Art and Culture
Medora Atwood and Portland’s Waterfront
Artist Medora Atwood captured the bustling Porland waterfront in her watercolors.
On the Beat as a Summer Reporter
The buzz of the newsroom at Portland’s newspapers in the 1960s laid the foundation for a high school summer reporter to one day become Maine’s State Historian.
Nathaniel Meyer
Cumberland-based painter Nathaniel Meyer blends the personal and the mythic.
An Appleton Artist Knows the Ropes
An Appleton artist finds a purpose for bits of marine debris.
Josephine Davis Townsend’s Postcards from Monhegan
Josephine Davis Townsend’s real photo postcards captured life on Monhegan Island in the 1930s.
Diana Roper McDowell’s Geometric Inventions
Working in watercolor, Lamoine-based artist Diana Roper McDowell blends the abstract and the real.
Hitting the Trails
Behind Portland’s hustle and bustle lies a vast network of walking trails.
Seize the Light: Jack Ledbetter’s Photographic Vision
Jack Ledbetter, a Georgia-born photographer, found the ultimate muse on the Maine coast.
Canoes, Kitchens & Peanuts
Books about a Grand Lake canoe, recipes for locally grown food, and an unmoored boat named Peanut.
Winslow Myers in Motion
In his paintings, Nobleboro artist Winslow Myers seeks to represent the mystery of reality.
