in the exhibition. The work is new and engaging and ranges across several media.   The Opening and Artists' Reception is Friday, June 7, 5-8 p.m . at the UMVA Gallery, 516 Congress Street. Free and open to the public. The UMVA Gallery is open during regular operating hours of the Portland Media Center ( http://portlandmedia.org/location-hours/ ) In addition, for the June show the Gallery is open 1-4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. On First Friday Art Walk, June 7, the Gallery hours are 1-8 p.m.   Artist Christine Higgins describes her “cathedral sunrise II” as a work of “pulp paper handmade fibers.” Its quiet colors, organic forms and hues and soft texture evoke the silence of a sunrise in the woods.   In An

Into the Nation UMVA Gallery @ Portland Media Center 516 Congress Street "Into the Nation" - paintings, pastels and drawings by Norajean Ferris Opening Reception - First Friday Art Walk, 5-8pm Open 5/3 - 5/31/19 METRO (Greater Portland Transit District) Routes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9 The show is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 pm.  You can also view it when the Portland Media Center is open generally Mondays through Thursdays from 10 am to 4 pm, but please call to make sure someone is there ( (207) 775-2900 ext. 200 ). https://www.norajeanferris.com/